The Erickson lab is partially funded by the following Major grants and granting agencies.
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Optofluidic Waveguides for Reconfigurable Photonic Systems
Role: Subcontract PI (with Illuminaria LLC)
Major Goal: To develop a new approach to adaptable photonics using microfluidic switching
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
ENZYME: Dynamically Programmable Fluidic Self-Assembly of Arbitrary Functional Objects
Role: Co-PI (PI, Hod Lipson)
Division and Program: DARPA-DSO-Programmable Matter
National Science Foundation
"NIRT: Active Nanophotofluidic Systems for Single Molecule/Particle Analysis"
Role: PI
Dates: 09/01/2007-Continuing
Division and Program: NSF-CBET, Active Nanostructures and Nanosystems Program.
Major goal: To develop active optofluidic for single molecule/particle confinement and analysis using advanced photonic structures. See our NIRT website for more information.
National Institutes of Health
"Nanoscale Optofluidic Pathogen Detection"
Role: PI
Dates: 08/01/2007-Continuing
Division and Program: NIH-NIBIB, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Biology and Medicine (R21).
Major goal: To develop multiplexed sensor arrays for the detection of Dengue virus.
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
"Integrated Nanosystems for Autonomous Health Monitoring of Warfighters"
Role: PI
Dates: 07/01/2007-Continuing
Division and Program: DARPA-MTO
Major goal: To develop optofluidic nanosensor technology for prognostic detection of influenza virus.
Nanobiotechnology Center
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Nanoscale Optofluidic Devices for Biomolecular Analysis"
Role: PI
Dates: 01/01/2007-Continuing
Division and Program: Biomolecular Devices and Analysis.
Major goal: In this program we aim to develop a new paradigm for nucleic acid biosensing based on the subwavelength integration of nanophotonics and nanofluidics.
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Division and Program: DARPA-MTO-HIMEMS
National Science Foundation
"Hierarchical Microfabrication: Actively Programmable Multi-level Fluidic Self-Assembly"
Role: Co-PI (PI, Hod Lipson, Cornell University)
Dates: 08/01/2006-Continuing
Division and Program: NSF-CMMI
Major goal: The goal in this grant is to exploit dynamic microfluidic effects both to accelerate and to control self-assembly of micro-scale tiles (microtiles). The results of this research will open the door to future low-cost, scalable fabrication of three-dimensional micro-scale devices, required in numerous applications.
National Science Foundation
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Integration of spectroscopic sensors and electroactive nanowell arrays with microfluidic chips based on thermocapillary actuation."
Role: Cornell PI (in Collaboration with S. Troian, California Institute of Technology)
Dates: 09/01/2005-Continuing
Division and Program: NSF-CBET: Sensors and Sensor Networks.
Major goal (Erickson Lab): To develop electroactive nanofluidic sensors for attracting, confining, concentrating and sensing biological pathogens.