A major, multi-year research project led by Assoc Prof Mario Lanza to advance electronic materials and devices for future memory and computing applications has been awarded a prestigious Competitive Research Programme (CRP) grant.
The project centres on the design, fabrication and testing of memristors, an emerging category of electronic devices with potential uses in non-volatile memory, which can retain information even when power is switched off, as well as in brain-inspired computing systems.
“Despite their promise, memristors face challenges related to device variability and scalability, which currently limit wider deployment,” said Assoc Prof Lanza. “Our project aims to address these challenges through the development and study of novel nanomaterials with improved physical and electronic properties, and by assessing their performance in device and circuit applications.”
Assoc Prof Lanza’s research focuses on the development and characterisation of nanoscale electronic materials and devices, particularly for memory technologies and computing systems that mimic how the human brain processes information.
With Assoc Prof Lanza as the principal investigator (PI), the five-year project will involve collaboration across three Singapore universities (NUS, NTU and SUTD) alongside leading industry partners based in Europe.
The CRP grant is administered by the National Research Foundation Singapore, and supports only a small number of large-scale projects through a highly selective, nationwide competition. CRP calls are launched periodically to enable ambitious multidisciplinary research efforts that address significant national-level scientific and technological challenges.
Article from College of Design and Engineering, NUS
