This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $499,993 to the University of Massachusetts to investigate fluid-structure interactions (FSI) between flexible structures and inertial-viscoelastic flow. The goal is to conduct numerical simulations and synergistic experiments to understand the influence of viscoelasticity on the dynamics of flexible structures like flags, sheets, and cantilevered beams in high-Reynolds number flows....
The National Science Foundation awarded a $210,000 Project Grant to the University of California, Santa Barbara under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to analyze deformation, buckling, and fracture of materials from composite materials to thin domains. The three-year award beginning August 1, 2022 will support research and training to develop new tools for obtaining mathematically rigorous thin structure theories depending on geometric parameters of structures. The...
This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research to advance fundamental knowledge and enable transformative technological solutions inspired by the dynamic functions of irregular structural patterns found in nature. The $668,788 award, effective June 15, 2025 through May 31, 2030, aims to develop engineering models and applications that can replicate the distinctive dynamics of irregular patterns observed in biological...
The University of Maryland, College Park will receive $340,000 from the National Science Foundation under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct research on the regularity and stability analysis of free-boundary problems in fluid dynamics from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025. The project focuses on mathematical models commonly used in fluid dynamics applications involving dynamic, evolving boundaries between fluid domains. The university researchers will study...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $300,000.00 to the University of Maryland, College Park to advance research across three classes of nonlinear partial differential equations. The project aims to study emergent phenomena, conservation laws, and the pressure-less early universe model in multiple spatial dimensions. Key focus areas include Euler alignment, nonlinear conservation laws, and the...
This three-year National Science Foundation Project Grant of $197,999 supports research and education activities at Worcester Polytechnic Institute under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The award will fund the development of novel mathematical methods to analyze partial differential equations describing singularities in continuum mechanics and materials science systems. The principal investigator will extend differential inclusion theory on rigidity and flexibility,...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded a $199,961 Project Grant to the University of Maryland, College Park to support research on the long-term influence of small perturbations on various systems. This research, conducted under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), will investigate metastable behavior and transitions between near-equilibrium states in fields such as molecular dynamics, genetic mutations, and economic models....
The University of Pittsburgh was awarded a $299,792 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to address two fundamental problems in liquid-solid interaction. Specifically, the University will investigate vibration-induced motion of rigid bodies in viscous liquids produced by time-periodic mass displacement, as well as the effect of flow-induced oscillations on spring-mounted structures. Both projects fall under non-linear...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $150,000 to Auburn University will fund a research project titled "Three-Dimensional Geometry Effects on Flow-Induced Vibrations". The project aims to apply novel numerical simulation methods to study the complex three-dimensional geometry effects on flow-induced vibrations, which are critical for designing stable engineering structures like buildings, bridges, and offshore platforms, as...
This $112,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), will fund collaborative research between teams of U.S. and U.K. mathematicians. The research aims to develop innovative mathematical methods for analyzing the stability of nonlinear partial differential equations across scales, with a focus on four key objectives: stability of shock wave patterns including shock...