Project Grant FA86552317026

This $210,001 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research (CFDA 12.300 - Basic and Applied Scientific Research) will fund the development of an automated high-voltage experimental testbed at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (UWM). The testbed will collect a dataset essential for training machine learning and deep learning models to predict partial discharge, flashover, and breakdown events in power electronic systems. A sub-award of an unspecified...

This $325,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems supports collaborative research on high-frequency, high-power amplifier technology at the University of Notre Dame from September 2021 through August 2024. The research aims to develop amplifier designs based on distributed coupling of gallium nitride high electron mobility transistors through a silicon carbide substrate-integrated waveguide. Such amplifiers could enable...

This $500,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems, under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program, supports research into cybermanufacturing of wide-bandgap semiconductor devices through simulation augmented machine learning. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University is the primary awardee and will conduct this research from September 2021 to August 2023. San Jose State University Research Foundation...

The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute a $120,956 Project Grant under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The grant will support collaborative research on chalcogenide perovskite light emitting diodes to fill the green gap from May 2021 through April 2024. The Engineering program seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength by fostering innovation and excellence in engineering...

This federal Project Grant award, valued at $129,145 and issued by the Office of Naval Research under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), supports research by Clemson University to develop time-efficient machine learning (ML)-aided electric design automation (EDA) tools for power electronics building blocks. The research aims to advance naval capabilities in power electronics, with potential applications in areas such as autonomous systems and advanced manufacturing....

This $274,995 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to develop new techniques for fault detection in inverter-dominated power systems. The project, titled "Collaborative Research: Auxiliary Signal-Based Fault Detection in Inverter-Dominated Power Systems," will create innovative fault detection schemes that leverage auxiliary signals injected by inverters to distinguish normal operation from faults. The research will...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $563,851 to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to develop ultra-wide bandgap AlGaN transistors capable of 10kV breakdown voltages. The key goals are to: 1) demonstrate the first 3-10kV AlGaN transistors, 2) achieve near-theoretical electric field handling, 3) reduce on-resistance 10x versus incumbent SiC technology, and 4) investigate electron trapping under stress conditions. This project...

This $129,931 Project Grant award from the Office of Naval Research under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) supports research on "HARDWARE-ACCELERATED MACHINE LEARNING (ML)-AIDED ELECTRONIC DESIGN AUTOMATION (EDA) FOR INTEGRATED POWER ELECTRONICS BUILDING BLOCK (IPEBB)" at the University of Rhode Island. The research aims to develop advanced electronic design automation capabilities that leverage machine learning to improve the design of integrated power...

The University of Puerto Rico Research and Development Center (UPR RDC) received a $120,350 project grant from the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command to support basic, applied, and advanced research in science and engineering. The grant was awarded on August 1, 2021 under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) to facilitate research with good long-term potential for contributing to Department of...

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...