Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) was awarded a $430,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research. The grant falls under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to advance scientific knowledge and understanding in these fields. Specifically, the July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024 award will fund research into the targeted design of blocky poly(ether ether ketone) copolymers to enhance...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering grant (CFDA 47.041) provides $337,865 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027 to conduct foundational research on creating transformative structures and materials with multi-faceted "mechano-intelligence." The project aims to harness the physical reservoir computing power of multi-functional origami as a mechanical neural network, in order to enable essential...
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) received a $148,781 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support research titled "THE PROSPECTS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN URBAN PLANNING." The award period runs from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. The grant is being used to fund investigator-initiated research and education in computer and information science and engineering through NSF's Computer and Information Science...
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) was awarded a three-year, $402,630 project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation. The grant supports research titled "Collaborative Research: Neuro-Cognitive Feedback to Enhance Engineering Design of Systems" under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The project aims to improve engineering design through applying insights from...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $127,441 Project Grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University on March 15, 2021 with a completion date of August 31, 2022. The grant is part of NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to improve quality of life and economic strength through engineering research and education. Under this award, Virginia Tech will conduct research to understand and leverage nonlinear effects in acoustic holograms. The Engineering program seeks to foster...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $107,665 Project Grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University on August 1, 2021 with a completion date of November 30, 2022. The grant falls under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support research titled "CAREER: FAVORABLE OPTIMIZATION UNDER DISTRIBUTIONAL DISTORTIONS: FRAMEWORKS, ALGORITHMS, AND APPLICATIONS." The Engineering program seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength by fostering innovation and...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) Project Grant award of $200,000 provides funding to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027. The project aims to create a more automated and generic framework, along with effective tools, to distill fundamental knowledge of feature spaces and build AI-ready feature spaces using deep generative...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) provides $334,027 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from February 2021 through January 2024. The funding supports research into self-adaptive electromechanical metamaterials under the NSF's Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program. The goal of this program is to improve engineering research and education to foster innovation and strengthen the national economy. Specifically, the award will allow research into...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $1,039,367 Project Grant to the University of Virginia under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for work running from March 15, 2022 to February 28, 2026. The award will support the development of an artificial intelligence-driven framework for the design and discovery of complex materials, with a focus on energetic materials of strategic importance to the Department of Defense and Department of Energy. Key activities include...
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) was awarded a $441,459 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct research titled "NSF-BSF: TAPERED BOTTLEBRUSH BLOCK COPOLYMERS: SYNTHESIS, SOLUTION SELF-ASSEMBLY, AND SIMULATIONS" from June 1, 2021 to May 31, 2024. Through this funding, Virginia Tech will synthesize tapered bottlebrush block copolymers, study their self-assembly behavior...