Project Grant 2440020
- This federal Project Grant award of $197,785.00 was provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The grant will fund a 2-year research project at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey to investigate the dynamics and rupture of liquid bridges between particles under extension, shear, and vibration using lattice Boltzmann simulations. The research...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $190,402 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. This collaborative research project develops a novel adaptive data collection framework to enable reliable data collection under severe time and resource constraints for automated post-disaster rapid damage assessment. The system leverages a Bayesian probabilistic modeling approach to dynamically...
- This $718,336 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support research at William Marsh Rice University to develop a new mathematical understanding of friction within jointed structures. The primary goal is to test the hypothesis that a hysteretic manifold can accurately represent the frictional interactions within an interface, enabling more accurate predictive models for large structures with frictional interfaces like...
- The Trustees of Stevens Institute of Technology received a $102,100 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041). The award will fund research from July 2023 through June 2026 to develop diverse fairness measures and optimization models to evaluate fairness in emerging infrastructure systems with high operational dynamics. Specific objectives include creating a novel framework using multi-level utility functions and a social...
- This $457,384 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of a new computational framework for stochastic analysis of quasibrittle damage and fracture through 2025. Funded under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), key products include a mechanism-based model for mapping random fields of material properties onto finite elements to resolve mesh dependence issues in stochastic finite element simulations of quasibrittle structures. Validation will utilize experimental...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $404,889 to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to develop new computational methods for accurately and efficiently analyzing the dynamic behavior of complex structural systems, such as buildings and bridges, in the presence of uncertainties. The research aims to create a novel solution methodology that combines high accuracy with computational efficiency, enabling...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award to Northeastern University totaling $531,056 will fund research to advance the fundamental mechanics of frictional mechanical metamaterials (FMMs). The objective is to develop new concepts, methodologies, and tools to leverage FMMs for applications in areas such as protective materials, energy materials, soft robotics, and seismic engineering. The project will make contributions across theoretical,...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $559,998 awarded under the Engineering (47.041) program will fund research at the New Jersey Institute of Technology to understand and quantify seismic performance for the design of reinforced concrete structures using highly ductile fiber-reinforced cementitious composites (HPFRCCs). Beginning August 1, 2022 through July 31, 2027, the awardee will integrate physical experimentation, computational modeling, and risk assessment to develop new...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $150,000 EAGER/Collaborative Research grant to New York University (NYU) under the NSF Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041). The project will support research at the intersection of structural mechanics and network theory, exploring "switching structures" - load-bearing systems with dynamically switchable components. The objective is to establish a network-theoretic framework to study the stability and response of these structures, with...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $399,915 in funding to the University of California, Davis from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2028. The goal of this research is to develop a novel scientific formulation that integrates fracture mechanics with an enriched frame element formulation, resulting in a method that can accurately simulate the initiation and propagation of fracture and fatigue in steel structures. This research...
This $552,291 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research at the Stevens Institute of Technology to develop a novel equality-based framework for modeling and analyzing the vibrations of large-scale structural systems with nonlinearities from friction and contact. The research aims to provide new mathematical tools and computational methods to more accurately simulate the complex dynamic behavior of engineering structures with frictional contact, enabling safer and more efficient designs. The project outcomes are expected to benefit multiple industries and support national goals related to economic prosperity, energy efficiency, and security. The research also supports student training and outreach activities to introduce engineering topics to high school students.
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