The National Science Foundation awarded Northeastern University a $339,246 project grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of February 1, 2022 through January 31, 2025. The grant will support research into "Mesoscale Photomechanical Coupling in Photoactive Liquid Crystal Elastomers" at Northeastern University's campus in Boston, Massachusetts. Specifically, the grant funding will enable investigation into the interactions between light, molecular structure, and...
The Ohio State University received a $358,360 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The University will conduct fundamental research to develop a new inkjet printing method using impact-induced ink release from a liquid crystal receiving substrate. This has the potential to expand the range of printable materials to include advanced technologies like organic...
Northeastern University was awarded a $765,688 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research. The grant is part of the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DMREF: RHEOSTRUCTURALLY-INFORMED NEURAL NETWORKS FOR GEOPOLYMER MATERIAL DESIGN. Through this funding, Northeastern University will deliver research from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2025 to develop rheostructurally-informed neural networks for geopolymer material...
Northeastern University was awarded a $299,987 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The grant will support research from September 2021 through August 2024 related to "Sparse Sensing, Actuation, and Communication in Complex Networks." As the NSF Directorate for Engineering seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through innovative engineering...
Northeastern University was awarded a $398,495 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The grant will fund the development of a microfluidic device capable of sorting effective T cells from ineffective T cells for use in cell therapy products. The project aims to improve the biomanufacturing process for engineering immune cell therapies, with a focus on...
The National Science Foundation awarded Northeastern University a $233,204 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of February 15, 2021 through January 31, 2024. The grant funds collaborative research to control information processing and learning in neuronal networks through light-mediated programming of genomic networks. The Engineering program seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength by fostering innovation and excellence in engineering...
The National Science Foundation awarded $171,218 under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York for a project titled "Understanding the Dynamic and Thermal Behaviors of Colloidal Droplets Toward a Novel Freezing-Based Inkjet Printing Concept." The objectives of the project are to characterize the dynamic behaviors and thermal evolutions of colloidal droplets during impact, deformation, and freezing processes under...
Drexel University was awarded a $305,969 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) federal grant program. The grant will fund Drexel University's "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: INTERFACIAL PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION (IPP): A METHOD FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION DIGITAL PRINTING OF THERMOPLASTICS" project from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The project aims to develop a new interfacial...
The National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded Northeastern University a $415,000 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. The grant funds the CMMI-EPSRC: MULTI-DRIVER FURNACE PROCESSING OF MAGNETO-FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS project. This project supports Northeastern University's research into multi-driver furnace processing techniques for magneto-functional materials. The Engineering...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $436,945 to the University of Houston System to conduct research on laser-induced bubble dynamics and the mechanisms driving hydrogel jet formation in laser-assisted printing processes. The goal is to integrate experimental and numerical methods to elucidate the complex, multiscale dynamics of these phenomena, which are critical for advancing 3D printing technologies for soft...