Project Grant 2501827
- This federal Project Grant award, totaling $200,000.00, was provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to San Jose State University Research Foundation. The award, titled "ERI: TOWARD NEW ZEOLITE DISCOVERY - ROLE OF NON-ALUMINUM HETEROATOMS IN INTERZEOLITE TRANSFORMATION SYNTHESIS", will investigate the use of non-traditional chemical compositions in zeolites to develop new materials for catalytic applications, including biomass conversion...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $299,697 to Mississippi State University to study the effects of molecular confinement and solvation on diffusion and reaction kinetics within the nanopores of zeolites. The project aims to develop accurate machine learning models to predict how atoms interact within the small pores of these crystal-like materials, which are used to speed up chemical reactions. This research will...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $597,273 Project Grant to the Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia to develop computational molecular models and theory predicting the dynamics of agglomeration and redispersion of metals supported by zeolites. This project, funded under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), will provide guidance on engineering deactivation resistant zeolites used widely in the...
- This $508,888 project grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), will enable the University of Alabama to conduct research on the design of bifunctional zeolite catalysts for upgrading ethanol to sustainable aviation fuel. The project aims to improve the selectivity of these rare earth element-based catalysts to enable low-cost production of sustainable aviation fuels from renewable feedstocks like corn stover. Key research activities include...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $474,379 Project Grant to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees), a government entity and state institution of higher learning, to conduct research on the intensification of catalytic hydrogenation of CO2 to produce hydrocarbons. The project will develop cooperative tandem catalysts that promote sequences of chemical reactions, which could enable new process...
- This $249,999 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program supports research to elucidate the role of seed chemical composition in interzeolite transformation synthesis. The project, conducted by the San Jose State University Research Foundation, investigates a promising zeolite synthesis technique that could lead to the development of improved catalysts and adsorbent materials. The research aims to advance fundamental understanding of...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $353,295 to the University of Tennessee from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025. The funding supports research by Dr. Sirius Laursen and students to develop inexpensive, earth-abundant catalysts from non-noble metal intermetallic compounds for the conversion of waste from biomass processing into valuable diols and olefins. Through quantum...
- This two-year, $200,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems will fund research at the Long Beach Research Foundation to develop multi-activity proteins for improved carbohydrate deconstruction. Specifically, the Foundation will produce and test 85 engineered multi-activity proteins containing two catalytic domains each. These proteins aim to increase biomass conversion for alternative fuels and...
- This $335,964 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) is funding a collaborative research project at Louisiana Tech University to study the stability and coke-resistance of platinum (Pt) nanolayer catalysts supported on molybdenum-titanium-carbon (MXene) materials. The goal is to advance the basic science of heterogeneous catalysis and provide insights to improve catalyst formulations and designs for the energy-intensive process of...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) provides $629,756 to support a collaborative research program led by Professors Simon M. Humphrey and Graeme Henkelman at the University of Texas at Austin. The project aims to discover and study new catalyst materials containing three or four different metallic species, with the goal of achieving advanced reactivity to convert bioethanol into hydrogen and methanol. The targeted...
This federal Project Grant award of $199,850 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CFDA 47.041) supports research at the University of Texas at Tyler (UT Tyler) to develop advanced zeolite-based catalysts for more efficient conversion of biomass into valuable chemicals and fuels. The key goals of the research project are to synthesize large-lateral-size multilayer zeolite nanosheets with tunable interlayer gaps of ~1 nm or larger. These hierarchical zeolite structures are expected to provide enhanced molecular accessibility to catalytic sites, enabling higher reaction rates and improved selectivity for desirable small molecules during the catalytic cracking of biomass-derived feedstocks. The research will also investigate the transport properties of these zeolite nanosheets and explore ways to further tailor the interlayer gaps. Catalytic testing of the zeolite nanosheet catalysts will be conducted using hexadecane cracking and lignin hydropyrolysis as model systems. In addition to the technical research, the project aims to draw talented students into engineering at UT Tyler and prepare the next generation of the STEM workforce through comprehensive curriculum and hands-on research experiences.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $199.9k | 8/27/25 |