Project Grant 2153425
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) award, funded under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $400,000 over 3 years to the University of Maryland, College Park to conduct fundamental research on desiccatable insect cells and their use in developing an artificial "electronic nose" for odor detection. The project aims to understand the odor response characteristics of these specialized cells, which can be stored in a dried state and then reactivated, in order to assess their...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $400,236 Project Grant to the University of California, Davis under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The five-year award will support the development of a portable nanosensor for the ultrasensitive optical detection of airborne agents. Key deliverables include the creation of a novel sensor featuring nanomaterials that can be activated with light to selectively capture and detect volatile organic compounds. The sensor is designed for...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to the University of South Florida (USF) to develop a hybrid and modular electronic nose (e-nose) system for non-invasive medical diagnostic applications. The project aims to converge research on gas sensing and artificial intelligence/machine learning technologies to create an advanced tool for detecting volatile organic compounds as health status...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports the design, fabrication, and testing of an "electronic nose" system for classifying complex gas mixtures. The $251,110 award to Oregon State University (OSU) aims to develop a gas sensor array using tunable, nanoporous metal-organic polyhedra (MOPs) as the sensing elements. The sensor array will be paired with a supervised machine learning algorithm to analyze the response...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $323,890 to Indiana University to design, fabricate, and test an electronic nose device for discriminating complex gas mixtures. The project aims to develop a sensor array using computationally-designed metal-organic polyhedra (MOPs) as the sensing elements, paired with a supervised machine learning model to interpret the sensor response patterns. Key objectives include testing the sensor...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $650,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to The Washington University Office of Sponsored Research Services Division. The project aims to develop a novel, insect-inspired, nanoparticle-based chemical sensor for detecting explosive volatile organic compounds using artificial intelligence (AI). The short-term goal is to fabricate and demonstrate a proof-of-concept, portable AI-enabled...
- This $390,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering Directorate (CFDA 47.041) funds the development of a wearable dynamic microsystem sampler for collecting microbial volatiles from human skin at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Key products include a microelectromechanical system-fabricated, 3D-printed "SensorP" device the size of an apple watch. The SensorP will standardize skin scent collection through a novel packaging system...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a $199,676 Project Grant to the Kennesaw State University Research And Service Foundation, Inc. (KSU R&SF) to develop a novel manufacturing process for ultra-sensitive and selective electronic molecule sensor arrays. The goal is to enable real-time, label-free detection of target molecules in an all-electronic format compatible with field deployment on integrated circuit chips. The...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Convergence Accelerator Track L Project Grant, with a total funding of $650,000, aims to innovate and mature two miniature volatile organic compound (VOC) sensing technologies - colorimetric VOC sensor arrays and wearable VOC sensor patches. The project team, consisting of engineers, chemists, material scientists, biologists, and data scientists, will leverage machine learning and bio-inspired design to develop cost-effective, field-portable, and highly...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $650,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to develop a suite of portable, quantum-enhanced sensors for detecting and identifying bioaerosols. The project aims to advance the technology readiness level of sensor technologies targeting bioaerosols, which directly impact human, animal, plant, and climate health. The key products to be...
This National Science Foundation project grant of $450,000 will fund the development of an engineered electronic nose with single molecule sensitivity and single atom resolution. Awarded on July 1, 2022 to the University of California Irvine under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), the three year project aims to attach odorant receptors from biological noses to tiny electrical sensors using nanowire and nanotube networks. This work lays the groundwork for high precision chemical detection with applications in advanced manufacturing and process control. An educational outreach program is also included to share the technology with underserved K-12 students. The combination of fused odorant receptor-ion channel proteins, nanowire sensing of single ion channel activity, and lipid bilayer-nanotube tethering chemistry seeks to achieve an electronic nose capable of distinguishing analytes that differ by just one carbon atom, matching the sensitivity of living smell systems.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $450.0k | 3/21/22 |