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Sponsored Research Projects

Current:

• “EFRI BRAID: Fractional-order neuronal dynamics for next generation memcapacitive computing networks.” National Science Foundation (NSF). NSF grant no: 2318139. 09/01/2023 – 08/31/2027. In collaboration with the University of Texas San Antonio, the University of South Carolina, and the University of Tennessee. PSU share: $490,000.
• Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site on “Computational Modeling Serving Portland.” National Science Foundation (NSF). NSF grant no: 2244551, May 2023 – Apr 2026. $428,608. Website: https://www.teuscher-lab.com/alife14_biomolecules_workshop/reucomputing

Past:

• CC* Compute: GPU-based Computation and Data Enabled Research and Education (G-CoDERE) at PSU. NSF. NSF grant no: 2019216. 07/01/2020 – 06/30/2022. $395,926
• Energy-efficient on-chip analysis for radiation detection applications using neuromorphic algorithms and systems. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), May 2018 – Apr 2023, $400,402.
• Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site on “Computational Modeling Serving the City.” NSF. NSF grant no: 1758006,  Mar 2018 – Feb 2022 (with NCE). $302,400. Website: https://www.teuscher-lab.com/alife14_biomolecules_workshop/reucomputing
• Molecular Computing for the Real World, National Science Foundation (NSF), CISE, SHF. NSF grant no: 1518833, Sep 1, 2015 – Aug 31, 2021 (with NCE).  $209,545.
• C‐BRIC: Center for Brain‐Inspired Computing Enabling Autonomous Intelligence, Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), Jan 2018 – Dec 2023. $1.4 million. Center website: http://www.c-bric.org
• Unified English Braille through a Powerful and Responsive eLearning Platform (UEB PREP), Rehabilitation Services Administration, Department of Education. Sep 1, 2014 – Aug 31, 2019. $548,483
• SRC Education Alliance,  Undergraduate Research Opportunities (URO) Program. Sep 2012 – Sep 2017.
• DARPA, Sparse Adaptive Local Learning for Sensing and Analytics (SALLSA). May 3, 2013 – Aug 2, 2017. The project is in collaboration with the University of Michigan and Los Alamos National Laboratory. $5.69 million.
• Inference at the Nanoscale, National Science Foundation (NSF), Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI), Type II award, NSF grant no: 1028378, Sep 15, 2010 – Aug 31, 2016 (with NCE)
• Computing with Biomolecules: From Network Motifs to Complex and Adaptive Systems, National Science Foundation (NSF), Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI), Type II award, NSF grant no: 1028120, Oct 1, 2010 – Sep 30, 2015 (with NCE).
• SRC Cross-Disciplinary Semiconductor Research (CSR) Program, 3D FPGA Cell Matrix by Self-assembly. Jan 1, 2013 – Dec 31, 2013.
• DARPA Systems of Neuromorphic Adaptive Plastic Scalable Electronics (SyNAPSE), Development of the Digital Fabric Inter-APP Communication System for the SyNAPSE program, HRL/DARPA contract # HRL0011-09-C-001.