Project Grant 2518562
- Federal Project Grant Summary The University of Pittsburgh received a $543,305 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), awarded February 1, 2026, with completion targeted for January 31, 2029. This award funds research into simulating fluid dynamics using hybrid quantum-classical computing devices to address turbulence modeling—a longstanding unsolved problem in...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Pittsburgh received a $360,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), awarded October 15, 2025, with completion targeted for September 30, 2028. This collaborative project between U.S. and French researchers will design, fabricate, and characterize nanowire-based quantum parametric amplifiers—specialized microwave-frequency...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Pittsburgh received a $372,882 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), with an award date of February 1, 2026, and completion date of January 31, 2029. This research project develops data-enabled, physics-guided frameworks to uncover fundamental mechanisms controlling energy transfer in turbulent fluid flows....
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award, totaling $560,000, will support research at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) to develop new methods for investigating nanoscale thermal transport phenomena. The research will combine ultrafast optical measurement techniques with nanoscale spatial resolution to probe energy carriers, such as electrons and phonons, in both equilibrium and non-equilibrium regimes. The goal is to...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Pittsburgh received a $399,997 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), awarded May 1, 2026, with completion targeted for April 30, 2029. The primary deliverable is fundamental research and knowledge development on a high-throughput, complex-plasma-based manufacturing process for bonding dissimilar metals. Specifically, the...
- Portland State University received a $344,743 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), awarded on April 1, 2025, with a completion date of March 31, 2028. The award funds the development of a first-principles computational framework to simulate lattice thermal transport in materials beyond the quasiparticle approximation. The research will advance predictive modeling of heat conduction in complex materials by incorporating higher-order phonon...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded $710,741 to The Pennsylvania State University under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for a three-year project beginning July 1, 2025 and concluding June 30, 2028. The project delivers fundamental research and experimental analysis investigating scalar (thermal) transport mechanisms in rough-wall turbulent boundary layers, challenging the...
- This $383,762 Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), supports a CAREER award at the University of Illinois focused on advancing nanoscale radiative heat transfer research. The four-year project, which commenced July 1, 2025 and concludes June 30, 2029, will deliver a novel experimental technique enabling the study of near-field radiative heat transfer...
- This $280,405 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Pittsburgh. The grant funds research to develop a data science-based framework for learning, predicting, and simulating nanoscale fabrication processes, which are critical for advanced manufacturing applications in electronics, energy storage, and biomedicine. The research aims to better understand the collective behavior and interactions of...
- FEDERAL GRANT AWARD SUMMARY The University of Pittsburgh received a $480,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), awarded October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for September 30, 2029. This collaborative research initiative, supported through a U.S.-Israel partnership with the Binational Science Foundation (BSF), focuses on designing, synthesizing, and characterizing novel...
Grant Award Summary The University of Pittsburgh received a $449,998 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CFDA 47.041 – Engineering program) awarded December 1, 2025, with completion targeted for November 30, 2028. This project will develop a novel computational framework for solving the Boltzmann Transport Equation using quantum-inspired algorithms to simulate thermal transport at semiconductor heterojunctions. The primary deliverable is an advanced simulation tool that addresses heat management challenges at nanometer-scale interfaces where different materials connect, enabling more accurate prediction of heat-carrying particle motion than existing conventional modeling approaches. The research will produce a validated computational model capable of efficiently compressing the solution space of the Boltzmann Transport Equation, thereby reducing computational costs and enabling high-fidelity simulations that incorporate energy dispersion and scattering matrices from first-principles calculations. Beyond the technical simulation framework, the project includes an undergraduate research component designed to train the next-generation workforce in applying quantum methods to conventional modeling and simulation. These outputs will support the design of more powerful, durable, and energy-efficient semiconductor devices by providing semiconductor manufacturers with improved tools for thermal management analysis during device design phases.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $450.0k | 1/26/26 |