Project Grant 2517927
- This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund a collaborative research effort at the University of Colorado to study the fundamental relationships that control the assembly of solid materials from small, shape-changing ribbon-like particles. The $397,494 award, spanning from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027, will investigate the use of reversible physical entanglement of these shape-changing particles to create porous solid...
- This $336,240 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports fundamental research at Northeastern University to investigate the role of topological defects in regulating strain-induced crystallization in end-linked polymer networks. The research aims to enhance the understanding of the microscale mechanisms and macroscale mechanical properties, including stress-strain behavior, fracture, and fatigue resistance, of these promising...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $996,596 Project Grant to The Regents of the University of Colorado under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to establish a framework for modeling the mechanical behavior of living building materials for structural applications from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2027. Specifically, the award will support research to develop a new multiscale cellular and granular material poroelastic formulation for a microbial precipitation-based living...
- This $317,248 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports fundamental research to enable the design and creation of a new class of fracture-resistant mechanical metamaterials. The key objectives are to develop a hierarchical framework for understanding and optimizing fracture resistance in these materials across global and local scales. The research aims to generate new insights, design principles, and educational tools to enable...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $390,000 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Brandeis University. The goal of this 3-year project, from August 2025 to July 2028, is to develop new strategies for designing and synthesizing multicomponent crystalline materials by arranging microscopic colloidal particles. The researchers will use experiments and computer simulations to investigate the assembly kinetics of these materials and engineer reconfigurable...
- This $493,588 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to advance the fundamental understanding of how polymer networks, found in materials like tires and contact lenses, break and fracture. The research will formulate and validate a new molecular-level model to explain the intrinsic fracture energy of these polymer networks, incorporating the role of surrounding material structure and how energy is dissipated during failure....
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $632,838 project grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to The Regents of the University of Colorado, doing business as the University of Colorado Office of Contracts and Grants Division. This 3-year grant supports fundamental research to accelerate the discovery of a new family of polymers called Covalent Adaptable Networks (CANs) and their composites. The goal is to develop mechanically strong yet reversible materials that enable...
- 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 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.041 - Engineering) in the amount of $387,558 will support collaborative research led by Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees) to study the fundamental relationships governing the assembly of solid materials from shape-changing ribbon-like particles made of liquid crystal elastomers. The research aims to elucidate the stimulus-structure-property relationships that control the reversible physical entanglement of...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) provided a $676,990 Project Grant award under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to North Carolina State University (NC State) to develop a new class of ultralight, manufacturable materials with optimized mechanical and transport properties. The key objectives are to: Characterize and understand the benefits of exploiting local uniformity and hyperuniformity in materials design, Measure mechanical and transport properties to create...
This $457,770 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) is for a 3-year effort by the University of Colorado to develop a fundamental understanding of entangled materials and enable their rational design as next-generation structural materials. The project integrates computational modeling, analytical theory, and experimental validation to capture how particle entanglement forms, evolves, and breaks under load. This research aims to establish design principles for creating entangled materials with high tensile strength, fracture toughness, and damage tolerance, as well as the ability to self-heal or disassemble. The effort also includes educational components such as curriculum development, student research, and outreach activities to broaden participation in materials science and engineering.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $457.8k | 8/3/25 |