Materials Contracts & Grants by Faculty

April 2004

KEY: Principal Investigator(s): Contract Title, Funding Agency
Agrawal, Dinesh K: Microwave Synthesis of Phosphors for Lighting Applications, Industry
Agrawal, Dinesh K; Bhalla, Amar S: Development of Fine-Grained Trasparet Oxide Ceramics (especially based onMgO) for IR Window and dome Applications, Nano Engineered Innovation Corporation
Allara, David L: Nanocell Approach to a Molecular Computer, Rice University
Allara, David L: Quantum Computation Using Self-Assembled Molecular Spin Arrays, U.S. Department of the Army
Allcock, Harry R: Synthesis of Hybrid Organic-Organophosphazene Polymers, National Science Foundation
Allcock, Harry R: Water-Impermeable Lithium-Ion-Conducting Membrane Material Development, Central Intelligence Agency
Anantheswaran, Ramaswamy C: In support of ongoing moisture migration research, Industry
Berlyand, Leonid V: Supplement for Summer Industrial Internships, National Science Foundation
Bhalla, Amar S: Cryogenic Capacitors for Low-Temperature Power Systems, Industry
Blankenhorn, Paul R: Lumber Recovery From Small Diameter Hardwood Logs, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Brenizer, JR., Jack S: NANT Fellowship Program Award for 2003/2004 Fiscal Year, National Academy for Nuclear Training
Brown, Paul W: Novel Biodegradable Composites for Tissue Engineering, Virginia, University of
Castleman, JR, Albert W: Studies directed toward elucidating mass independent oxygen isotope fractionation in the early solar system, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Chan, Moses H: Critical Casmir Forces, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Crespi, Vincent H: Theory of Novel Nanostructures: Symmetry and Surface Interactions, National Science Foundation
Deb Roy, Tarasankar: A Smart Model for Welding Engineers to Achieve Target Fusion Zone Geometry in Gas Metal Arc Fillet Welding, Industry
Deb Roy, Tarasankar: Modeling of Heat Transfer, Fluid Flow and Microstructure Evolution During Fusion Welding, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Dillon, Gregory P: Formable Aligned Composite Tow (FACT) Evaluation Study, Industry
Dillon, Gregory P: Influence of Prepreg Microstructure of Structural Performance of Polymer Matrix Composites, U.S. Department of the Air Force
Foley, Henry C: NIRT: Structure of Nanocrystals, Michigan State University
Garrison, Barbara J: Modeling of Free Electron Laser Ablation, U.S. Department of the Air Force
Gopalan, Venkat: Periodic Domain Reversal in Lithium Niobate for Quasi-phase-matched Frequency Conversion, Industry
Green, David J: Characterize the Strength and Mechanical Behavior of Soda Lime Silicate Glasses with Engineered Stress Profiles, Sandia National Laboratories
Grimes, Craig A: A Transcutaneous CO2 Sensor Based on Nanoporous Tungsten Oxide, Life Sciences Greenhouse of Central PA
Hedden, Ronald C: Neutron Scattering to Provide Insight About the Role of Polymer-Solvent Interactions, Sandia National Laboratories
Khoo, Iam-Choon: Extreme Nonliner Optics with Liquid Crystals, U.S. Department of the Army
Khoo, Iam-Choon: Photosensitive and Supra-Nonlinear Liquid Crystal (PSNLC) Films, Georgia Institute of Technology
Kim, Seong H: Gas-Phase Anti-Stiction and Lubrication Process for MEMS Devices, National Science Foundation
Koopmann, Gary H: Design and Fabrication of a Prototype Fan Driven by a PSU Resonant Piezo Motor, Industry
Koss, Donald A: Influence of Microstructure on Fracture of the Ti-5111 Alloy, U.S. Department of the Navy
Kuo, Kenneth K: Development and Characterization of New Generation of Propellant with Greatly Enhanced Performance, U.S. Department of the Army
Lanagan, Michael: Size Reduction of Power Electronic Capacitors in Automotive Applications, UT-Battelle LLC Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Lanagan, Michael; Shrout, Thomas R: Nanocrystalline Glass Ceramics for High Energy Density Capacitors, U.S. Department of the Navy
Lenahan, Patrick M: Identifying Atomic Scale Defects which Limit the Performance of SiC Mosfets, Industry
Li, Qi: Study of Multiband Effects in MgB2 by Controlling Intraband and Interband Scattering in Epitaxial Films, National Science Foundation
Liu, Ying: Experimental Studies of Nanoscopic Superconductors, National Science Foundation
Liu, Zi-Kui: Object Oriented Finite Element Modeling in Three Dimension, U.S. Department of Commerce
Liu, Zi-Kui: The Effect of Impurities on the Processing of Aluminum Alloys, U.S. Department of Energy
Macdonald, Digby D: Determination of Damage Functions for the Pitting of AISI Type 403 Blade Alloy and ASTM 470/471 Disk Alloy, Industry
Malek, Raafat I: Analyzing and Characterizing the Particle Size Distribution (PSD) of Powders, Industry
Mallouk, Thomas E: Assembly of Lamellar Materials from Nanoscale and Molecular Building Blocks, National Science Foundation
Manias, Evangelos: AFM based Nanoscale Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy, National Research Council
Manias, Evangelos: Philanthropic Gift in Support or Research, Industry
Maroto-Valer, Maria M: Porous Texture of One Carbon Sample, Industry
Mayer, Theresa S; Jackson, Thomas N; Mallouk, Thomas E; Keating, Christine D: Directed Assembly of Molecular Logic Architectures Using Functionalized Metallic Nanowires, U.S. Department of the Navy
Messing, Gary L; Trolier-Mckinstry, Susan E: Development of Ceramics with Highly Organized Microstructures, U.S. Department of the Air Force
Mohney, Suzanne E: Contacts to Group III Nitride Semiconductor Alloys, National Science Foundation
Motta, Arthur T: Mechanistic understanding of failure of hydrided zircalory under severe loading conditions, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Pantano, Carlo G: Compositional Analysis of Commercial Slides, Industry
Pantano, Carlo G: Surface chemical iffects of Boron Oxides as glass surfaces, Industry
Pishko, Michael V: Microfabricated Optical Biosensor Arrays for Air Quality Monitoring, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Pishko, Michael V: Microfabricated Optical Biosensor Arrays for In-Situ Bioreactor Monitoring, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Randall, Clive A: High Temperature Capacitors For Power Converters, Industry
Randall, Clive A: Participation in the Center for Dielectric Studies, Various
Randall, Clive A: Visiting Scientist, Various
Redwing, Joan M; Mohney, Suzanne E; Mayer, Theresa S; Mizul, A: NIRT: Semiconductor Nanowires: Building Blocks for Nanoscale Electronics, National Science Foundation
Roy, Rustum; Badzian, Andrzej R: Hybrid Processing of Materials Involving Microwaves and Lasers, U.S. Department of the Navy
Samarth, Nitin: Collaborative Research: Coherent Dynamics of Electrons, Ions and Nuclei in Confining Geometries, National Science Foundation
Samarth, Nitin: Optical Manipulation of Quantum Information in Semiconductor Nanostructures, University of California at Santa Barbara
Schiffer, Peter E: Low Temperature Studies of Novel Magnetic Materials, National Science Foundation
Schiffer, Peter E; Samarth, Nitin: Geometrical Effects in Interacting Magnetic Arrays, U.S. Department of the Army
Schlom, Darrell G: Atomic Scale Engineering of Amorphous High-K Gate Dielectrics for Separate & Independent Control of Dielectric Constants and Conduction Band Offset Energies, North Carolina State University
Schlom, Darrell G: Epitaxial Semiconductor/High-K Ternary Oxide Heterostructures, Industry
Schlom, Darrell G: Investigation of Amorphous LaA103 as a Gate Dielectric for Sub-0.5nm EOT, North Carolina State University
Shaw, Barbara A: Corrosion Measurement and Control Subtasks R1.1-D, R1.2-C, and R1.1-A, Industry
Tittmann, Bernhard R: Long Waveguide In-situ Testing Technique Concepts, Industry
Tittmann, Bernhard R; Lenahan, Patrick M: Development of a Nuclear Acoustic Resonance-Based Fissile Materials Detector, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Trolier-Mckinstry, Susan E; Schlom, Darrell G: Piezoelectric Michromachined Transducers using Epitaxial PMN-PT Thick films of SI for Medical Imaging, Wisconsin, University of
Varadan, Vasundara V: NSF IPA Extension Agreement for Dr. Vasundara V. Varadan, National Science Foundation
Wang, Chao-Yang: Development of Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Technology with Low Water Crossover and Using Concentrated Fuel, Industry
Wang, Chao-Yang: Self-Activated Micro Directed-Methanol Fuel Cell (uDMFC) at Near Room Temperature, University of California at Los Angeles
Weiss, Paul S: DARPA Moletronics II: The Nanocell Molecular Computer, Rice University
Weiss, Paul S: New Instrumentation for Nanoscale Subsurface Spectroscopy and Tomography, University of Rochester
Weiss, Paul S; Horn, Joseph F: Chemically Advanced Nanolithography, U.S. Department of the Air Force
Weiss, William J: Small Non-Thrombogenic Rotary Magnetic Levitation LVAD, Industry