This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) in the amount of $270,000.00 is funding research into the development of novel photonic physical unclonable functions (PUFs) for enhancing hardware security. The research, conducted by Tufts University, aims to pioneer integrated photonic PUF technologies that can form the basis for secure key generation, storage, and exchange, helping to address emerging security threats such as those posed...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a Project Grant totaling $248,011 to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) with a start date of March 1, 2024 and an end date of February 28, 2029. The award supports research to develop technologies that can secure electronic computing hardware against sophisticated physical attacks along the microelectronics supply chain. The key focus areas...
This federal Project Grant award for $750,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program aims to accelerate the development of new engineered photonic materials using a data-driven deep learning approach. The primary awardee, Northeastern University, will establish deep learning frameworks to design high-performance photonic metamaterials, integrate material property data into reconfigurable metamaterial models, and investigate hybrid...
This $402,134 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Trustees of Boston University will support research on a novel class of semiconductor nanostructures known as non-Hermitian topological photonics crystals. The project aims to investigate the fundamental optical properties and optoelectronic device applications of these structures, which can enable the development of advanced photodetectors with unique angular and spectral...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) Project Grant award of $300,000 to the University of Nebraska will fund research on integrated photonic platforms empowered by solution-processed wide-bandgap perovskites. The project aims to advance the understanding of crystal growth and patterning synthesis of these emerging materials, enabling cost-effective integrated photonic devices for applications in classical and quantum technologies. The research will...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $360,608 project grant to Worcester Polytechnic Institute under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to acquire a high-resolution photon emission/laser fault injection microscope with high-performance computers. This equipment will be used for failure analysis and security assessment of electronic systems from August 15, 2021 to July 31, 2024. The Engineering program seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength by fostering innovation and...
Clemson University received a $361,487 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation to support work on "Design and Fabrication of Hardware-Based Security Platform Using Fabrication Variability of Ultra Low Power Memories." The award was made under the NSF's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to advance science and engineering research leading to breakthrough technologies and solutions to national challenges. Under this one-year award running...
This $380,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under CFDA Program 47.041 (Engineering) will fund the development of new types of on-chip "topological photodetectors" that can detect and differentiate between different modes and properties of light, such as its phase, polarization, and orbital angular momentum. These novel photodetectors, based on emerging quantum materials like Weyl semimetals,...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Computing and Communication Foundations, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070), provides $599,467 to the University of Illinois to develop a systematic framework for testing, diagnosing, repairing, and strengthening physically unclonable functions. Physically unclonable functions are electronic hardware security primitives still in early development and investigation...
This Project Grant award of $550,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) will support research to improve silicon photonics processing and incorporate high-performance conductive oxide materials for more energy-efficient photonic devices and circuits.
The project aims to integrate a new conductive oxide material, hydrogen-doped indium oxide (IHO), into an existing silicon photonics manufacturing process....