Office of Research and Creative Activity Contacts
Mailing Address | Delivery Address | Phone |
Office of the Vice President
Colleen Fitzgerald | Amy Kain |
| Fred Hudson Communications Manager 701.231.5174 fred.hudson@ndsu.edu | Tom Berg |
RCA Faculty Partnerships
Undergraduate Research DirectorYing Huang | Uncrewed Autonomous Systems (UAS) FellowXin (Rex) Sun |
North Dakota Water Resources Research InstituteThe NDWRRI is one of 54 institutes known collectedly as the National Institutes for Water Resources (NIWR). Founded in 1965 by authority of Congress (Water Resources Research Acts of 1964, 1972, 1984, and 1990), the NDWRRI is administrated through the United States Geological Survey. Learn more about the NDWRRI | |
| Xinhua Jia Director NDSU Professor AES Ag & Biosystems Engineering (701) 231-6453 xinhua.jia@ndsu.edu | Becky Hellman Tangen Business Manager(also serves NDSU RCA) 701.231.5872 becky.hellman@ndsu.edu |
North Dakota Water Resources Research Institute Fellows | |
Trung Le Shuning Lu | Dane Mataic NDSU assistant professor, applied ecology |
Core Research Facilities
The Core Research Facilities team provides oversight for the facilities managed by RCA including the Research 1, Research 1 Addition, and Research 2 buildings.The RCA Core Research Facilities represent two distinct sets of facilities and capabilities, the EMC and the Materials, Fabrication Analysis and Fabrication Core, the latter formerly known as Research Operations. The EMC houses and provides services for the university's electron microscopy, micro computed X-ray tomography, and imaging equipment used for teaching, research, and industry activities.
The Materials Characterization, Analysis and Fabrication Core (MCAF) services consist of more than 130 materials synthesis and characterization, microfabrication, device packaging, and testing equipment sets used by NDSU faculty, staff, students, and external academic and industry users (instrumentation description below). The MCAF Core is staffed by three highly skilled technicians and engineers (James Bahr, Fred Haring and Greg Strommen), with instrumentation located in buildings Research 1 Addition (R1A) and Research 2 (R2) in the NDSU Research & Technology Park.
Scott Payne | Greg Strommen Engineering Technician 701.231.5339 greg.strommen@ndsu.edu Cleanroom Microfabrication, Materials Characterization |
| Fred Haring Fabrication Technician Class 10k Cleanroom Operations, MCAL 701.231.5336 frederik.haring@ndsu.edu Cleanroom Device Packaging/Assembly, Testing | Jim Bahr Senior Engineer Materials Research Operations, MCAL 701.231.5927 james.bahr@ndsu.edu MCAL Materials Synthesis, Scale-up, and Characterization |
| Angela Evans Building Operations Coordinator 701.231.8045 angela.evans@ndus.edu | |
Electron Microscopy CoreScott Payne |
Jayma Moore |
Innovation and Economic Development
Designs, leads, and manages economic development; leverages opportunities for industry partnerships; and develops and delivers programming that nurtures and grows the region’s entrepreneurial startup ecosystem.
Contact this office at ndsu.businessdev@ndsu.edu.
Cindy Graffeo |
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NDSU Research Foundation
Established on May 30, 1989, the NDSU Research Foundation facilitates the commercialization of intellectual property developed by NDSU faculty, students, and staff. The Foundation supports NDSU in teaching, research, and public service missions by enabling NDSU faculty to become involved in research, product, and business endeavors and by making interactions with business and industry to expand NDSU's ability to commercialize research discoveries with domestic and international for-profit business organizations.
Learn more about the NDSU Research Foundation
Zane Gernhart | Josie Hayden |
McKenna Tysdal |
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North Dakota EPSCoR
ND EPSCoR provides leadership and coordination to broaden and diversify ND's science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce pathway from elementary through graduate school; supports and grows statewide STEM research efforts and competitiveness at participating institutions of higher education; and conveys the impact of STEM research, outreach, and workforce efforts to ND stakeholders.
Learn more about ND EPSCoR
General email: ndepscor@ndus.edu
Executive Director | Sheridan McNeil |
James Doolittle | Kathleen Wahlberg, MBA |
| Jennifer Connell Project Coordinator (701) 231-1048 jennifer.connell@ndsu.edu | Nicole Mattson Communications Specialist (701) 231-4296 nicole.m.mattson@ndsu.edu |
Research and Faculty Development
The mission of the Research and Faculty Development unit is to enhance NDSU's ability to compete for external funding by providing resources, training, and assistance related to developing successful research programs. Activities of the research development office include announcing funding opportunities, managing the SPIN database subscription and offering training and support for users of the system, developing and coordinating grant writing workshops and professional development opportunities for faculty, managing internal funding programs such as travel awards and research support services, support for broader impacts, and developing proposal writing resources and tools.
Contact this office at ndsu.researchdev@ndsu.edu.
Heidi Grunwald | Sean Mahoney |
Research Integrity, Security, and Compliance (RISC)
Research Integrity, Security, and Compliance (RISC) supports the Institutional Review Board (IRB), Institutional Animal Care and Use (IACUC), Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC), and Conflict of Interest Committee (COIC) operations. RISC provides oversight in the areas of export controls, research security, dual-use research of concern, uncrewed aerial vehicle compliance; provides veterinary care and consultation; and subject matter expertise on promoting research integrity, security, and compliance with federal regulations.
Kristy Shirley | Interim Attending Veterinarian Coverage Heidi Pecoraro, DVM, PHD, Diplomate, ACVP Heather Mitchell, DVM POSITION OPEN |
Tania Molden | Andrea Ludwig |
Sharon May |
Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA)
The Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA) office is the central administrative support office under the Vice President for Research and Creative Activity unit. The office encourages and supports university faculty and staff in their pursuit of external funding to conduct research or other scholarly activity, with an emphasis on administrative functions that advance a culture of compliance with applicable regulations. SPA provides budget review and institutional signature for all external proposal submissions, manages electronic application submission processes, and negotiates awards received from external sources for sponsored program activities on behalf of the university. The office also assists in non-financial post award administration matters.
Contact this office at ndsu.research@ndsu.edu.
| Val Kettner Associate Vice President | Amy Scott |
Cindy Eleson | Shelly Sandstrom |
Rebecca Sandell | Mackenzie Fettig |
| Christy Gallagher-Lein Research Informatics Analyst (701) 231-8573 christy.gallagher-lein@ndsu.edu Statistical proposal/award reports; Power BI interactive report creation/maintenance; NSF HERD Survey data collection and reporting. | Joycelyn Lucke Assistant Director for Business Development (701) 231-5624 joycelyn.lucke@ndsu.edu Authorized signature for industry sponsored awards, non-financial agreements, and subawards; industry-sponsored award negotiation; industry sponsor liaison. |
Strategic Research Initiatives
The Strategic Research Initiatives team provides proposal development services support to faculty developing large collaborative and multi-stakeholder proposals; manages the research recognition program; implements strategic programs and the deployment of resources to help build NDSU’s research portfolio; advances R&D efforts through programming such as research leadership, team science, and convergence; and assists with federal relations that advance NDSU’s research mission.
| Sheri Anderson Associate Vice President for Strategic Research Initiatives | Cassie Johnson |
Kirstin Saulsbury | Becky Hellman Tangen Business Program Manager (also serves ND Water Resources Research Institute) 701.231.5872 becky.hellman@ndsu.edu |