Primary Recipient

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Amount

$266,048.00

Award Date

7/28/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

The objectives of this project are to 1) develop a novel laser-assisted non-contact technique to overcome the great challenges in thermal characterization of ceramic nanowires; and measure the porosity (F), thermal conductivity (k), and specific heat (v