The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a $215,000 Project Grant to the University of Texas at Austin for research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: COMBINED TRANSPORT AND SCANNING PROBE STUDY OF TWISTED VAN DER WAALS DEVICES." The three-year award period runs from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. Under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA #47.041), which seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through...
The University of Arizona was awarded a $368,166 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems to develop short-wave infrared polarization sensitive focal plane arrays under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The goal of the Engineering program is to improve quality of life and economic strength through fostering innovation and excellence in engineering research and education. This project aims to advance short-wave infrared...
The University of Arizona was awarded a $357,568 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Computing and Communication Foundations under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). The two-year award will support the establishment of an efficient framework for engineering and optical implementation of measurements for non-Gaussian states. The grant aims to advance development in computing, communications, and information science through...
The University of Arizona was awarded a $150,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to support the "Walking Together to Increase Participation of Students from Underrepresented Groups in Engineering" initiative. The two-year award, issued on February 1, 2022 with a completion date of January 31, 2024, will fund efforts to engage students from underrepresented groups in engineering through collaborative activities designed to...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $565,036 Project Grant to Arizona State University under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to support research activities from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. The grant funding will enable ASU researchers to conduct work on the large scale synthesis and manufacturing of atomically thin polar materials for quantum applications. Specifically, the university will leverage the award to advance innovation in engineering research...
Arizona State University was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041). The grant will support development of an ultra-compact high-speed infrared polarimetric spectroscopic imaging system from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2026. The NSF Directorate for Engineering seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength by fostering innovation and...
The University of Arizona, doing business as the Arizona Board of Regents, received a $249,429 grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to conduct collaborative research on electrically modulated near-field thermophotonics using metal-oxide-semiconductor nanostructures. The 3-year project, which commenced on November 1, 2023, aims to develop novel approaches to enhance radiative heat transfer and enable tunable thermoelectric conversion, thermal...
The University of Arizona was awarded a $383,618 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation. The grant supports research titled "Figuring Thin Optical Components Using Ultrashort Pulsed Laser Stress" from August 15, 2021 through July 31, 2024. Under this award, the University of Arizona will research techniques for fabricating thin optical components using ultrashort pulsed laser stress. The goal is to improve...
The University of Arizona was awarded a $334,752 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences. The grant falls under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) and will support research into novel methods for numerical simulation of wave propagation in inhomogeneous media from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2024. The funding will allow the University of Arizona to develop new computational techniques for modeling how waves, such as...
The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded Georgetown University a $349,838 Project Grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2024. The grant will support research into the effects of quantum confinement in photosensors made from transition metal dichalcogenides. As part of its mission to improve engineering research and education, the NSF Directorate for Engineering provides...