Clemson University was awarded a three-year, $298,418 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation to conduct collaborative research on rational design and mechanistic understanding of carbon-based hybrid nanostructures for potent microbicidal function. The grant is part of NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these scientific fields and strengthen the Nation's scientific enterprise through increased knowledge and understanding...
Clemson University received a $243,775 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems on June 15, 2021 to fund research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION INDUCED ELECTROKINETIC FLOWS AROUND DIELECTRIC SURFACES." The award will support research under the NSF Engineering Program (CFDA #47.041) through May 31, 2024. As part of the NSF's mission to foster innovation and...
Clemson University will receive $191,118 through June 2026 under a Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities. The grant is part of the NSF's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), which aims to enhance STEM competitiveness and broaden participation. Under the award, Clemson researchers led by Dr. Leah Casabianca will conduct nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy experiments to understand how plastic nanoparticles interact with small molecule...
This $999,984 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports Clemson University's acquisition of a 500 MHz solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer. The instrument will facilitate research in materials science and environmental chemistry by professors Leah Casabianca, Ana Alba-Rubio, Kyle Brinkman, and Mark Thies, along with other researchers at Clemson. Key areas of research enabled by the NMR...
Clemson University received a $300,684 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support research titled "PARTICLE ELECTROKINETICS IN NON-NEWTONIAN MICROFLUIDICS" from May 1, 2021 to April 30, 2024. The NSF Engineering program seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength by fostering innovation and excellence in engineering research. This award will allow Clemson University researchers to investigate particle electrokinetics in...
Clemson University received a $140,000 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) for the period of June 1, 2021 through May 31, 2024. The grant funds collaborative research to enable high performance multi-scale simulation on big memory platforms. Specifically, the award supports investigator-initiated efforts to advance the development and use of research...
Clemson University was awarded a two-year, $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The grant will support research titled "EAGER: MAGNETICALLY INDUCED CATALYSTS FOR ACTIVE AND SELECTIVE CO2 REDUCTION UNDER MILD CONDITIONS" to develop new magnetically induced catalysts for reducing carbon dioxide into useful products under mild...
Clemson University received a $183,638 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) for the period of February 1, 2021 through January 31, 2023. The grant funds experimentally-informed mesoscale modeling of anisotropic grain boundary solute segregation in nanocrystalline alloys. Specifically, Clemson University will conduct research to enhance understanding of solute segregation behaviors at grain boundaries in nanocrystalline...
This $337,863 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research by Professor Ken Marcus and his team at Clemson University to develop new methods for isolating and purifying diverse biological nanoparticles, including exosomes, lentiviruses, and adeno-associated viruses. The researchers aim to characterize and implement a unique fiber-based stationary phase,...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded Clemson University a $465,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) to develop charge-conducting and light-harvesting supramolecular assemblies. From July 2022 through June 2025, Dr. Sourav Saha of Clemson University will synthesize robust supramolecular pi-donor/acceptor stacks using redox-active metallacycles, metal-organic cages, and coordination polymers as supramolecular...