The University of Utah received a two-year, $449,988 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support experimental characterization of microscopic properties of superconducting polyhydrides to develop a more realistic theoretical framework for warm superconductivity. Work will be performed in Salt Lake City, Utah from August 2021 through July 2023. The...
The University of Utah was awarded a $287,802 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support the collaborative research project "Multiscale Simulations and Imaging of Viscoelastic Media in Reduced Order Model Framework" from August 15, 2021 through July 31, 2024. The project aims to advance understanding of major problems in the mathematical and physical...
Lehigh University received a $389,917 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences on September 1, 2021 to complete the project by August 31, 2025. The grant supports the collaborative research project "MICROSTRUCTURE BY DESIGN: INTEGRATING GRAIN GROWTH EXPERIMENTS, DATA ANALYTICS, SIMULATION, AND THEORY" under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The project aims to advance understanding of major problems in...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $230,111 Project Grant under its Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of Utah's Office of Sponsored Projects Division. This 3-year grant, effective from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027, supports two scientific research threads: (1) fundamental research on liquid crystals, their suspensions, and related applications; and (2) investigations of extreme wave phenomena in photonic devices, with a focus on epsilon near...
The University of Utah was awarded a $357,839 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences on September 1, 2021. The grant is part of the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) and will support the "RANDOM POLYMER MEASURES" project through August 31, 2024. Under this award, the University of Utah will deliver products and services focused on advancing understanding of major problems in the mathematical and physical...
The University of Utah was awarded a $364,500 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences on May 15, 2022 to support an Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site titled "Experimental and Computational Modeling of Materials and Biomolecular Systems." The grant will fund the REU Site program through April 30, 2025. As part of the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote...
Utah State University was awarded a $325,617 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences. The grant was awarded under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support research titled "Quantum Topology Beyond Semi-Simplicity" from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024. Under this award, Utah State University researchers will conduct mathematical and theoretical research to advance understanding of quantum topology beyond current...
This $192,101 federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), will fund research at the University of Utah to investigate several questions in commutative algebra. The research will yield information about the properties of solution sets of polynomial equations, which have applications across various scientific and engineering fields. Key focus areas include local cohomology, differential operators, and...
This $207,485 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research into the classification and analysis of dynamical systems and group actions at the University of Utah. The project aims to study the concept of "conjugacy" in dynamical systems, exploring generalizations and extensions to better understand the mathematical properties that define equivalence between such systems. This work will...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $432,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of Utah. The funding supports a research project led by Professor Jon Rainier that aims to utilize light-driven photoelectrocyclization reactions to synthesize complex, optically active molecules with potential pharmaceutical, agricultural, and materials applications. The project seeks to uncover fundamental photochemical phenomena and...
The University of Utah was awarded a $409,494 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant supports collaborative research titled "MICROSTRUCTURE BY DESIGN: INTEGRATING GRAIN GROWTH EXPERIMENTS, DATA ANALYTICS, SIMULATION, AND THEORY" from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2025. The research aims to advance understanding of major problems in materials science through integrating experimental data, analytics, simulation and theoretical modeling of grain growth phenomena to enable design of microstructures. Key products will include experimental data, analytical and simulation tools, and theoretical advances in grain growth modeling to strengthen the nation's materials science enterprise.