Project Grant 2346687
- The University of Tennessee received a $285,243 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to conduct collaborative research on sloshing liquid decontamination of compliant surfaces. The primary objective is to provide a deep understanding of how surface motion impacts the movement and ejection of liquid contaminants, especially for flexible surfaces like those found on flapping-wing robots. This tightly integrated experimental,...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $500,000 project grant to Florida State University (FSU) for the "Locomotion Dynamics in Yield Stress Fluids" research project. The award will run from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028. The project aims to combine innovative experiments using a helical corkscrew and self-propelled robotic swimmer with advanced 3D simulations to uncover the physical principles governing locomotion in gel-like...
- This $250,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund research to investigate the motion and self-propulsion of "Marangoni surfers" on spherical liquid interfaces, such as levitating water droplets in microgravity aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The primary objective is to establish a computational-experimental framework to study the complex interactions between active particle motion,...
- This $230,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to advance the understanding of how soft, deformable particles such as oil droplets and cells move through complex environments. The Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) at the City College campus is leading this collaborative research project, which combines carefully designed experiments with advanced computer simulations. The goal is to develop...
- 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....
- This $220,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to advance the understanding of how soft, deformable particles, such as oil droplets and cells, move through complex environments consisting of narrow constrictions and obstacles. The award to Emory University will systematically investigate the flow of bubbles and droplets through obstacle arrays, studying the effects of particle surface tension, obstacle density, size, and...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $335,976 Project Grant under the Engineering CFDA Program (47.041) to the Regents of the University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside) for a 3-year period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026. This grant will fund research to investigate the dynamics of particulate suspensions confined by flexible elastic membranes, which are common in biological micro-scale environments. The project aims to develop a fundamental understanding of the...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $584,946 to Northeastern University to develop an experimental platform that combines advanced diagnostic techniques to probe the detailed dynamics of complex fluid droplet impacts on surfaces. The goal is to generate a systematic understanding of the coupling between complex fluid properties and flow behavior during droplet impact. The award period runs from May 1, 2025 to April...
- The University of Massachusetts, through its Office of Grant & Contract Administration, received a $415,457 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) to develop a novel manufacturing method for creating super-repellent surfaces with high mechanical resilience. The research aims to address the inherent conflict between the geometric requirements for strong liquid repellency and mechanical robustness by using a hybrid approach with soft...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $225,000 to Villanova University to conduct collaborative research on self-regulating artificial cilia arrays for precise fluid and particle manipulation. The research aims to develop soft, motile filaments that can autonomously adjust their movement to control fluids and suspended particles in three dimensions, with applications in medical diagnostics, environmental monitoring, and...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program grant, with the CFDA number 47.041, is funding a $240,549 collaborative research project led by the University of Central Florida (UCF) to investigate the decontamination of flexible surfaces using sloshing liquid vibrations. The project aims to provide a deep understanding of how surface motion impacts the movement and ejection of liquid contaminants, with the goal of developing autonomous cleaning and drying strategies for applications such as flapping-wing robots and other surfaces vulnerable to chemicals, moisture, and biofilms. The project utilizes a tightly integrated experimental, theoretical, and numerical approach to characterize the highly coupled fluid-structure interactions involved in these processes. The research will be conducted at UCF's facilities from February 2024 through January 2027, with no planned subawards.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $240.5k | 1/23/24 |