Project Grant 2118181
- The Illinois Institute of Technology was awarded a $404,776 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant funds an Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site focused on characterization of materials using synchrotron and x-ray based tools. The award period is from March 15, 2021 through February 29, 2024. The Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to promote progress in these fields and strengthen the...
- This $350,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports collaborative research to develop cost-efficient and confidence-building sampling methods for modern scientific discovery. The award to the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) aims to create a framework featuring new methodologies, theory, and algorithms that extend classical low-discrepancy sampling...
- The Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) received a $2,676,450 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure to support the "FRAMEWORKS: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CHRONOLOG: A HIGH-PERFORMANCE STORAGE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ACTIVITY AND LOG WORKLOADS" research effort. The award, made on June 1, 2021 under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA #47.070), will fund the development of a high-performance storage...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 5-year, $240,047 CAREER grant to the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) program (CFDA 47.049). The goal of this project is to advance the fundamental understanding of the photo-thermoelectric effect, which shows promise for developing high-sensitivity infrared detectors with wide spectral response. The researchers will synthesize and characterize single crystal films and nanomaterials to...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a three-year, $242,677 Project Grant to the Illinois Institute of Technology under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant supports collaborative research between Illinois Institute of Technology and two other institutions to develop computational models of morphological instabilities in reactive fluids driven from equilibrium. The researchers will establish frameworks to model non-equilibrium phenomena, design algorithms...
- This $270,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program will support a collaborative research project between the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and Northern Illinois University (NIU) to investigate the molten salt synthesis of metal oxide nanoparticles. The research team, led by Yuanbing Mao of IIT and Tao Li of NIU, will use advanced in situ X-ray scattering and spectroscopy techniques at Argonne National...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $130,000.00 to the Illinois Institute of Technology to conduct collaborative research on enhancing material removal processes for high-temperature refractory metals such as tantalum and niobium. The research seeks to solve the "gumminess" challenge faced in machining these metals by scientifically investigating the nanoscale "organic monolayer embrittlement"...
- 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...
- This $271,213 National Science Foundation award through the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program will support research at the Illinois Institute of Technology from September 2022 through August 2025. The project aims to advance understanding of boundary and interface issues in metamaterials through multi-disciplinary collaboration. Researchers will perform theoretical, computational, and experimental analysis of transition layers in acoustic and elastic metamaterials to develop devices that control...
- This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides $328,450 in funding to the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and Northern Illinois University (NIU) to investigate the molten salt synthesis of metal oxide nanoparticles. The collaborative research team plans to use advanced X-ray scattering and spectroscopy techniques to study the nucleation and growth mechanisms of nanoparticles produced through molten salt...
The Illinois Institute of Technology will receive $324,817 under a four-year Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences. The grant funds a collaborative research effort titled "Microstructure by Design: Integrating Grain Growth Experiments, Data Analytics, Simulation, and Theory" from September 2021 through August 2025. The project aims to advance fundamental understanding and control of microstructure evolution during materials processing through an integrated experimental and computational approach. Researchers will conduct grain growth experiments on nickel-based superalloys, applying data analytics techniques to extract quantitative microstructure data from images. Computational modeling and simulation will be used to interpret experimental results and develop new theories of grain boundary dynamics. The work supports the goals of the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increased knowledge and understanding of major problems in these fields. Integration of experimental data and computational modeling has potential to enable design of materials with tailored microstructures for improved performance in high-temperature applications.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $25.0k | 8/8/22 | ||
| Not listed | $299.8k | 8/23/21 |