{"id":13952,"date":"2021-12-14T20:48:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T20:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/?page_id=13952"},"modified":"2022-02-09T20:01:45","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T20:01:45","slug":"2022-2023-energy-research-grants-cycle-16","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/?page_id=13952","title":{"rendered":"2022\/2023 Energy Research Grants (Cycle 16)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Robust Topologically Protected Energy -Efficient On-Chip Microlaser for Secure Data Center Communication Systems<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Principal Investigator:  Wei Bao, Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Co-PI:  Christos Argyropoulos,  Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PI web page:   <a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.unl.edu\/ece\/faculty\/wei-warren-bao\/\">https:\/\/engineering.unl.edu\/ece\/faculty\/wei-warren-bao\/<\/a> &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abstract:  <a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20-701-Wei-Bao-Abstract.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20-701-Wei-Bao-Abstract.pdf\">20-701-Wei-Bao-Abstract<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Diamond-Coated Metallic Structures for Molten-Salt Thermal-Energy Storage Systems<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Principal Investigator:  Bai Cui, Mechanical &amp; 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