Project Grant NND17AP05A

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM) program (CFDA 43.008) provides $100,000.00 for the development of a compact, non-invasive, and efficient vision screening system for long-term spaceflight missions. The research aims to evaluate a novel framework enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR) as a proof-of-concept, robust, low-cost system for detecting visual deficits caused...

This Project Grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Space Operations Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.007) provides $149,999.00 to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees) to conduct analog-based research on the cardiovascular and ocular effects of lower body negative pressure (LBNP) under true microgravity conditions during parabolic flight. The objective is to generate acute dose-response curves for a range of physiological measures as a function...

This three-year $180,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), will fund research at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University to understand the underlying risks and sociotechnical challenges of powered wearable exoskeletons for construction workers. The university will conduct three thrusts of research. The first will identify barriers and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), will support research to investigate strategies for quantifying, evaluating, and improving the physical accessibility of everyday clothing using garment-based assistive soft robotics. The $100,099 grant, awarded on September 1, 2023, will fund a collaborative effort led by the Regents of the University...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) Project Grant award to The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund, doing business as Tulane University, provides $224,063 to develop a tough, lightweight self-healing modular panel system that can shield lunar habitats and vehicles against micrometeoroid and orbital debris (MMOD) impacts. The project aims to measure the thermal and flow properties of a polypropylene/carbon nanotube (PP/CNT) composite material,...

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) awarded Softworthy LLC a $100,000 Project Grant under the NIEHS Hazardous Waste Worker Health and Safety Training program (CFDA 93.142). The goal of this 12-month project is to develop an innovative simulator called "SWIVEL-HASTE" that employs "serious gaming" techniques to provide health and safety training to emergency responders exposed to extreme ambient temperatures. The simulator will leverage open-source...

This $400,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET), under CFDA 47.041 Engineering program, will fund The Johns Hopkins University to develop engineered heart tissue chips for testing nanoparticle-based countermeasures against spaceflight-induced heart disease. The research aims to investigate whether nanoparticles designed to scavenge reactive oxygen species can prevent mitochondrial...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) will advance the development of a "Second Spine" bioinspired passive back-support exosuit. The $2,000,000 project, titled "CONVERGENCE ACCELERATOR BIO-INSPIRED DESIGN INNOVATIONS: TENSEGRITY-BASED EXOSUITS THAT COMPLEMENT HUMAN BIOMECHANICS (TANDEM)", aims to create a lightweight, strong exosuit that can assist...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $329,405 Project Grant under the Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001 - Science) to the University of North Dakota (UND) for a 3-year project titled "Devising Defenses: Curtailing Microbial Risks (CMR) in a Closed Human Habitat and Spacesuit Fabrics." The project aims to conduct research and develop solutions to mitigate microbial risks in closed human habitats and spacesuit materials for NASA's space exploration...

This Project Grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837), is funding the development and testing of a "VentSafe" bidirectional synchronous flow-controlled ventilation system to improve oxygenation and ventilation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). The $1,160,157 award to Liberandum Technologies, Inc. aims to design a ventilation system with lower potential for trauma and reduced...