The National Science Foundation awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to the University of Missouri at Kansas City under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2025. The grant funding will support research investigating reconfigurable highly-ordered microlayers between liquid interfaces through surfactant self-assembly systems. Specifically, the university researchers will study spontaneous emulsification mechanisms to control kinetic rates, tune...
The University of Michigan was awarded a three-year $650,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041). The grant will support research exploring in situ nanoparticle synthesis and redistribution during solidification of metal matrix nanocomposites. Specifically, the University of Michigan will conduct experiments and analysis to better understand how nanoparticles...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $780,126 Project Grant to the University of Missouri System under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025. The grant funds research at Missouri University of Science and Technology to develop nanostructured austenitic steels with enhanced phase stability during radiation exposure. The research objectives are to study irradiation-induced defects, solution redistribution and phase instability...
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...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $397,209 Project Grant to the University of Missouri System through the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop a mechanistic understanding of oriented attachment crystallization processes for lead-halide perovskite nanocrystals. Over a three-year period from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025, the University of Missouri will conduct research to control defects, morphology, and dimensionality during the oriented attachment of lead-halide...
This $600,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund collaborative research between the University of South Florida and Princeton University from July 2022 to June 2025. The research aims to establish a predictive theoretical understanding of nanoscale gradients in rheological response at interfaces in glass-forming fluids. Specifically, the grant will support experiments to observe fluid flow and deformation at the nanometer scale,...
The University of Michigan received a $249,871 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041). The grant will support the "PFI-TT: MAKING U.S. ALUMINUM EXTRUSION MANUFACTURERS GREENER AND MORE PRODUCTIVE THROUGH TOOLING AND SOFTWARE INNOVATIONS" project from July 2021 through June 2023. The project aims to develop tooling and software innovations to make U.S. aluminum extrusion...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $341,895 to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for research into electro-tunable and curvature-dependent friction at nanoscale contacts lubricated by ionic liquids. The research will integrate atomic force microscopy experiments and molecular modeling to investigate how friction can be tuned using electrical potential between dielectric and conducting surfaces lubricated by ionic...
The University of Missouri System was awarded a three-year $157,956 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant supports collaborative research to develop mathematical models and numerical algorithms for dendritic solidification processes in two-phase multi-component alloys during solidification in the mushy zone. The research team, consisting of three principal investigators from three institutions, aims to:...
This $226,451 NSF Engineering (CFDA 47.041) award to the University of Missouri System supports collaborative research to develop efficient non-noble metal intermetallic compound (IMC) based catalysts for the ammonia-assisted reforming (ammoreforming) of light alkanes. The project aims to understand the relationships between the IMC catalyst composition, structure, and surface properties and their impacts on the catalytic performance of ethane ammoreforming. Key focus areas include investigating...
The National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded $447,198 under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program to the University of Missouri System for the project "Investigation of High-Speed Face Milling of Difficult-to-Cut Materials with Minimum Quantity Lubrication Using High Oleic Soybean Oil-Based Nanofluids" from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025.
The award supports research at the Missouri University of Science & Technology to develop more sustainable and eco-friendly machining methods for difficult-to-cut materials like Inconel 718 that are used in aerospace and automotive industries. Researchers will investigate alternative cooling and lubrication strategies using a minimum quantity lubrication approach with soybean oil-based nanofluids containing different nanoparticles. They will evaluate the properties of the nanofluids and their performance for machining applications, establish a mechanistic cutting force prediction model, and transfer research outcomes to industry partners to facilitate implementation. The project aims to reduce issues with conventional machining coolants like high consumption and disposal costs.