Idaho Scientists Get Research Grant

A $1.25 million grant from the Office of Naval Research will go to help a team of University of Idaho scientists develop a revolutionary computer chip.

The chips help computer users by storing data even when electrical power is lost.

Sarit Bhaduri and Yang Ki Hong, both professors of materials and metallurgical engineering, will co-direct the project.

The grant was secured with the help of Idaho Sens. Larry Craig and Mike Crapo. The money will support research on the fabrication of the computer chip’s storage element, which is composed of multiple layers of giant magnetoresistive magnetic thin films.