This $340,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at the University of Texas at Austin to develop two-dimensional ambipolar materials and device structures for logical and machine learning circuits. The grant is part of NSF's $47 million Engineering program, which funds research and education activities to advance engineering innovations. Specifically, the researchers will study dual-gate ambipolar field-effect transistors made from two-dimensional materials to design new...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant, awarded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084), provides $200,000 from October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2027 to The Ohio State University to research and develop novel quasi-one-dimensional topological materials. The project aims to overcome current limitations of topological insulators by exploring quasi-1D structures, with the goal of discovering new topological phases, materials, and devices...
This $450,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to The Johns Hopkins University supports the development of a new "dual-series gate" organic electrochemical transistor (DS-OECT) biosensor technology. The key objectives include material synthesis, device fabrication, computer modeling, and biological fluid analysis to create a highly sensitive and stable sensor capable of reliably detecting protein biomarkers for various...
This $390,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of novel biophotonic computing devices through the Engineering Directorate's 47.041 Engineering program. Specifically, the principal investigator aims to create a flexible, sustainable platform for bio-photonic thin film transistors using cellulose-nanocrystals with chiral nematic organization and responsive photonic behavior. Over the two-year period from September 15, 2022 to August 31, 2025, the grantee,...
This $443,079 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research to develop electroacoustic topological insulator-based logic devices. The goal is to create new electroacoustic transistors and logic devices that leverage reconfigurable topological interface states, enabling energy-efficient, disorder-immune wave-based computing. The research aims to make fundamental contributions to the design, development, and exploration of these...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award provides $250,000 to the University of Florida for a 3-year period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027. The award aims to experimentally demonstrate wafer-scale 2D transistors with physical channel lengths below 5 nm, investigating the fundamental limits of these transistors to advance computational technologies beyond the "silicon-impossible" territory. The key activities include: (1)...
This $410,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at Dartmouth College from September 2022 through August 2025 to develop a new paradigm of two-dimensional metal oxide transistors enhanced through quantum modulation doping. The researchers will develop a fundamental understanding of how heterointerfaces can be engineered to enhance electronic transport in channels consisting of heterostructures of 2-3 nm thick two-dimensional wide bandgap oxide semiconductors. This work...
The National Science Foundation awarded The Ohio State University a $372,711 Project Grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to support research titled "MAGNETO-INDUCTIVE WAVEGUIDES: INTERCONNECTING THE NEXT GENERATION OF WEARABLES AND IMPLANTS" from August 15, 2021 through July 31, 2024. The grant funding will allow Ohio State researchers to develop magneto-inductive waveguide technologies intended to interconnect emerging classes of wearable devices and...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program provides $1,000,000 to Ohio University to research and develop multi-functional, self-healing, and cross-layer optimized electro-optic fabrics for sustainable computing systems. The overarching goal is to enhance the sustainability of computing through reduced embodied energy and extended hardware lifetime. Key objectives include: (1) novel electrical...
The Ohio State University received a three-year $405,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041). The award will support research into gate-tunable spin devices based on spin-orbitronic engineering in two-dimensional metal monochalcogenides. Specifically, The Ohio State University Office of Sponsored Programs will leverage the funding to conduct innovation and...