Florida A & M University received a $331,963 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The three-year award will support research titled "Excellence in Research: Experiment Efficient Modeling Method of Dynamic Systems Based on Short-Term Dependency and Non-Recurrent Neural Networks" from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2024. The award will fund the development of new modeling...
This $675,996 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) supports the establishment of a 4D-STEM nano-characterization infrastructure at Florida A&M University (FAMU) to enhance materials research and education for underrepresented minority students. The funding will enable FAMU, a historically Black land-grant institution, to acquire advanced electron microscopy and spectroscopy capabilities that can characterize...
This $1 million National Science Foundation project grant supports Florida A&M University's HBCU-RISE program to enhance research and education infrastructure in multifunctional materials. Funded under the NSF's Division of Human Resource Development and STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), the project aims to integrate research and education in chemistry and engineering of multifunctional materials. Key deliverables include developing a new Materials Science and Engineering Ph.D....
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $200,627 project grant to the Florida Institute of Technology Inc. (Florida TECH), a private university and non-profit organization, to conduct research on understanding fracture mechanics in additively manufactured functionally graded microcellular solids. The objectives of this 3-year research project are to: (1) demonstrate the production of different microcellular structures using additive...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded a $499,776 Project Grant titled "EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH: 3D PRINTED RADIATION DETECTORS WITH PEROVSKITE-POLYMER COMPOSITES" to Florida A&M University (FAMU). The grant aims to develop new semiconductor-polymer composite materials as a replacement for conventional inorganic single crystal radiation detectors. The key goal is to enable large-area, low-cost, and high-resolution radiation detectors through...
This $488,373 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will enable the Florida Institute of Technology (Florida TECH) to acquire a new cryo-enabled scanning electron microscope (cryo-SEM). This advanced instrument will broadly support research and education across multiple disciplines at Florida TECH and its partner institutions, including Eckerd College, Winston-Salem University, and Eastern Florida State...
This $689,074 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program supports the purchase of a 6-axis 3D printing system for Florida A&M University (FAMU). The equipment will be used to conduct precision digital manufacturing research and education in areas such as integrated circuits, electronic components, sensors, and high-temperature conformally printed materials. This investment aims to expand FAMU's research capacity in...
This $1,591,823 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides Florida A&M University (FAMU) with a multiple chip heterogeneous integration solution including 3D printing, chip placement, and real-time characterization and testing capabilities. The system enables rapid prototyping of multilayer structures, simultaneous printing of conductive and dielectric materials for printed electronics, and integrating multiple chip dies...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $846,986 Project Grant under the Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program to Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees), a division of the Texas A&M University System, to acquire a state-of-the-art x-ray instrument for advanced scattering studies of polymers, ceramics, and hybrid organic-inorganic materials. The instrument enables real-time monitoring of material nanostructure under diverse environmental conditions and external...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded a $186,765 Project Grant to the California State University, East Bay Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization, to acquire a desktop scanning electron microscope with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) instrument. This award, made through the Major Research Instrumentation and Chemistry Research Instrumentation programs (CFDA 47.083), will facilitate advanced materials and biological characterization...