This National Science Foundation (NSF) award under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences grant program (CFDA 47.049) provides $149,354 over three years (09/01/2024 - 08/31/2027) to develop open-source software tools for analyzing atomic structures in atomistic simulations. The project aims to create four key software packages: (1) an analyzer tool to apply machine learning-based atomic structure classifiers, (2) a machine learning tool to train and test classifiers, (3) a campaign manager to...
The University of Delaware received a three-year, $541,852 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences. The grant falls under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) and supports collaborative research on new models of stellar evolution to understand the past, present, and future of magnetic massive stars. Through this funding, the University will deliver research examining stellar structure and life cycles through the...
This $532,567 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports theoretical research and educational activities at the University of Delaware aimed at understanding quantum magnetic materials and advancing spintronics. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award include: Developing new theoretical methods and open-source software to model spin transport and quantum effects in magnetic...
This three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) totaling $150,000 aims to advance understanding of strong-field and ultrafast processes in atomic systems through theoretical and computational modeling. Funded under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), the award supports research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to describe interactions between intense coherent radiation and large quantum systems. Specific investigations include...
The University of Delaware received a three-year, $508,023 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation to conduct a systematic study of plasmon-induced charge and energy transfer in metal-semiconductor hybrids under the agency's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support research from August 2021 through July 2024 to advance understanding of major problems in these scientific fields. Specifically, the university will use the funding to promote...
The University of Delaware received a $415,804 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The award funds research to develop a scalable nanomanufacturing platform for area-selective atomic layer deposition of components for ultra-efficient optoelectronic devices. Specifically, the university researchers are working to pioneer an innovative manufacturing approach...
The University of Delaware was awarded a $756,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation to acquire a time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometer. The award was made under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) and will run from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through support for research and related activities in major areas of science,...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences awarded a $183,448 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of California, Berkeley. This 3-year grant funds the development of open-source cyberinfrastructure for publishing and reusing un- or minimally compressed scientific measurement data across physics domains. The project aims to enable high-quality scientific analyses to continue well beyond...
This $239,009 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research on the synthesis and characterization of complex oxide thin films composed of 4D and 5D transition metals. The University of Delaware is investigating the unusual topological, superconducting, and ferroelectric properties that emerge at the atomically-sharp interfaces of these oxide heterostructures and superlattices grown by hybrid molecular...
This $150,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports theoretical studies of intermolecular forces being conducted by Professor Krzysztof Szalewicz of the University of Delaware from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2023. Under this award, Szalewicz and his research group are developing and applying symmetry-adapted perturbation theory based on density-functional theory (SAPT(DFT)) to compute intermolecular forces with high...
This $600,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will support the development of an online atomic data portal and open-access atomic modeling software by the University of Delaware. The portal and software aim to bridge the gap between atomic physics research codes and the user community's need for accurate atomic data and modeling capabilities. Over the three-year award period, the University of Delaware will develop a scalable and automated online portal with an easy-to-use interface to provide atomic data such as energies, wavelengths, transition rates and lifetimes for over 100 atoms and ions. The University will also continue enhancing open-access atomic software based on its existing research codes, allowing large-scale automated generation and quality assessment of atomic data. This will significantly increase the availability of reliable theoretical atomic data for applications across scientific fields and support further advances in areas involving complex atomic structures.