The National Science Foundation awarded Worcester Polytechnic Institute a $599,980 project grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024. The grant funds the RET SITE: ENGINEERING FOR PEOPLE AND THE PLANET: RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR TEACHING INTEGRATED STEM project. This project will provide research experiences for teachers to integrate science, technology, engineering and math concepts for K-12 students. The project...
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) received a three-year, $530,029 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation. The grant supports WPI's "MAKING SENSE: SIMULTANEOUS SENSOR CONFIGURATION AND OPTIMAL CONTROL FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS" project under the NSF Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041). The project aims to develop new techniques for simultaneous sensor configuration and optimal control of autonomous...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded Worcester Polytechnic Institute a $399,095 Project Grant under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The grant will fund research from September 2021 through August 2025 to study flame spread response to non-steady airflow. As part of its mission to improve engineering research and education, the Engineering program supports projects that foster innovation in...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $413,702 project grant to Worcester Polytechnic Institute under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for research titled "CAREER: MIXING AND VORTICITY DYNAMICS IN ACTIVE FLUID SYSTEMS" from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2026. The grant will support research exploring mixing and vorticity dynamics in active fluid systems, advancing the NSF Directorate for Engineering's goal of improving quality of life and economic strength through innovative...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $350,324 Project Grant to Worcester Polytechnic Institute under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The grant will fund research from July 2021 through June 2024 for Worcester Polytechnic Institute's ORGAN-TO-CELL MULTISCALE MODELING OF CONCUSSION project. The Engineering program seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength by fostering innovation and excellence in engineering research. This three-year award will support Worcester...
Worcester Polytechnic Institute received a five-year, $708k Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). The grant will support the development of new scientific instruments for classroom observation using a multi-modal machine learning approach. The goal is to advance the development and use of research cyberinfrastructure to enable and accelerate discovery and innovation in computing, communications, and...
This $131,606 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will fund research at Worcester Polytechnic Institute to strengthen networks of Black, Indigenous and other People of Color working in sustainable regional systems. Over the one-year period from March 2022 to February 2023, the awardee will collaborate with stakeholders including the Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust and Black Farmer Fund to co-design a collective impact model and...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $360,608 project grant to Worcester Polytechnic Institute under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to acquire a high-resolution photon emission/laser fault injection microscope with high-performance computers. This equipment will be used for failure analysis and security assessment of electronic systems from August 15, 2021 to July 31, 2024. The Engineering program seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength by fostering innovation and...
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) received a $159,552 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences on August 15, 2021 to support the research project "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MULTISCALE SIMULATIONS AND IMAGING OF VISCOELASTIC MEDIA IN REDUCED ORDER MODEL FRAMEWORK" through July 31, 2024. The project aims to advance understanding of major problems in mathematical and physical sciences through developing multiscale simulations and imaging...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $405,445 Project Grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041). The grant will support research and education activities from August 2022 through July 2027 aimed at advancing water sustainability and economic resilience through an integrated systems approach. Specifically, the university will conduct research and provide educational opportunities to better understand climate...