Project Grant 2211858
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $333,267 Project Grant to the University of Nebraska under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) for research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: A METAMODELING MACHINE LEARNING FRAMEWORK FOR MULTISCALE BEHAVIOR OF NANO-ARCHITECTURED CRYSTALLINE-AMORPHOUS COMPOSITES." The period of performance for this research is January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024. The grant funds collaborative research at the University of Nebraska to develop...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation provides $779,240 to support research at the University of Notre Dame advancing lithography-free manufacturing techniques for metal nanostructures separated by nanogaps. Specifically, the award funds work through August 2025 to define benchtop fabrication methods for integrating opposing metal surfaces separated by sub-5 nm nanogaps into applications in plasmonics and molecular...
- The University of Nebraska was awarded a three-year, $354,293 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DESIGNER MICROSTRUCTURES BY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF FUNCTIONAL EMULSIONS." Under the grant, the University will conduct research to develop additive manufacturing techniques using functional emulsions to create designer microstructures. The research is part of NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which supports...
- This $155,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) supports fundamental research at Iowa State University to understand how nanoparticle self-assembly can be integrated into laser/powder-based additive manufacturing (AM) of multimodal metallic materials. The overall goal is to gain a deeper understanding of the mechanisms governing nanoparticle self-assembly behavior, microstructure evolution, and property enhancements in AM of...
- This National Science Foundation project grant of $398,671 will fund research at Duke University from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025 under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The research aims to advance understanding of metal-nanomaterial interfaces in transistors by addressing longstanding scientific questions about how electrical current is controlled at the nanoscale. Specifically, the project will study contact gating effects and ambient air exposure impacts on...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $475,399 to Auburn University to conduct fundamental research on laser nanoparticle powder-bed fusion, an additive nanomanufacturing process. The research aims to develop layer-by-layer fabrication of micro- and nano-scale functional structures and devices with tunable chemical compositions, interface interactions, and physical architectures. This work has potential...
- This $600,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to support research that develops a novel approach to metamaterials engineering and manufacturing for emerging optoelectronics. The project at the University of Michigan will utilize a combination of advanced manufacturing tools and focused-ion-beam-assisted molecular-beam epitaxy to pattern and integrate high-purity non-precious metals with high-quality semiconductors. The...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 5-year, $463,417 CAREER grant to the University of Nebraska (UNL) under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to establish a scalable manufacturing approach for incorporating diverse solid particle additives into room temperature liquid metals. This work will lead to the creation of a novel class of multiphase conductive pastes with customizable physical, rheological, and chemical properties. The enhanced properties will increase the...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska received a $200,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029. This collaborative research award, conducted in partnership with the Binational Science Foundation (BSF) and Israeli institutions, supports the design, synthesis, and characterization of novel oxide moire...
- This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $224,845 in funding to support fundamental research on the self-limiting electrospray deposition of nanowire-particle composites for advanced coatings. The goal is to enable the mass production of nanowire coatings on versatile surfaces through the development of new manufacturing processes based on electrostatically-induced sprays of waterborne gelling polymers. The research team...
This National Science Foundation project grant of $343,615 supports research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln into ion-surface interaction-driven manufacturing of one-dimensional metal oxide heterostructures from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025. The research aims to advance manufacturing techniques for producing large-area arrays of nanostructures with precise geometrical shape and elemental composition control for applications in areas such as biomedical sensing and quantum technologies. Specifically, the research investigates low-energy ion processing during glancing angle deposition to address current limitations in controlling structure arrangements, compositions of relevant oxides and nitrides, and structure homogeneity across substrate surfaces for broad-area nanostructure formation and subsequent technical use. The research aligns with the NSF Engineering program's goal of fostering innovation in engineering research.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $343.6k | 5/5/22 |