NSF $1 million grant funds 3-year program that focuses on emerging technologies.
Growth spurred by interest in AI, investments in faculty and computing infrastructure, including $400 million Empire AI consortium.
Projects focus on cancer therapies, robotic clot removal catheters, and mRNA vaccines, among other technologies
Research team to develop new transistors based on 2D semiconductors and magnetoelectric materials.
The tests could have implications in the auto, tech and insurance industries.