Project Grant 2219665
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Oakland University for the period from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2026. The project, titled "ERI: Simulation and Modeling of Polydisperse Gas-Solid Flows," aims to advance the understanding and predictive modeling of multiphase gas-solid flows, which have important applications in industrial processes and natural systems. Specifically, the research will: (1) quantify the effects of particle...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $274,290 project grant to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees) through the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to evaluate the composition, environmental stability, and export of dissolved pyrogenic organic matter in wildfire-impacted watersheds. The research aims to characterize the chemical composition of pyrogenic organic matter using optical spectroscopy and ultra-high resolution mass spectrometry. It will also assess the...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Texas Tech University is developing computational methods and machine-learning models to understand metal degradation mechanisms in water electrolysis electrocatalysts under a $613,347 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CFDA 47.041 Engineering program). The primary deliverables include predictive computational frameworks using...
- This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, supports research into developing ultra-high-strength carbon nanofibers through the process of pyrolysis. The $390,152 award, effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2028, will be carried out by the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees). The key objectives of this research project are to investigate the impact of defects, such as...
- This $370,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund research at The University of Alabama in Huntsville to improve understanding of wildfire behavior in heterogeneous fuel mixtures from July 2022 to June 2025. The research aims to identify key physical and chemical processes controlling ignition and spread of fire in mixtures of living and dead fuels through controlled experiments and computational simulations. Lasers and other...
- This $312,044 National Science Foundation project grant supports research and education activities aimed at developing improved catalysts for the methane dehydroaromatization process. Funded under the Engineering program of the NSF Directorate for Engineering, the award supports integrated experimental and theoretical work by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University to better understand catalyst performance limitations and guide the design of enhanced catalysts and processing...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Directorate (CFDA 47.041) provides $523,552 to the University of Texas at Austin to develop advanced computational models for simulating complex turbulent fluid flows. The research aims to create reliable, broadly applicable turbulence models for use in Large Eddy Simulation (LES) to enable more practical and accurate simulations across fields like aeronautics, propulsion, power generation, and wind energy. In...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $235,298 Project Grant to Texas Tech University on August 1, 2021 for a viability study on interfacial spectroscopy. The grant is part of NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through engineering research and education. Funds will support Texas Tech in conducting research through July 31, 2023 to determine the...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Texas Tech University received a $316,536 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (Engineering program, CFDA 47.041) for the period April 1, 2026 through February 29, 2028. This project advances fundamental science in integrating carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and conversion into a single unit membrane-based process. The primary deliverable...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Texas Tech University received a $236,075 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), with performance commencing December 1, 2025 and concluding November 30, 2026. This collaborative research project, led by researchers Casey O'Brien and William Schneider, delivers fundamental scientific research and educational services focused on clarifying the mechanisms by...
The National Science Foundation awarded $333,707 under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Texas Tech University from January 2022 through August 2023. The project aims to characterize the physicochemical evolution of biomass particles during fast pyrolysis using high-resolution simulation. Researchers will conduct advanced simulations of biomass fast pyrolysis to derive submodels for engineering codes. A novel simulation approach combining multiple modeling techniques will describe biomass particle physicochemical changes. Computational results will validate experimental data. The simulations will address scientific gaps in understanding particle behaviors and interactions during pyrolysis, with results informing drag coefficient models. Additionally, the project includes engaging K-12 science teachers in the research to promote renewable energy education. The open-source code developed could aid further numerical study of solid particle pyrolysis.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $333.7k | 2/23/22 |