The University of Florida (UF), through its Division of Sponsored Research, received a $399,999.00 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The objective of this 3-year project is to develop a fundamental electromagnetic (EM) theory to improve the high-frequency impedance performance of magnetic components, such as inductors and transformers, in order to suppress...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $500,000 to Northeastern University to develop the first AlScN microelectromechanical RF bandpass filter capable of activating tunable and sharp notches within its passband for effective electromagnetic interference (EMI) suppression. The "SHIELD" project will leverage expertise in micro-/nanofabrication, spintronics, and microwave acoustics to create this "spinphonic"...
This $450,115 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support research at the Stevens Institute of Technology to develop advanced radio frequency (RF) electronics and sensor systems capable of operating in extremely high-temperature environments. The key products or services to be delivered under this 5-year award include: Experimental modeling and characterization of the electromagnetic and thermal properties of ceramic...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) project grant award of $550,000 to Florida A&M University (FAMU) will fund research to develop a reconfigurable real-time radio frequency (RF) analog co-processor in a compact and low-cost form factor. The key objectives are: Developing an RF analog co-processor that can perform configurable mathematical operations directly on electromagnetic waveforms to reduce computational load in digital signal processing....
The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York (RF SUNY), doing business as Stony Brook University, received a three-year, $444,562 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The grant aims to support research into semiconductor-based electromagnetic interference (EMI) mitigation architectures for future power electronics systems. Specifically, Stony Brook...
This $450,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research to develop an adaptive, fully anisotropic multiscale hp-element method for simulation-based design in computational electromagnetics and engineering. The key objectives are to formulate, analyze, and demonstrate this novel approach to enable accurate and efficient multiscale simulations, rigorous error estimation, and high-dimensional uncertainty quantification, even...
This three-year, $750,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), will fund research at the University of Michigan to develop novel multifunctional materials and devices for interference-immune broadband wireless systems. Specifically, the grant will support investigating the use of self-biased multiferoic materials and algorithms to learn how network participants use spectrum over...
This $500,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at the University of California, Riverside to develop novel machine learning-based electromigration analysis and optimization methods for very large-scale integrated circuit design. Specifically, the university will explore enhanced physics-informed neural network approaches for multi-segment interconnect stress analysis and full-chip electromigration-induced voltage drop modeling. Researchers will also develop efficient...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $376,318 to Purdue University for a 3-year research project focused on addressing emerging challenges in heterogeneous integration and semiconductor packaging. The project aims to develop advanced metrology techniques and predictive multiscale modeling tools to rapidly detect and quantify the impact of fabrication defects in next-generation semiconductor packages. By fusing 3D...
This $191,992 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will develop and deploy a foundational semiconductor research and education cyberinfrastructure (CI) at the University of Florida. The CI will consist of an integrated database of semiconductor device data and machine learning (ML) models to empower semiconductor device research and education. The objectives are to develop accurate device data through advanced simulations,...