Center for complex particle systems (COMPASS)

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Award ID
2243104
Recipient
Awarding agency
Obligated
$17,400,000

Award facts

Assistance listing
47.049 Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Completion date 64% complete
Place of performance
Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA

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Description

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Abstract
Nontechnical description: a colloid is a mixture consisting of insoluble particles of one substance, suspended throughout another substance. The ability to shape such particle-based matter has been a central element in the development of human civilization. For example, roman cement is a colloid that is still revealing the mysteries of its durability after two millennia. Modern methods such as additive manufacturing and self-organization of particles allow for the fabrication of complex materials with unprecedented combinations of mechanical, electrical, biological, and chemical properties. The lack of a theoretical foundation to predict the properties of colloids as dynamic system of polydispersed particles forming complex structures, however, hinders discovery of novel materials critical for technological progress. New ideas and approaches are therefore needed to correlate functionality with structural complexity. The center for complex particle systems (COMPASS) brings together a team of theoretical, experimental, and computational researchers to develop the science and technology necessary to establish a systems-level approach for particle-based matter. The center will integrate diverse techniques such as graph theory and machine learning with advanced microscopy. Through a focus on ?imperfect? Systems, COMPASS aims to ignite a revolution in 3D printing and other forms of additive manufacturing with diverse particle systems. The transformative impact of COMPASS will be amplified by thrusts focused on educational, outreach, and entrepreneurship activities that provide opportunities for disadvantaged high school students, minorities and veterans. Technical description: COMPASS represents an integrative effort of addressing the knowledge GAP of hierarchical structured materials by becoming a collaborative home for theoretical, experimental, and computational researchers who will together develop the science and technology of a systems-level approach for particle-based matter. This approach takes advantage of tools from the field of discrete mathematics known as graph theory and network theory that has been advanced in the past predominantly for application to social, economic, or networks-related disciplines. COMPASS will enable graph and network theories to predict and control the complex behavior of strongly interacting colloidal particles capable of spontaneously producing static and dynamic networks and multiscale hierarchical structures with high complexity. The cross-pollination among mathematics, physical sciences and engineering disciplines describing particle-based matter as a complex system of non-ideal particles will enable a paradigmatic shift in the enduring problems associated with shaping matter. The activities of the center span from the development of foundational methods to technology-enabling applications and are organized in four research-related thrusts. Thrust #1, graph theoretical description of colloids as complex systems, focuses on the methodology for a graph-based description of ensembles of particles with complex shapes and spatiotemporal arrangements for their subsequent use. Thrust #2, graph-based functionality metrics for colloidal particle systems, establishes relationships between graph representations of the structure of colloidal systems and their mechanical, electrical, and chemical properties. Predictions will be validated using experimental and computational techniques with model particle systems at macro-, micro- and nanoscales. Thrust #3, pathways to complex particle systems, develops pathways to complex particle systems by taking advantage of emergence, self-assembly, and criticality phenomena in ?communities? Of strongly interacting polydisperse particles. Advances in previous thrusts come together in thrust #4, implementation of complex particle systems. This thrust translates the cumulative knowledge acquired in the preceding tasks to case studies of complex particle systems that transport physical quantities directly related to the dynamic connectivity of diverse readily accessible particles suitable for additive manufacturing. This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.- subawards are planned for this award.

Transactions

Action Obligated Date
Amendment $5,700,000
Amendment $5,700,000
Original award $6,000,000

Subawards

Subrecipient Amount Awarded
North Carolina State University This project will utilize high-resolution confocal rheometry to quantify how nonequilibrium network structures governs a broad spectrum of mechanical response… $161,230
University Of Tennessee Deliver COMPASS-ready algorithms and software that make imaging-derived material networks “generative and predictive”: (1) multiscale, geometry-aware… $83,480
Northeastern University Northeastern participants will be working very closely with the COMPASS team to develop a shareable and inter-operable repository of codes, and data from… $114,172
North Carolina State University The project aims to bring to COMPASS two classes of novel complex particles, with special topography, connectivity and ability to form colloidal networks and… $301,452
Georgetown University Nanoparticles in solution often self-assemble into complex network structures that naturally emerge through aggregation and gelation, or when they are subjected… $124,104
Formative Evaluation Research Associates, Inc. Annually FERA will engage the evaluation advisory committee in a review of the design. FERA will collect and analyze formative, outcomes, and context data… $238,649
University Of Illinois Prof. Diao will develop methods to control chiral symmetry of high-performance conjugated polymers and their co-assembly with nanocrystals. Diao recently… $666,916
University Of Southern California Overview: University of Southern California (USC) - The USC team led by Paul Bogdan will develop graph theory, network science, machine learning and… $0
Chicago State University Key Contributions by Thrust: Thrust 1: Produce and image 2D and 3D composite systems as complex networks of particles through the use of AFM; surface… $115,872
University Of Southern California Overview: University of Southern California (USC) - The USC team led by Paul Bogdan will develop graph theory, network science, machine learning and… $0
Northeastern University Overview: The NEU team, led by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, will examine the role of node and link physicality on the function of network structure, as well as the… $580,451
University Of Southern California Overview: University of Southern California (USC) - The USC team led by Paul Bogdan will develop graph theory, network science, machine learning and… $586,834
University Of Illinois Overview: The UIUC team, led by Qian Chen (PI,) will use liquid-phase transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and machine learning based movie analysis to… $1,357,864
North Carolina State University Overview: The NCSU team led by Martin Thuo will be responsible for synthesis and application of metastable complex particles particularly in additive… $1,171,124
Wayne State University Overview: The WSU, team led by Stephanie Brock, will oversee synthetic efforts, routine materials characterization for the STC. Primary Expertise: Particle… $586,643
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Who received award 2243104?

2243104 was awarded to Regents Of The University Of Michigan by Division of Materials Research (National Science Foundation) on September 6, 2023.

How much is award 2243104 worth?

$17,400,000 has been obligated on 2243104.

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