Dr. Chien Wai, Professor
Current Research Interests
Grants (Past 5 years)
"Applications of Supercritical Fluid Technology to Semiconductor Device Processing", funded by Micron Technology, Inc., $180,000 (2000-2002); $466,000 (2002-2004), P.I. – C.M. Wai.
"Synthesis of Nanoparticles in Carbon Dioxide Microemulsions and Potential Applications", Army Office of Research (AOR-DEPSCoR), $249,000 (2001-2004), P.I. – C.M. Wai.
“Advanced Materials Deposition Using Supercritical Fluids”, Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), $904,000 (June 2003 – June 2006), P.I.- C.M. Wai.
“Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Uranium Dioxide Contaminated Wastes”, Framatome, $60,000 per year (2002-2004), P.I.-C.M. Wai.
"Carbon Nanotube-Supported Catalytic Nanoparticles for Fuel Cell Applications", Electricity Innovation Institute and Electric Power Research Institute, $100,000 (2004-2005), $117,000 (2006-2007) P.I.-C.M. Wai; Co-P.I.-Frank Cheng.
"Advanced Materials Deposition Using Supercritical Fluids”, Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), $868,800 June 1, 2006 - December 31, 2007. P.I. – C.M. Wai.
“Advanced Environmental Extraction Studies for Uranium and Supercritical Fluids”, Battelle PNNL, $249,921, August 1, 2006 – September 30, 2008. P.I. – C.M. Wai.
“Carbon Nanotube-Supported Catalytic Nanoparticles for Fuel Cell Applications”, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), $117,000, July 1, 2006 – June 30, 2007. P.I. – C.M. Wai.
“Synthesizing Semiconductor Nanoparticles in Supercritical Fluids”, DOE-EPSCoR, $50,000 per year, 2006-2008.