Project Grant 2513092
- This $343,612 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will support the development of novel numerical methods and computational tools for solving complex physical problems involving nonlinearities and spatially-varying media. The project aims to create fast, high-fidelity simulation capabilities that can advance scientific understanding and enable new technological innovations, thereby strengthening U.S....
- The National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded Rice University a $291,309 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support the research project "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MULTIDIMENSIONAL COUPLINGS FOR FLOW AND TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA" from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The grant funds research into major problems confronting the Nation by advancing understanding of flow and transport dynamics in...
- This $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research to advance the understanding of coupled fluid-structure interactions within porous media, such as biological tissues connected to larger fluid networks. The project aims to improve prediction and control of these complex multiscale systems, which are essential for applications including organ perfusion modeling, bioartificial organ design, and...
- Under a $530,000 National Science Foundation Project Grant awarded August 1, 2023 through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), Professor Anatoly Kolomeisky of William Marsh Rice University and his research group will develop quantitative models and theoretical frameworks to understand the role of heterogeneity in chemical and biological processes. Through analytical models, numerical calculations, machine learning, and molecular dynamics simulations, the team will...
- This three-year, $141,442 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at William Marsh Rice University to experimentally and numerically study oscillating multiphase flows and heat transfer in porous media. The research aims to improve understanding of these phenomena to enhance energy technologies like geothermal systems, carbon storage, batteries, and hydraulic fracturing. The university will develop experimental platforms using neutron imaging at Oak Ridge National...
- 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...
- This Project Grant award of $150,000.00 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research on problems in fluid dynamics. The principal investigator (PI) will investigate the global stability of solutions to the Peskin problem (modeling blood flow through heart valves) and the Muskat problem (modeling the interaction of immiscible fluids in porous media). Additionally, the PI will construct large-amplitude steady solutions to...
- This $399,583 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research to develop numerical algorithms that can estimate solutions to partial differential equations (PDEs) without full boundary condition information. The research aims to enable improved modeling and forecasting capabilities across various applications, including meteorology, biology, and engineering design. The primary awardee, Texas...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, will support research on stochastic methods and isoperimetric inequalities at Texas A&M University. The $238,406 award, active from July 2024 to June 2027, will develop techniques to bridge fundamental conjectures in Brunn-Minkowski theory and dual Brunn-Minkowski theory, with a focus on intersection bodies and higher-dimensional generalizations. The research aims...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049), awarded a $290,000 project grant to Auburn University. The purpose of this 3-year project, which runs from September 15, 2025 to August 31, 2028, is to develop advanced computational approaches for accurately simulating complex compressible fluid flows in practical engineering domains. This research will eliminate the need for complex mesh generation while ensuring...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) is providing $333,000.00 to William Marsh Rice University in Houston, TX to develop novel computational methods for modeling coupled flow and transport phenomena. The research will focus on creating efficient numerical models for simulating processes like organ perfusion, embolization and drug delivery, and flow of solvent in fractured subsurface environments. Key outcomes include a convergence analysis of an Interior Penalty Discontinuous Galerkin numerical scheme for miscible displacement problems, and the formulation and analysis of multi-numerics approaches that combine reduced-order models. The research aims to establish a foundational basis for computational models used in biotechnology and geosciences applications. The award period runs from August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $333.0k | 7/18/25 |