The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $650,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to develop a suite of portable, quantum-enhanced sensors for detecting and identifying bioaerosols. The project aims to advance the technology readiness level of sensor technologies targeting bioaerosols, which directly impact human, animal, plant, and climate health. The key products to be...
This National Science Foundation project grant of $450,000 will fund the development of an engineered electronic nose with single molecule sensitivity and single atom resolution. Awarded on July 1, 2022 to the University of California Irvine under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), the three year project aims to attach odorant receptors from biological noses to tiny electrical sensors using nanowire and nanotube networks. This work lays the groundwork for high precision chemical...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the University of California, Davis under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2026. The grant funds the CAREER: CHIP-SCALE, FIELD-RESOLVED DETECTION OF MID-INFRARED LIGHT project, which supports research and development of chip-scale technologies for detecting mid-infrared light at the University. The Engineering program seeks to foster innovation and excellence...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $650,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to The Washington University Office of Sponsored Research Services Division. The project aims to develop a novel, insect-inspired, nanoparticle-based chemical sensor for detecting explosive volatile organic compounds using artificial intelligence (AI). The short-term goal is to fabricate and demonstrate a proof-of-concept, portable AI-enabled...
This National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.041 Engineering) Project Grant award totaling $400,000 aims to develop a network of chemical sensors that can continuously monitor outdoor air for carcinogenic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as benzene, toluene, and xylene. The University of California, Davis will lead this 3-year effort to assemble a sensor network that can detect and quantify targeted VOC levels, with data relayed to a cloud platform for analysis. The team will first test...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) under the Engineering (CFDA #47.041) program to design, fabricate, and evaluate acoustic-to-optical nanoscale transducers. The goal of this 3-year project is to develop novel micro-auscultation devices that can efficiently convert weak sound waves into optical signals, enabling the detection and interpretation of acoustic signatures from small biological objects like cells,...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $242,687 to the University of Massachusetts, Amherst to develop an ultrasensitive nanopore biosensor for point-of-care testing of infectious diseases. The project aims to create a next-generation nanopore biosensor capable of highly sensitive and specific detection and quantification of multiple infectious disease biomarkers from human blood samples. Key innovations include employing...
The National Science Foundation (NSF), under its Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), awarded a $429,832 Project Grant to the University of Massachusetts (UMass) to develop a novel method for rapid and sensitive detection of nucleic acids such as DNA and RNA. The main objectives of the 5-year project are to: Determine the nanomechanoelectrical transduction principle of nucleic-acid nanostructures tethered to a graphene transistor and oscillating in an electric field. Achieve rapid,...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a $199,676 Project Grant to the Kennesaw State University Research And Service Foundation, Inc. (KSU R&SF) to develop a novel manufacturing process for ultra-sensitive and selective electronic molecule sensor arrays. The goal is to enable real-time, label-free detection of target molecules in an all-electronic format compatible with field deployment on integrated circuit chips. The...
The University of California Irvine received a $360,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems on January 15, 2022 to fund the development of The Aptamer Bioresistor. The project aims to create a broadly applicable protein biosensor with simplified dip-and-read functionality for point-of-care diagnostics. The funding supports research under the NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) and will allow the...