Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Sensor and Actuators

9418534怀特加州大学伯克利分校的传感器和执行器工业/大学合作研究中心通过工业/大学合作研究中心计划，由“自给自足的研究伙伴关系”计划奖资助，为期三年。还为一名评估员提供了额外的资金，为期三年，以研究该中心发生的行业/大学互动。还为一名非裔美国本科生提供资金，让他进行一年的学习。这项研究是对该中心研究计划的补充，将重点放在由多晶硅制成的谐振器所能达到的最大品质因数，这些谐振器只有在真空下才能测量。研究人员是该领域国际公认的科学家，完全有资格执行该中心的研究项目。该中心由固态和微结构项目的Deborah Crawford博士共同发起。项目经理建议加州大学伯克利分校获得总计163,000美元的奖金，为期一年：为期三年的持续奖励的第一年为158,000美元(其中包括固体国家和微结构计划的100，00美元费用分摊和一名评估者的8,000美元)；以及由妇女、少数族裔和残疾人工程研究助理计划提供的资金提供的一年5,000美元。第二至第三年的资金建议为每年108,000美元(固态和微结构方案每年100,000美元，评估员每年8,000美元)。

9418534 White The University of California, Berkeley Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Sensors and Actuators is being funded for three years by a "Self-Sufficient Partnership for Research" Program award through the Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Program. Additional funding is provided for an evaluator for three years to study the industry/university interaction occurring in the Center. Funding is also being provided for an African-American undergraduate to perform a one year study. The study, which augments the Center's research program, will focus on the maximum quality factor attainable by resonators constructed from polycrystalline silicon which are measurable only under vacuum. The researchers are internationally recognized scientists in this field and are well qualified to perform the Center's research projects. This Center is being cosponsored by Dr. Deborah Crawford, Solid State and Microstructure Program. The Program Manager recommends the University of California, Berkeley be awarded a total of $163,000 for one year: $158,000 for the first year of a three-year continuing award (this includes $100,00 cost sharing from the Solid State and Microstructure Program and $8,000 for an evaluator); and $5,000 for one year with funds provided by the Women, Minorities, and Disabled Engineering Research Assistants Program. Funding for year two through three are recommended at the level of $108,000 per year ($100,000 per year from the Solid State and Microstructure Program and $8,000 per year for the evaluator.