The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T) received a $191,995 project grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to conduct research revealing the reconfiguration dynamics of lipid bilayers and hydration structures with nanoscale resolution during electroporation. SDSM&T will use atomic force microscopy with sub-nanometer and high temporal resolution to image molecular-level dynamic responses of lipid bilayers and hydration...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $360,723 Project Grant to the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for an REU Site titled "Back to the Future." The grant will support research experiences for undergraduate students from March 1, 2022 to February 28, 2025. As the awardee, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology will administer research opportunities and training for undergraduates to increase their...
This $548,158 National Science Foundation project grant will fund the acquisition of an atomic force microscopy-based infrared spectroscopy instrument (NanoIR3) at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. The instrument will enable interdisciplinary research at the intersection of biology and surface engineering in fields such as applied biology, bio-inspired engineering, biophysics, chemical engineering, materials science, and nano-engineering. It will provide nanoscale infrared chemical...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology for the "ECO-DESIGN OF HYDROGENATION CATALYSTS FOR OXYANION REDUCTION: THE OVERLOOKED ROLES OF NITROGEN-CONTAINING GROUPS ON THE CATALYST SUPPORTS" project. This 3-year research effort aims to characterize the structure and performance of palladium (Pd) nanoparticle catalysts immobilized on...
This $798,445 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports the acquisition of a field emission scanning transmission electron microscope (FE-STEM) at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T). The FE-STEM instrument will enable advanced nanoscale characterization and analysis to support multidisciplinary research across engineering and science fields at SDSM&T and its regional partners. Key research areas...
South Dakota State University was awarded a $464,998 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems on May 15, 2021 to fund research titled "The Roles of Electrically Driven Water Flow on Cellular Viability, Tissue Repair and Polarity." The grant has a completion date of April 30, 2024. The funding supports research under the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which aims to...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded $323,986 to the Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines under Project Grant CFDA 47.041, the Engineering program, to support the research project "Understanding the Interaction of 2D Particles with Phospholipid Membranes" from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. This project aims to improve understanding of how two-dimensional particles interact with phospholipid...
This $1,100,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) establishes a Quantum Materials Institute at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T). The institute will focus on developing compact, efficient nonlinear optical systems by combining two-dimensional materials and metasurfaces for applications in quantum communications. Key activities include discovering novel two-dimensional materials, studying light-matter...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $676,969 supports research at North Dakota State University from May 1, 2023 to April 30, 2028 under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The grant aims to advance fundamental understanding of enzyme interactions with stimuli-responsive nanoparticles at the nanoscale. Specifically, the Principal Investigator will develop histone-mimetic polymerosomes capable of selectively recognizing target enzymes like histone deacetylase, and study how their...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $991,736.00 to the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T) to conduct research on "PRECISE POLYMERIC PATCH DESIGN ON ANISOTROPIC NANORINGS TO REALIZE CONTROLLED ORIENTATION IN SELF-ASSEMBLED PHOTONIC METAMATERIALS." The award period runs from Sep 1, 2024 to Aug 31, 2025. The primary objective of this grant is to advance scientific...