Department of defense news release (March 9, 2004): transformational instrumentation research grants announced.The Department of Defense announced today the selection of Rice University, Drexel University Drexel University, at Philadelphia, Pa.; coeducational; founded 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel, opened 1892, chartered 1894 as Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry. It was renamed Drexel Institute of Technology in 1936 and gained university status in 1970. , and University of California at Berkeley (body, education) University of California at Berkeley - (UCB) See also Berzerkley, BSD. http://berkeley.edu/. Note to British and Commonwealth readers: that's /berk'lee/, not /bark'lee/ as in British Received Pronunciation. to receive research grants, as a part of its effort to transform research programs to exploit emerging scientific opportunities to be more responsive to DoD needs. The three awards total approximately $2.8 million in fiscal 2004, and up to $14.7 million over five years. The research grants are a part of the DoD Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI MURI Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative ) program, which focuses on multidisciplinary research themes vital to national defense. All awards are subject to the successful completion of negotiations between DoD research offices and the academic institutions. The laboratory instrumentation design research is focused on a systematic and sustained effort aimed at developing the next generation of research tools, as well as a new cadre (company) CADRE - The US software engineering vendor which merged with Bachman Information Systems to form Cayenne Software in July 1996. of scientists and engineers who are experts in the art and science of building instruments, devices, and equipment. The invention and development of new research instruments will lead to advances in scientific innovation and to the discovery of new things that have yet to be explained, such as fast electron dynamics in semiconductors. The selected awards include a multimodality spectroscope spectroscope, optical instrument for producing spectral lines and measuring their wavelengths and intensities, used in spectral analysis (see spectrum). When a material is heated to incandescence it emits light that is characteristic of the atomic makeup of the for nanoscale At nanometer size. Any device only a few nanometers in size is nanoscale. See nanotechnology and nanometer. optical imaging the structure of peptides, proteins, and viruses in their native environment; remote nondestructive testing Nondestructive testing (NDT), also called nondestructive evaluation (NDE) and nondestructive inspection (NDI), is testing that does not destroy the test object. NDE is vital for constructing and maintaining all types of components and structures. and measurement of power systems for isolating and diagnosing failures in the power grid; and laser instrumentation for attosecond experimentation to probe the fast electron dynamics in electronic devices. These new research tools will revolutionize scientific research and transform our research capabilities to address the urgent need for understanding biological responses to chem-bio agents and for understanding electronic devices for information technology. Today's announcement is the result of a rigorous merit competition as a part of the DoD MURI program. The awards will provide support for research, graduate students, and laboratory instrumentation development. These awards represent DoD's long-term commitment to supporting basic science research and transformational initiatives. |
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