{"658277":{"#nid":"658277","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Spring 2022 IEN Seed Grant Winners Announced","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology (IEN) at Georgia Tech has announced the winners for the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/2021-2022-georgia-tech-institute-electronics-and-nanotechnology-ien-core-facilities-seed-grant-1\u0022\u003E2022 Spring Core Facility Seed Grants\u003C\/a\u003E. The primary purpose of this program is to give first- and second-year graduate students in diverse disciplines working on original and unfunded research in micro- and nano-scale projects the opportunity to access the most advanced academic cleanroom space in the Southeast. In addition to accessing the high-level fabrication, lithography, and characterization tools in the labs, the awardees will have the opportunity to gain proficiency in cleanroom and tool methodology and access the consultation services provided by research staff members in IEN. Seed Grant awardees are also provided travel support to present their research at a scientific conference.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to student research skill development, this bi-annual grant program gives faculty with novel research topics the ability to develop preliminary data to pursue follow-up funding sources. The Core Facility Seed Grant program is supported by the Southeastern Nanotechnology Infrastructure Corridor (SENIC), a member of the National Science Foundation\u0026rsquo;s National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESince the start of the grant program in 2014, 78 projects from ten different schools in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Colleges of Engineering and Science, as well as the Georgia Tech Research Institute and three other universities, have been seeded.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe six winning projects in this round were awarded IEN cleanroom and lab access time to be used over the next year. In keeping with the interdisciplinary mission of IEN, the projects that will be enabled by the grants include research in semiconductor technology, metamaterials, quantum devices, polymer films, and materials analysis.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Spring 2022 IEN Core Facility Seed Grant Award winners are:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECustomized Nonlinear Metamaterials for Photon Upconversion\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nPI: Wenshan Cai | Student: Anjan Goswami\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nSchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\/School of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFabricating Semiconductor Moir\u0026eacute; Quantum Devices for Quantum Information Applications\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nPI: Zhigang Jiang | Student: Wei-Chen Wang\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nSchool of Physics\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EEnhancing Ferroelectric Switching Through Sputter Process Control in AlScN\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nPI: Lauren Garten | Student: John Wellington-Johnson\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nSchool of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESelf-Repairing Polymeric Films as Artificial Solid-Electrolyte Interface Enabling Rechargeable Zinc Metal Batteries \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nPI: Seung Woo Lee | Student: Kun Ryu\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ENew Applications of Raman Spectroscopy for Determining Sediment Provenance in the Southern Alps of New Zealand\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nPI: Karl Lang | Student: Dru-Ann Harris\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nSchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ENext-generation Back-illuminated Silicon Photomultipliers with Multi-layer Antireflection Coatings on Textured Surface\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nPIs: Anna Erickson and Yuguo Tao | Student: Mackenzie Duce\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering (Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Program)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Southeastern Nanotechnology Infrastructure Corridor (SENIC), a member of the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI), is funded by NSF Grant ECCS-2025462.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe primary purpose of this program is to give first- and second-year graduate students in diverse disciplines working on original and unfunded research in micro- and nano-scale projects the opportunity to access the IEN cleanroom.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The primary purpose of this program is to give first- or second-year graduate students in diverse disciplines working on original and un-funded research in micro- and nano-scale projects the opportunity to access the IEN cleanroom."}],"uid":"34760","created_gmt":"2022-05-17 16:02:10","changed_gmt":"2022-06-03 12:07:58","author":"Laurie Haigh","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-05-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-05-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"655868":{"id":"655868","type":"image","title":"IEN Seed Grants","body":null,"created":"1646147525","gmt_created":"2022-03-01 15:12:05","changed":"1646147525","gmt_changed":"2022-03-01 15:12:05","alt":"IEN logo with sprouting plant","file":{"fid":"248650","name":"Square-image-seed-grant.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Square-image-seed-grant.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Square-image-seed-grant.png","mime":"image\/png","size":75492,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Square-image-seed-grant.png?itok=yFWIUbyw"}}},"media_ids":["655868"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/senic.gatech.edu\/","title":"Southeastern Nanotechnology Infrastructure Corridor (SENIC)"}],"groups":[{"id":"197261","name":"Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"167679","name":"Seed Grant"},{"id":"187433","name":"go-ien"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laurie.haigh@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ELaurie Haigh\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dsgottfried@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}