NIRT/NER Awards

Award#		Institution name	PI name E-mail, Phone number	Proposal title	NSF funds ($)
FY 2001 Core Awards
1	093364	Iowa State University	Shaochen Chen scchen@mail.utexas.edu 512-232-6094	CAREER: Laser micro- and nano-processing of biodegradable polymers for biomedical and bio-MEMS applications	$375,000
2	0100354	U of Nebraska-Lincoln	Yuris Dzenis ydzenis@unl.edu 402-472-0713	Fundamentals of fabrication of nanofiber assemblies by electrospinning	$180,000
3	0115445	Ohio State University	Kurt Koelling koelling.1@osu.edu 614-292-2256	Shear and extensional rheology of nanoclays and nanotubes in polymer melts and solutions	$360,000
FY 2001 NIRT Awards
4	0103024	U of Massachusetts Amherst	Mark Tuominen tuominen@physics.umass.edu 413-545-1944	Copoymer templates: A self-assembling route to high-density arrays of functional nanostructures	$1,250,000
5	0103169	U of Minnesota-Twin Cities	Steven Girshick slg@umn.edu 612-625-5315	Superhard nanostructured films	$1,879,950
6	0103562	U of California - Los Angeles	Chang-Jin Kim cjkim@seas.ucla.edu 310-825-0267	Nanoturf and Nanopebbles: Towards zero flow friction surfaces	$1,000,000
FY 2001 NER Awards
7	0102639	Ohio State University	Ly James Lee leelj@che.eng.ohio-state.edu 614-292-2408	Development of nanolithography-based manufacturing protocol for polymer nanofluidic platforms	$100,000
8	0103159	University of Akron	Guo-Xiang Wang gwang@uakron.edu 330-972-7389	Understanding the mechanisms governing the dispersion of nanopowders in solidifying molten metals and formation of high-strength nano-composites	$98,565
FY 2002 Core Awards
9	0134464	North Carolina State Univ.	Stefan Seelecke stefan_seelecke@ncsu.edu 919-515-2444	CAREER: Advanced control algorithms for active materials actuators used in nanoscale positioning	$375,000
10	0200324	Ohio State University	David Tomasko tomasko@che.eng.ohio-state.edu 614-292-4249	Polymer nanocomposite foams prepared by environmentally benign supercritical fluids	$240,000
11	0200495	U of Colorado - Boulder	Kenneth Gall kenneth.gall@colorado.edu 303-735-2711	Shame memory polymer based nanocomposites for MEMS	$258,763
12	0200498	U of Massachusetts Lowell	Joey Mead joey_mead@uml.edu 978-934-3446	Interface effects in high volume nanoscale processing of polymers	$388,893
13	0201551	U of California - Berkeley	Kyriakos Komvopoulos kyriakos@euler.berkeley.edu 510-642-2563	Fabrication, nanomechanical properties and surface functionality of polymer nanocomposites	$360,044
14	0217538	U of Minnesota-Twin Cities	Heiko Jacobs hjacobs@ece.umn.edu 612-626-7193	NanoXerography: The use of electrostatic forces to pattern nanoparticles	$399,995
15	0217816	U of Massachusetts Amherst	Thomas Russell russell@mail.pse.umass.edu 413-577-1516	GOALI: A strictly thermal route to thin film nanotemplates via functionalized block-random copolymers	$323,762
16	0217939	U of South Florida	Pritish Mukherjee pritish@chuma1.cas.usf.edu 813-974-5230	Pulsed thermal excitation of self-assembled nanotemplates for manufacturing dimensionally controlled nanostructured films	$378,972
17	0218273	U of California - Los Angeles	Xiang Zhang xiang@seas.ucla.edu 310-206-7699	Development of novel 3D nanolithography: fundamental investigations and applications	$249,953
18	0218967	U of South Florida	Sergei Ostapenko ostapenk@eng.usf.edu 813-974-2031	GOALI: Spatially resolved characterization of nanoporous SiC layers	$99,648
19	0225805	Michigan State University	Virginia Ayres ayresv@egr.msu.edu 517-355-5236	Bioengineering of a SPM-based nanomanipulator with landmark referenced control	$46,628
20	0228103	Rutgers U - New Brunswick	Constantinos Mavroidis mavro@jove.rutgers.edu 732-445-0732	SGER: Protein based nano-motors and nano-robots	$50,000
21	0236465	U of Arkansas	Ajay Malshe apm2@engr.uark.edu 501-575-6561	SGER: Explore feasibility of a novel nano-mechanical machining system-on-a-chip (SAOC) for nanomanufacturing	$62,683
22	0237650	Northeastern University	Ahmed Busnaina busnaina@coe.neu.edu 617-373-2992	NSF Workshop on 3-D nanomanufacturing: an industry perspective	$55,711
FY 2002 NIRT Awards
23	0209678	U of Southern California	Aristides Requicha requicha@lipari.usc.edu 213-740-45028	Nanorobotics	$1,000,000
24	0210141	Texas Tech University	Michelle Pantoya michelle.pantoya@coe.ttu.edu 806-742-2011	Nanocomposite reactions in the self-propagating high-temperature synthesis of materials	$1,000,000
25	0210173	U of California - San Diego	Robert Asaro rasaro@ucsd.edu 858-534-6888	Nanoreactor processes for manufacturing oriented materials	$1,000,000
26	0210223	U of Delaware	John Rabolt rabolt@udel.edu 302-831-4476	Enhancing the properties of nanoscale electrospun polymer fibers through chemical architecture, surface texturing optimization processing protocols	$1,100,000
27	0210229	Pennsylvania State U - University Park	Sheong Kim shkim@engr.psu.edu 814-865-2574	Deformation mechanisms and manufacturing of nanostructured materials processed by severe plastic deformation (SPD)	$1,100,000
28	0210238	Carnegie Mellon University	Prashant Kumta kumta@cmu.edu 412-268-8739	Ink jetting of nanostructured matrices for controlled gene delivery	$1,000,000
29	0210258	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Robert Thompson rwt@wpi.edu 508-831-5525	Experimental and computational investigations of fluid properties and transport phenomena in nanodomains aith controlled surface properties	$600,000
30	0210332	Florida State University	Seunghun Hong shong@phy.fsu.edu 850-644-7009	Development functionalization, and assembly of nanoscale biological sensors	$1,050,000
31	0210351	U of Cincinnati	Raj Singh raj.singh@uc.edu 513-556-5172	Manufacturing/synthesis and nanostructure of superhard thin films/materials	$1,000,000
32	0210366	Vanderbilt University	Timothy Fisher tsfisher@purdue.edu 765-494-5627	Direct power generation by electron emission from novel carbon nanostructures	$1,300,000
33	0210400	New Jersey Institute of Technology	Robert Pfeffer pfeffer@adm.njit.edu 973-642-7496	Fluidization and transport of nanoparticles	$600,000
34	0210425	U of Washington	James Seferis seferis@cheme.washington.edu 206-543-9371	Processing, characterization, scaling and development of fiber-reinforced polymeric nano-matrix composites	$900,000
35	0210517	U of Kentucky	Stephen Rankin srankin@engr.uky.edu 859-257-9799	Tailored fluorinated surfactant templates for the design of ordered nanoporous ceramics	$1,100,000
36	0210543	U of North Carolina Charlotte	Stuart Smith stusmith@uncc.edu 704-687-3969	Motion control platform for accurate measurement and manufacturing of nanostructures	$750,000
37	0210559	U of Kentucky	Robert Vallance vallance@engr.uky.edu 859-257-6336	Staggered probes for integrating nano machining and metrology	$1,000,000
38	0210585	University of Virginia	Lloyd Harriott lrharriott@virginia. edu 434-243-5580	Merged CMOS/molecular integrated circuit (Mol-MOS) fabrication, analysis and design	$1,050,000
39	0210590	Duke University	Robert Clark rclark@duke.edu 919-660-5435	Fabrication of biomolecular and polymeric nanostructures by proximal probes	$1,200,000
40	0210844	U of Minnesota-Twin Cities	Richard Kiehl kiehl@ece.umn.edu 612-625-8073	Two and three-dimensional assembly on nanoelectronic components by DNA scaffolding	$1,100,000
41	0210850	U of Nebraska Lincoln	Yuris Dzenis ydzenis@unl.edu 402-472-0713	Manufacturing of novel continuous nanocrystalline ceramic nanofibers with superior mechanical properties	$1,000,000
FY 2002 NER Awards
42	0209556	Purdue University	Xianfan Xu xxu@ecn.purdue. edu 765-494-5639	Development of a novel low cost nanolithography technique using a nanometric high transmission optical antenna	$100,000
43	0210036	Drexel University	Richard Knight knightr@coe.drexel.edu 215-895-1844	Feasibility study of high yield thermal plasma synthesis of carbon nanotubes and other nanocrystalline forms of carbon	$100,000
44	0210058	North Carolina State Univ.	Hans Hallen hans_hallen@ncsu.edu 919-515-6314	Deposition of molecular nanostructures with controlled in-plane orientation	$99,999
45	0210195	Stevens Institute of Technology	Henry Du hdu@stevens-tech.edu 201-216-5262	Fabrication of an integrated structure of 3D macroporous silica and carbon nanotubes	$95,936
46	0210210	Duke University	Daniel Cole dgcole@duke.edu 919-660-5417	Torque spectroscopy for nanosystem characterization and fabrication	$99,994
47	0210240	University of Michigan	Suman Das sumandas@umich.edu 734-615-6646	Nanofabrication using sub-wavelength near-field nano-optical laser processing	$99,981
48	0210242	Clarkson University	Cetin Cetinkaya cetin@clarkson.edu 315-268-6514	Exploring the limits of nanoparticle removal with pulsed lasers	$99,999
49	0210249	SUNY Albany	Katharine Dovidenko kdovidenko@uamail.albany.edu 518-437-4550	FIB micromachining and advanced characterization of carbon nanotube-metal junctions	$96,436
50	0210339	U of Tennessee Knoxville	Philip Rack prack@utk.edu 865-974-5344	Nanoscale electron beam stimulated processing	$99,688
51	0210357	U of Wisconsin Madison	Mark Saffman msaffman@facstaff.wisc.edu 608-265-5601	Atomic lithography of arbitrary two-dimensional nanostructures	$70,000
52	0210361	U of California - Berkeley	Costas Grigoropoulos cgrigoro@me.berkeley.edu 510-642-2525	Nanoscale laser-assisted deposition and crystal growth	$99,516
53	0210534	U of Florida	Rajiv Singh rsingh@mail.mse.ufl.edu 352-392-1032	Novel, high-throughput continuous nanoparticle classifier (CNC)	$70,000
54	0210554	U of Tennessee Knoxville	Roth Reece jrr@utk.edu 865-974-4446	Increasing the strength, surface energy and wickability of polymeric nanofabrics by exposure to a one atmosphere uniform glow discharge plasma	$99,967
55	0210648	Rutgers U - New Brunswick	Roger Cannon cannon@alumina .rutgers.edu 908-445-4718	Hot superplastic powder forging for economic nanocrystalline ceramics	$100,000
56	0210670	U of Colorado - Boulder	Alan Weimer alan.weimer@colorado.edu 303-492-3759	Conformal nanoencapsulation of ultrafine particles	$70,000
57	0210681	Michigan State University	Lawrence Drzal drzal@egr.msu.edu 517-353-5466	Biodegradable green nanocomposites for automotive applications	$85,000
58	0210689	SUNY Buffalo	Paschalis Alexandridis palexand@eng.buffalo.edu 716-645-2911	Manipulation and 3D organization of nanoparticles using dielectrophoresis	$100,000
FY 2003 Core Awards
59	0238987	Clemson University	Nader Jalili jalili@clemson.edu 864-656-5642	CAREER: A mechatronic-based research and education framework for next generation actuators and sensors comprised of functional nanotube composites	$400,000
60	0239163	Boston University	Xin Zhang xinz@bu.edu 617-358-2702	CAREER: Creating nanostructured gratings on microstructures for residual stress/strain measurement in MEMS/NEMS and traction force measurement in cells	$400,000
61	0243103	U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Taher Saif saif@uiuc.edu 217-333-8552	SGER: Self-assembled nanowires	$80,000
62	0243160	U of Texas Austin	Shaochen Chen scch nanolithography of solid materials	$460,667
63	0243805	MIT	George Barbastathis gbarb@mit.edu 617-253-1960	SGER: 3D nanofabrication via folding of 2D membranes	$100,000
64	0300014	U of Nebraska Lincoln	Jiangyu Li jli2@unl.edu 402-472-1631	Design, manufacturing and optimization of ferroelectric polymer based nanocomposite films using Langmuir-Blodgett deposition	$267,335
65	0300216	U of New Hampshire	Todd Gross todd.gross@unh.edu 603-862-2445	GOALI: Interconnect processing enhancement by measurement of nanoscale dielectric constant degradation and development of experimentally verified models of nanoscale deformation	$399,465
66	0300293	Geogia Tech	Jack Lackey jack.lackey@me.gatech.edu 404-894-0573	GOALI: Understanding laser and electron beam CVD processes from macro to nanoscales	$149,996
67	0300574	U of Alaska Fairbanks	Hong Liang ffhl@uaf.edu 907-474-6135	Nanophases and nanofabrication	$240,000
68	0305091	National Center for Manufacturing Sciences	Manish Mehta manishm@ncms.org 734-995-4938	Industry survey of nanomanufacturing trends and interests	$25,106
69	0305580	University of Akron	Gerald Young gwyoung@uakron.edu 330-972-5731	Multi-scale analysis and simulation of nanofiber coatings: growth and applications	$100,000
70	0322112	MIT	Jung-Hoon Chun jchun@mit.edu 617-253-1759	International Conference on Nanomanufacturing	$40,000
71	0322286	Pennsylvania State U - University Park	Jiping Cheng jxc44@psu.edu 814-865-4571	Collaborative Research: Fabrication of functional oxide nanotubes and nanorods for nanoelectromechanical devices	$100,000
72	0322299	U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Moonsub Shim mshim@uiuc.edu 217-333-7361	Nanocrystal/polymer hybrid building blocks for nanofabrication	$225,000
73	0322621	U of Pittsburgh	Qing-Ming Wang qmwang@engrng.pitt.edu 412-624-4885	Collaborative Research: Fabrication of functional oxide nanotubes and nanorods for nanoelectromechanical devices	$200,000
74	0322922	U of Nebraska Lincoln	Yongfeng Lu yfly@engr.unl.edu 402-472-8323	Laser-assisted nanoimprinting using self-assembled nanoparticles	$59,957
75	0323509	U of Wisconsin Madison	Lih-Sheng Turng turng@engr.wisc.edu 608-265-7921	Injection molding of microcellular nanocomposites	$280,546
76	0330703	New Jersey Institute of Technology	Boris Khusid khusid@adm.njit.edu 973-596-3316	Simulations of micro- and nano-scale manipulation of biomolecules with high-gradient AC fields (NSF-SNL)	$239,564
77	0331001	MIT	Nicolas Hadjiconstantinou ngh@mit.edu 617-452-2280	Efficient simulation tools for the design of micro and nanoscale devices (NSF-SNL)	$231,818
78	0331124	U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Yonggang Huang huang9@uiuc.edu 217-265-5072	Atomistic-based continuum models of micro- and nano-scale engineered systems/processes (NSF-SNL)	$225,000
79	0331745	U of Minnesota-Twin Cities	Steven Girshick slg@umn.edu 612-625-5315	NSF Workshop on nanoscale Mechanical Engineering	$41,078
80	0331830	U of Nebraska Lincoln	Kamlakar Rajurkar krajurkar1@unl.edu 402-472-1385	SGER: Feasibility study of nano-electrochemical machining process	$93,500
81	0344047	Purdue University	Timothy Fisher tsfisher@purdue.edu 765-494-5627	SGER: Development of a multi-scale manufacturing teaching laboratory	$99,998
82	0346669	U of Maryland College Park	Abhijit Dasgupta dasgupta@eng.umd.edu 301-405-5251	Nanotechnology product realization roadmap workshop	$40,000
FY 2003 NIRT Awards
83	0303790	U of Houston	Vincent Donnelly vmdonnelly@uh.edu 713-743-4313	Nano-pantography	$1,000,000
84	0303863	U of Arizona	Pierre Deymier deymier@u.arizona.edu 520-621-6080	Reversible and directional self-assembly of bio-molecular templates for nanotechnology interconnects	$1,200,000
85	0303950	Rutgers U - New Brunswick	Constantinos Mavroidis mavro@jove.rutgers.edu 732-445-0732	Bio-nano-robotic systems using viral protein nano-motors	$1,050,000
86	0304031	U of Texas Austin	Michael Becker becker@ece.utexas.edu 512-471-3628	Nanoscale manufacturing - nonlinear nanocomposites for magnetostrictive actuators and photonic devices	$900,000
87	0304112	Ohio State University	Ly James Lee leelj@che.eng.ohio-state.edu 614-292-2408	Robust manufacturing protocol for particulate-like nanoporous micro-devices (NMDs) for biomedical and biochemical applications	$850,000
88	0304169	SUNY Stony Brook	Pelagia Gouma pgouma@notes.cc.sunysb.edu 631-632-4537	Nano-composite metal oxides for electronic noses	$1,060,000
89	0304209	U of California - Berkeley	Roya Maboudian maboudia@socrates.berkeley.edu 510-643-7957	Functionalized nanowires for electromechanical and optical detection of biomolecules with ultrahigh sensitivity and specificity	$850,000
90	0304211	U of Minnesota-Twin Cities	Stephen Campbell campbell@ece.umn.edu 612-625-6608	Single nanoparticle devices, a new technique for bottom-up manufacturing	$1,100,000
91	0304506	U of Delaware	Tsu-Wei Chou chou@me.udel.edu 302-831-2904	Synthesis, characterization and modeling of aligned nanotube arrays for nanoscale devices and composites	$1,700,000
92	0304649	Washington University	Da-Ren Chen chen@me.wustl.edu 314-935-7924	Synthesis and application of magnetic nano- and nanocomposite particles	$750,000
93	0304650	U of Colorado - Boulder	Rafael Piestun piestun@colorado.edu 303-735-0894	3D nano-manufacturing processes for nanophotonic devices and systems	$1,000,000
94	0304730	U of California - Berkeley	Ronald Fearing ronf@eecs.berkeley.edu 510-642-9193	Biologically inspired synthetic gecko adhesives	$1,700,000
FY 2003 NER Awards
95	0303645	Clemson University	Stephen Creager screage@clemson.edu 864-656-4995	New fuel cell el;ectrodes from carbon aerogels with internally grafted fluoropolymer electrolytes	$100,000
96	0303738	MIT	Alexander Slocum slocum@mit.edu 617-253-0012	Silicon insert molded plastics (SIMP)	$90,000
97	0303808	Rutgers U - New Brunswick	Maria Tomassone silvina@soemail.rutgers.edu 732-445-2972	Continuous flow induced phase inversion: a new method for manufacturing druf delivery biopolymer nanoparticles	$80,000
98	0303821	MIT	Francesco Stellacci frstella@mit.edu 617-452-3704	Nano-contact printing: stamping in the nano-world	$100,000
99	0303868	U of Arizona	Eniko Enikov enikov@engr.arizona.edu 529-621-4506	Charge writing for nano-assembly of bio-molecules on artificial surfaces	$99,928
100	0303947	Princeton University	Yiguang Ju yju@princeton.edu 609-258-5644	A novel high rate combustion synthesis method for Europium-doped glass nanophosphors	$100,000
101	0303997	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Theodorian Borca-Tasciuc borcat@rpi.edu 518-276-2627	Exploring thermoelectric energy conversion in nanostructure assemblies	$100,000
102	0304028	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Daniel Gall galld@rpi.edu 518-276-8471	Shaping and sssembly of hybrid architectures for nanotemplating	$99,779
103	0304132	U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Nick Glumac glumac@uiuc.edu 217-244-8333	Chemical vapor deposition of carbon nanotube-diamond composites	$99,606
104	0304180	Lehigh University	Cristopher Kiely chk5@lehigh.edu 610-758-4291	Nanowire and nanopattern fabrication by the sintering of self-assembled nanoparticle arrays	$100,000
105	0304262	U of Wisconsin Milwaukee	Pradeep Rohatgi prohatgi@csd.uwm.edu 414-229-4987	Synthesis of metal-matrix nanoparticle composites by stir mixing	$99,856
106	0304296	North Carolina State Univ.	Gregory Parsons parsons@ncsu.edu 919-515-7553	Solvent assisted atomic layer deposition	$99,754
107	0304345	U of California - Davis	Gang-Yu Liu liu@chem.ucdavis.edu 530-754-9678	Stepwise contraction adsorption nanolithography, SCAN:A new approach towards simple, inexpensive and high throughput nanofabrication	$100,000
108	0304413	Oklahoma State University	Bret Flanders flandeb@okstate.edu 405-744-6699	Directed assembly of microscopic wires from semiconductornanoparticles	$47,255
109	0304528	U of Illinois Chicago	Lawrence Kennedy lkennedy@uic.edu 312-996-2400	Novel method of producing different carbon nanostructures in oxy-methane flames controlled by electromagnetic fields	$99,855
110	0304660	Illinois Institute of Technology	Gennady Shvets gena@fnal.gov 312-567-3398	Phonon enhanced near field infrared lithography	$90,000
FY 2003 NSEC Awards
111	0327077	U of California - Los Angeles	Xiang Zhang xiang@seas.ucla.edu 310-206-7699	Center of Integrated and Scalable Nanomanufacturing (SINAM)	$2,827,493 (year 1) $17,658,208 (total)
112	0328162	U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Placid Ferreira pferreir@uiuc.edu 213-333-0639	Nanoscale Chemical- Electrical-Mechanical- Manufacturing Systems (Nano-CEMMS)	$2,516,749 (year 1) $12,530,745 (total)
				Total awards (examples):	$47,220,146