Robert Bruce Darling, Ph.D., P.E.

Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle
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Completed Grants

Current Grants

Pending Grants

Industry Donations

Completed Grants

Title PI/Co-PI Funding Source Period
Coupling Characteristics of Optical Fibers to GaAs MESFET Photodetectors PI $5,444 UoW Graduate School Research Fund Jan. 1986-Dec. 1986
Processing Evaluation and Modeling of GaAs IC Optoelectronics PI $10,006 Washington Technology Center Jan. 1986-July 1986
Unipolar Monolithically-Compatible GaAs IC Photodetectors PI $50,155 Washington Technology Center,
Boeing Electronics High Technology Center
Jan. 1986-Dec. 1986
Dual-Gun Electron-Beam Evaporation System for GaAs IC Optoelectronics PI $55,000 UoW College of Engineering (matching funds) Nov.1986-June 1987
GaAs Photodetector Integration and Evaluation PI $70,900 Washington Technology Center,
Boeing Electronics High Technology Center
Apr. 1987-Dec. 1987
Solid-State Laboratory Upgrade PI $33,231
$24,666
WTC Compound Semiconductor Technology Center Aug. 1987-July 1988
Aug. 1988-July 1989
High-Speed Compound Semiconductor Photodetectors PI $25,000 Boeing Electronics High Technology Center July 1988-Dec. 1988
High-Speed Optoelectronic Impedance Switches PI $53,000 Boeing Electronics High Technology Center July 1988-Dec. 1988
Refractory Metal Contacts for GaAs MESFET's PI $3,786 ELDEC Dec. 1987-Apr. 1988
Indium-Gallium-Arsenide FET Development Co-PI $65,000 Boeing Electronics High Technology Center Oct. 1988-Dec. 1989
Sensory Neural Networks for Advanced Photodetectors Co-PI $292,435 National Science Foundation July 1989-Dec. 1992
Generalized Modeling of Optoelectronic Impedance Switches PI $52,648 Boeing Electronics High Technology Center June 1989-Dec. 1989
Integrated Optoelectronics PI $40,666
$60,000
WTC Compound Semiconductor Technology Center July 1989-June 1990
July 1990-June 1991
Modeling of Layered High-Speed Optoelectronic Switches PI $25,000 Boeing Aerospace and Electronics July 1990-Dec. 1990
Modeling of GaAs Bulk Avalanche Semiconductor Switches PI $20,000 Boeing Aerospace and Electronics July 1990-Dec. 1990
Transient Modeling of GaAs BASS Devices PI $50,000 Boeing Aerospace and Electronics Apr. 1991-Dec. 1991
Integrated Optoelectronics PI $58,500
$58,500
WTC Compound Semiconductor Technology Center July 1991-June 1992
July 1992-June 1993
Plasma Diagnostics for Characterization of Sputtering Damage to Semiconductors Co-PI $17,000 UoW Royalty Research Fund Feb. 1993-Dec. 1993
Scanning Electron Microscope Donation PI $25,000 Hewlett-Packard Company Dec. 1994
Integrated Receiver Chip for Underwater Acoustic Imager Co-PI $35,000 Naval Underwater Ordinance Disposal Command Jan. 1995-Dec. 1995
Integrated Microelectrode Array Fabrication PI $10,000 National Nanofabrication Users Network (NNUN) Sept. 1995-Sept. 1996
CMOS/SOS Sensor Platform PI $10,000 National Nanofabrication Users Network (NNUN) Sept. 1997-Sept. 1998

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Current Grants

Title PI/Co-PI Funding Source Period
Integrated Microelectrode Arrays for In-Situ Electrochemical Voltammetry PI $43,921
$33,300
$25,893
$32,809
NSF Center for Process Analytical Chemistry (CPAC) Oct. 1994-Sept. 1995
Oct. 1995-Sept. 1996
Oct. 1996-Sept. 1997
Oct. 1997-Sept. 1998
Compact Modeling of Integrated Mechanical Sensors PI $48,000
$50,000
$58,000
NSF Center for Design of Analog/Digital Integrated Circuits (CDADIC) Sept. 1996-Aug. 1997
Sept. 1997-Aug. 1998
Sept. 1998-Aug. 1999
Micromachined Faraday Cup Array for Compact Mass Spectrometer Co-PI $19,092 NSF Center for Process Analytical Chemistry (CPAC) Apr. 1998-Mar. 1999
Electrochemical T-Sensor PI $23,000
$59,976
Washington Technology Center MEMS Initiative Oct.. 1997-Feb. 1998
Feb. 1998-Jan. 1999
Medical Airway Pressure and Flow Sensor PI $28,816
$9,608
Washington Technology Center MEMS,
Cascadia Division of Novametrix
Feb. 1998-Jan. 1999
Center for Applied Microtechnology Co-PI $60,000 UoW College of Engineering Jan. 1998-Dec. 1998
Focused Ion Beam Micromachining PI $1,990,000 National Security Agency, Microelectronics Research Laboratory May 1998-May 2000
Smart Pixels with Smart Illumination PI $175,000 National Science Foundation Oct. 1998-Sept. 2001
Microelectronics Education Enhancement Program Co-PI $399,956 NSF Combined Research Curriculum Development Oct. 1998-Sept. 2001
Compact Modeling of Integrated Microsystems PI $168,000 NSF Small Firms Collaborative R&D Oct. 1999-Sept. 2001
Pathogen Cell Counting Array PI $110,000
$12,000
Washington Technology Center,
Saigene Corporation
July 1999-June 2001
Ion Beam Milling PI $50,000 Washington Technology Center July 1999-June 2000
Micromachined Ion Source Array PI $110,000
$12,000
Washington Technology Center,
Intelligent Ion Inc.
July 2000-June 2002
Laser Micromachining Station PI $499,500
$140,000
$60,000
$70,360
M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust
UW Office of Research
UW College of Engineering
3 PIs
Nov. 2001-Oct. 2003

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Pending Grants

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Industry Donations

Item Value Company Date
Semiconductor Fabrication Equipment $45,000 Intel Corp. Sept. 1989
Semiconductor Parameter Analyzer $26,150 Hewlett-Packard Company Apr. 1990
Plasma Etching System $20,000 Intel Corp. June 1992
EPROM Memory Test System $10,000 Intel Corp. Aug. 1992
Diffusion Furnace System $750,000 Lucent Technologies June 1999
Microfabrication Equipment $1,300,000 Intel Corp. Oct. 1999

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