The National Science Foundation awarded a $127,441 Project Grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University on March 15, 2021 with a completion date of August 31, 2022. 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. Under this award, Virginia Tech will conduct research to understand and leverage nonlinear effects in acoustic holograms. The Engineering program seeks to foster...
This $326,187 National Science Foundation Project Grant supports research into the complex dynamics of large spatially-extended systems with long-range interactions. Funded under the NSF Engineering Directorate's $47.041 million Engineering program, the three-year award to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University will advance understanding of nonlinear dynamics in systems of societal importance like the atmosphere, oceans, and distributed networks. Principal investigators will use...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $107,665 Project Grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University on August 1, 2021 with a completion date of November 30, 2022. The grant falls under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support research titled "CAREER: FAVORABLE OPTIMIZATION UNDER DISTRIBUTIONAL DISTORTIONS: FRAMEWORKS, ALGORITHMS, AND APPLICATIONS." The Engineering program seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength by fostering innovation and...
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems on February 1, 2022 to support research titled "CAREER: LOW-LOSS SPINTRONIC DEVICES WITH VERTICALLY ENGINEERED MAGNETS" through January 31, 2027. The award is being used to fund research under the NSF Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) to develop low-loss spintronic devices...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering grant (CFDA 47.041) provides $337,865 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027 to conduct foundational research on creating transformative structures and materials with multi-faceted "mechano-intelligence." The project aims to harness the physical reservoir computing power of multi-functional origami as a mechanical neural network, in order to enable essential...
The National Science Foundation Division of Engineering Education and Centers awarded a $251,864 Project Grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University for collaborative research titled "Extreme Thermal Transport Events in Supersonic and Hypersonic Shock Wave-Turbulence Interactions." The award period runs from May 1, 2021 through April 30, 2024. The research is being conducted under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which seeks to improve quality of life and...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $405,445 Project Grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041). The grant will support research and education activities from August 2022 through July 2027 aimed at advancing water sustainability and economic resilience through an integrated systems approach. Specifically, the university will conduct research and provide educational opportunities to better understand climate...
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) received a three-year, $113,763 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences. The grant supports research titled "PARAMETERIZATION AND REDUCTION FOR NONLINEAR STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS TO FLUID DYNAMICS" from June 1, 2021 to May 31, 2024. The grant funds research into parameterization and reduction techniques for nonlinear stochastic systems, with a focus on...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $191,434 project grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The grant is part of NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support research on non-academic career paths of master's and PhD engineers. Under the award, Virginia Tech will conduct collaborative research examining career outcomes and pathways outside of academic settings for individuals holding master's and doctoral...
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) was awarded a $480,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) for the period of February 1, 2021 through January 31, 2024. The grant will support collaborative research examining how to balance predictability and security in the design of time-sensitive cyber-physical systems (CPS). The NSF's Computer and Information Science...