This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation provided $200,000 to Montclair State University under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The funding supports research from February 1, 2022 to January 31, 2024 for the project "ERI: HIGH-PERFORMANCE HUMAN-ROBOT COLLABORATIVE MANUFACTURING ENABLED BY INTEGRATED MULTIMODAL TEACHING, LEARNING, PREDICTION AND INTERACTION." The university will research and...
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania received a three-year $426,556 project grant from the National Science Foundation to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: LEVERAGING FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS FOR EFFICIENT CONTROL IN GEOPHYSICAL FLOWS" under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The University will conduct collaborative research from November 2021 to October 2024 leveraging fluid-structure interactions to develop more efficient control technologies for...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $499,993 to the University of Massachusetts to investigate fluid-structure interactions (FSI) between flexible structures and inertial-viscoelastic flow. The goal is to conduct numerical simulations and synergistic experiments to understand the influence of viscoelasticity on the dynamics of flexible structures like flags, sheets, and cantilevered beams in high-Reynolds number flows....
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $335,976 Project Grant under the Engineering CFDA Program (47.041) to the Regents of the University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside) for a 3-year period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026. This grant will fund research to investigate the dynamics of particulate suspensions confined by flexible elastic membranes, which are common in biological micro-scale environments. The project aims to develop a fundamental understanding of the...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Utah State University under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) from February 1, 2022 to January 31, 2024. The grant funds research to develop constitutive equations of chemo-mechanics through atomistic simulations. As part of its mission to foster innovation and excellence in engineering research, the NSF Engineering program supports fundamental research that advances understanding of engineering systems and improves the...
The University of Massachusetts received a three-year $460,733 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The grant will fund research from July 2021 through June 2024 to suppress flow-induced oscillations through the addition of viscoelasticity to fluid flow. As part of its mission to improve engineering innovation and excellence, the NSF Engineering program...
Montana State University was awarded a three-year, $351,846 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to conduct research titled "Collaborative Research: Mechanics of Structural Toughening in Sutured Composites." The goal of the research is to improve understanding of how sutures or stitches can enhance the strength and durability of composite materials. Engineering research that explores novel techniques for improving material performance...
The University of California, Merced received a $750,000 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support research titled "UNDERSTANDING THE DEFORMABILITY OF BIOLOGICAL FILAMENTS FROM THEIR ATOMISTIC LEVEL DETAILS" from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2026. The grant will fund research examining the deformability of biological filaments through analysis of their atomic structure to gain a deeper understanding of their material...
The University of Michigan will receive $350,000 in funding from the National Science Foundation under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to support research advancing engineers' ability to recognize, strategize about, and act on concerns related to public welfare from May 2021 through April 2024. Specifically, the University will conduct research projects aimed at improving how engineers are educated and trained to consider social and ethical implications of technologies in...
The University of California, Merced received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation on May 15, 2022 to support research under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The award will fund research from May 15, 2022 through April 30, 2024 to develop multi-scale models of cell-matrix mechanical interactions during endothelial cell network assembly. The Engineering program seeks to improve quality of life and...