CREST Center for Nanotechnology Research and Education at UDC

科学和技术卓越研究中心(CREST)计划通过建立有效整合教育和研究的中心，为提高少数群体服务机构的研究能力提供支持。在国家科学基金会的支持下，哥伦比亚特区大学将建立纳米技术研究和教育中心。这个项目的愿景是将哥伦比亚特区大学转变为一个具有全国竞争力的研究机构，拥有一个集中管理的实验室，让教职员工和学生与邻近的组织，如国家标准与技术研究所和海军研究实验室进行合作研究。中心研究目标是(I)利用基于分子自旋电子学的设备来解决关键的计算和传感挑战，(Ii)设计金属3D打印部件的表面，使其能够可靠地用于工业应用，以及(Iii)使用多尺度、多物理模型解决复杂的热管理问题。该中心三个研究子项目的中心主题是纳米尺度界面的传输过程。子项目1将通过将磁性分子桥化学缝合在隧道结的两个铁磁电极之间来研究磁性分子桥的器件电势。子项目2将通过(I)降低表面粗糙度、(Ii)沉积涂层和(Iii)制造先进器件来设计添加制造的合金和金属物体的表面。子项目3将探索固体表面和邻近纳米结构流体之间的多相和多尺度界面能量传输。中心的长期研究将产生未来计算机技术、先进制造和热能运输等新兴纳米技术领域的知识。中心的教育努力将集中在学生主动的教和学上。该大学将把纳米技术研究纳入课程，以吸引和留住学生。该中心将开设一门高级纳米制造和纳米尺度表征的研究生水平课程，学生将在该课程中制造和表征纳米器件和传感器。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) program provides support to enhance the research capabilities of minority-serving institutions through the establishment of centers that effectively integrate education and research. With National Science Foundation support, the University of the District of Columbia will establish the Center for Nanotechnology Research and Education. The vision of this project is to convert the University of the District of Columbia into a nationally competitive research institution with a centrally managed laboratory that engages faculty and students in collaborative research with neighboring organizations such as the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Navy Research Laboratory.Center research goals are to (i) utilize molecular spintronics-based devices to solve critical computing and sensing challenges, (ii) engineer the surfaces of metal 3D-printed parts such that they can be reliably used in industrial applications, and (iii) solve complex thermal management issues using a multiscale, multi-physics model. The central theme of the Center's three research subprojects focuses on transport processes at nanoscale interfaces. Subproject 1 will study the device potential of magnetic molecular bridges by chemically stitching them between the two ferromagnetic electrodes of a tunnel junction. Subproject 2 will engineer surfaces of additively manufactured alloy and metal objects by (i) reducing the surface roughness, (ii) depositing coatings and (iii) fabricating advanced devices. Subproject 3 will probe multiphase and multiscale interfacial energy transport between solid surfaces and neighboring nanostructured fluids. Long-term Center research will generate knowledge in emerging nanotechnology areas of future computer technology, advanced manufacturing, and thermal energy transport.Center educational efforts will focus on student-active teaching and learning. The University will integrate nanotechnology research into the curriculum to attract and retain students. The Center will initiate a graduate level course in Advanced Nanofabrication and Nanoscale Characterization where students will fabricate and characterize nanoscale devices and sensors.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.