Microelectronics
"Research Summary"
Even while facing an international slowdown in the microelectronics industry, Corridor companies have continued to do reasonably well thanks to the support of organizations such as the Florida High Tech Corridor Council. Again this year, the Council contributed nearly $1 million to 20 projects involving 24 corporate partners in this sector. Consequently, this money was matched by more than $1.7 million in corporate and institutional funds for a total of more than $2.7 million. The specific projects completed are listed below.
For a list of faculty contacts and project leaders visit our faculty database.
University of Central Florida Projects
Nanoindentation Studies on Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) Pad Materials
Project Leader: Raj Vaidyanathan
Industry Partners: PsiloQuest, Inc.
Total Allocated Funds: $100,799
Corridor Investment: $25,400
Private Match, Cash: $25,399
Private Match, In-Kind: $50,000
Remote RF Measurements for Pipeline Monitoring - FloWatch911
Project Leader: W. Linwood Jones
Industry Partners: Emergency Management Telecommunications (EMTEL)
Total Allocated Funds: $44,182
Corridor Investment: $17,182
Private Match, Cash: $27,000
Development of a Wireless Test-Bed
Project Leader: Lei Wei
Industry Partners: Custom Manufacturing & Engineering Inc. (CME)
Total Allocated Funds: $22,500
Corridor Investment: $7,500
Private Match, Cash: $15,000
RF Switch-Filter Module Design for Wireless Communications
Project Leader: Thomas Wu
Industry Partners: Sawtek Inc.
Total Allocated Funds: $34,000
Corridor Investment: $10,000
Private Match, Cash: $24,000
Advanced Image-Based Target Tracking
Project Leader: Mubarak Shah
Industry Partners: Lockheed Martin Electronics and Missiles
Total Allocated Funds: $106,667
Corridor Investment: $46,667
Private Match, Cash: $60,000
Process Development in the Fabrication of an Expander for a Meso-Scale Cryo-Cooler
Project Leader: Kalpathy B. Sundaram
Industry Partners: Technology Applications of Orlando, Inc.
Total Allocated Funds: $436,135
Corridor Investment: $100,000
Private Match, Cash: $224,098
Private Match, In-Kind: $112,037
Nano/Micro Structured Coating Using Sol-Gel Technology: A Probable Method of Lacalized Damage Repair of Coatings
Project Leader: Sudipta Seal
Industry Partners: Siemens-Westinghouse Power Corp.
Total Allocated Funds: $26,667
Corridor Investment: $11,667
Private Match, Cash: $15,000
Evaluation and Development of Nanoceramic-loaded Alloy-Fiber Media for Hot Gas Filtration, Catalytic Conversion and Fuel Cell Applications
Project Leader: Sudipta Seal
Industry Partners: U.S. Filtration and Separations
Total Allocated Funds: $77,328
Corridor Investment: $33,610
Private Match, Cash: $43,718
Cost Effective High Quality Power Factor Correction AC/DC Converter with Universal Input
Project Leader: Issa Batarseh
Industry Partners: APECOR Corp.
Total Allocated Funds: $98,182
Corridor Investment: $38,182
Private Match, Cash: $60,000
High Frequency Low Cost DC-AC Inverter Design for Renewable Energy Sources
Project Leader: Issa Batarseh
Industry Partners: Florida Power and Light
Total Allocated Funds: $10,000
Corridor Investment: $5,000
Private Match, Cash: $5,000
A Novel Zero Voltage Switching Resonant Electronic Ballast with Unity Power Factor
Project Leader: Issa Batarseh
Industry Partners: APECOR Corp.
Total Allocated Funds: $92,308
Corridor Investment: $32,308
Private Match, Cash: $60,000
Nanoscale Chemical, Tribological and Mechanical Properties of Surface Engineered/Modified Polymers
Project Leader: Sudipta Seal
Industry Partners: PsiloQuest, Inc.
Total Allocated Funds: $101,380
Corridor Investment: $25,980
Private Match, Cash: $25,400
Private Match, In-Kind: $50,000
University of South Florida Projects
Microfabricated MEMS Sensors for Defense Applications
Project Leader: Shekhar Bhansali
Industry Partners: Concurrent Technologies
Total Allocated Funds: $142,900
Corridor Investment: $46,450
Private Match, Cash: $46,450
Private Match, In-Kind: $50,000
Precision Characterization for Wireless and Millimeter-wave Design (continuation)
Project Leader: Lawrence Dunleavy
Industry Partners: Raytheon Systems, Intersil, Trak Communications, Anritsu, M/A-Com, Karl Suss America, Maury Microwave, GGB Industries
Total Allocated Funds: $280,000
Corridor Investment: $80,000
Private Match, Cash: $190,000
Private Match, In-Kind: $10,000
Ultra High Speed OWSS Wireless Networks
Project Leader: Vijay Jain
Industry Partners: Intersil
Total Allocated Funds: $45,000
Corridor Investment: $15,000
Private Match, Cash: $30,000
Evaluation of Mechanical and Tribological Properties of PVD Hard Coatings for Multifunctional Applications
Project Leader: Ashok Kumar
Industry Partners: Semplastics
Total Allocated Funds: $72,000
Corridor Investment: $24,000
Private Match, Cash: $12,000
Private Match, Equipment: $16,000
Private Match, In-Kind: $20,000
Development, Implementation and Validation of a Rapid System Prototyping Process Using Motorola's DSP Development Platforms
Project Leader: Wilfrido Moreno
Industry Partners: Motorola
Total Allocated Funds: $406,703
Corridor Investment: $96,703
Private Match, Cash: $40,000
Private Match, Equipment: $70,000
Private Match, In-Kind: $200,000
Baluns & Transformers for Wireless Applications Using an Advanced Direct-Write Mesotool Capability
Project Leader: Thomas Weller
Industry Partners: Raytheon / CMS
Total Allocated Funds: $89,004
Corridor Investment: $29,684
Private Match, Cash: $25,320
Private Match, In-Kind: $34,000
Low-Cost 60Ghz Proximity Sensor for Automotive Applications
Project Leader: Thomas Weller
Industry Partners: Wolff Controls
Total Allocated Funds: $78,600
Corridor Investment: $26,200
Private Match, Cash: $32,000
Private Match, In-Kind: $20,400
Start-Up Funds for Engineering Faculty
Project Leader: Louis Martin-Vega
Industry Partners: College of Engineering
Total Allocated Funds: $449,260
Corridor Investment: $304,624
Private Match: $144,636
