This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CFDA 47.041 - Engineering) supports a $320,155 research project at Purdue University to investigate the complex flow and transport processes within microvascular networks and their impact on vascular remodeling. The key objectives are to develop a novel computational model integrated with high-resolution imaging data to gain fundamental understanding...
The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET), awarded a $451,093 Project Grant to the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) to investigate the interactions between flexible nanofilaments and biological cell membranes. The research aims to understand the mechanisms by which these nanofilaments adhere to and induce deformation in human and animal cells, leading to the organization and self-assembly of the...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $437,038 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Massachusetts (UMass) to develop a technology for targeted electrical stimulation of endothelial cells lining blood vessels. The objective is to modulate endothelial cell function to enhance drug delivery to tumors and improve treatment outcomes for cancer patients. The 5-year project will study pulsed electric field waveforms that can selectively alter...
This $500,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will support the University of Notre Dame's research exploring the differentiation of stem cells into patterned blood vessel networks using hybrid memristor technology. Over a four-year period from October 2022 to September 2026, the University will engineer the first autonomous hybrid memory resistor and cell culture device to control human pluripotent stem cell differentiation into...
The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees received a five-year, $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation to support research titled "CAREER: ELUCIDATION OF THE PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES THE GOVERN ENDOTHELIAL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION." The award was issued on March 1, 2021 under the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). Through this funding, researchers at the University of Central Florida's Office of Research will investigate the...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $266,856 Project Grant to the San Diego State University Research Foundation under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of May 1, 2024 to April 30, 2027. The grant aims to investigate the relationship between acoustically generated force fields, deformable vessel wall mechanics, and bubble oscillation dynamics to understand how microbubble clusters can be used to navigate through blood vessels. The research team will...
The National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a $299,990 Project Grant to Worcester Polytechnic Institute to investigate how tissue stiffness and fluid flow coordinate to regulate lymphatic capillary growth and function. This two-year award, issued on February 1, 2022 with a completion date of January 31, 2024, falls under the NSF Directorate for Engineering's CFDA #47.041 Engineering program. The program seeks to improve quality of life...
This $430,660 National Science Foundation project grant funds research at California State University Long Beach from June 2022 to May 2027 to develop vascularized engineered cardiac fibrosis models. The NSF Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems award under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports investigating vascular repair mechanisms in damaged cardiac fibrotic tissue. The researcher aims to 1) engineer well-defined cardiac fibrosis models...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant in the amount of $274,811 awarded to Anova Biomedical, Inc. in Ithaca, NY aims to develop a novel 3D printing resin for the production of personalized, elastic, and bioresorbable vascular grafts. The key objectives of this 1-year award are to: 1) develop, characterize, and optimize the 3D printing resin; 2) demonstrate the ability to 3D print personalized vascular grafts using patient CT...
This $506,803 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research to develop multiscale computational models for predicting thrombus (blood clot) formation and its response to external loads. The award to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY) aims to advance understanding of clot growth and rupture under different blood flow conditions. The research will integrate experimental validation using 3D...