Awarded Research Grants

“Recycling Waste Tires for Use in Fused Filament Fab. Of Sust. High Perf. Thermoplastic Composites.” Bardaweel, H (PI). Co-PIs: Weiss, L; Crittenden, K Metrology and Facilities Use Grant $2k

“Enhancing Materials Science Research, Education, and Training with Atomic Force Microscopy” LA-BoR. Radadia, A (PI). Co-PIs: Koczkur, K; Moore, A.; Nesterova, G; Perry Murray, E; Weiss, L. An instrument grant funded by the Louisiana Board of Regents $160k

“MALT – Louisiana Tech Industrial Assessment Center (DoE).” US DoE. Cardenas, H (PI). Co-PIs: Matthews, E; Ker,J; Lynum, J; Gates, M; Hegab, B; Fendly, M; Weiss, L. $2.25M

“Development and performance evaluation of clay nanotube embedded thermal insulating paint for use on drywall materials.” Board of Regents – RD – PoC/P. Alam, S (PI); Co-PIs: Weiss, L; Lvov, Y. $39.9k

“MCMSP Tier One Science Standards Curriculum For The State Of Louisiana.” – US Dept of Ed through LA Dept of Education. Keith-Vincent (PI); Co-PIs: Weiss, L; Newman, J; Radadia, A. $60,567

"Afterschool STEM Academy" - Louisiana LaSIP (Louisiana Systemic Initiatives Program Grant 17-205-TECH-S)

“Multi-functional non-resonant magnetically-leviated energy scavenger for NASA Stennis Space Center (SSC)” – NASA EPSCoR (CoPI)

“Self-Sensing Heat Exchangers and Materials for NASA Applications” Louisiana Space Consortium – NASA (PI)

“Hydrogen Sulfide Detection using Nano-diamond Materials and Electrodes” Innollyzer Inc, (PI)

“RII Track-1: Consortium for Innovation in Manufacturing and Materials (CIMM)” NSF EPSCoR: (Personnel)

“Hierarchical Hexagonal Boron Nitride Nanomaterial” NASA-RAP (CoPI)

NASA-STTR Ph2: “MEMS Based Solutions for an Integrated and Miniaturized Multi-Spectrum Energy Harvesting and Conservation System” (PI)

NSF-CAREER: “Ambient Thermal Energy Harvesting for Power Production” (PI)

Louisiana BoRSF: “SURE: Small-scale Thermal Energy Storage for Efficiency Increase” (PI)

NASA-STTR Ph1: “Energy Harvesting Techniques for NASA Applications” (PI)

Louisiana EPSCoR: “Hydrogen Sulfide Lab on Chip Device for Medical Application” (PI)

Partners Across Campus (PAC) : “Novel Lab on Chip Sensor Development for H2S Detection” (PI)

AMRI: “Advanced Energy Research for Security and Sustainability” (PI)

EDA I6 Challenge: “Thermal Energy Scavenging for Sustainability - Louisiana Tech Proof of Concept Center” (Sr. Personnel)

LaSPACE-NASA: “Novel Solar Energy Harvesting using MEMS Devices.” (PI)

Louisiana Board of Regents: “Novel Solar Energy Harvesting using MEMS Devices.” (PI)

Louisiana Board of Regents: “Internal Combustion Engine Research and Development Laboratory Enhancement.” (PI)

Department of Energy: “Advanced Energy Recovery using Novel Micro and Nano Fabrication Processes.” (PI)