The National Science Foundation awarded a $647,273 Project Grant to Arizona State University under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The grant will support research from 2021-2026 to develop coupled climate and human health models to build pathways for extreme heat resilience. Leveraging its expertise in climate modeling and epidemiology, ASU will integrate climate change projections with health vulnerability data to identify communities most at risk from rising temperatures. The...
The Arizona State University will receive $2 million from the National Science Foundation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop novel methods for assessing individual-level heat risk across diverse populations from 2022-2026. The university will merge an advanced mobile biometeorological station with a human-shaped thermal manikin to pioneer a field method measuring detailed human heat exposure. The manikin will measure heat load received by an average body and mimic...
Arizona State University was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041). The grant will support development of an ultra-compact high-speed infrared polarimetric spectroscopic imaging system from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2026. The NSF Directorate for Engineering seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength by fostering innovation and...
Arizona State University received a $246,858 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems on June 1, 2021 to complete the project by May 31, 2024. The project aims to improve learning of convective heat transfer through mass transfer visualization under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA #47.041). The Engineering program seeks to foster innovation and excellence in engineering research and education to...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Arizona State University a $423,929 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop a novel temperature visualization method that integrates laser-based diagnostic tools and deep learning techniques. The goal is to enable the measurement and understanding of temperature changes in boiling fluids over finned surfaces, which is critical for improving the energy efficiency of heat exchangers used in applications such as data...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Arizona State University Division - doing business as Orspa a $251,990 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to conduct collaborative research on electrically modulated near-field thermophotonics using metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) nanostructures. The project aims to achieve significant modulation of radiative heat transfer via electrical tuning, potentially leading to novel applications in tunable thermoelectric conversion,...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded Arizona State University a $907,484 Project Grant under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The grant will fund research to systematically understand sweat evaporation fundamentals and their role in human thermoregulation. Specifically, the university will develop an integrated method using macro videography, mid-wave infrared thermography, and optical coherence...
Arizona State University was awarded a $393,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of November 1, 2021 through October 31, 2024. The grant funds the "RET SITE: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SONORAN PHOTOVOLTAICS LABORATORY: ENERGIZING THE STEM PIPELINE THROUGH CITIZEN SCIENCE" project. This project will deliver citizen science programs focused on renewable energy research through ASU's Sonoran Photovoltaics Laboratory....
Arizona State University was awarded a $456,519 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program. The grant funds the REU SITE: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ESTABLISHING NEW GENERATIONS OF SCHOLARS TO AMPLIFY AND GROW ENGINEERING EDUCATION (ENGAGED) project. The project establishes research experiences for undergraduate students to conduct collaborative research and grow engineering education. It aims to develop the next generation of engineering scholars through...
This $714,634 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at Arizona State University on tunable super-Planckian near-field radiative heat transfer with thermochromic metamaterials from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025. The research aims to advance fundamental understanding of controllable near-field radiative thermal transport across nanometric vacuum gaps using thermochromic nanostructures that can exceed the blackbody limit for heat flux. Specific activities include theoretical...
The National Science Foundation awarded Arizona State University a $413,875 project grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to acquire a high heat compatible magnetic resonance imaging system. The system will be used for interdisciplinary research and education on human thermal exposure and safety in hot climates from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2023. The Engineering program seeks to foster innovation and excellence in engineering research and education to improve quality of life and economic strength. This award will allow ASU researchers to study how extreme heat impacts the human body using specialized MRI technology, advancing understanding of thermal safety and resilience.