Project Grant FA86501217264

This two-year, $158,938 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 Florida to develop graphene nanoelectromechanical oscillators for extreme temperature and harsh environment sensing. Specifically, the university researchers will design, fabricate, and experimentally demonstrate a new class of low-power resonant nanoelectromechanical sensors...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award in the amount of $200,000 supports research to characterize the dynamics of micro-electro-mechanical resonators and improve their performance for use in advanced sensing and timekeeping devices. Specifically, the research will study the application of variable mechanical tension to tune the resonance frequency of these tiny vibrating structures, with the goal of achieving ultra-stable resonance frequency and...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $266,833 Project Grant to the University of North Texas through the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop a novel curved-shape surface acoustic wave sensor for in-situ/real-time torque and temperature measurement of rotor shafts in harsh environments up to 900 degrees Celsius. The three-year award beginning September 1, 2022 will support fundamental research on surface acoustic wave propagation along curved surfaces, investigation of a new...

This two-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems, totaling $139,997, will fund research at Case Western Reserve University to develop graphene nanoelectromechanical oscillators for extreme temperature and harsh environment sensing. The university will design, fabricate, and experimentally demonstrate a new class of resonant nanoelectromechanical sensors using graphene that can operate at very high temperatures exceeding...

This $574,999 federal project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Binghamton to develop broadband tunable nano-opto-electro-mechanical resonators for ultrasensitive adaptive sensing. The research aims to create a highly tunable mechanical resonator that can operate across a wide range of frequencies, signals, and conditions, enabling advanced adaptive sensing in various applications like...

This $100,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports the acquisition of an all-in-one optical measurement workstation by Boise State University. The workstation will provide micro-scale vibration and topography characterization capabilities to enhance research and education capacity in materials science, biomedical engineering, additive manufacturing, and quantum physics. It will be integrated into course projects, research internships,...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $275,000 Project Grant to The Pennsylvania State University, doing business as Penn State, to develop an environmentally benign replacement for lead-containing piezoelectric transducers. The project aims to fabricate nano-structured silicon devices that can leverage a newly observed phenomenon, space charge induced flexoelectricity, to create high-performance transducers for sensing, actuation, and energy...

This $477,088 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund the development of a miniature sensor capable of measuring how heat flow within living cells is affected by variations in thermal conductivity. The 5-year CAREER project aims to create a microelectromechanical systems biosensor to precisely measure subcellular thermal conductivity and investigate its correlation with cellular functions like metabolism, enzyme...

This $520,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports the development of advanced radio-frequency piezoelectric acoustic microsystems for efficient and adaptive front-end signal processing. The primary objectives are to overcome long-standing challenges related to existing acoustic platforms and device designs in the millimeter-wave spectrum, enabling compact and energy-efficient signal processing components for mobile devices...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation provides $100,000 to William Marsh Rice University to develop a strain-sensing smart skin technology using carbon nanotubes. The technology is intended to enable non-contact, laser-based strain measurement with advantages over existing digital image correlation methods. It has applications in infrastructure maintenance and safety inspections across industries such as aerospace, bridges, pipelines, wind turbines. Successful development...