MURI

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Active MURI Grants

2018

• Hybrid-Materials Valley Optoelectronics For Photon Spin Communication
• Magnet-Free Non-Reciprocal Metamaterials Based on Spatio-Temporal Modulation
• Verifiable, Control-Oriented Learning On The Fly
• Empty State Electronics
• Molecular Level Studies of Solid-Liquid Interfaces in Electrochemical Processes
• Piezoenergetics Coupled Piezoelectric and Nanoenergetic Materials with Tailorable and Switchable Reactivity
• Gallium Oxide Materials Science and Engineering GAME
• Innovations in Mean-Field Game Theory for Scalable Computation and Diverse Applications
• Fundamentals of Doping and Defects in Ga2O3 for High Breakdown Field Electronics

2017

• Cross-disciplinary Electronic-ionic Research Enabling Biologically Realistic Autonomous Learning (CEREBRAL)
• Multiscale analysis of bioinspired low energy information processing: from organelles to organisms
• Scientific Autonomous Reasoning Agent (SARA): Integrating Materials Theory, Experiment and Computation
• Revolutionary Advances in Correlated Electron Materials: From Strongly Correlated Electrons to Large Scale DFT and Quantum Embedding
• Unraveling the Biology, Chemistry and Nanoscience of Natural and Synthetic Melanins
• Multipactor and breakdown susceptibility and mitigation in space-based RF systems
• Scalable Certification of Quantum Computing Devices and Networks
• Integrated Measurement and Modeling Characterization of Stratospheric Turbulence

2016

• Ultralow Power, Ultrafast, Integrated Nano-Optoelectronics
• Universal Electromagnetic Surface: Exploiting active electronics and active origami to generate a programmable electromagnetic response
• High Speed AttoJoule/Bit Passive and Active Nanophotonic Devices for Computing and Optical Interconnects
• Next Generation Advances in Ionosphere Thermosphere Coupling at Multiple Scales for Environmental Specification and Prediction
• Internal Cooling of Fiber and Disc Lasers by Radiation Balancing and other Optical or Phonon Processes
• Photonic Quantum Matter
• Multidisciplinary Approaches to Radiation Balanced LasErs (MARBLE): Rare-Earths and Semiconductors in Disks, Fibers, and Microstructures

2015

• Nanoelectropulse-Induced Electromechanical Signaling and Control of Biological Systems
• Atomically-Thin Systems that Unfold, Interact and Communicate at the Cellular Scale
• A 4D Nanoprinter for Making and Manipulating Macroscopic Materials
• Semantics, Formal Reasoning, and Tool Support for Quantum Programming
• Understanding and Controlling the Coupled Electrical, Chemical, and Mechanical Excitable Networks of Living Systems
• Harnessing Strong-Field Mid-Infrared (IR) Lasers: Designer Beams of Relativistic Particles and THz-to-X-ray Light
• Foldable and Adaptive Two-Dimensional Electronics
• Fundamental Strong-Field Interactions with Ultrafast, Mid-Infrared Lasers

2014

• Development of Universal Security Theory for Evaluation and Design of Nanoscale Devices
• Studying Ultrafast Electron Dynamics in Condensed Matter with Next Gen
• Active Metasurfaces for Advanced Wavefront Engineering and Waveguiding
• Homotopy Type Theory: Unified Foundations of Mathematics and Computation
• Plasma-Based Reconfigurable Photonic Crystals and Metamaterials
• A unified mathematical and algorithmic framework for managing multiple information sources of multi-physics systems
• Convergent Evolution to Engineering: Multiscale Structures and Mechanics in Damage Tolerant Functional Biocomposite and Biomimetic Materials
• Integrated Quantum Transduction with Photons, Phonons and Spins
• Wiring Quantum Networks with Mechanical Transducers
• Shedding light on plasmon-based photochemical and photophysical processes

2013

• ADVANCED QUANTUM MATERIALS - A NEW FRONTIER FOR ULTRACOLD ATOMS
• MURI CENTER FOR MATERIAL FAILURE PREDICTION THROUGH PERIDYNAMICS
• ELECTROCHEMICAL IMAGING AND MECHANISTIC STUDIES ON THE NANOMETER SCALE
• HIGH POWER PHYSICS OF IONOSPHERIC MODIFICATION
• MURI CENTER FOR DYNAMIC MAGNETO OPTICS (DYNAMO)
• PT-SYMMETRIC OPTICAL MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES
• OPTIMAL MEASUREMENTS FOR SCALABLE QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES

Inactive MURI Grants

2012

• TEMPLATE-DIRECTED DIRECTIONALLY SOLIDIFIED EUTECTIC METAMATERIALS
• QUANTUM METAPHOTONICS AND METAMATERIALS: FROM SINGLE EMITTERS TO STRONGLY CORRELATED SYSTEMS
• INNOVATIVE USE OF METAMATERIALS IN CONFINING, CONTROLLING, AND RADIATING INTENSE MICROWAVE PULSES
• SMART, FUNCTIONAL NANOENERGETICS DESIGN FROM THE ATOMISTIC/MOLECULAR SCALE THROUGH THE MESOSCALE
• BIOPROGRAMMABLE 1-,2-,3-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS
• WAVE OPTICS OF DEEP ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE: FROM UNDERLYING PHYSICS TOWARDS PREDICTIVE MODELING, MITIGATION, AND EXPLOITATION

2011

• SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF 3D CARBON NANOTUBE SOLID NETWORKS  
• INTEGRATED HYBRID NANOPHOTONIC CIRCUITS
• SCIENCE OF CYBER SECURITY MODELING, COMPOSITION, AND MEASUREMENT
• CONTROL OF THERMAL AND ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT IN ORGANIC AND COMPOSITE MATERIALS THROUGH MOLECULAR AND NANOSCALE STRUCTURE                                
• NANOFABRICATION OF TUNABLE 3D NANOTUBE ARCHITECTURES
• 3D HYBRID CIRCUITS FOR ADVANCED INFORMATION PROCESSING

2010

• NOVEL CATALYTIC MECHANISMS FOR THE CHEMICAL REDUCTION OF CARBON DIOXIDE TO ENERGY-DENSE LIQUIDS      
• CENTER FOR ORGANIC MATERIALS FOR ALL OPTICAL SWITCHING    
• MATHEMATICAL MODELING AND EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION OF ULTRAFAST NONLINEAR LIGHT-MATTER COUPLING ASSOCIATED WITH FILAMENTATION IN TRANSPARENT MEDIA
• FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES IN HIGH-TEMPERATURE HYPERSONIC FLOWS
• MULTI-LAYER AND MULTI-RESOLUTION NETWORKS OF INTERACTING AGENTS IN ADVERSARIAL ENVIRONMENTS     
• CRYOGENIC PELTIER COOLING    
• QUANTUM PRESERVATION, SIMULATION AND TRANSFER IN OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES
• CHASE: CONTROL OF HETEROGENEOUS AUTONOMOUS SENSORS FOR SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
• BIOPAINTS: BIO-ENABLED PARTICLE ADHERENTS FOR INTERROGATIVE SPECTROSCOPY
• INFERRING STRUCTURE AND FORECASTING DYNAMICS ON EVOLVING NETWORKS

2009

• BIO-INSPIRED OPTICS: OFFERING PHYSICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL INSIGHTS IN COLOR AND STRUCTURE (BIOOPTICS)
• NEW MATERIALS APPROACHES FOR FUTURE GRAPHENE-BASED DEVICES
• TOWARDS NEW AND BETTER HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS
• BROAD-BASED SEARCH FOR NEW AND PRACTICAL SUPERCONDUCTORS
• SEARCH FOR NEW SUPERCONDUCTORS FOR ENERGY AND POWER APPLICATIONS
• ROBUST AND COMPLEX ON-CHIP NANOPHOTONICS
• BIO-INSPIRED INTELLIGENT SENSING MATERIALS FOR FLY-BY-FEEL AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE
• DISTRIBUTED LEARNING AND INFORMATION DYNAMICS IN NETWORKED AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS
• MULTI-SCALE FUSION OF INFORMATION FOR UNCERTAINITY QUANTIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT IN LARGE SCALE SIMULATIONS
• SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND MODELING OF FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MULTIFUNCTIONAL HYBRID COMPOSITES FOR EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS  
• HARDWARE, LANGUAGES, AND ARCHITECTURES FOR DEFENSE AGAINST HOSTILE OPERATING SYSTEMS,
• MULTI-FUNCTIONAL LIGHT-MATTER INTERFACES BASED ON NEUTRAL ATOMS AND SOLIDS
• PRODUCTION, MANIPULATION, AND APPLICATIONS OF ULTRACOLD POLAR MOLECULES

2008

• A FRAMEWORK FOR MANAGING THE ASSURED INFORMATION SHARING LIFECYCLE
• COLLABORATIVE POLICIES AND ASSURED INFORMATION SHARING    
• ADAPTIVE INTELLIGENT PHOTONIC/ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS BASED ON SILICON NANOMEMBRANES
• THREE DIMENSIONALLY INTERCONNECTED SILICON NANOMEMBRANCES FOR OPTICAL PHASED ARRAY (OPA) AND OPTICAL TRUE TIME DELAY (TTD) APPLICATIONS   
• MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY AND 3D PHOTONIC-CRYSTAL DEVICES
• A 21ST CENTURY APPROACH TO ELECTRONICS DEVICE RELIABILITY