Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Sensor and Actuators

9418534 White加州大学伯克利分校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获得“自给自足的研究伙伴关系”计划奖，为期三年。另外还为一名评价员提供了为期三年的经费，以研究该中心发生的工业/大学相互作用。政府还为一名非裔美国大学生提供了为期一年的学习资金。这项研究增加了该中心的研究计划，将重点放在由多晶硅构成的谐振器所能达到的最大质量因子上，这种谐振器只能在真空下测量。研究人员是该领域国际公认的科学家，完全有资格执行中心的研究项目。该中心由固体和微观结构项目的Deborah Crawford博士共同赞助。项目经理建议加州大学伯克利分校每年获得总计163,000美元的奖励：三年持续奖励的第一年为158,000美元（其中包括固态和微观结构项目的10万美元费用分摊和评估人员的8,000美元）；每年5000美元，由妇女、少数民族和残疾人工程研究助理项目提供资金。第二至第三年的资助建议为每年108,000美元（固态和微观结构项目每年10万美元，评估人员每年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.