Project Title Project Code Disciplines Host Institution Optical characterization of nanocomposite materials exposed by plasma jet AAMU-Guggilla Any STEM disciplines Huntsville, AL Assessment of atmospheric plasma effects on seed germination and seedling growth of a range of microgreen crops AAMU-Mentreddy Plant Science Huntsville, AL Developing antimicrobial vascular grafts ASU-Vig Biology, Biomedical Sciences, Biomedical Engineering Alabama State University Montgomery, AL Measuring thrust of a space rated, 3 cm iodine ion thruster UA-Branam2 Space Plasma Thrusters Tuscaloosa, AL Iodine plasma interaction with spacecraft materials UA-Branam3 Plasma Physics Tuscaloosa, AL Laser-Generated Plasmas with Multiple Chemical Species: Simulations and Experiments UAB-Camata2 Applied Physics, Physics, Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering Birmingham, AL Machine learning discovery of quantum and functional materials UAB-Chen Computational Physics, Computer Science, Materials Science. The University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL