Cooperative Agreement 70NANB25H140
- This $280,450 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Measurement Science and Engineering (MSE) Research Grant Program (CFDA 11.609) will fund research by Theiss Research, a non-profit organization, to improve the accuracy of scanning electron microscope (SEM) measurements of nanometer-scale structures. The research will develop a new computational model based on density functional theory and the Bethe-Salpeter equation to better...
- This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), under the Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.620), provides $106,500.00 to Aperi Computational Mechanics Consulting, LLC to develop a commercial software tool that will automate 3D scan-to-simulation capabilities. The project aims to streamline engineering simulation workflows by constructing robust and accurate dynamic simulations from 3D images,...
- This $399,752 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach program (CFDA 11.620) funds a Phase II project to develop standards and open-source software for digital data associated with semiconductor electronics. The project aims to support NIST initiatives related to the CHIPS Act and provide digital data standards to accelerate advanced materials research and development for...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $289,529 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 11.042 - CHIPS Research and Development) to Steam Instruments Inc. for the development of a high-resolution ion microscope prototype. The project aims to implement rapid and accurate high-resolution ion microscopy technology to address materials characterization challenges of direct interest to the U.S. semiconductor industry, such as improving dopant concentration determinations and...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $963,000 Project Grant (CFDA 11.617 - Congressionally-Identified Projects) to Seton Hall University to enhance the research capabilities of the Advanced Materials Synthesis and Characterization Laboratory (AMSCL). The purpose is to enable research on low-temperature plasmas used in advanced manufacturing. The enhanced facilities will provide independent control, variation, and optimization of neutral, ion, electron, and photon...
- This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under CFDA Program 11.620 (Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach), is focused on developing a commercial software tool that will automate 3D scan-to-simulation capabilities. The $106,494.46 award, effective August 1, 2025 through January 31, 2026, will support the recipient, Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc. (ACT), in constructing robust and accurate dynamic...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $289,692 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 11.042 - CHIPS Research and Development) to Direct Electron, L.P., a small disadvantaged business located in San Diego, California. The purpose of the award is for Direct Electron to develop a new high-speed, high-resolution camera system for electron backscatter diffraction (HR EBSD) and transmission Kikuchi diffraction (TKD) applications in scanning electron microscopes (SEMs). The new...
- Under a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) through the Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach program (CFDA 11.620), Nanoelectronic Imaging, Inc. will develop a solution for nanoscale temperature mapping in operating semiconductor devices using Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). The key objectives are to provide a straightforward method for TEM-based nanothermometry, which is currently not commercially available,...
- This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach program (CFDA 11.620) provides $106,500 in funding to Intact Solutions, Inc. to develop a thermal history simulation framework for multi-laser powder bed fusion (PBF) additive manufacturing platforms. The simulation tool aims to deliver path-level predictions of thermal history to optimize process parameters and mitigate defects,...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $259,848.73 Cooperative Agreement under the CHIPS Research and Development (CFDA 11.042) program to Primenano, Inc., a for-profit technology company, to develop an advanced prototype of a measurement technology for in-line metrology. The project aims to create a non-destructive, wafer-based measurement system with applications in materials purity, electrical properties, 3D device, and next-generation manufacturing. Primenano...
This $400,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach program (CFDA 11.620) aims to enhance AMAG Consulting's SIMUSEM software capabilities for simulating electron beam/solid interactions, scanning electron microscope (SEM) images, and electron trajectories. The project will help semiconductor companies better understand the structure and metrology of manufactured nanoscale devices, and qualify metrology processes for next-generation, smaller and more energy-efficient chips. Key activities include imaging structures that exhibit charging, refining the SIMUSEM charging model, and adding magnetic field and roughness effects to produce more realistic SEM images. Binghamton University staff will provide analysis and comparison of the simulated images. The project period runs from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2027.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $400.0k | 9/10/25 |