Project Grant 2327094
Award Date
1/1/24
Completion Date
12/31/26
Dollars Obligated
$709K
Federal Agency
Division of Materials Research
Federal Grant Program
47.049
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Ithaca, NY, USA
Similar Awards
This $294,603 National Science Foundation project grant supports research and education activities related to dense suspensions. Specifically, the awardee will conduct collaborative research on the statistical mechanics and scaling theory of dense suspensions like cornstarch mixtures. Using simulations and experimental data analysis, the researchers will explore dynamical correlations, discontinuities in shear thickening and shear jamming transitions, and develop a continuum description of...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, provided under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program, seeks to develop an improved understanding of the behavior and flow properties of dense suspensions. The $273,720 award to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) will leverage computational simulations and mathematical network analysis techniques, such as persistent homology and k-core analysis, to characterize the...
This $269,703 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems supports research and education on dense suspensions under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). Specifically, the awardee Brandeis University will conduct collaborative research from February 1, 2023 to January 31, 2026 to develop understanding of microscopic correlations and macroscopic behavior in dense, shear-thickening suspensions. Using...
This three-year, $475,603 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund the development of experimental, theoretical, and computational methods to predict the behavior of dense suspensions of frictionless particles, such as those found in landslides, mudslides, and underwater avalanches. Specifically, the awardee Cornell University will use advanced microscopy, rheology,...
This $308,031 three-year Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research on the nonlinear electrohydrodynamics of motile particles in confinement. The project aims to develop mathematical models, analytical solutions, and computational methods to understand the behavior of micron-sized colloidal particles driven to rotate or roll by electric fields between two planar electrodes. The research integrates...
This $691,996 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will fund research at Georgetown University into rheology and particle dynamics in colloidal gels. The researchers will use novel fluorescent particles and high-speed confocal microscopy combined with rheology to observe the rotational dynamics and arrest states of individual particles as interparticle interactions are increased. They will leverage this data to address...
This $369,850 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research by the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) to develop a fundamental understanding of the properties and dynamics of dense suspensions. The 3-year project aims to characterize the contact networks formed in dense suspensions undergoing discontinuous shear thickening, using computational simulation tools and mathematical network analysis...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) provides $292,686.00 to Brandeis University to model and simulate the fluid dynamics of suspensions in confined geometries. The project aims to study the behavior of fluids containing suspended elastic objects, such as red blood cells and platelets, and how their interactions with boundaries affect their distribution and flow. The research will involve developing a hierarchy of...
This Project Grant award of $125,112, effective June 1, 2025 through May 31, 2030, was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The award will support research at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) to investigate how soft particles, such as those found in the food industry, pharmaceuticals, and natural environments, flow or become trapped in porous media like filters, tissue, and soil. The project will use...
This $371,708 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports fundamental research at Cornell University to develop heuristic rules for enhancing the stability and kinetic accessibility of nanoparticle superlattices. The research aims to formulate and test molecular-simulation based heuristics to predict the correlation between nanoparticle interactions and their self-assembly into target superlattice structures, including for...