Project Grant N629090711087

This $699,314 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) to Texas A&M University will support research to develop new light-scattering modeling capabilities for inhomogeneous and roughened particles. The primary objectives are to: 1) Develop an analytical solution for two-layer spheroids, and 2) Modify and improve the Invariant Imbedding T-Matrix Method (IITM) - Physical-Geometric Optics Model (PGOM) approach to be more accurate and...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Physics, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $355,683 to California State University, Fullerton Auxiliary Services Corporation from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025. The award supports research aimed at advancing optical technology to further explore the cosmos using gravitational waves. Key deliverables include characterizing and developing techniques to reduce laser light...

The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York (operating as Stony Brook University) $620,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct studies of radiative processes with matter-wave quantum emitters in tunable reservoirs. The research employs an optical-lattice-based experimental platform that analogues waveguide quantum electrodynamics using ultracold atoms....

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences provides $303,127 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Rochester from July 2022 through June 2025. The funding supports research using multilinear operators and microlocal analysis to improve non-invasive imaging modalities in electrical impedance tomography, synthetic aperture radar, and seismic imaging. Specifically, the investigator will work on four...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support the development of a next-generation in-situ instrument for measuring the volume scattering function and degree of linear polarization of light in the ocean. The $847,482 award to Florida Atlantic University aims to provide a powerful new tool for studying particle composition and refining optical-biogeochemical proxies. The instrument will cover a wide range of scattering angles,...

The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York (RF SUNY), doing business as Stony Brook University, was awarded a $335,156 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support research titled "CAREER: FLAT SINGULAR OPTICS: GENERATION AND DETECTION OF OPTICAL VORTEX BEAMS WITH PLASMONIC METASURFACES IN LINEAR AND NONLINEAR REGIMES" under the NSF's Engineering (ENG) program (CFDA #47.041). The two-year project period, which began on October 1, 2021 and ends...

This $269,999 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research to develop novel inverse scattering techniques for complex materials with applications in areas such as renewable energy, medical diagnosis, underground exploration, infrastructure integrity, and advanced manufacturing. The primary objectives are to investigate non-iterative approaches for...

This $523,635 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research at Colgate University to explore techniques for creating novel three-dimensional light patterns that have potential applications in biomedical imaging, communications, and quantum metrology. The principal investigator and undergraduate research team will investigate how manipulating the degrees of freedom in light, such as polarization and...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $723,430 supports research into coherent radiative dynamics with matter-wave quantum emitters through September 2025. Funded under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), the award to Stony Brook University will investigate how tunneling and arrays of quantum emitters influence the propagation of guided atomic matter waves. Specifically, the grantee will explore superradiant and subradiant dynamics, resonant scattering...

This $299,997 Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, supports fundamental research on the structure of nucleons (protons and neutrons) at Stony Brook University. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award include: Computations of nucleon electromagnetic form factors over a wide range of high momentum to enable comparison with recent experimental data from the Jefferson Lab. This work...