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 Research projects at LASST span basic
research through applied development. Funding is
received from federal, state, and industrial sources
(e.g. NSF, NIH, DOE, DARPA, ONR, ARO, AFOSR, NASA,
EPA, USDA). Current topics of interest include:
- Gas Sensors for Toxic Chemicals
- Liquid Phase
Chemical Sensors
- BioSensors to Detect Pathogens
- Sensors and Microsystems
for Health Monitoring
- Pesticide Detection in Food
Products
- MEMS and Microsystems
- Thin Film Ceramic and
Semiconductor Materials
- Porous Materials and
Selective Gas Adsorption / Filtration
- Nanomechanics
and Tribology
- Acoustic Wave Devices
- Paper Coatings
- Time of Flight Electron / Ion
Detectors
- Modeling of Phase Transitions
- Membranes for Battery Applications
Examples of recent research grants include:
-
 Naval Surface Warfare Center
(Dahlgren)
•Advanced Development of
a Chemical and Biological Sensor Suite
- Office
of Naval Research (ONR)
•Chemical
Detection Based on Semiconducting Metal Oxide Films
- Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
•Nitric
Oxide Sensor for Early Detection of Pathogenic
Exposure
•A
Fluidic Microinstrument with Biomolecular Pump
-
 Air Force Office of Scientific Research
(AFOSR) •Multifunctional SiAlON
Films for High Temperature Applications
- Army
Research Office (ARO)
•Characterization
of LGX Crystals for Military Electronic Systems
- Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA)
•Nitric
Oxide / Ammonia Sensor for Combustion Control
- Department of Energy (DOE)
•Micro-Tribology:
Friction and Wear in Advanced Materials
•Inorganic
Membranes for CO2/N2 Separation
 U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
•Organophosphate
Pesticide Sensor for Foods
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
•Integration
of Sensors into the Curriculum
•Research Experiences
for Undergraduates
•G-K12 Sensors
•Research Experiences for High School Teachers
•Fourier-Transform
Based Time-of-Flight Electron Spectrometer
•Detecting
Microbial Pathogens with Surface Acoustic Wave
Devices in Liquid Environments
•Electrochemiluminescence
at Microelectrodes During PCR Amplification of DNA
•Exact Results in Model Statistical Systems
•Lateral Field Excited acoustic wave sensor for pesticide detection
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