The National Science Foundation awarded a $355,714 Project Grant to the University of Rochester under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The grant supports research to develop an innovative, scalable nanomanufacturing platform for area-selective atomic layer deposition of components for ultra-efficient optoelectronic devices. The goal is to pioneer a continuous, energy-efficient manufacturing approach that enables novel three-dimensional chip designs not reliant on unsustainable...
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...
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 $387,363 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop "Neuron Blocks Using HFZRO/GAN Field Effect Transistors for Energy Efficiency Computing". The award period runs from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025. The project aims to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative scientific discoveries in areas such as quantum...
The University of Delaware received a $3 million Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems on January 1, 2022 to support the project "ECO: A Systems-Enabled Paradigm Shift for Modular Sustainable Chemical Manufacturing." The goal of this three-year project is to develop modular and sustainable approaches for chemical manufacturing through systems engineering principles. The NSF Directorate for...
The University of Delaware was awarded a $999,998 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) with a period of performance from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025. The grant supports fundamental scientific research to GROUP-V DOPING OF CDTE-ALLOY POLYCRYSTALLINE AND SINGLE CRYSTAL THIN FILMS. This research aims to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative scientific discoveries in...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $999,984 Project Grant to the University of Delaware under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041). The grant will fund a research project from August 2021 through July 2026 to characterize the global illicit trade in energy-critical materials using machine learning, remote sensing, and qualitative research methods. The University of Delaware will deliver data and analysis on illicit trade networks and supply chains involving...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to the University of Delaware. The grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, supports fundamental scientific research on the "Modulated Electrification of Chemical Manufacturing" with a planned completion date of August 31, 2026. As a leading research institution, the University of Delaware has a diverse federal research portfolio spanning...
The University of Delaware will receive $417,504 from the National Science Foundation under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2025. The funding will support research to develop methodologies and frameworks for modernizing enterprise structures to account for uncertainty in supply chain decision-making. Specifically, the university will integrate process models, scheduling methods, planning problems, and supply chain...
This $466,735 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports fundamental research to develop an electron beam-activated atomic layer etching (EB-ALE) process for advanced materials manufacturing. The primary objectives are to obtain the required knowledge on the surface chemical and physical aspects of the EB-ALE mechanism, and to enable layer-by-layer etching for critical applications involving complex multi-element materials that are...