Dragica Vasileska

Sponsored Research: 

• ONR MURI, "Nanoelectronics: Low power, high performance components and circuits", DWA0018, S. M. Goodnick, D. K. Ferry, J.P. Bird, M. Kozicki, D. Vasileska, T. Thornton, 4/30/98-4/29/03, $5,555,002 (total). (%REC=12.5, %RID=15, %IIA=15.)
• NSF "National Center for Computational Electronics", DWA0023, D. K. Ferry, S. M. Goodnick, D. Vasileska, 10/1/98-9/30/01, $260,000. (%REC=50, %RID=50, %IIA=50.)
• NSF CAREER:  "Computation as a means of understanding the operation of future devices", DWA0034, D. Vasileska, 04/01/99-3/31/03, $200,000. (%REC=100, %RID=100, %IIA=100.)
• ONR "Modeling of future ultrasmall devices", DWA0026, D. Vasileska, 3/1/99-2/28/02, $300,000. (%REC=100, %RID=100, %IIA=100.)  
• NSF (REU) "Modeling of GaAs MESFETs", DWA0036, D. Vasileska, 4/1/99-3/31/03, $5,000. (%REC=100, %RID=100, %IIA=100.)
• NSF "Full-band particle-based simulation for three-dimensional device structures", DWA0042, S. M. Goodnick, D. Vasileska, M. Saraniti, 9/1/99-8/31/02, $390,000. (%REC=33, %RID=33, %IIA=33.)
• SRC "Advanced device modeling and simulation", DWT0094, D. K. Ferry, S. M. Goodnick, D. Vasileska, 10/1/99-9/30/02, $159,315. (%REC=33, %RID=33, %IIA=33.)
• NSF (REU) "Development of the simulation hub for the CEM group, DWA0036, D. Vasileska, 04/01/99-3/31/03, $3,333. (%REC=100, %RID=100, %IIA=100.)
• ONR “Advanced modeling of alternate device technologies”, DWA0026, D. Vasileska, 03/01/02-05/31/05, $329,908. (%REC=100, %RID=100, %IIA=100.)
• ONR “Sub-Threshold silicon MESFETs with 25 nm gate lengths for ultra high speed/low power in-formation processing”, T. J. Thornton, D. Vasileska, $642,281. (%REC=50, %RID=50, %IIA=50.)    
• NSF “Modeling of p-channel Si1-xGex MOSFET devices and SOI device structures”, DWA0078, D. Vasileska, 10/01/02-9/30/05, $179,999. (%REC=100, %RID=100, %IIA=100.)
• NSF “Modeling of nano-scale MOSFETs”, DWA0081, D. Vasileska, C. Ringhofer, 08/01/02-07/31/05, $239,866. (%REC=50, %RID=50, %IIA=50.)
• NSF, “Spin manipulation in semiconductor nanostructures”, J. P. Bird, S. M. Goodnick, D. Vasileska, 8/15/02- 8/14/05, $599,072. (%REC=33, %RID=33, %IIA=33)
• ONR Addendum to DWA 0026: “Spin transport in nano-scale devices”, D. Vasileska, 08/16/02-08/15/05, $150,000. (%REC=100, %RID=100, %IIA=100.)
• ONR “3D Quantum Simulator for the Next Generation Devices”, D. Vasileska and D. Mamaluy, 10/01/05-9/30/08, $300,000. (%REC=100, %RID=100, %IIA=100.)
• NSF ECS: Collaborative Research: Quantum Simulator for Modeling Quantum Dot Photodetectors, Arizona State University, D. Vasileska, D. Mamaluy and G. Klimeck, 05/01/2007 - 04/30/2010, $165,000.00.
• Freescale: Modeling of GaN/AlGaN HEMTS Using Monte Carlo and including quantization, 01/01/2007-12/31/2007, $20,000.
• Arizona Institute for Nano-Electronics: Modeling Heating Effects in Nano-Scale Devices, Center for Computational Nanophotonics and Center for Computational Nanosciences, 01/01/2007-12/31/2007, $15,000.
• Freescale: Modeling of GaN/AlGaN HEMTs using Monte Carlo and including quantization and electron-electron interactions, 01/01/2008-12/31/2008, $10,000.
• HPC allocation proposal has been approved, and the HPC center at ASU will provide the full 150,000 hours for use of Saguaro to Professor Vasileska’s Group. This amounts to $25,000 grant.
• SFAZ-2007: Heterostructure Nanowire Simulation for Robust Manufacturing, D. Mamaluy and D. Vasileska, $133,099.00. Duration: 01/08/2008 – 31/07/2009.
• Army Research Lab, Modeling GaN HEMTs, D. Vasileska and G. Klimeck, seed funding $50,000, 2009-2010.
• NSF ECS, “Modeling Heating Effects in Low-Power Multi-Gate SOI Devices and High-Power GaN HEMTs”, Dragica Vasileska and Stephen M. Goodnick, $306,185. Duration 06/01/2009-05/31/2012.
• NSF REU: $6000 associated with grant NSF ECS: Collaborative Research: Quantum Simulator for Modeling Quantum Dot Photodetectors, Arizona State University, REU Project Title: Delivering PSPICE Examples on the nanoHUB. PI: Dragica Vasileska.
• Army Research Lab, Modeling GaN HEMTs, D. Vasileska, seed funding $40,000, March 2011-July 2011.
• HPC allocation proposal has been approved, and the HPC center at ASU will provide the full 140,000 hours for use of Saguaro to Professor Vasileska’s Group. This amounts to $25,000 grant.
• NSF DOE: ERC – Quantum Energy for Sustainable Solar Cell Technologies (QESST), Director Chris-tiana Honsberg, $25M, 01/01/2012 – 31/12/2022, 0.25 -  month summer support + one student sup-port per year is my share.
• First Solar, Modeling of CdS/CdTe solar cells, $45,435. PI: Dragica Vasileska. Time period: 04/01/2012 – 10/31/2012.
• First Solar, Modeling of Point Defects and Grain Boundaries in CdS/CdTe solar cells, $174,299, PI: Dragica Vasileska. Time period: 05/01/2013-04/30/2015.
• Department of Energy (DOE) PREDICTS, Unified numerical solver for device metastabilities in CdTe thin-film PV, 1.8 M, PI: Dragica Vasileska. 1.5 months support per year + support of 1 graduate student and 1 postdoc. Time period: 10/01/2013-9/30/2016.    
• DOE FOCUS - ARPA-E, High Temperature InGaN Thermionic Topping Cells, 3.8 M, PI Stephen Goodnick. My share: 0.5-month summer support + support of one graduate student. Time period: 06/15/2014 – 06/14/2017.
• “Multi‐Scale Modeling of Si Heterojunction Solar Cells”, proposal awarded from QESST for Year 4 (2014). Total funds received: $43,500. Time period: August 1st, 2014 – July 31st, 2015. 
• “Multi‐Scale Modeling of Si Heterojunction Solar Cells”, proposal awarded from QESST for Year 5 (2015). Total funds received: $83,500. Time period: August 1st, 2015 – July 31st, 2016.
• Department of Energy (DOE) PVRD, “Solution for Predictive Physical Modeling in CdTe and Other Thin-Film PV Technologies”, $900,000. PI: Dragica Vasileska. Time period: 11/01/2016-10/31-2019.
• NSF NNCI: Nanotechnology Collaborative Infrastructure Southwest (NCI-SW), 4,333,333. PI: Trevor Thornton. Time Period:  09/2020 - 08/2025. My share:0.5-month summer support.
• NSF Collaborative Research: Solid-state Selenium Photomultiplier with a High-K Dielectric Blocking Layer for High, Noise-free Avalanche Gain. $66,507. PI: D.Vasileska.  Time Period: 08/2021-07/2024.
• NSF Societal and Ethical Implications (SEI) and Computing subaward of Georgia Tech's NNCI Co-ordinating Site, $381,000. PI. Azad Naeemi. Time period:  04/2021-09/2025.
• DOE EFRC:  Manipulation of Atomic Ordering for Manufacturing Semiconductors (μ-ATOMS), $10,350,000. PI: Yu, Shui-Qing (Fisher), Time period:  08/01/2022-07/31/2026. My share $505,000.