The University of Delaware received a three-year, $390,198 National Science Foundation project grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct collaborative research on the experimental and numerical study of bed shear stress and turbulent boundary layer structure induced by breaking-wave-generated vortices. The research is intended to strengthen fundamental knowledge and understanding of integrated Earth system processes through basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean...
The University of Delaware received a $497,107 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on March 1, 2021 to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: WIND TURBULENCE OVER SHOALING SURFACE WAVES AND THEIR IMPACT ON AIR-SEA FLUXES." The research is being conducted under the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which aims to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. Specifically, the...
The University of Delaware was awarded a $298,034 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences. The grant is part of the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) and will support research examining the Zonal Overturning Circulation. Over a three-year period from September 2021 through August 2024, the University of Delaware will conduct basic research to further understanding of the integrated Earth system and atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences as outlined...
The National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences awarded a $574,550 Project Grant to the University of Delaware under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) for the period March 1, 2022 through February 28, 2025. The award will support research examining the Lagrangian transport and patchiness of buoyant material in estuarine systems through an integrated program employing conceptual models, observations, and simulations. Key objectives include assessing and advancing...
The University of Delaware was awarded a $192,648 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences. The grant falls under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system. Through this funding, the University will conduct collaborative research from July 2021 to June 2023 exploring the importance of the subtropical gyre and North Atlantic Current in past periods of interglacial warmth. The...
The University of Delaware received a $249,888 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation to conduct research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: HYBRID FLOW-SEDIMENT-STRUCTURE INTERACTION ANALYSIS OF EXTREME SCOUR DUE TO COASTAL FLOODING." The award period is from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024. The research is funded under the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which aims to...
This $654,897 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), will fund collaborative research on swash zone dynamics driven by obliquely incident waves. The University of Delaware will lead laboratory experiments, theoretical analysis, and numerical simulations to expand understanding of three-dimensional flow and sediment transport patterns in the swash zone under a range of wave conditions and angles of incidence....
The University of Delaware received a $105,485 project grant award from the National Science Foundation on March 15, 2021 to support research activities concluding on July 31, 2022. The funding supports the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which aims to strengthen fundamental knowledge and understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. Specifically, the award will support the RV Sharp Swallow SSSE project. This likely refers...
This $477,707 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will fund a research project at the University of Delaware to investigate the impacts of wave-driven Langmuir turbulence on estuarine circulation. The project will employ a high-resolution, turbulence-resolving simulation framework with realistic bathymetry and density stratification to analyze the effects of Langmuir turbulence on estuarine transport processes and dynamics. The research...
The University of Delaware was awarded a $516,429 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will fund the University's Summer REU Program in Marine Science from April 2021 through March 2024. As part of the Geosciences program's goal of expanding knowledge of the integrated Earth system through basic research, the University will deliver research experiences for undergraduate students in...