The University of Delaware received a three-year, $390,198 National Science Foundation project grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct collaborative research on the experimental and numerical study of bed shear stress and turbulent boundary layer structure induced by breaking-wave-generated vortices. The research is intended to strengthen fundamental knowledge and understanding of integrated Earth system processes through basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean...
The University of Washington was awarded a three-year, $137,893 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct collaborative research on the experimental and numerical study of bed shear stress and turbulent boundary layer structure induced by breaking-wave-generated vortices. The research funded through this award will strengthen understanding of integrated Earth system processes through basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean...
The University of Delaware received a $497,107 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on March 1, 2021 to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: WIND TURBULENCE OVER SHOALING SURFACE WAVES AND THEIR IMPACT ON AIR-SEA FLUXES." The research is being conducted under the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which aims to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. Specifically, the...
South Dakota State University was awarded a $464,998 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems on May 15, 2021 to fund research titled "The Roles of Electrically Driven Water Flow on Cellular Viability, Tissue Repair and Polarity." The grant has a completion date of April 30, 2024. The funding supports research under the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which aims to...
The University of Minnesota will receive $446,973 from the National Science Foundation under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct experimental and numerical studies of bubble entrainment by breaking waves from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The research aims to advance understanding of the physical processes controlling bubble generation and dispersal in ocean waves and their dependence on factors like wave scale, slope, wind forcing, and salinity. Researchers will leverage...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will provide $218,487 to the University of South Florida from December 1, 2024 through November 30, 2027 to conduct collaborative research on the structure and intensity of Langmuir turbulence and its impact on cross-shore scalar transport in idealized shallow coastal shelf environments. The research aims to uncover interactions between Langmuir turbulence and nearshore processes such as...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) Project Grant award in the amount of $353,715 will fund a collaborative research project to study the turbulence in the stratified layer at the air-water interface, as driven by waves and wind. The project will utilize a combination of controlled laboratory experiments and advanced numerical simulations (large-eddy simulations) to test the hypothesis that coupling between waves and wind-driven currents is necessary to...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation provides $299,994 to the University of Wisconsin-Madison under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) from March 2021 through February 2024. The funding supports research titled "Boundary Layer Dynamics and Sediment Transport in Swash Interactions," which will strengthen understanding of integrated Earth system processes through basic investigation of atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences as outlined in the program description....
This $654,897 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), will fund collaborative research on swash zone dynamics driven by obliquely incident waves. The University of Delaware will lead laboratory experiments, theoretical analysis, and numerical simulations to expand understanding of three-dimensional flow and sediment transport patterns in the swash zone under a range of wave conditions and angles of incidence....
The University of Delaware received a $380,940 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct research on the role of turbulent coherent structures on evolving seabed topography from May 15, 2023 to April 30, 2026. The university will apply numerical modeling methods including large eddy simulation two-phase flow methodology to understand the geometry and migration of medium to fine sand ripples under waves and...