Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, School for (IAFSE-SEMTE)

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Projects per year 1986 2011 2012 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2033

• 150 Active
• 1349 Finished

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  Fabrication of Solid Electrolyte Thin Films with Plasma Processing to Enable Solid State Batteries with High Energy Density

  Chan, C. & Rolston, N.

  National Science Foundation (NSF)

  4/15/23 → 3/31/25

  Project: Research project

  • solid electrolytes 100%
  • electric batteries 84%
  • flux density 66%
  • solid state 62%
  • fabrication 50%

• The Mechanisms of Electrical and Mechanical Coupling in Bi Continuous Graphene Metal Composite Fibers

  Kang, W.

  DOD-NAVY: Office of Naval Research (ONR)

  4/1/23 → 3/31/26

  Project: Research project

  • fiber composites 100%
  • graphene 70%
  • metals 44%

• Hydrocarbon Diffusion in Microporous COF Membranes

  Lin, J.

  ACS: Petroleum Research Fund

  4/1/23 → 8/31/25

  Project: Research project

  • hydrocarbon 100%
  • membrane 97%
  • semiconductor 25%
  • sensor 16%
  • gas transport 14%

• Enceladus Extant Life Surveyor for Exploring Ocean Worlds FY 23-24

  Marvi, H.

  National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)

  3/20/23 → 1/31/24

  Project: Research project

  • Enceladus 100%
  • ocean 39%
  • world 39%

• Mid-Scale RI-2 Consortium: Compact X-ray Free-Electron Laser Project (CXFEL)

  Teitelbaum, S., Thornton, T., Erten, O., Karkare, S., Graves, W., Schmidt, K., Kaindl, R., Tongay, S., Ros, A., Weierstall, U., Kirian, R., Sanchez Botana, A. & Fromme, P.

  National Science Foundation (NSF)

  3/15/23 → 2/29/28

  Project: Research project

  • free electron lasers 100%
  • x rays 44%

• Collaborative Research: Machine Learning Assisted Ultrafast Physical Vapor Deposition of Functional Films

  Yan, F.

  National Science Foundation (NSF)

  3/1/23 → 2/28/26

  Project: Research project

  • machine learning 100%
  • vapor deposition 60%

• Re-Mining Red Mud Waste for CO2 Capture and Storage and Critical Element Recovery (RMCCS-CER)

  Navrotsky, A.

  DOE: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E)

  2/15/23 → 2/14/25

  Project: Research project

  • mud 100%

• Determining the Effect of Second phase particles on the corrosion behavior in AA6061 HIPd Plates

  Solanki, K.

  US Department of Energy (DOE)

  2/13/23 → 1/31/24

  Project: Research project

  • corrosion 100%

• An Integrated System for Synthesis and Performance Evaluation of Graphene Metal Composite Structures for Smart Helmet Applications

  Kang, W.

  DOD-NAVY: Office of Naval Research (ONR)

  2/1/23 → 1/31/24

  Project: Research project

  • Graphene 100%
  • Composite Material 70%
  • Metal 63%
  • Application 44%

• Surface charge-induced CO2 solvent regeneration via free volume manipulation

  Zhuang, H.

  Research Corporation for Science Advancement

  2/1/23 → 1/31/24

  Project: Research project

  • regeneration 100%
  • manipulators 78%
  • sorbents 41%
  • solubility 40%
  • electrodes 27%

• Recycled Oleophilic Polyurethane Foams for Spilled Oil Remediation

  Long, T.

  Mattress Recycling Council

  1/25/23 → 1/24/24

  Project: Research project

  • foam 100%
  • remediation 82%
  • oil 59%

• Improving Bone Regeneration Using Decellularized Scaffolds with Enhanced Immunomodulation

  Acharya, A. & Holloway, J.

  Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation

  1/15/23 → 1/14/24

  Project: Research project

  • grant 100%
  • commercialization 94%
  • intellectual property 53%
  • reasonable effort 24%
  • engineering 22%

• Fundamental and Translational Investigations of an Epidermal Serpin in Diabetic Wounds

  Yaron, J. & Rege, K.

  Arizona Biomedical Research Commission

  1/4/23 → 1/3/26

  Project: Research project

  • serpins 100%

• Development of Manufacturing Technologies to Increase Scrap Steel Recycling into New Tires

  Seetharaman, S., Neithalath, N. & Rajan, S.

  DOE: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

  1/1/23 → 9/30/24

  Project: Research project

  • tire 100%
  • manufacturing 71%
  • recycling 68%
  • steel 63%
  • project 30%

• CAREER: Developing Quantum Algorithms for High-Entropy Alloy Discovery

  Zhuang, H.

  National Science Foundation (NSF)

  1/1/23 → 12/31/27

  Project: Research project

  • High-entropy alloys 100%
  • Machine learning 11%
  • Quantum computers 10%
  • Oxides 6%
  • Entropy 6%

• FMRG: Eco: Reimagining Cement Manufacturing for Carbon Neutrality (NeutraCEM)

  Neithalath, N., Bowman, D., Phelan, P. & Seo, D.

  National Science Foundation (NSF)

  1/1/23 → 12/31/26

  Project: Research project

  • manufacturing 100%
  • cement (construction material) 94%
  • carbon 69%
  • lime 34%
  • limestone 17%

• Microbial electro-photosynthesis (MEPS) as a bioelectronic platform for organic synthesis

  Varman, A. M., Fromme, P. & Torres, C.

  DOD-NAVY: Office of Naval Research (ONR)

  1/1/23 → 12/31/25

  Project: Research project

  • photosynthesis 100%
  • electron 24%
  • microorganism 21%
  • cyanobacterium 21%
  • light intensity 12%

• Southwest Urban Corridor Integrated Field Laboratory (SW-IFL)

  Vivoni, E., Hondula, D., Fraser, M., Georgescu, M., Vanos, J., Meerow, S., Mascaro, G., Morris, V., Sailor, D., Chester, M., Frazier, A., Andino, J., Middel, A., Moustaoui, M., Pataki, D. & Solis, P.

  DOE: Office of Science (OS)

  12/15/22 → 12/14/23

  Project: Research project

  • corridor 100%
  • laboratory 55%
  • modeling 21%
  • monsoon 21%
  • biogenic emission 17%

• Recycling Polyethylene - Revision - 1

  Trovitch, R. & Long, T.

  INDUSTRY: Foreign Company

  12/15/22 → 12/14/24

  Project: Research project

  • Diol 100%
  • Recycling 96%
  • Hydroxyl 59%
  • Oxidation Reaction 47%
  • Alcohol 42%

• Louis Stokes Renewal STEM Pathways and Research Alliance: Western Alliance to Expand Student Opportunities Advancing Institutionalization for STEM Leadership Expansion (WAESO-AISLE) LSAMP

  Andino, J., Moore, G., Conroy-Ben, O., McHenry, A. & Moore, A.

  National Science Foundation (NSF)

  11/1/22 → 10/31/27

  Project: Research project

  • institutionalization 100%
  • minority 71%
  • leadership 67%
  • participation 55%
  • student 25%

• SemiSynBio-III: DNA Templated Chiral Metamaterials for Information Storage

  Sulc, P., Yang, S., Yan, H. & Hariadi, R. F.

  National Science Foundation (NSF)

  11/1/22 → 10/31/25

  Project: Research project

  • Metamaterials 100%
  • DNA 87%
  • Data storage equipment 51%
  • Light velocity 20%
  • Nanotechnology 14%

• Nano- and Earth-Science-inspired Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling to Secure Battery Supply Chain

  Chan, C.

  Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)

  10/6/22 → 9/30/25

  Project: Research project

  • Earth sciences 100%
  • Battery electric vehicles 87%
  • Supply chains 67%
  • Recycling 67%
  • Ion exchange 47%

• Broadening Participation of Undergraduate and Graduate Education in Electronics Packaging

  Alford, T., Yu, H. & Bhate, D.

  INDUSTRY: Domestic Company

  10/1/22 → 9/30/24

  Project: Research project

  • electronics 100%
  • graduate 91%
  • participation 75%
  • education 43%
  • curriculum 19%

• Low-Cost Thermo-Electrochemical Hydrogen

  Ermanoski, I., Milcarek, R. & Stechel, E.

  DOE: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

  10/1/22 → 3/31/24

  Project: Research project

  • Hydrogen 100%
  • Costs 47%
  • Oxidation-Reduction 41%
  • Protons 37%
  • Oxides 26%

• ECO-CBET: GOALI: Autothermal Direct Air Capture (aDAC) for a Circular Carbon Economy

  Flory, J., Miller, C., Green, M. & Lackner, K.

  National Science Foundation (NSF)

  10/1/22 → 9/30/26

  Project: Research project

  • Carbon 100%
  • Air 81%

• Bridging the gap between experiments and modeling to improve design of molten salt reactors

  Navrotsky, A. & Xu, H.

  DOE: Idaho Field Office

  10/1/22 → 9/30/25

  Project: Research project

  • Molten salt reactor 100%
  • Experiments 23%

• Scalable Synthesis of Ultrathin 2D Covalent Organic Framework Membranes with Sub-1 nm Pores for Molecular Separations

  Jin, K. & Lin, J.

  National Science Foundation (NSF)

  10/1/22 → 9/30/25

  Project: Research project

  • membranes 100%
  • porosity 99%
  • synthesis 98%
  • interlayers 34%
  • manufacturing 31%

• Coupled Thermomechanical-Oxidative Degradation in High-Temperature Ceramic Matrix Composites

  Chattopadhyay, A.

  DOD-ARMY-AMC: Army Contracting Command (ACC)

  9/30/22 → 9/29/25

  Project: Research project

  • Ceramic matrix composites 100%
  • Degradation 53%
  • Temperature 30%
  • Thermogravimetric analysis 24%
  • Oxidation 24%

• 431Multifunctional polymer nanocomposites with Mechanically-activated fluorescence

  Green, M.

  DOD-ARMY: Army Materiel Command (AMC)

  9/28/22 → 9/27/25

  Project: Research project

  • nanocomposites 100%
  • fluorescence 85%
  • nanoparticles 77%
  • polymers 67%
  • composite materials 35%

• US-ASEAN Science, Technology and Innovation Cooperation (STIC) Program

  Goss, J.

  DOS: Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs (EAP)

  9/26/22 → 9/30/25

  Project: Research project

  • ASEAN 100%
  • innovation 56%
  • member state 33%
  • grant 24%
  • industry 16%

• PIPP Phase I: Computational foundations for bio-social modeling of unseen pandemics

  Pedrielli, G., Lim, E., Lant, T., Johnston, E., Dasarathy, G., Trieu, N., Rivera, D., Turaga, P., Li, W., Halden, R., Woodbury, N., Solis, P., Simeone, M., Berisha, V., Buman, M., Sankar, L. & Kelbauskas, L.

  National Science Foundation (NSF)

  9/15/22 → 2/29/24

  Project: Research project

  • Decision making 100%
  • Social sciences 86%
  • Biomarkers 86%
  • Viruses 81%
  • Resource allocation 58%

• Flexible and Wireless Bioelectronics for Continuous Monitoring of Intracranial Pressure

  Khalifehzadeh, L.

  HHS: National Institutes of Health (NIH)

  9/5/22 → 5/31/25

  Project: Research project

  • Brain 100%
  • Monitoring 90%
  • Pressure measurement 88%
  • Tumors 41%
  • Sensors 20%

• Microstructural patterning of thin films using extrinsic seed crystals

  Rajagopalan, J.

  National Science Foundation (NSF)

  9/1/22 → 8/31/25

  Project: Research project

  • seeds 100%
  • thin films 55%
  • crystals 52%
  • students 45%
  • textures 22%

• Exciting Students for Sustainability with Curriculum, Open-Access Resources, and Training (ESSCORT)

  Long, T., Muhich, C., Oswald, J., Xie, R., Jin, K., Dooley, K., Seo, S. E. & Green, M.

  DOC: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

  9/1/22 → 8/31/24

  Project: Research project

  • open access 100%
  • sustainability 74%
  • curriculum 54%
  • resources 43%
  • manufacturing 34%

• Research Initiation - PEERSIST- A Formation of Engineers Framework for Understanding Self-Efficacy and Persistence in Transfer Students

  Brunhaver, S. & Milcarek, R.

  National Science Foundation (NSF)

  9/1/22 → 8/31/24

  Project: Research project

  • study group 100%
  • persistence 87%
  • self-efficacy 80%
  • engineer 79%
  • engineering 41%

• Manufacturing Large-Scale and High-Performance 2D Covalent Organic Framework (COF) Membranes for Produced Water Treatment

  Jin, K.

  ACS: Petroleum Research Fund

  9/1/22 → 8/31/24

  Project: Research project

  • water treatment 100%
  • manufacturing 91%
  • membrane 75%
  • crystallinity 23%
  • energy process 15%

• Molecular mechanisms of moisture-driven DAC within polymeric sorbents (MissionDAC)

  Flory, J., Zhuang, H., Lackner, K., Green, M. & Fromme, P.

  DOE: Office of Science (OS)

  9/1/22 → 8/31/25

  Project: Research project

  • sorbents 100%
  • moisture 75%
  • air 42%
  • polymers 23%
  • tomography 15%

• MRI: Acquisition of a Dual Transmission X-ray Diffractometer (DTXRD) for Studying the Local and Bulk Structure of Soft and Hard Materials under In situ and Operando Conditions

  Bose, M., Sanchez Esqueda, I., Song, K., Wang, L., Mada Kannan, A., Long, T., Bertoni, M., Deng, S., Fan, Z., Hoover, C., Shock, E., Holman, Z., Tao, M., Navrotsky, A., Hwa, Y., Westerhoff, P., Azeredo, B., Biegasiewicz, K., Perreault, F., Ankit, K., Seo, D., Zhang, Y., Hartnett, H., Fromme, P., Ruff, S., Yang, S., Jin, K., Rolston, N., Lind, M. L., Stechel, E., Garcia Segura, S., Yarger, J., Wang, R., Birkel, C., Ackerman, L., Nian, Q., Neithalath, N., Rajagopalan, J., Chan, C., Milcarek, R., Sayres, S., Crozier, P., Tongay, S., Yao, Y., Sieradzki, K. & Yu, H.

  National Science Foundation (NSF)

  9/1/22 → 8/31/25

  Project: Research project

  • diffractometers 100%
  • acquisition 81%
  • students 61%
  • x rays 41%
  • winter 39%

• FINESST Measurement of nanoparticle surface energies with application to nucleation and condensation in exoplanet atmospheres

  Navrotsky, A.

  NASA: Headquarters

  8/18/22 → 8/17/25

  Project: Research project

  • extrasolar planets 100%
  • surface energy 86%
  • condensation 80%
  • nucleation 68%
  • atmospheres 64%

• Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) for Imaging and Magnetothermal Therapy of Brain Tumors

  Arami, H.

  HHS: National Institutes of Health (NIH)

  8/16/22 → 7/31/25

  Project: Research project

  • Brain Neoplasms 100%
  • Multifunctional Nanoparticles 34%
  • Glioblastoma 21%
  • Nanoparticles 19%
  • Prostate 17%

• Engineering Functionalized carbon from forest residue to enhance health of air and the built environment

  Deng, S. & Fini, E.

  USDA: Forest Service (FS)

  8/16/22 → 7/31/25

  Project: Research project

  • built environment 100%
  • asphalt 95%
  • health 62%
  • engineering 57%
  • carbon 51%

• Developing vaccines for immunological defense from traumatic brain injury

  Stabenfeldt, S. & Acharya, A.

  DOD-ARMY: Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA)

  8/15/22 → 8/14/24

  Project: Research project

  • Traumatic Brain Injury 100%
  • Vaccines 76%
  • Proteolipids 17%
  • Encephalitis 13%
  • Glycolysis 12%

• CAREER: Understanding the origins of pearlite discontinuities in eutectoid microstructures: Modeling & Experiments

  Ankit, K.

  National Science Foundation (NSF)

  8/15/22 → 7/31/27

  Project: Research project

  • pearlite 100%
  • discontinuity 67%
  • steels 46%
  • microstructure 44%
  • characterization 14%

• An App Based Precision Medicine Approach to Optimize Long Term CPAP Adherence and Quality of Life

  Rivera, D., Petrov, M., Epstein, D. & Buman, M.

  American Sleep Medicine Foundation

  8/15/22 → 8/14/25

  Project: Research project

  • Continuous Positive Airway Pressure 100%
  • Precision Medicine 91%
  • Quality of Life 54%
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea 34%
  • Apnea 17%

• Novel threat detection methodology to detect HIV outbreaks in Washington - Res2

  Yan, H.

  HHS: National Institutes of Health (NIH)

  8/12/22 → 7/31/24

  Project: Research project

  • Public health 100%
  • Students 62%

• Theoretical and numerical investigation of particle-vortex interaction in semi-dilute dusty flows

  Kasbaoui, M.

  National Science Foundation (NSF)

  8/1/22 → 7/31/25

  Project: Research project

  • dust 61%
  • helicopters 56%
  • interactions 53%
  • downwash 34%
  • proposals 29%

• GOALI: Microscale fundamentals of sweat evaporation

  Rykaczewski, K. & Kavouras, S.

  National Science Foundation (NSF)

  8/1/22 → 7/31/25

  Project: Research project

  • sweat 100%
  • microbalances 63%
  • evaporation 47%
  • perspiration 38%
  • glands 11%

• STC AMPED: Boron Nitride - Diamond Heterostructure Transistors for DC and RF Power Amplifiers

  Nemanich, R., Alford, T., Thornton, T. & Goodnick, S.

  INDUSTRY: Domestic Company

  8/1/22 → 7/31/24

  Project: Research project

  • power amplifiers 100%
  • boron nitrides 90%
  • diamonds 67%
  • transistors 67%
  • direct current 66%

• STC AMPED: Polyimide/Si Nanocomposites for Next Generation Battery Anodes

  Long, T.

  INDUSTRY: Domestic Company

  8/1/22 → 7/31/24

  Project: Research project

  • polyimides 100%
  • electric batteries 99%
  • nanocomposites 84%
  • anodes 83%
  • nanoparticles 36%

• STC MADE: Wafer-scale manufacturing of electronically doped high-performance atomically thin semiconductors

  Tongay, S.

  INDUSTRY: Domestic Company

  8/1/22 → 7/31/24

  Project: Research project

  • manufacturing 100%
  • wafers 90%
  • performance 53%
  • thermal neutrons 33%
  • industries 30%