Grants

2019

Exchange Visits

Award: $10,200

Agency: Joint Center for the Deployment and Research in Earth Abundant Materials (JCDREAM)

Mark Bussell (PI), David Patrick (Co-PI)

 

CAREER: Theory-Guided Design of Porous Organic Frameworks for Energy Conversion and Storage

Award: $496,792

Agency: National Science Foundation

Tim Kowalczyk (PI)

2018

Instrument Purchase: Table-top XRD

Award: $92,874

Agency: Joint Center for the Deployment and Research in Earth Abundant Materials (JCDREAM) - Capital Seed Funding

Mark Bussell (PI), Sean Mulcahy (Co-PI)

2017

RUI: Time-independent excited state methods for computational screening of photoactive materials

Award: $298,328

Agency: National Science Foundation

Tim Kowalczyk (PI)

 

Simulating the Electronic Consequences of Embedding and Encapsulation of Photoactive Molecules Within Porous Frameworks

Award: $55,000

Agency: American Chemical Society

Tim Kowalczyk (PI)

 

Reduced Light Scattering Losses in Polymer-Semiconductor Nanocrystal Composites via Nanoscale Control of Interparticle Spacing Statistics

Award: $390,000

Agency: National Science Foundation

David Patrick (PI), John Gilbertson, David Rider, Stephen McDowall (Co-PIs)

2016

Collaborative Research Alliance

Award: $86,400

Agency: Murdock Charitable Trust

David Patrick (PI), Mark Bussell (Co-PI)

 

Transitioning New and Re-invented Thermoset Resins from the Lab into Aerospace Composites

Award: $99,500

Agency: Joint Center for Aerospace Technology Innovation (JCATI)

Mark Peyron (PI), Tanveer Chawla, David Rider (Co-PI)

 

Instrument Purchase: Transmission Electron Microscope

Award: $27,2000

Agency: Murdock Charitable Trust

David Rider (PI)

 

Windows for a Carbon Neutral Future

Award: $75,000

Agency: US Environmental Protection Agency

David Patrick (PI), Ed Love (Co-PI)

 

Demonstrating Activated Nanocrystals for Practical Luminescent Solar Concentrators

Award: $27,000

Agency: Washington Research Foundation

David Patrick (PI), Stephen McDowall (Co-PI)

 

Scanning Electron Microscope

Award: $200,000

Title: Scanning Electron Microscope

Agency:

David Patrick (PI)

2015

Zodiac Summer Research Grant

Award: $166,027

Agency: C&D Zodiac, Inc.

Nicole Larson (PI), David Rider (Co-PI)

 

RUI: SusCHeM: Organic Molecular Crystal Growth in Complex Solvent Environments

Award: $320,000

Agency: National Science Foundation

David Patrick (PI), Brad Johnson (Co-PI)

 

Electrochemical Interactions between Conjugated Polymers and Polymerizable Salts

Award: $70,000

Agency: American Chemical Society

Janelle Leger (PI)

 

Smart Wireless Windows – Green Building

Award: $15,000

Agency: US Environmental Protection Agency

David Patrick (PI), Ed Love (Co-PI)

2014

Next Generation Thermoset Resins and Fasteners for Aerospace

Award: $143,774

Agency: Zodiac Cabins and Structures

David Rider (PI), Nicole Hoekstra, Nicole Larson, Tanveer Chawla (Co-PIs)

 

Next Generation Resins for Aerospace

Award: $89,997

Agency: Joint Center for Aerospace Technology Innovation (JCATI)

David Rider (PI), Nicole Hoekstra, Nicole Larson (Co-PI)

 

Understanding and Utilizing Block Copolymer Templates for the Preparation of Bimetallic Catalysts for Fuel Cell Applications

Award: $70,000

Agency: American Chemical Society

David Rider (PI)

 

SusChEM: Collaborative Research: RUI: Atomic Level Properties of Nanoscale Metal Phosphide Catalysts for Heteroatom Removal Reactions

Award: $319,000

Agency: National Science Foundation

Mark Bussell (PI), Takele Seda (Co-PI)

 

RUI: Biocompatible Electromechanical Actuators Based on Silk-Conducting Polymer Composites

Award: $420,000

Agency: National Science Foundation

Amanda Murphy (PI), Janelle Leger (Co-PI)

2012

RUI: Organic Vapor-Liquid-Solid Deposition

Award: $305,000

Agency: National Science Foundation

David Patrick (PI), Brad Johnson (Co-PI)

2011

CAREER: Understanding and Utilization of Electrochemical Processes for Iontronic Applications

Award: $530,000

Agency: National Science Foundation

Janelle Leger (PI)

2010

SOLAR: Tandem Waveguide Luminescent Solar Concentrators

Award: $970,000

Agency: National Science Foundation

David Patrick (PI), John Gilbertson, Brad Johnson, Janelle Leger, Stephen McDowall (Co-PIs)

 

Instrument Purchase: Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)

Award: $242,000

Agency: National Science Foundation

Janelle Leger (PI), David Patrick, Steven Emory (Co-PI)

2007

Beyond the Individual Molecule Paradigm: Introducing Nanomaterials Across the Curriculum

Award: $32,000

Agency: Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation

David Patrick (PI), Mark Bussell, Steven Emory (Co-PI)

2005

Acquisition of Instrumentation for a Materials Research and Education Center at Western Washington University

Award: $398,773

Agency: National Science Foundation

David Patrick (PI), Mark Bussell, Steven Emory, Milton From (Co-PI)