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2025 PREM PI Meeting: CREAM Leadership in National STEM Collaboration
Aug 1, 2025
As the organizer of the 2025 PREM Principal Investigators Meeting and PI for the NC A&T – UCSD PREM, Dhananjay Kumar led a full day of expert panels, research presentations, and networking in Alexandria, VA. He emphasized how SEED grants can transition into full PREMs, encouraged building strong inter-PREM mentoring and STEM outreach strategies, and facilitated direct engagement with NSF program directors.
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Dhananjay Kumar and CEDARS Team Receive Interdisciplinary Research Award
Apr 1, 2025
Dhananjay Kumar, Director of CEDARS and PI of the CREAM center, was among the team members honored with the 2025 Interdisciplinary Team of the Year Award at North Carolina A&T
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$10.35M Grant from the Department of Energy
N.C. A&T Receives $10M to Open Clean Energy Research Center
Aug 29, 2022
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will open the Center for Electrochemical Dynamics and Reactions on Surfaces (CEDARS) funded by a four-year $10.35 million grant from the Department of Energy (DOE). The center will be led by Dhananjay Kumar, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering (COE).
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Dhananjay Kumar, 55, professor and cultural ambassador
Feb 21, 2018
After nearly two decades at N.C. A&T, Dhananjay has made important developments in the field of mechanical engineering. The native of India has also become a kind of cultural ambassador of sorts, bonding with his students by sharing his culture.
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