Grants and contracts received

 Title:           New High Efficiency Thermoelectric Materials for Thermal Energy Harvesting

 PI:               G.-L Zhao, S.M. Guo and J. Tang

 Agency:      NSF

 Period:        August 2008 through July 2011

 Amount:      $299,400

 

 Title:          Investigation of nanophosphors for general solid state lighting applications

 PI:              J. Tang

 Agency:      Sharp Laboratories of America and School of Energy Resources UW

 Period:        February 2007 through August 2008

 Amount:     $170,000

 

 Title:            Preserving half-metallicity on the surface of Fe3O4 for spintronic applications

 PIs:               J. Tang, U. Diebold and Z. Mao

 Agency:       BoRSF

 Period:         June 2007 through June 2010

 Amount:        $226,149

 

 Title:          Quantum Dots and Thermal Infrared Photodetectors

 PI:              J. Tang

 Agency:     Sharp Laboratories of America

 Period:       October 2003 through September 2006

 Amount:     $180,000

 

 Title:           Spintronic Application of Room Temperature Ferromagnetic Semiconductor Fe/Mn-doped TiO2-δ

 PI:               J. Tang

 Agency:       BoRSF

 Period:        June 2004 through June 2007

 Amount:     $180,000

 

 Title:           Upgrading pulsed laser deposition system for materials physics research at UNO

 PI:               J. Tang, L. Malkinski, L. Spinu, K. L. Stokes and C. A. Ventrice, Jr.

 Agency:       BoRSF

 Period:        June 2005 through June 2007

 Amount:     $108,000

 

Title:            Acquisition of a SQUID Magnetometer for Novel Magnetic Materials Investigations

 PI:               L. Spinu, C. J. O'Connor, J. Tang, J. B. Wiley and L. Malkinski

 Agency:       BoRSF

 Period:        June 2005 through June 2006

 Amount:     $253,000

 

 Title:           Colossal Magnetoresistive Resistance Random Access Memories

 PI:               J. Tang

 Agency:       Sharp Laboratories of America

 Period:        October 2000 through September 2004

 Amount:     $240,000

 

 Title:           Radio-Frequency Properties of Novel Nanocomposite Ferrites

 PI:               J. Tang

 Agency:       BoRSF

 Period:        June 2000 through December 2003

 Amount:     $215,631

 

 Title           A Heat Capacity Measurement System for Electronic and Magnetic Materials

                        Characterization

 PI(s):         J. B. Wiley, C. J. O'Connor, J. Tang, K. J. Stokes, and L. Spinu

 Agency:     BoRSF

 Period:      June 2002 through May 2003

 Amount:    $216,285

 

Title:         A Multipurpose Controlled Atmosphere System for the Synthesis, Characterization, and Processing of Air-Sensitive Materials

PI(s):        J. B. Wiley, C. J. O'Connor, E. D. Stevens, J. Tang, and L. Spinu

Agency:    BoRSF

Period:      June 2002 through May 2003

Amount:     $55,340

 

 Title:           Acquisition of a Variable Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscope

 PI(s):          C. J. O'Connor, S. Hariharan, J. B. Wiley, S. L. Whittenburg, J. Tang, S. P. Nolan, Z. Rosenzweig and J. Q. Wang

 Agency:      BoR

 Period:       June 2000 through May 2001

 Amount:     $147,647

 

 Title:           Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect Measurement System: Applications to Magnetic Thin Films and Nanostructured Composites

 PI(s):          A. Puri, J. Tang, K. Stokes and J. Wang

 Agency:      BoR

 Period:       June 1999 through May 2000

 Amount:     $73,904

 

 Title:           Enhancement of the Optics/Condensed Matter Education at the UNO Physics Department

 PI(s):          A. Puri, J. Hegseth, J. Tang and C. Ventrice

 Agency:      BoR

 Period:       June 1999 through May 2000

 Amount:     $108,098

 

 Title:           Vacuum Hot Press for Synthesis and Densification of Novel Solid-State Materials

 PI(s):          J. B. Wiley, C. J. O’Connor, J. Tang and K. Stokes

 Agency:      BoR

 Period:       June 1999 through May 2000

 Amount:     $88,970

 

 Title:           Tribological (Wear and Adhesion) Study of Coatings of Metallic Alloys

 PI(s):          J. Tang, A. Puri and C. J. O’Connor

 Agency:      DOE/BoR

 Period:       October 1993 through September 1999

 Amount:     $228,248

 

 Title:           Magnetotransport in Intermetallic Compounds and Nanostructured Materials

 PI:              J. Tang

 Agency:      China Bridge International and CNSF

 Period:       May 1998 through September 2001

 Amount:     $10,500

 

 Title:           Acquisition of a High Temperature/Thin Film X-Ray Diffractometer

 PI(s):          J. Tang, A. Puri and C. J. O'Connor

 Agency:      NSF

 Period:       June 1996 through September 1997

 Amount:     $175,000 (including cost-share)

 

 Title:           Enhancing and Upgrading Undergraduate Physics Labs at UNO

 PI(s):          J. Tang, O. F. Griffith, J. Hegseth, A. Puri, C. G. Seab, J. J. Sullivan and N. B. Day

 Agency:      LEQSF

 Period:       June 1996 through December 1997

 Amount:     $218,000 

 

 Title:           Pulsed Laser Deposition of TiC and Multilayered Coatings

 PI:              Jinke Tang

 Agency:      Air Force Office of Scientific Research

 Period:       June 1995 through December 1998

 Amount:     $50,000

 

 Title:           Acquisition of a Differential Scanning Calorimeter

 PI(s):          J. B. Wiley, C. J. O’Connor, S. Nolan, B. Jursic and J. Tang

 Agency:      LEQSF

 Period:       June 1996 through June 1997

 Amount:     $66,950   

 

 Title:         Metallization and Destruction of Magnetic Ordering in NiI2

 PI:            Jinke Tang

 Agency:    Research Corporation        

 Period:      June 1991 through December 1996

 Amount:    $39,195

 

 Title:         Study of a New Class of Magneto-Optical Recording Materials

 PI(s):        Ashok Puri, Jinke Tang and Jian H. Zhang

 Agency:    NSF/LaSER

 Period:      July 1994 through August 1995

 Amount:    $65,000

 

 Title:         Giant Magnetoresistive Materials

 PI:            Jinke Tang

 Agency:    NSF

 Period:      1994

 Amount:    $12,000

 

 Title:         Purchase of an Enhanced Magnetic Properties Measurement System for Chemical Research at UNO

 PI(s):        C.J. O'Connor, E.D. Stevens, S. Nolan, B. Jursic, J. Tang and C.J. Bergeron

 Agency:    LEQSF (Enhancement Program)

 Period:      July 1993 through June 1994

 Amount:    $130,000

 

 Title:         The Microelectronics Computer-Aided-Design and Testing Center at the University of New Orleans: CAE Tools Enhancement

 PI(s):        M. Abdelguerfi, M.C. Cheng and J. Tang

 Agency:    Mentor Graphics

 Period:      November 1993 through October 1994

 Amount:    $8,512,300 (Computer Software)

 

 Title:         Study of Room Temperature Magneto-Optical Recording Materials

 PI(s):        Jinke Tang and Ashok Puri

 Agency:    The Petroleum Research Fund

 Period:      July 1992 through August 1994

 Amount:    $20,000

 

 Title:         A Multidisciplinary Computer-Aided VLSI Design Laboratory Enhancement & Upgrade

 PI(s):        M. Abdelguerfi, W. Patterson, D. Prados, M.C. Cheng and J. Tang

 Agency:    LEQSF (Enhancement Program)

 Period:      September 1992 through September 1993

 Amount:    $50,000

 

 Title:         Searching for High Coercivity Permanent Magnetic Materials

 PI(s):        Jinke Tang, Charles J. O'Connor and Jian H. Zhang

 Agency:    NSF/LaSER

 Period:      May 1991 through June 1992

 Amount:    $58,363