Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Sensor and Actuators

9418534白色 加州大学伯克利分校的传感器和执行器工业/大学合作研究中心正在通过工业/大学合作研究中心计划获得“自给自足的研究合作伙伴关系”计划奖的三年资助。 还为一名评估员提供了额外资金，为期三年，以研究该中心发生的产业/大学互动。 还为一名非裔美国大学生提供资金，进行为期一年的研究。 这项研究是对该中心研究计划的补充，将侧重于由多晶硅制成的谐振器所能达到的最大品质因数，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，完全有资格执行该中心的研究项目。 该中心由固态和微结构计划的Deborah Crawford博士共同赞助。 项目经理建议加州大学伯克利分校获得一年总计163，000美元的奖励：三年连续奖励的第一年为158，000美元（其中包括固态和微结构计划的100，00美元费用分摊以及评估员的8，000美元）;和5,000美元的一年由妇女，少数民族和残疾人工程研究助理计划提供的资金。 第二年至第三年的资金建议为每年108，000美元（固态和微结构计划每年100，000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.