Funding

The research in our group is made possible by funding from various sources. The following lists our most recently funded projects. 

CAREER: Gas-phase catalytic processes on metal nanoclusters
National Science Foundation, 04/01/2005-03/31/2009.

Gas-Phase heterogeneous catalysis on metal nanoparticles: size dependence
American Chemical Society - Petroleum Research Fund (Type-G), 09/01/2005-08/31/2007; Summer Minority Undergraduate Research, Summers of 2006 and 2008.

Investigation of surface phenomena of novel selective reduction catalysts
Siemens Power Generation, 02/01/2008-09/15/2008.

Catalytic properties of metal nanoclusters
UCF RAMP-Graduate School, MS thesis funding, 08/25/2008-08/25/2010.

Atomic vibrations in bimetallic nanoclusters
UCF In-house research grant, 04/01/2007-03/31/2008.

Low-dimensional vibrational dynamics on size-selected Fe nanoparticles synthesized by inverse micelle encapsulation
UCF In-house research grant, 04/01/2006-03/31/2007.

H2 production from high-order alcohol decomposition over size-selected Pt nanoclusters
UCF-Burnett Honors College-SMART program, Summer 2007.

Investigation of H2 production by methanol decomposition over size-selected supported Pt nanoparticles
UCF-RAMP, 10/01/2005-05/01/2007.

Synthesis and morphological characterization of metallic triangular nanoprisms by nanosphere lithography
UCF-RAMP, 10/01/2006-05/01/2007.

Instrumentation for the in-situ shape-modification and magneto-optical characterization of magnetic nanostructures
UCF Presidential Initiative to Fund Major Research Equipment, 02/01/2006.

High resolution spectroscopic upgrade of an UHV system for the characterization of nanoscaled-materials
UCF-Presidential Initiative to Fund Major Research Equipment, 02/01/2005.

Synthesis of size-selected nanoparticles by inverse micelle encapsulation
UCF-RAMP, 10/01/2004-05/01/2005.

Gas-phase nanoparticle catalysis
UCF-Burnett Honors College-SMART program, Summer 2005.