UCLA’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science will receive a $35 million donation over the next five years to help support a new center emphasizing nanomaterial research technology, the university announced today.
The money comes from the Semiconductor Research Corporation, a technology research consortium, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, an agency of the United States Department of Defense, according to a UCLA press release.
The new Center for Function Accelerated nanoMaterial Engineering, also known as FAME, is one of six university centers across the United States established by the Semiconductor Research Corporation.
The new center plans to use the funding to study nanomaterials to help advance technology in industry, said Jane P. Chang, associate dean of research and physical resources at UCLA Engineering and a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering.
“We are very excited about this because we are looking for new nanomaterials that have not been studied before,” Chang said. “It will allow us to design various new logic memory devices that are needed for semiconductors in commercial centers and in industry.”
Chang, who is the center’s director, said 35 principal investigators from 16 universities will collaborate in the research.
Compiled by Ariana Ricarte, Bruin contributor.