Project Grant 2401013
- The National Science Foundation awarded The Johns Hopkins University a $338,056 project grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of June 1, 2021 to May 31, 2024. The grant will support research to systematically characterize the dynamics of floating wind turbine arrays through collaborative work. Specifically, the university will empower next generation offshore wind farms by conducting research to better understand floating wind turbine array dynamics. This...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award to Portland State University (PSU) totaling $330,669 will develop and apply novel computational and experimental tools to study complex fluid dynamics interactions between floating wind turbine wakes, prevailing winds, and ocean waves. Key goals include: (i) Developing improved surface flux parameterizations for large eddy simulations (LES) of the marine boundary layer above ocean waves, using a...
- This $999,978 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Lehigh University will advance the development and demonstration of efficient, resilient, and cost-effective floating offshore wind turbine systems. The key activities include: Creating new concepts for reducing floating offshore wind turbine platform motions using innovations like tuned-mass dampers and bio-inspired oscillating hydrofoil hydrokinetic turbines that can...
- This $199,355 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research at the University of Massachusetts Boston to address fundamental issues in integrating offshore wind energy and other marine energy systems. The key objectives are to: 1) Rigorously evaluate the impact of wake effects and farm-to-farm interactions on the efficiency of using marine space for power production, 2) Identify areas less suited for offshore wind but...
- The National Science Foundation awarded Portland State University a $388,018 project grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of June 1, 2021 through May 31, 2024. The grant funds collaborative research to systematically characterize the dynamics of floating wind turbine arrays through empirical testing and analysis. This work will empower the development of next generation offshore wind farms. As the sole awardee, Portland State University will leverage the funding to...
- This $1.5 million project grant from the National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering will fund the development of a multi-domain, multi-scale, policy-aware digital twin modeling framework for offshore wind energy infrastructure from 2023 to 2025. The primary products will be an extensible and customizable joint modeling framework to enable short, medium, and long-term modeling, learning, and assessment of offshore wind farms through the integration of measured...
- The National Science Foundation awarded New Mexico State University a $121,331 project grant under the STEM Education federal grant program (CFDA 47.076) for research initiation on uncertainty modeling, probabilistic models, and life-cycle reliability of floating offshore wind turbines. The two-year project beginning February 1, 2021 will support research and development of probabilistic modeling techniques to analyze uncertainties impacting the reliability and performance of floating offshore...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $500,419 Project Grant to the University of Puerto Rico Research and Development Center Division on May 1, 2025, for completion by April 30, 2030. This CAREER award funds research on "Coupled Air-Sea Dynamics in Offshore Wind Turbine Flows with Complex Bathymetry," conducted at the Mayagüez campus. The project will deliver computational simulations, numerical models,...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $255,999 awarded on August 15, 2022 will fund the development of a disruptive floating wind turbine platform optimized for low cost and extensive deployment through July 31, 2023. Under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084), T-Omega Wind Inc. will adapt the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's simulation software to characterize the unique motions of an innovative floating wind turbine system operating in a...
- This $634,514 National Science Foundation Engineering grant funds research at Florida Atlantic University from February 2022 to January 2027. The university will develop physics-reinforced data-driven prognostics and co-design tools to advance monitoring and design of marine hydrokinetic energy systems such as marine current turbines and wave energy converters. Researchers will address data scarcity, quality, and concept drift challenges through knowledge transfer and graph learning models...
This $399,968 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to The Johns Hopkins University supports a collaborative research effort to develop improved computational and experimental tools for studying the complex fluid dynamic interactions between floating wind turbines, winds, and ocean waves. The key objectives are to: (i) develop enhanced surface flux parameterizations for large eddy simulations of the marine boundary layer, (ii) improve laboratory experiment scaling to better represent field-scale floating wind farm physics, and (iii) generate high-quality experimental datasets to validate the new simulation approaches. The outcomes will provide better characterizations of the unsteady loads and power performance of floating wind turbines under varying wind and sea conditions, helping to advance the reliability and cost-effectiveness of offshore wind energy systems. The project also includes K-12 STEM education and public outreach activities.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $400.0k | 6/12/24 |