NYSTAR is working to identify University partners in several technology
areas as listed below. Although there is no immediate State funding or
grant opportunities, assistance will be provided to identify partners
and potential funding sources for new initiatives.
Please contact
Matt Watson at 518-292-5729 if you are interested in a pursuing a
partnership.
Acoustic Sensing:
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Microacoustic
Sensors - Development of small scale directional microphones with
reduced power requirements. Low Power, Small Size Acoustic Sensors (air
or water)
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Bioacoustics
Detection, Classification, and Tracking - Development and analysis of
acoustic information from biological sources: technology to track marine
wildlife. Eliminating undersea clutter noise and improve surveillance
array performance
Advanced Systems and Software Development:
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Model Based
System Design with SystemC Virtual Prototypes - Development of Model
Based System Development (MBSD) tools, including SystemC, to facilitate
ease of use for system architects and engineers through virtual
prototyping
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Massively
Parallel Radar Pulse Deinterleaving - Creating a simulation test bed for
development of advanced, parallelized radar pulse processing algorithms
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RF Distributed
Sensing for Target Detection, Tracking, and Imaging - Develop enhanced
capabilities to perform target detection, tracking and imaging using a
distributed sensing platform
Materials and Thermal Management:
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Modeling and
Characterization Studies of Thermal Interface Materials - Combine
empirical data and physics based models to develop the next generation
of optimized application specific thermal interface materials
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Self-Healing
Composite Materials - Embedding capsules into polymer matrix facilitates
self-healing capability, allowing materials to retain structural
integrity after delaminating events
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Thermal
Management - Develop a systems level thermal modeling and analysis tool
to help optimize thermal management before detailed design
Processes and Materials for Flexible Electronics:
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Flexible Roll to
Roll Electronics - Develop techniques for economic production of large
panel assemblies of flexible electronics
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Characteristics
of Low-Temperature Sintered Inks - Developing nanoparticle-based inks to
enable inkjet printing fabrication of electronic devices
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Economical,
Efficient, and Stable Antireflective Coatings and Flexible Antenna
Elements: High-K Dielectric Coatings - Advanced high-K dielectric and
non-reflective coatings will make higher density RF-Digital mixed-signal
circuits and multi-chip modules feasible. Patterning adjustable low loss
high-k coatings on substrates will make it possible to significantly
reduce the size and cost of RF structures
Next Generation
Hardware Devices:
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Nanoelectronic
Transmission Lines - Developing electrical and thermal interconnect
structures at the nano scale for next generation IC geometries
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REAPER
(Reconfigurable and Programmable Electronics Research Lab) -
Reconfigurable analog circuits for rapid prototyping and development of
low-power, high-performance RF signal processing solutions
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MEMS Filters -
Demonstrate CMOS compatible RF filters with MEMS-based resonators
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High Performance
Switching Using Optofluidics - Developing new devices for reconfigurable
optical switching based on nanopartical liquid core waveguides.
Electrically controlled switching of fiber optics. Fabricate and package
switching device into a rugged commercial product
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Next Generation
High Power GaN RF and Switching Transistors - GaN is very important in
semiconductors for high-frequency microwave amplification and
high-voltage switching applications
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3D
Hyper-Integration: Replacing PCBs with Integrated Circuits - Develop the
capability to vertically stack and interconnect multiple materials,
technologies and functional components to form highly integrated micro-nano-systems
and integrated circuits
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Terahertz on
Graphene and CMOS - Graphene-based materials and devices for ultra-high
speed applications. CMOS-based frequency multipliers for high frequency
signal generation. Terahertz imaging for security and concealed weapons
detection
