The University of California, Davis was awarded a $428,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences. The award, made on July 1, 2021 for a period of three years, will support research entitled "Gapped Ground State Phases of Quantum Lattice Systems." Under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in the mathematical and physical sciences, UC Davis researchers will investigate gapped...
The University of California, Davis received a 5-year, $244,000 CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to support theoretical research and education on quantum phases of matter in two-dimensional materials, with a focus on superconductivity and the interplay of disorder and criticality. The project aims to: 1) develop a unified understanding of superconducting graphene systems, and 2) characterize quantum phase transitions...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant awarded under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides $212,965 to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) for a 3-year project focused on understanding topological excitons in novel materials. The project uses advanced techniques such as ultrafast and helicity-dependent photocurrent microscopy to study the unique electronic properties and quantum phenomena of topological excitons, which could enable new...
This $399,908 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to develop an innovative and much-needed quantum sensing (QS) curriculum and education roadmap for undergraduate engineering students. The project involves collaboration between the Colorado School of Mines, University of California Davis, and MITRE, and will create a portable QS curricular module for incorporation into quantum courses across a variety of engineering...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $479,313 to the University of California, Davis from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025. The grant supports research into quantum criticality in correlated electron materials through controlled nuclear magnetic resonance experiments on select materials. Key objectives include developing a deeper understanding of strongly...
This federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports research to understand how to control desired electronic behavior on the surface of quantum materials. The University of California, Davis is the prime awardee receiving $202,442 over the award period from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2028. The project will employ simultaneous measurements of surface atomic composition and electron motion to develop...
This $599,159 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program supports research at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) focused on the intersection of quantum mathematics, computational complexity, and geometry. The project aims to explore the existence or non-existence of quantum algorithms, fast algorithms for geometric and topological problems, and the geometric properties of quantum physics...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $617,885 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) for a project titled "Nanoscale Imaging of Quantum Scarring, Electron Guiding, and Steering in Two-Dimensional Material Heterostructures." The project aims to enhance the fundamental understanding of quantum chaotic behavior in two-dimensional (2D) material devices through the visualization,...
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) has been awarded a $450,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. Through this 3-year grant, UCSB will conduct fundamental research to advance the theoretical understanding of the dynamics of excitations in exotic quantum states of matter. The research will focus on three main thrusts: 1) developing new theoretical models and techniques for studying quantum spin...
The University of California, Davis was awarded a three-year $275,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The grant supports research to develop innovative methodologies and theoretical foundations for analyzing high-dimensional and non-Euclidean data commonly encountered in fields such as biology, social science, computer science, and astronomy. Key products include...