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| Project Title | Project Code | Principal Investigator | Research Category | Project Type | Project Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbon-14-Labeled Microbes to Track the Fates of Microbial Metabolites: A Potential Technical Approach to Define the Gut-Brain Axis in Animal Models | 22-FS-002 | Doris Lam | Bioscience and Bioengineering | Feasibility Study | Final |
| Filamentation Sealing Using Dual-Laser Treatment | 23-FS-032 | Allison Browar | Lasers and Optical Science and Technology | Feasibility Study | Final |
| Robust High-Power Diodes for Next Generation Laser Systems | 21-SI-002 | Salmaan Baxamusa | Lasers and Optical Science and Technology | Strategic Initiative | Final |
| Understanding Subsurface Behavior and Defect Formation During Laser Material Interactions Via Coupled In Situ X-Ray and Optical Probes | 21-ERD-008 | Nicholas Calta | Accelerated Materials and Manufacturing | Exploratory Research | Final |
| Confined Coaxial Powder Extrusion | 22-FS-006 | Maira Ceron Hernandez | Accelerated Materials and Manufacturing | Feasibility Study | Final |
| Exploring the Cosmos: Enabling One-Thousand Times More Sensitive Spectrographs for Exoplanet Search | 22-LW-020 | David Erskine | Lasers and Optical Science and Technology | Lab-Wide | Final |
| Revisiting the Critical Physics for Passing Energetic Laser Pulses through Air | 21-ERD-052 | Eyal Feigenbaum | Lasers and Optical Science and Technology | Exploratory Research | Final |
| Additive Manufacturing of Organic Glass Scintillators | 23-FS-033 | Dominique Porcincula | Accelerated Materials and Manufacturing | Feasibility Study | Final |
| Local Energy Matter Interactions and Materials Response in Hypersonic Environments | 21-SI-003 | Aric Rousso | Science of Materials in Hypersonic Regime Conditions | Strategic Initiative | Final |
| Exploring a Novel Way to Mitigate Surface Damage in Tokamaks | 21-ERD-009 | Michael Campanell | High-Energy-Density Science | Exploratory Research | Final |
| Hunting Sub-gigaelectron-volt Dark Matter with Diamonds and Magnetic Microcalorimeters | 22-FS-011 | Geonbo Kim | Nuclear, Chemical, and Isotopic Science and Technology | Feasibility Study | Final |
| Bead Fabrication for Extreme Environment Analysis Development | 22-LW-021 | Elizabeth Sobalvarro | Science of Materials in Hypersonic Regime Conditions | Lab-Wide | Final |
| Integration of Ultrawide Bandgap Photoconducting Semiconductor Switches into High-Voltage, High-Current Pulser Systems | 23-FS-034 | Alexander Povilus | Directed Energy | Feasibility Study | Final |
| Automated Software Integration | 21-SI-005 | George Gamblin | High-Performance Computing, Simulation, and Data Science | Strategic Initiative | Final |
| Knowledge-Driven Machine Learning | 21-ERD-012 | Jayaraman Jayaraman Thiagarajan | High-Performance Computing, Simulation, and Data Science | Exploratory Research | Final |
| Finite Temperature Structure Prediction | 22-FS-014 | Stanimir Bonev | High-Energy-Density Science | Feasibility Study | Final |
| Microbe-Mediated Effects of Enhanced Rock Weathering on Soil Organic Carbon Storage | 22-LW-022 | Noah Sokol | Earth and Atmospheric Science | Lab-Wide | Final |
| Exploring Innovative High-Gain Ignition Concepts for Inertial Fusion Energy | 23-ERD-023 | Stephan Maclaren | High-Energy-Density Science | Exploratory Research | Final |
| Evaluating Epsilon Iron Oxide for Radio Frequency Pulse Generation | 23-FS-035 | Joseph Schneider | Directed Energy | Feasibility Study | Final |
| Advanced Membranes for Electrochemical Technologies | 21-ERD-013 | John Karnes | Energy and Resource Security | Exploratory Research | Final |
