The University of Illinois was awarded a $250,542 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems to conduct research on the dynamics and stability of multi-component lipid vesicles in flow. The grant falls under the NSF Directorate for Engineering's Engineering program (CFDA #47.041), which supports research and education to improve engineering. The University will use the funding over a two-year period ending...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) project grant award of $410,420 to the University of Illinois will create new experimental capabilities and conduct research to study the behavior of accelerating and decelerating turbulent boundary layer flows, which are critical to the performance of large vehicles in gusty or wavy conditions. The 5-year project will quantify the thresholds, hysteresis, and recovery of these accelerating boundary layer flows, advancing the...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $415,098 Project Grant to the University of Illinois under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041). The grant will support research from February 2022 to January 2027 related to climate-driven risks to the urban environment through hybrid modeling and adaptation strategies. Specifically, the University of Illinois will utilize hybrid modeling approaches to better understand climate change impacts on urban areas and identify strategies for...
The University of Illinois received a three-year, $299,463 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The University will conduct research to develop optimized structurally heterogeneous wing designs for flapping-wing micro-air vehicles through high-fidelity fluid-structure interaction simulations and adjoint-based optimization. This work aims to determine wing...
The University of Illinois was awarded a $500,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems. The grant is part of NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to improve quality of life and economic strength through engineering research and education. The five-year project grant, awarded March 1, 2021, will support research at the University of Illinois exploring the interplay between control theory and machine learning. The university...
The University of Illinois was awarded a $330,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences to support research related to hydrodynamics of collective phenomena and applications under the agency's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The three-year award, issued June 1, 2021 with a completion date of May 31, 2024, will fund research exploring major problems confronting the Nation through advancing the store of scientific knowledge...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $456,872 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Illinois to conduct research on the role of complex fluids in the flow and instabilities of particle-laden liquids. The project aims to improve the understanding of particle behavior and flow characteristics in complex fluid environments, with applications in areas such as microfluidic devices, inkjet printing, and enhanced oil recovery. The research combines...
The University of Illinois, doing business as The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, received a $280,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) Federal Grant Program. The funding will support a 3-year research project titled "Hydrodynamic Theory of Environmental Averaging and Self-Organization" which aims to analyze hydrodynamic collective models in order...
The University of Illinois was awarded a $528,406 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2026. The grant funds a research study combining experimental and theoretical approaches to examine human interactions with automated vehicles. As part of its mission to improve engineering research and education, the NSF Engineering program supports innovation through grants like this that investigate...
The University of Illinois was awarded a $392,408 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation to develop switching control techniques with minimal data from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2024. The grant is part of NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through engineering research and education. Specifically, the University will research switching control methods that...