Analog Devices, Inc.
- Wilmington, MA (Greater Boston)
Sponsors & partners
Our research is supported by federal agencies, national laboratories, foundations, industry, the State of Michigan, regional water-innovation competitions and Wayne State University. Below you will find our active funding first, followed by the past support that built the group.
Funding at a glance
3active sponsors
17sponsors to date
22external grants and contracts
8internal Wayne State awards
Active & past funding
Current sponsors first, then past support from newest to oldest.
U.S. Department of Energy & State of Michigan (with Nel Hydrogen)
- Advanced-manufacturing and hydrogen education for high-school students (2024–2027) PI of the Wayne State project
Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC)
- Semiconductor education and training in Southeast Michigan, including the Semiconductor Stars high-school internship (part of an MEDC investment) Co-PI
National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Towards the rational design of Ni- and Co-free chalcogen anion redox cathode materials Sole PI
- CAREER: Designing interfaces for electrochemical energy storage: a mechanistic perspective Sole PI
- MRI: Acquisition of a nanoscale 3D printer for fundamental and applied research at Wayne State University and Southeast Michigan Co-PI (PI: Dr. Basu, ECE)
- MRI: Acquisition of a field emission transmission electron microscope Co-PI (PI: Dr. Brock, Chemistry)
- Carbon-free and binder-free cathode configurations for high-energy lithium–sulfur batteries Sole PI
- NSF I-Corps (#2418241): commercial potential of the group’s battery technology PI
- REU site on sustainable manufacturing (REU student support) Senior personnel (PI: Dr. Rickli, ISE)
Advanced Energy Consortium (AEC)
- Batch mode fabrication and assembly of high temperature microbatteries Sole PI
- Flexible, integrated nanocomposite energy conversion and storage devices for low-power self-powered sensors Sole PI
Department of Defense (DoD) / BHAWIN LLC — SBIR/STTR
- Solid-state high energy density batteries Sole PI
American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund (ACS PRF)
- Three-dimensional MoS₂ nanostructures for deep hydrodesulfurization catalysis Sole PI
Wayne State University
- Rapid COVID-19 sensor for closed spaces (Barber Interdisciplinary Research Program) PI (Co-PI: Dr. Auner, School of Medicine)
- Real-time water quality monitoring using ultra-sensitive nanomaterials (Barber Interdisciplinary Research Program) PI (Co-PI: Dr. Zhou, Physics)
- Competitive Graduate Research Assistantship award PI
- Faculty competition for postdoctoral fellows Sole PI
- Career Development Chair award Awardee
- Technology Development Incubator Sole PI
- Faculty competition for postdoctoral fellows PI (Co-PI: Dr. Ng)
Ford Motor Company
- An investigation of microstructural deformation, strain and progressive damage in Li-ion cells Co-PI (PI: Dr. Newaz, ME)
- Data management support to a non-profit organization (Ford Community Corps) Sole PI
NSF / Army Research Laboratory
- Dynamically tunable nano-energetics Sole PI
Idaho National Laboratory / Department of Energy
- Novel nanomaterials to enable hydrogen generation at intermediate temperatures for manned and unmanned ground vehicles Sole PI
Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF)
- US Department of State and Department of Science and Technology (India): international collaboration with IIT Roorkee, IIT Kharagpur, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and WSU, supporting Ph.D. student exchanges Co-PI
U.S. Army TARDEC
- Room-temperature superconductivity measurements by bringing alkanes into contact with a graphite surface Sole PI
Cleveland Water Alliance
- Erie Hack 2017 grand prize: microbattery-powered nano-sensors to detect contaminants in water (MicroBuoy team) Prize
- Internet of H2O 2017 Technology Innovation Award, with DigitalC and US Ignite Prize
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), UK
- M3: mm-scale computing GPS logger Sole PI
Hartley Family Foundation
- Next-generation Li-ion batteries from plant/crop-based renewable materials Sole PI
Quarkonics
- Applied research testing and training in materials science PI (Co-PI: Dr. Tan, ME)