This $385,588 National Science Foundation Integrative Activities Project Grant supports the development of lanthanide-doped metal halide perovskite nanocrystals for sensitive detection of short wavelength radiation by Oakwood University, Inc. from June 1, 2022 to May 31, 2025.
The award aims to investigate the feasibility of integrating lanthanide-doped perovskite nanoparticles that efficiently down-convert ultraviolet and x-ray photons to visible and near-infrared radiation with silicon...
Florida A&M University received a $372,750 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation to acquire a dynamic micro-computed tomography instrument. The instrument will be used for multidisciplinary research in areas such as novel polymer-metal-ceramic composites, actuation mechanisms, bio-composites, and fossilized creatures. It will also support the newly established Materials Science and Engineering graduate program and help train students from multiple disciplines. This...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering Directorate (CFDA 47.041) provides $399,000 to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (SUNY) to develop a new generation of cost-effective, scalable, and stable radiation detectors with ultra-high detectivity. This is a joint effort between the University at Buffalo, University of Cambridge, and University of Oxford to address the challenge of engineering materials and manufacturing...
This $689,074 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) provides Florida A&M University (FAMU), a Historically Black College and University (HBCU), with funding to purchase a 6-axis 3D printing system. This equipment will be used to produce novel devices and structures, such as integrated circuits, electronic components, sensors, and conformally printed materials for...
This $1,591,823 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides Florida A&M University (FAMU), a Historically Black College and University (HBCU), with a multiple chip heterogeneous integration solution. The system enables rapid prototyping of multilayer structures, simultaneous printing of conductive and dielectric materials for electronics circuits and packaging, and real-time testing of heterogeneous integrated chips operating at...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $460,983 Project Grant to Virginia State University (VSU) to develop a next-generation fast neutron detector. The award, made under NSF's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), will support the design, construction, and commissioning of a modular plastic scintillator-based array to enable precise detection and measurement of fast neutrons produced in experiments studying neutron-rich atomic nuclei. This new detector system will...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research awarded a $164,671 Project Grant to Arizona State University to develop and evaluate a new class of lead-free perovskite halide materials for optoelectronic applications under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. This collaborative research between the University of Maine and the University of Alabama aims to computationally design, synthesize, characterize, and assess the stability of...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research awarded a $262,500 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Georgia Tech) for the "DMREF/Collaborative Research: Active Learning-based Material Discovery for 3D Printed Solids with Locally-Tunable Electrical and Mechanical Properties" project. This multi-disciplinary effort aims to establish an active learning approach to rapidly...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) totaling $344,918 will establish a collaborative research program at Florida International University (FIU) to develop advanced data-driven approaches for additive manufacturing (AM) or 3D printing of materials with locally tunable electrical and mechanical properties.
The research aims to create new polymer resin formulations for digital light processing (DLP) 3D printing that can...
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....