Project Grant 2311078
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) project grant to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Georgia Tech) in the amount of $330,000 will support 5 years of theoretical and computational research, as well as educational and outreach activities, focused on the geometric and topological mechanics of flexible structures. The research will explore the design and characterization of flexible mechanical metamaterials, which are systems composed of...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Georgia TECH Research Corp received a $500,000 Project Grant award on June 15, 2025, from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070). The research project, scheduled for completion by May 31, 2027, focuses on developing an artificial intelligence-driven computational pipeline to streamline the design of mechanical metamaterials (MMs)....
- This $187,220 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University to establish an optimal design framework for multi-functional composite structures. Leveraging kirigami cutting principles and snap-through multi-stability, the framework will expand performance capabilities for composites in aerospace, automotive, and robotics applications. Under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which supports innovation and excellence in...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $479,255 Project Grant under its Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania, doing business as Clinical Practices Of The University Of Pennsylvania, to develop algorithms for automated design of folded robots with custom geometry and motion requirements. The goal is to simplify the complex process of designing folded mechanisms and robots by creating an end-to-end design system that can directly convert...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $415,754 to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees) to advance computational methods for accurately characterizing the mechanical behavior of critical materials. The key products and services to be delivered include: Developing a global programming "epsilon-optimal" spatial branching technique using a novel class of efficient convex underestimators. An...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation will fund the development of a level-set-based, multi-physics and multi-material topology optimization software for electric machine design. The $550,000 award, made under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program, will support work at Stony Brook University from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025. The software aims to improve electric generator and motor designs through parametric topology optimization of magnets. This will...
- This $199,996 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to develop a principled approach to the systematic design of efficient iterative algorithms for a wide variety of data-driven applications. The project at Miami University will leverage tools from both optimization and control theory, including techniques like interpolation, Lyapunov stability, and robust control synthesis, to enable the deployment of specialized and efficient...
- This three-year, $498,773 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research to bridge locally stress-constrained topology optimization and additive manufacturing. Principal Investigator Princeton University will conduct research to develop unified stress-constrained topology optimization approaches that accommodate infinite load cases and spatially varying material properties. It will also validate optimized multi-material and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Georgia Tech Research Corporation received a $340,277 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative focuses on developing a hierarchical framework to understand and optimize fracture properties in mechanical metamaterials (MMs)—engineered materials that derive their extraordinary mechanical properties from...
- This $599,885 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to develop a bio-inspired design methodology powered by AI and fractal geometries to create probabilistic mechanical fasteners for robotic assembly tasks. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year project include: Advancing pattern recognition algorithms to extract essential patterns from biological attachment mechanisms to inform the conceptual design...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $157,420 awarded in October 2022 under the Engineering (47.041) program will fund research to develop new algorithms for the automated computational design of compound machines containing multiple moving parts. Specifically, the principal investigator at Georgia Tech will create topology optimization frameworks to simultaneously design internal topologies of planar domains and optimize their connectivity to form multibody mechanisms. Finite element analysis and multibody dynamics modeling will capture rigid body motion and elastic deflection. Adjoint sensitivity analysis will derive design sensitivities powering gradient-based optimization. The designs will undergo high-fidelity simulation and experimental validation to quantify efficiency. Additionally, a graduate research assistant at the University of Illinois will co-author a journal paper on computational synthesis of a 3D wheel-and-axle mechanism. The assistant will further develop automated design capabilities and implement an analysis algorithm for optimizing airfoil mechanisms with variable contact supports.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $157.4k | 1/30/23 |
GrantNumber | Description | Subgrantee | Prime Award | Dollars Obligated | Updated At |
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AWD004458G1S | University Of Illinois | Project Grant 2311078 | $66.5k | 4/12/23 |