Project Grant 2137749
- Rowan University received a $278,068 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation to conduct research investigations of density-graded auxetic foams at multiple scales from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2024. The award is funded through the NSF Directorate for Engineering's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through fostering innovation and excellence in engineering...
- This $236,309 National Science Foundation project grant supports fundamental research at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University to develop a novel approach for harnessing three-dimensional multi-stability induced by origami folding to engineer multi-functional material systems. The one-year project beginning July 15, 2022 aims to transform the ancient art of origami into a theoretical framework for designing materials with unprecedented functions through the NSF Engineering...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation has awarded Princeton University $549,494 under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for a three-year project running from September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. This fundamental research grant supports the development of reconfigurable origami-based assemblies integrated with optical metamaterials to enable advanced radiant heat control in building thermoregulation. The research will...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a $250,338 Project Grant to Syracuse University in Syracuse, NY. The grant, which runs from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026, will fund research to enable the adaptive steering of acoustic waves through engineered or biological structures. The research aims to characterize flexural wave propagation on thin, curved shells and determine how shape-morphing shell geometries can be used to...
- This $455,488 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of origami-patterned silicone elastomer mechanoreceptors for fast, reconfigurable, and soft deformation sensing through Northeastern University from October 2021 to March 2024. The goal is to investigate whether soft material origami can demonstrate advantageous mechanical properties for selective or multimodal strain, pressure, and curvature sensing. Researchers will model and characterize origami-patterned...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a $399,662 Project Grant to The Regents of the University of Colorado, doing business as the University of Colorado Office of Contracts and Grants Division, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The grant will fund research to enable the adaptive steering of acoustic waves through engineered or biological structures, with applications including the control of structure-borne noise,...
- This $478,823 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), supports foundational research to create intelligent structures and materials with multi-faceted mechanical intelligence (mechano-intelligence). The objective is to leverage multi-functional origami as a mechanical neural network to develop self-aware, autonomous engineering systems capable of perceiving, memorizing, and making decisions about their environment....
- This $375,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports collaborative research at Trustees of Boston University on wave engineering using hierarchical nanostructured dynamical systems. The research aims to advance the understanding of sound wave propagation in tailored two-dimensional mediums composed of a periodic array of nanoscale cavities with single-atom-thick membranes. The project will explore how these nanostructures...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering awarded a $399,988 Project Grant to Gordon College to study the propagation of sound waves in nanostructured materials. The project, titled "Collaborative Research: RUI: Wave Engineering in 2D using Hierarchical Nanostructured Dynamical Systems," will develop a tailored two-dimensional medium consisting of a periodic array of nanoscale cavities with single-atom-thick membranes. By vibrating these membranes, the...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a $350,000 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the Regents of the University of Minnesota, Office of Sponsored Projects Administration. This 3-year grant will fund fundamental research on the remote and contactless actuation of objects using acoustic waves and engineered metasurface structures. The technical objective is to develop bidirectional models that map...
Rowan University received a $199,999 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation on February 1, 2022 to support research exploring dynamic origami for controlling acoustic waves under the NSF Engineering (ENG) program. The award provides two years of funding through January 31, 2024 for research exploiting origami techniques to develop reconfigurable and versatile control of acoustic waves. The NSF ENG program seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength by fostering innovation and excellence in engineering research and education. This award supports those goals by furthering understanding of origami-based design approaches that could enable new capabilities for controlling sound propagation and transmission through engineered structures.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $200.0k | 1/13/22 |