The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a $315,000 training grant to the Regents of the University of Minnesota, doing business as the Office of Sponsored Projects Administration, to conduct research on modeling the thermal protection system response to micrometeoroid and orbital debris impacts for Mars sample return missions. The research aims to develop numerical models to better understand the thermal and structural effects of damage to the thermal protection...
This $303,000 federal contract award to the Regents of the University of Michigan was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the Space Technology Mission Directorate. The contract is for the development of high-fidelity material response modeling for resin-infused woven thermal protection systems (TPS) to be used in future space exploration missions. The work will focus on two main modeling components: coupled computational fluid dynamics-surface chemistry...
This federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Regents of the University of Minnesota, Office of Sponsored Projects Administration, aims to develop a multiscale computational modeling methodology for designing carbon nanotube-based composite materials. The $499,991 grant-funded project will leverage the university's expertise in atomistic, mesoscale, and continuum modeling to create a "Mesoscopic Distinct Element Method-Enabled Multiscale...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $155,321.91 grant for research to the Regents of the University of Minnesota, doing business as the Office of Sponsored Projects Administration, a non-profit educational institution. The grant supports the study of particles accelerated during solar flares, which is relevant to understanding the dynamics of solar magnetic fields. This research grant is not set aside for any specific business type. The Regents of the University of...
This federal grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Montana State University (MSU) to conduct research on boundary layer chemistry for ablative thermal protection systems used in hypersonic flight. The $350,067 grant aims to formulate new or updated air-CO/CO2 reaction rate models for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations, and validate them against high-enthalpy ablation experiments. The research involves a collaborative effort between molecular...
This federal contract award was granted by a civilian agency to the Regents of the University of Minnesota, doing business as the Office of Sponsored Projects Administration, a prominent land-grant research institution. The $323,636.90 grant is for research on in-situ surface modification of multi-principal element alloys to enhance durability in extreme environments, supporting critical propulsion and vehicle technologies for space access and exploration. The award is not a set-aside...
This is a federal grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Illinois for research related to predictive modeling of non-equilibrium thermochemical processes. The purpose is to advance the development, design, and optimization of high-speed atmospheric entry vehicles by improving computational methods for simulating the complex flow structures around these vehicles. The $800,000.00 grant supports the development of hybrid techniques that...
This $170,579.00 grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Illinois to develop computationally efficient and accurate models for describing non-equilibrium aerothermal environments encountered in flight and ground test facilities. The goal is to improve the accuracy of models that include chemical reactions and radiation, without the simplifications afforded by equilibrium Boltzmann statistics and quasi steady-state assumptions. The...
This is a $135,000.00 grant for research awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Regents of the University of Minnesota, doing business as the Office of Sponsored Projects Administration. The grant is for a project that addresses the objectives of the NASA FINESST program by training a Ph.D. student, studying how the Earth's geospace responds to solar forcing, and understanding the connections in the geospace system. The University of Minnesota is performing...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $900,245.00 grant for research to the Regents of the University of Minnesota, doing business as the Office of Sponsored Projects Administration. The grant, which has no set-aside designation, is intended to effectively enable the NASA-funded science community's use of transformational data sets. As a non-profit organization and 1862 land grant college, the Regents of the University of Minnesota has extensive experience conducting...
This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Regents of the University of Minnesota, doing business as the Office of Sponsored Projects Administration. The $649,438.44 grant is for research to model the oxidation behavior of fibers used in thermal protection systems (TPS) for spacecraft.
The research aims to develop methods to accurately model the flow around and within the TPS fibers, which are on the micron scale and encounter a rarefied gas environment. This requires approaches beyond traditional Navier-Stokes equations, such as direct simulation Monte Carlo. The research will also model the thermo-mechanical response of the fibers, including stresses from thermal strain, internal pressure, and external flow. Accurately predicting these factors is critical for understanding spallation and failure of the TPS. The grant does not have a set-aside designation.