This $271,213 National Science Foundation award through the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program will support research at the Illinois Institute of Technology from September 2022 through August 2025. The project aims to advance understanding of boundary and interface issues in metamaterials through multi-disciplinary collaboration. Researchers will perform theoretical, computational, and experimental analysis of transition layers in acoustic and elastic metamaterials to develop devices that control...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Mathematical Sciences, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $209,000 to the University of Pittsburgh to support research investigating nonlinear waves in lattices and metamaterials from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025. The award aims to advance fundamental understanding of energy transfer phenomena associated with wave propagation in spatially discrete systems, which is important for...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award to Northeastern University totaling $531,056 will fund research to advance the fundamental mechanics of frictional mechanical metamaterials (FMMs). The objective is to develop new concepts, methodologies, and tools to leverage FMMs for applications in areas such as protective materials, energy materials, soft robotics, and seismic engineering. The project will make contributions across theoretical,...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) provides $334,027 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from February 2021 through January 2024. The funding supports research into self-adaptive electromechanical metamaterials under the NSF's Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program. The goal of this program is to improve engineering research and education to foster innovation and strengthen the national economy. Specifically, the award will allow research into...
This $601,818 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports the development of programmable materials that can control and monitor vibrations and shocks in real time at Purdue University from February 15, 2022 to January 31, 2027. The grant recipient will investigate the physics and establish a mathematical foundation governing the interplay between topology and nonlinear, time-dependent behavior in heterogeneous mechanical metamaterials....
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a Project Grant of $445,999.00 to the University of Massachusetts (UMass) through the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to conduct research on the fluid-structure interactions of ultrasoft shape-morphing membranes. The project aims to develop a deeper understanding of the complex coupling between nonlinear elasticity and turbulent fluid dynamics, with potential applications in areas like flow control, drag modulation, and energy extraction. The...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $413,695 project grant to the President and Fellows of Harvard College from June 2021 through May 2024 under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The grant supports research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: PROGRAMMING NON-LINEAR WAVES IN COMPLIANT MECHANICAL METAMATERIALS" to be conducted at the awardee's location in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Engineering program seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength by fostering...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $437,450 Project Grant to Purdue University to develop a new class of "nonlocal elastic metamaterials" that leverage intentional nonlocality as a design principle. The goal is to create programmable materials with broadband dynamic performance, tunable effective properties, and efficient reconfiguration, addressing limitations of current metamaterial technologies. This 3-year project (5/1/2024 - 4/30/2027) under NSF's Engineering...
The National Science Foundation awarded University of Maryland, College Park a $702,211 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2028. The grant funds research to develop reconfigurable dynamic metamaterials that can efficiently interact with flowing fluids through fluid-structure interactions and transition waves. The university will establish analytical and experimental foundations for flow-responsive multistable metamaterials exhibiting tunable...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, under the Federal Grant Program CFDA 47.041 (Engineering), provides $651,674 to the Trustees of Boston University to conduct fundamental research on the mechanics of elastogranular metamaterials. The research aims to understand how the interplay between localized confinement (such as cohesion, adhesion, and packing geometry) and elastic instabilities in slender structures interacting with granular matter enables the development of...