The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) a $461,594 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA #47.049) program. The 3-year grant, running from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027, will support research to advance the understanding of polymer gels, an important class of materials used in a variety of health, industrial, and defense applications. The project aims to correlate spatiotemporal fluctuations of individual polymer...
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) was awarded a $281,321 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to conduct collaborative research on correlated states in twisted hetero-bilayer transition metal dichalcogenides. The award was made under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which supports progress in these scientific fields and strengthens the nation's scientific enterprise through increased knowledge and understanding of major problems. Over a...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) a $425,174 Project Grant under its Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The grant, awarded on September 1, 2023 with a completion date of August 31, 2026, funds RPI's research project titled "Chiral Strain Engineering of Polar Semiconductors." The project aims to utilize elastic strain to transform non-chiral semiconductors into chiral phases that possess topological chiral...
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) received a $304,084 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on September 1, 2021 to complete the project by August 31, 2022. The award supports RPI's acquisition of a single crystal x-ray diffractometer for research, education, and regional use under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to promote progress in these fields and strengthen the nation's scientific...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Engineering Education and Centers awarded Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) a $499,425 Project Grant under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program. The 4-year grant, awarded on August 1, 2023, will support the integration of interdisciplinary curriculum and collaborative teaching methods across RPI's Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering (MANE) department. Key objectives include transforming the department's teaching culture,...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $302,485 project grant to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for collaborative research titled "Mechanics of Hybrid Random Fiber Networks." The award period is from June 1, 2021 through May 31, 2024. The grant is being administered under the NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which aims to improve quality of life and economic strength through fostering innovation and excellence in engineering research and education. The funding will support...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems Project Grant, CFDA 47.041, provides $452,847 to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) for research on protein behavior in microgravity environments. The funding will enable RPI to develop predictive models for how protein solutions flow and undergo structural changes in the absence of solid surfaces, to further fundamental science and industrial applications like pharmaceutical...
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) received a three-year $129,939 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The grant funds collaborative research between RPI and other institutions to compare computer simulations of gas clouds falling into a galaxy with new observations of clouds near the Milky Way galaxy. The goal is to determine if the clouds grow as fuel for star...
This $125,112 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) will support research by the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) to investigate the flow, transport, and clogging behavior of soft particles in porous media. The 5-year project will use microscopy and microfluidic techniques to quantify how particle elasticity, deformability, and porous medium structure influence the transition...
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will develop multilayered inorganic nanocomposites for novel applications under a $627,998 National Science Foundation project grant awarded September 1, 2021. The Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation is supporting the three-year "BRITE RELAUNCH: Manufacturing Multilayers of Molecularly-Bonded Inorganic Nanointerfaces for Accessing and Tuning Novel Properties" project through the Engineering (47.041) program. The Engineering...