Project Grant 2215742
- This Project Grant award of $180,000 from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems will fund research at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University from July 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022. The research aims to unravel the spatiotemporal dynamics of three-phase contact lines on soft surfaces using transmission X-ray microscopy. This work aligns with the goals of the NSF Directorate for Engineering to foster...
- The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) received a two-year, $200,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems to develop nanoplasmonic mesh-based biosensors for in situ spatiotemporal monitoring of biofilm activities. The goal is to incorporate uniform nanoplasmonic hotspot arrays within microbial biofilms to enable real-time, spatially-resolved surface-enhanced Raman...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems Project Grant, under the Engineering (47.041) program, provides $354,541 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) from August 15, 2023 to July 31, 2026. The funding supports research into using multi-frequency ultrasound wave fields to organize and orient particles dispersed in a fluid medium into specific, non-periodic patterns. The research aims to...
- This $224,493 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports fundamental research to understand the physical mechanisms of material removal in a novel manufacturing process called magnetically enhanced laser-induced plasma (M-ELIP) micromachining. The research team from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) will characterize material removal and defect formation, develop physics-based models to predict...
- The National Science Foundation awarded Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University a $417,779 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop an atomic-scale understanding of thin film growth on van der Waals surfaces. The university will use in situ variable-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy experiments to test the hypothesis that adatom mobility and well-defined crystallographic orientation relations between substrates, van der Waals...
- The University of Virginia received a three-year, $432,487 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041). Through this award, the University will conduct fundamental research on the mechanisms of laser-induced modification of nanoparticles in liquid environments. Researchers will develop an advanced computational model to investigate nanoparticle fragmentation and melting...
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) was awarded a $493,499 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems. The award will support research from December 2021 through November 2024 under the NSF Engineering (ENG) program (CFDA #47.041). Specifically, Virginia Tech will conduct experimental and computational modeling of bacteria transport and adhesion in the microvasculature....
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) was awarded a $430,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research. The grant falls under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to advance scientific knowledge and understanding in these fields. Specifically, the July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024 award will fund research into the targeted design of blocky poly(ether ether ketone) copolymers to enhance...
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) received a $480,528 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research on July 1, 2021 to support fundamental investigations into metal-organic framework redox-hopping charge transport. The award will fund research through June 30, 2024 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these scientific fields and strengthen the Nation's...
- This three-year $300,097 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research supports research at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University to develop flexible nonlinear plasmonic metasurfaces with multi-resonant enhancement capabilities. The university will elucidate structure-property relationships and determine second and third harmonic generation responses from nonlinear plasmonic metasurfaces. Additionally, the researchers will develop a scalable,...
The National Science Foundation awarded Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University a $530,376 Project Grant under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The three-year award will support the development of an optical super-resolution instrument to measure concentration profiles and diffusion dynamics at thin film interfaces with unprecedented speed and resolution. Specifically, the university will develop a RESOLFT microscopy technique adapted for studying the distribution and movement of fluorescently labeled species at solid-liquid interfaces. The instrument is designed to achieve axial resolution as high as 10 nm while observing time-evolution processes as fast as 0.25 microseconds, maintaining standard confocal lateral resolution. This will enable new insights into a wide range of scientifically and technologically important solid-liquid interface processes in fields such as materials science, surface science, electrochemistry, and polymer science. The funding will also support training opportunities for female high school students, undergraduates, and Ph.D. candidates.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 9/7/22 | ||
| Not listed | $530.4k | 8/17/22 |