The Ohio State University received a three-year Project Grant award of $499,318 from the National Science Foundation under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support collaborative research to experimentally inform modeling of structural heterogeneity and deformation in metallic glasses. Researchers will conduct experiments to characterize the microstructure and mechanical behavior of metallic glasses at different length scales. Modeling efforts will...
This $523,521 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) will fund collaborative research by The Ohio State University to gain a fundamental understanding of the deformation behavior of metallic glasses (MGs). The research team will employ advanced techniques like 4D scanning transmission electron microscopy, machine learning, and computer simulations to map and monitor the atomic structures in...
This $260,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research and educational activities by Dartmouth College to deepen the understanding of glassy materials, expand the ability to connect their molecular nature to their behavior, and explore new paths for how their properties might change over time. The research aims to link molecular-level changes to trends in thermophysical properties by...
This $256,929 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports a collaborative research project to gain a fundamental understanding of the deformation behavior of metallic glasses. The research team at the University of Michigan is employing advanced techniques like time-resolved 4-dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy and machine learning to map...
This Project Grant award, totaling $650,000.00, was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The award supports Professors Cicerone and McDaniel of the Georgia Institute of Technology in developing a novel framework for rationalizing liquid dynamics by connecting molecular relaxation events to macroscopic properties. The research combines experimental measurements, simulations, and machine-learning techniques to...
This National Science Foundation project grant of $651,108 awarded to Brown University on August 1, 2022 will support research into thermally activated dynamics in two-dimensional colloidal glasses and crystals under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). Over a three year period ending July 31, 2025, the university will conduct experimental and theoretical work to uncover the microscopic mechanisms governing sudden phase transitions from liquid to solid without...
This National Science Foundation project grant of $350,000 will fund research at North Carolina State University from November 2022 to October 2025 under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The university will investigate the impact of heterogeneity and scale on the nonlinear viscoelastic behavior of polymer glasses and their nanocomposites. Researchers will use mechanical spectral hole burning and large amplitude oscillatory shear techniques to characterize these materials at different...
This $100,011 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research on stochastic growth models and mathematical structures called line ensembles, which have applications in fields ranging from magnetization to protein synthesis. The research aims to expand knowledge of line ensembles and related techniques, leading to solutions for previously intractable problems. The award includes organizing conferences...
This $225,298 Project Grant award to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (University of Nebraska) by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports collaborative research to develop new approaches for predicting the long-term performance of polymer glasses. The research aims to address a major impediment in using polymeric glasses in advanced composites and other applications by improving the ability to quantify and model the mechanical and...
This $184,844 award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports advanced mathematical research and training at Ohio University, an institution located in Appalachia. The project leverages funding from the NSF-BSF (U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation) program to develop an international research partnership between the principal investigator and a colleague at Ben-Gurion University in Israel. The research component will...
This $235,528 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research at Ohio University aimed at improving the understanding of heterogeneous molecular motion in glassy materials. The research will develop and validate a continuum model for dynamical heterogeneity in glass-forming liquids, correlate heterogeneity in translations and rotations, and begin classifying glass-forming liquids based on the lifetime and spatiotemporal correlations of relaxation rate fluctuations. The project also includes a collaboration with a local Athens County school to create a coding club for 6th graders and an annual summer workshop for local teachers, with the goal of increasing STEM career opportunities for local children and enhancing the skills of the student researchers involved. The award period runs from March 1, 2025 to February 29, 2028.