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Activities | Connections | Reports | R&D Info | Education |
NIRT/NER Awards |
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Institution name |
PI name E-mail, Phone number |
Proposal title |
NSF funds ($) |
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FY 2001 Core Awards |
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1 |
Iowa State University |
Shaochen Chen |
CAREER: Laser micro- and nano-processing of biodegradable polymers for biomedical and bio-MEMS applications |
$375,000 |
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2 |
U of Nebraska-Lincoln |
Yuris Dzenis |
Fundamentals of fabrication of nanofiber assemblies by electrospinning |
$180,000 |
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3 |
Ohio State University |
Kurt Koelling |
Shear and extensional rheology of nanoclays and nanotubes in polymer melts and solutions |
$360,000 |
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FY 2001 NIRT Awards |
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4 |
U of Massachusetts Amherst |
Mark Tuominen |
Copoymer templates: A self-assembling route to high-density arrays of functional nanostructures |
$1,250,000 |
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5 |
U of Minnesota-Twin Cities |
Steven Girshick |
Superhard nanostructured films |
$1,879,950 |
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6 |
U of California - Los Angeles |
Chang-Jin Kim |
Nanoturf and Nanopebbles: Towards zero flow friction surfaces |
$1,000,000 |
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7 |
Ohio State University |
Ly James Lee |
Development of nanolithography-based manufacturing protocol for polymer nanofluidic platforms |
$100,000 |
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8 |
University of Akron |
Guo-Xiang Wang gwang@uakron. |
Understanding the mechanisms governing the dispersion of nanopowders in solidifying molten metals and formation of high-strength nano-composites |
$98,565 |
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FY 2002 Core Awards |
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9 |
North Carolina State Univ. |
Stefan Seelecke stefan_seelecke@ |
CAREER: Advanced control algorithms for active materials actuators used in nanoscale positioning |
$375,000 |
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10 |
Ohio State University |
David Tomasko |
Polymer nanocomposite foams prepared by environmentally benign supercritical fluids |
$240,000 |
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11 |
U of Colorado - Boulder |
Kenneth Gall |
Shame memory polymer based nanocomposites for MEMS |
$258,763 |
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12 |
U of Massachusetts Lowell |
Joey Mead |
Interface effects in high volume nanoscale processing of polymers |
$388,893 |
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13 |
U of California - Berkeley |
Kyriakos |
Fabrication, nanomechanical properties and surface functionality of polymer nanocomposites |
$360,044 |
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14 |
U of Minnesota-Twin Cities |
Heiko Jacobs |
NanoXerography: The use of electrostatic forces to pattern nanoparticles |
$399,995 |
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15 |
U of Massachusetts Amherst |
Thomas Russell |
GOALI: A strictly thermal route to thin film nanotemplates via functionalized block-random copolymers |
$323,762 |
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16 |
U of South Florida |
Pritish Mukherjee pritish@chuma1. |
Pulsed thermal excitation of self-assembled nanotemplates for manufacturing dimensionally controlled nanostructured films |
$378,972 |
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17 |
U of California - Los Angeles |
Xiang Zhang |
Development of novel 3D nanolithography: fundamental investigations and applications |
$249,953 |
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18 |
U of South Florida |
Sergei Ostapenko ostapenk@eng. |
GOALI: Spatially resolved characterization of nanoporous SiC layers |
$99,648 |
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19 |
Michigan State University |
Virginia Ayres |
Bioengineering of a SPM-based nanomanipulator with landmark referenced control |
$46,628 |
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20 |
Rutgers U - New Brunswick |
Constantinos |
SGER: Protein based nano-motors and nano-robots |
$50,000 |
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21 |
U of Arkansas |
Ajay Malshe |
SGER: Explore feasibility of a novel nano-mechanical machining system-on-a-chip (SAOC) for nanomanufacturing |
$62,683 |
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22 |
Northeastern University |
Ahmed Busnaina |
NSF Workshop on 3-D nanomanufacturing: an industry perspective |
$55,711 |
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FY 2002 NIRT Awards |
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23 |
U of Southern California |
Aristides |
Nanorobotics |
$1,000,000 |
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24 |
Texas Tech University |
Michelle Pantoya michelle.pantoya |
Nanocomposite reactions in the self-propagating high-temperature synthesis of materials |
$1,000,000 |
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25 |
U of California - San Diego |
Robert Asaro |
Nanoreactor processes for manufacturing oriented materials |
$1,000,000 |
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26 |
U of Delaware |
John Rabolt |
Enhancing the properties of nanoscale electrospun polymer fibers through chemical architecture, surface texturing optimization processing protocols |
$1,100,000 |
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27 |
Pennsylvania State U - University Park |
Sheong Kim |
Deformation mechanisms and manufacturing of nanostructured
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$1,100,000 |
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28 |
Carnegie Mellon University |
Prashant Kumta |
Ink jetting of nanostructured matrices for controlled gene delivery |
$1,000,000 |
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29 |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
Robert Thompson |
Experimental and computational investigations of
fluid properties and |
$600,000 |
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30 |
Florida State University |
Seunghun Hong |
Development functionalization, and assembly of nanoscale biological sensors |
$1,050,000 |
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31 |
U of Cincinnati |
Raj Singh |
Manufacturing/synthesis and nanostructure of superhard thin films/materials |
$1,000,000 |
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32 |
Vanderbilt University |
Timothy Fisher |
Direct power generation by electron emission from novel carbon nanostructures |
$1,300,000 |
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33 |
New Jersey Institute of Technology |
Robert Pfeffer |
Fluidization and transport of nanoparticles |
$600,000 |
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34 |
U of Washington |
James Seferis |
Processing, characterization, scaling and development of fiber-reinforced polymeric nano-matrix composites |
$900,000 |
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35 |
U of Kentucky |
Stephen Rankin |
Tailored fluorinated surfactant templates for the design of ordered nanoporous ceramics |
$1,100,000 |
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36 |
U of North Carolina Charlotte |
Stuart Smith |
Motion control platform for accurate measurement and manufacturing of nanostructures |
$750,000 |
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37 |
U of Kentucky |
Robert Vallance |
Staggered probes for integrating nano machining and metrology |
$1,000,000 |
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38 |
University of Virginia |
Lloyd Harriott |
Merged CMOS/molecular integrated circuit (Mol-MOS) fabrication, analysis and design |
$1,050,000 |
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39 |
Duke University |
Robert Clark |
Fabrication of biomolecular and polymeric nanostructures by proximal probes |
$1,200,000 |
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40 |
U of Minnesota-Twin Cities |
Richard Kiehl |
Two and three-dimensional assembly on nanoelectronic components by DNA scaffolding |
$1,100,000 |
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41 |
U of Nebraska Lincoln |
Yuris Dzenis |
Manufacturing of novel continuous nanocrystalline ceramic nanofibers with superior mechanical properties |
$1,000,000 |
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FY 2002 NER Awards |
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42 |
Purdue University |
Xianfan Xu |
Development of a novel low cost nanolithography technique using a nanometric high transmission optical antenna |
$100,000 |
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43 |
Drexel University |
Richard Knight |
Feasibility study of high yield thermal plasma synthesis of carbon nanotubes and other nanocrystalline forms of carbon |
$100,000 |
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44 |
North Carolina State Univ. |
Hans Hallen |
Deposition of molecular nanostructures with controlled in-plane orientation |
$99,999 |
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45 |
Stevens Institute of Technology |
Henry Du |
Fabrication of an integrated structure of 3D macroporous silica and carbon nanotubes |
$95,936 |
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46 |
Duke University |
Daniel Cole |
Torque spectroscopy for nanosystem characterization and fabrication |
$99,994 |
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47 |
University of Michigan |
Suman Das |
Nanofabrication using sub-wavelength near-field nano-optical laser processing |
$99,981 |
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48 |
Clarkson University |
Cetin Cetinkaya |
Exploring the limits of nanoparticle removal with pulsed lasers |
$99,999 |
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49 |
SUNY Albany |
Katharine |
FIB micromachining and advanced characterization of carbon nanotube-metal junctions |
$96,436 |
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50 |
U of Tennessee Knoxville |
Philip Rack |
Nanoscale electron beam stimulated processing |
$99,688 |
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51 |
U of Wisconsin Madison |
Mark Saffman |
Atomic lithography of arbitrary two-dimensional nanostructures |
$70,000 |
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52 |
U of California - Berkeley |
Costas |
Nanoscale laser-assisted deposition and crystal growth |
$99,516 |
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53 |
U of Florida |
Rajiv Singh |
Novel, high-throughput continuous nanoparticle classifier (CNC) |
$70,000 |
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54 |
U of Tennessee Knoxville |
Roth Reece |
Increasing the strength, surface energy and wickability of polymeric nanofabrics by exposure to a one atmosphere uniform glow discharge plasma |
$99,967 |
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55 |
Rutgers U - New Brunswick |
Roger Cannon |
Hot superplastic powder forging for economic nanocrystalline ceramics |
$100,000 |
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56 |
U of Colorado - Boulder |
Alan Weimer |
Conformal nanoencapsulation of ultrafine particles |
$70,000 |
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57 |
Michigan State University |
Lawrence Drzal |
Biodegradable green nanocomposites for automotive applications |
$85,000 |
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58 |
SUNY Buffalo |
Paschalis |
Manipulation and 3D organization of nanoparticles using dielectrophoresis |
$100,000 |
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FY 2003 Core Awards |
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59 |
Clemson University |
Nader Jalili |
CAREER: A mechatronic-based research and education framework for next generation actuators and sensors comprised of functional nanotube composites |
$400,000 |
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60 |
Boston University |
Xin Zhang |
CAREER: Creating nanostructured gratings on microstructures for residual stress/strain measurement in MEMS/NEMS and traction force measurement in cells |
$400,000 |
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61 |
U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Taher Saif |
SGER: Self-assembled nanowires |
$80,000 |
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62 |
U of Texas Austin |
Shaochen Chen |
Laser-induced, mold-assisted direct massively parallel nanolithography of solid materials |
$460,667 |
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63 |
MIT |
George Barbastathis |
SGER: 3D nanofabrication via folding of 2D membranes |
$100,000 |
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64 |
U of Nebraska Lincoln |
Jiangyu Li |
Design, manufacturing and optimization of ferroelectric polymer based nanocomposite films using Langmuir-Blodgett deposition |
$267,335 |
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65 |
U of New Hampshire |
Todd Gross |
GOALI: Interconnect processing enhancement by measurement of nanoscale dielectric constant degradation and development of experimentally verified models of nanoscale deformation |
$399,465 |
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66 |
Geogia Tech |
Jack Lackey |
GOALI: Understanding laser and electron beam CVD processes from macro to nanoscales |
$149,996 |
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67 |
U of Alaska Fairbanks |
Hong Liang |
Nanophases and nanofabrication |
$240,000 |
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68 |
National Center for Manufacturing Sciences |
Manish Mehta |
Industry survey of nanomanufacturing trends and interests |
$25,106 |
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69 |
University of Akron |
Gerald Young |
Multi-scale analysis and simulation of nanofiber coatings: growth and applications |
$100,000 |
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70 |
MIT |
Jung-Hoon Chun |
International Conference on Nanomanufacturing |
$40,000 |
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71 |
Pennsylvania State U - University Park |
Jiping Cheng |
Collaborative Research: Fabrication of functional oxide nanotubes and nanorods for nanoelectromechanical devices |
$100,000 |
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72 |
U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Moonsub Shim |
Nanocrystal/polymer hybrid building blocks for nanofabrication |
$225,000 |
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73 |
U of Pittsburgh |
Qing-Ming Wang |
Collaborative Research: Fabrication of functional oxide nanotubes and nanorods for nanoelectromechanical devices |
$200,000 |
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74 |
U of Nebraska Lincoln |
Yongfeng Lu |
Laser-assisted nanoimprinting using self-assembled nanoparticles |
$59,957 |
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75 |
U of Wisconsin Madison |
Lih-Sheng Turng |
Injection molding of microcellular nanocomposites |
$280,546 |
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76 |
New Jersey Institute of Technology |
Boris Khusid |
Simulations of micro- and nano-scale manipulation of biomolecules with high-gradient AC fields (NSF-SNL) |
$239,564 |
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77 |
MIT |
Nicolas |
Efficient simulation tools for the design of micro and nanoscale devices (NSF-SNL) |
$231,818 |
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78 |
U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Yonggang Huang |
Atomistic-based continuum models of micro- and nano-scale engineered systems/processes (NSF-SNL) |
$225,000 |
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79 |
U of Minnesota-Twin Cities |
Steven Girshick |
NSF Workshop on nanoscale Mechanical Engineering |
$41,078 |
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80 |
U of Nebraska Lincoln |
Kamlakar Rajurkar |
SGER: Feasibility study of nano-electrochemical machining process |
$93,500 |
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81 |
Purdue University |
Timothy Fisher |
SGER: Development of a multi-scale manufacturing teaching laboratory |
$99,998 |
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82 |
U of Maryland College Park |
Abhijit Dasgupta |
Nanotechnology product realization roadmap workshop |
$40,000 |
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FY 2003 NIRT Awards |
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83 |
U of Houston |
Vincent Donnelly |
Nano-pantography |
$1,000,000 |
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84 |
U of Arizona |
Pierre Deymier |
Reversible and directional self-assembly of bio-molecular templates for nanotechnology interconnects |
$1,200,000 |
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85 |
Rutgers U - New Brunswick |
Constantinos |
Bio-nano-robotic systems using viral protein nano-motors |
$1,050,000 |
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86 |
U of Texas Austin |
Michael Becker becker@ece. |
Nanoscale manufacturing - nonlinear nanocomposites for magnetostrictive actuators and photonic devices |
$900,000 |
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87 |
Ohio State University |
Ly James Lee |
Robust manufacturing protocol for particulate-like nanoporous micro-devices (NMDs) for biomedical and biochemical applications |
$850,000 |
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88 |
SUNY Stony Brook |
Pelagia Gouma |
Nano-composite metal oxides for electronic noses |
$1,060,000 |
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89 |
U of California - Berkeley |
Roya Maboudian |
Functionalized nanowires for electromechanical and optical detection of biomolecules with ultrahigh sensitivity and specificity |
$850,000 |
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90 |
U of Minnesota-Twin Cities |
Stephen Campbell campbell@ece. |
Single nanoparticle devices, a new technique for bottom-up manufacturing |
$1,100,000 |
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91 |
U of Delaware |
Tsu-Wei Chou chou@me.udel |
Synthesis, characterization and modeling of aligned nanotube arrays for nanoscale devices and composites |
$1,700,000 |
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92 |
Washington University |
Da-Ren Chen |
Synthesis and application of magnetic nano- and nanocomposite particles |
$750,000 |
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93 |
U of Colorado - Boulder |
Rafael Piestun |
3D nano-manufacturing processes for nanophotonic devices and systems |
$1,000,000 |
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94 |
U of California - Berkeley |
Ronald Fearing |
Biologically inspired synthetic gecko adhesives |
$1,700,000 |
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FY 2003 NER Awards |
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95 |
Clemson University |
Stephen Creager |
New fuel cell el;ectrodes from carbon aerogels with internally grafted fluoropolymer electrolytes |
$100,000 |
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96 |
MIT |
Alexander Slocum slocum@mit.edu |
Silicon insert molded plastics (SIMP) |
$90,000 |
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97 |
Rutgers U - New Brunswick |
Maria Tomassone silvina@soemail. |
Continuous flow induced phase inversion: a new method for manufacturing druf delivery biopolymer nanoparticles |
$80,000 |
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98 |
MIT |
Francesco Stellacci frstella@mit.edu |
Nano-contact printing: stamping in the nano-world |
$100,000 |
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99 |
U of Arizona |
Eniko Enikov enikov@engr. |
Charge writing for nano-assembly of bio-molecules on artificial surfaces |
$99,928 |
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100 |
Princeton University |
Yiguang Ju |
A novel high rate combustion synthesis method for Europium-doped glass nanophosphors |
$100,000 |
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101 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
Theodorian |
Exploring thermoelectric energy conversion in nanostructure assemblies |
$100,000 |
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102 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
Daniel Gall |
Shaping and sssembly of hybrid architectures for nanotemplating |
$99,779 |
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103 |
U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Nick Glumac |
Chemical vapor deposition of carbon nanotube-diamond composites |
$99,606 |
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104 |
Lehigh University |
Cristopher |
Nanowire and nanopattern fabrication by the sintering of self-assembled nanoparticle arrays |
$100,000 |
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105 |
U of Wisconsin Milwaukee |
Pradeep Rohatgi prohatgi@csd. |
Synthesis of metal-matrix nanoparticle composites by stir mixing |
$99,856 |
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106 |
North Carolina State Univ. |
Gregory Parsons parsons@ncsu |
Solvent assisted atomic layer deposition |
$99,754 |
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107 |
U of California - Davis |
Gang-Yu Liu liu@chem. |
Stepwise contraction adsorption nanolithography, SCAN:A new approach towards simple, inexpensive and high throughput nanofabrication |
$100,000 |
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108 |
Oklahoma State University |
Bret Flanders |
Directed assembly of microscopic wires from semiconductor nanoparticles |
$47,255 |
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109 |
U of Illinois Chicago |
Lawrence |
Novel method of producing different carbon nanostructures in oxy-methane flames controlled by electromagnetic fields |
$99,855 |
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110 |
Illinois Institute of Technology |
Gennady Shvets |
Phonon enhanced near field infrared lithography |
$90,000 |
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FY 2003 NSEC Awards |
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111 |
U of California - Los Angeles |
Xiang Zhang |
Center of Integrated and Scalable Nanomanufacturing (SINAM) |
$2,827,493 (year 1) $17,658,208 (total) |
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112 |
U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Placid Ferreira |
Nanoscale Chemical- Electrical-Mechanical- Manufacturing Systems (Nano-CEMMS) |
$2,516,749 (year 1) $12,530,745 (total) |
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$47,220,146 |
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