New Jersey
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NSF and New Jersey
In FY 2003 the NSF provided 548 awards totaling approximately $109 million to 54 institutions in the State of New Jersey as well as $371,000 in fellowships.
Institutions in New Jersey that received NSF support in FY 2003 include Montclair State University,
Stevens Institute of Technology, FORUN Tech, the Newark Public Schools, Seton Hall University,
Ramapo College, the County College of Morris, and the Liberty Science Center.
Examples of Projects Currently Funded by NSF in
the State of New Jersey:
The
Princeton Center for Complex Materials
at Princeton
University addresses fundamental problems
in the science and engineering of complex materials.
A common theme in the four interdisciplinary research
groups at the Center is fundamental understanding
of the links between molecular structure or mesoscopic
texture and macroscopic properties with the goal
of rationally designing materials for technological
purposes. The Center supports efforts in materials
education at all levels including summer undergraduate
research experiences, a topical summer institute
for graduate students working on materials-related
areas, and outreach to the pre-college level via
an Internet-based software developed by the Center
and prototyped in a nearby science museum.
>National Engineering Technology Education Clearinghouse (N-ETEC) — The New Jersey Center for Advanced Technological Education at Middlesex County College and its partner colleges across the county have established N-ETEC as a resource center for broad dissemination of exemplary engineering technology education program models, materials, and pedagogical strategies. N-ETEC provides on demand 24-7 access to engineering technology education curricula, instructional materials, program models and structures, and instructional strategies as well as career and employment information for business and industry, engineering technology students and potential students, secondary and postsecondary educators, and government and professional associations.
Phase Stability and Chromophore Reorientation in Photorefractive Polymer Composites — An NSF Research in Undergraduate Institutions award to Drew University supports research on photo-refractive macromolecular materials with an emphasis on the synthesis and characterization of new chromophores with appropriate non-linear optical response. The project also seeks to identify the relationship between phase stability and chromophore reorientation in low glass transition temperature photorefractive polymers. An interdisciplinary team of students and faculty will fabricate photorefractive polymers spanning a range of materials behavior by synthesizing dye molecules of relatively similar optical properties but considerably different interactions with the host polymer. The award will support six summer research students over three years and will provide equipment support
for honors and independent study projects during the academic year.
Small Business Innovation Research — An NSF SBIR award to Sensors Unlimited, Inc. supports development of an indium gallium arsenide active pixel focal plane array (FPA) capable of phase sensitive detection. The FPA will be sensitive to the short-wave infrared spectrum making it suitable for use with eye-safe lasers. Each pixel of the FPA will act as a lock-in amplifier allowing the imager to detect low power modulated signals in the presence of high background illumination. This functionality will be useful in search and rescue operations by enabling detection and location of a low power signal beacon. In tracking applications it will dramatically reduce the power of the eye-safe laser required for operation in a sunlit background.
For more information on New Jersey and NSF, please
contact the Office of Legislative and Public Affairs
at 703-292-8070.
Useful Links:
New
Jersey's Governor
New
Jersey State Government
New
Jersey Commission on Science and Technology
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