This $274,919 National Science Foundation Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships project grant funds the development of color-shifting security films by Chromatir Technologies, LLC. Chromatir will pursue two technical aims: increasing total reflectivity without compromising color saturation to ensure eye-catching appearance under varied lighting; and demonstrating serial color patterning for customized printing of iridescent films with bar codes or numbers to enable integration with digital...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $951,394 Cooperative Agreement under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Ballydel Technologies Inc. for the development of serialized anti-counterfeit labeling technology for pharmaceutical and biological products. The project aims to create a scalable manufacturing process for imprinting covert, encrypted patterns onto labels for individual vaccine vials, incorporating serialized codes to enable traceability...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Cooperative Agreement award of $1,000,000 to Diffract Technology Inc. is focused on developing a novel, high-resolution 3D optical metrology tool for precision manufacturing and industrial applications. The project aims to create a computer-generated holographic system capable of performing rapid, non-contact 3D measurements with sub-10-micron resolution over a large field of view. The advanced 3D...
This $1,250,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of a chip technology to enable cheaper and easier manufacturing of photonic devices. The key objectives are to: (1) create a laser control system for optical fiber attachment, (2) develop a process design kit for mode converter manufacturing, and (3) pilot the developed packaging technology. The awardee, Photonect...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $1,000,000 to the Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines will develop an advanced mid-infrared imaging instrument to analyze the interactions of chiral drugs with biological tissues. The project aims to provide detailed spatial information on how chiral drug molecules behave in different tissue environments, which is crucial for developing safer and more effective medications....
This $305,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of innovative metasurface optical waveguiding devices (MOWGs) by Coherent Photonics, LLC. The project aims to create novel optical devices that can replace conventional optical systems, such as lenses and mirrors, to enable more compact, scalable, and cost-effective optical solutions for applications like smartphones,...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.070 - Computer and Information Science and Engineering) provides $417,766 to Clemson University to develop a computational framework for replicating, designing, and rapidly prototyping nano-structural coloration architectures inspired by nature. The goal is to enable digital twinning of nature-inspired structural coloration through advanced computer simulations, empowering the fabrication of novel optical materials with...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award provides $135,000.00 to Clemson University to conduct collaborative research on developing integrated photonic physical unclonable functions (PUFs) for optoelectronic hardware security. The key objectives of this 3-year project are to: (1) investigate the performance and information capacity limits of unclonable photonic circuits, (2) develop techniques for extracting and generating digital key...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $450,000 Project Grant under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program to the University of Florida (UF) Division of Sponsored Research. This 3-year project, titled "CAMO: Counterfeit Attestation Module for Electronics Supply Chain Tracking and Provenance," aims to develop innovative solutions to address the growing problem of counterfeit electronics trafficking. The key products to be delivered through this grant include: 1) a novel...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation will support Environmental Protective Coatings LLC's development of durable, omniphobic coatings through Scops Coating Technologies LLC. Funded under NSF's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084), the $1,013,950 award aims to validate pilot-scale production and enhance weatherability of fluorine-free, self-cleaning coating materials. Key objectives include pilot-scale production to enable...