Project Grant 2451985
- This federal Project Grant award of $303,117 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support collaborative research at the University of Utah to investigate the mechanics of bacterial flagella and their relevance to nanorobot propulsion. The research aims to advance fundamental understanding of how the stiffness of bacterial flagella influences swimming behaviors and turning maneuvers. This knowledge could enable improved design and control of nanorobots...
- This $265,007 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support collaborative research to advance the understanding of bacterial swimming motion. The research aims to leverage robophysical modeling techniques from robotics to realistically emulate and study the complex interplay of physical and biological factors governing bacterial motility behaviors. Key objectives include elucidating how fluid mechanical forces shape the ways...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under CFDA Program 47.041 - Engineering, in the amount of $232,786, will support collaborative research on robophysical modeling of bacterial swimming motion. The project aims to advance the understanding of how fluid mechanical forces shape the ways bacteria navigate their complex environments and interact with each other. By adopting techniques of robophysical modeling, the researchers will isolate physical effects governing...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $195,656 Project Grant under its Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Cincinnati for a collaborative research study on the collective dynamics of multiple bacterial flagella. This 3-year project, starting on July 1, 2024, aims to understand how the flagellar filaments of peritrichous bacteria, such as E. coli, synchronize and rotate collectively to enable swimming in fluid media. The research will integrate macroscopic model...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to The Regents of the University of Colorado (CU) for the project "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EMB: MULTISCALE FLAGELLAR DYNAMICS IN COMPLEX BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS." This 3-year research project aims to develop mathematical models and simulations to study how bacteria swim through complex biological fluids like mucus, which play a crucial role in health and...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) project grant, awarded to the Regents of the University of Minnesota, aims to study the collective dynamics of multiple flagella in a bacterial bundle and their impact on bacterial swimming. The $354,066 award, spanning July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027, will integrate experiments on macroscopic model flagella, microscopic living bacteria, and numerical simulations to resolve the underlying fluid-mechanics principles governing the...
- This Project Grant award for $150,000.00, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, supports fundamental research on the multiscale dynamics of bacterial flagella movement through complex biological fluids like mucus. The research combines mathematical modeling, computer simulations, and laboratory experiments to investigate how bacteria swim through viscoelastic fluids, which is crucial for understanding infections in...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) in the amount of $285,773 will support an experimental study on the microscopic dynamics of bacterial turbulence. The research aims to uncover the mechanisms underlying the collective swimming of bacteria in dense suspensions, which exhibit emergent collective behaviors analogous to phenomena seen in active matter systems like schooling fish and flocking birds. The...
- This federal Project Grant award of $100,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will support collaborative research to better understand bacterial locomotion through complex biological fluids like mucus. The research will combine mathematical modeling, computer simulations, and laboratory experiments to investigate how bacteria, using their flagella, propel themselves through viscoelastic fluids. The project aims to develop a...
- 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 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $342,325 to Southern Methodist University (SMU) to conduct collaborative research on the mechanics of bacterial flagella and their potential application to nanorobotic propulsion. The key objectives of this 3-year research project are to investigate how the stiffness of bacterial flagella influences swimming behaviors and turning maneuvers, and to leverage these insights to advance the design and control of nanorobots for applications such as targeted drug delivery, microsurgery, and microscale fabrication. The research will integrate high-precision experiments on tethered flagella with advanced computational modeling to overcome limitations in existing models and improve understanding of flagellar deformability. This work aims to contribute fundamental knowledge with potential wide-reaching impacts, from microbiology and ecology to biomedical innovation and soft robotics, while also providing training opportunities for students in relevant disciplines.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $342.3k | 7/30/25 |