The National Science Foundation awarded North Carolina State University a $162,000 Project Grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of September 15, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The grant funds collaborative research to elucidate the structure and dynamics of hybrid perovskite systems through a nanoscale detection approach. As part of its mission to improve engineering innovation and education, the Engineering program supports basic research to advance...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $230,000 Project Grant to the University of Southern California (USC) to support collaborative research on thermionic multiple barrier heterostructures and thermoelectric energy conversion using 2D layered materials. The research aims to develop a fundamental understanding of thermionic transport and energy conversion in these novel heterostructure devices, with the goal...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $443,634 will fund research and education activities at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from October 2022 through March 2025. The award is part of the NSF Engineering Directorate's $47.041 million program to advance engineering innovation and education. Specifically, the grant will support development of quantum spintronic device building blocks using magnetically ordered materials. The university researchers will explore how...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $500,007 awarded to the University of Maryland Baltimore County supports research and education activities focused on flexible thermoelectric materials and devices. Specifically, the awardee will conduct research under the Engineering (47.041) program to develop additive printing methods for independently controlling the electrical and thermal properties of thermoelectric composite films through interfacial engineering. This work aims to enable...
North Carolina State University received a $299,966 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation to support research related to chemical-looping catalysis using thin-film perovskite oxide materials. The award was made under the NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2023. Specifically, the university will use the funding to conduct thin-film preparation and surface characterization of iron- and manganese-containing perovskite...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) has awarded a $260,719 Project Grant to the Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. The 3-year grant, which begins on June 1, 2024, supports collaborative research to develop a new class of efficient, fast, and robust thermal diodes. The project will study how tailoring condensation/evaporation heat transport mechanisms through heterogeneous nanostructures can enable precise control of thermal...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $137,407 Project Grant to The Trustees of Princeton University under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) for research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: GOALI: EVALUATING THERMO-ELECTRO-ADSORPTION MECHANISMS FOR WASTE-HEAT DRIVEN ION-SEPARATION PROCESSES." The grant period runs from August 1, 2021 through August 31, 2021. Under this award, Princeton University will conduct research evaluating thermo-electro-adsorption mechanisms...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CFDA 47.041 - Engineering) provides $230,000 over 3 years to the University of Oregon for collaborative research on thermionic energy conversion using 2D layered heterostructures. The research aims to develop a fundamental understanding of thermionic transport and energy conversion in multiple-barrier heterostructures, enabling more efficient solid-state...
The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded North Carolina State University a $1,499,908 Project Grant under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The grant will fund the development of reconfigurable metal-free microsystems with alternative power sources from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2026. Specifically, the university will investigate carbon-based electronic materials, low-power circuits, and bio-derived alternative power...
This $146,190 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research at North Carolina State University (NC State) to develop strain-engineered, lead-free ferroelectric oxide heterostructures and membranes. The project aims to create strain-induced phase boundaries in these materials to enhance their dielectric, piezoelectric, and ferroelectric properties beyond traditional chemically-induced phase...