Project Grant 2529794
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $250,000 to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside will investigate the fundamental mechanisms underlying plasma-enhanced electrostatic precipitation (PE-ESP) to reduce diesel engine emissions. The 3-year project will explore the use of nanosecond high-voltage pulses to enhance ESP technology, which could enable smaller and more effective particulate filters for applications like...
- The University of Southern California was awarded a $210,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems on August 1, 2021 to support research titled "Collaborative Research: Plasma-Enhanced Electrostatic Precipitation of Diesel Particulates Using High Voltage Nanosecond Pulses." The grant is part of the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which aims to foster innovation in engineering research and...
- The Regents of the University of California at Riverside received a three-year, $210,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The grant will support collaborative research on plasma-enhanced electrostatic precipitation of diesel particulates using high voltage nanosecond pulses from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2024. The University of California at Riverside will work to improve air quality and reduce harmful diesel emissions...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $210,000 Project Grant to the University of Southern California (USC) under the NSF Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program to conduct research on the development of environmentally sustainable anode materials for electrochemical energy storage. The project aims to repurpose toxic particulate matter waste from fossil fuel combustion as a valuable charge-storage material for Li-ion and Na-ion batteries. Over the 3-year award period from May 2024 to...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) is for the development of a novel plasma-based pollution remediation device to remove diesel soot particulate matter (PM) emissions. The $550,000 award will fund the integration of an electrostatic precipitator (ESP) with a diesel particulate filter (DPF) to create a system capable of significantly reducing harmful PM emissions from large (>600 kW)...
- This $199,558 National Science Foundation project grant, funded under the Engineering (47.041) program, supports the development of an integratable nano-optical particle sizer for measuring ultrafine airborne particles less than 100 nanometers at Lawrence Technological University from February 2022 through January 2024. The proposed research aims to advance optical particle sensing capabilities to the ultrafine range by investigating optical responses of nano-optical structures to airborne...
- This Project Grant award, titled "ECLIPSE-CHIPS: Plasma-Produced Materials to Investigate Laser-Produced Plasmas for Microelectronics Manufacturing", is provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The $532,000 grant, awarded on September 1, 2025, supports research to develop a new approach for generating extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation, which is critical for advancing photolithography techniques used in microelectronics manufacturing. The...
- This $580,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports a research project at the University of Connecticut (UConn) to investigate the role of electric charges and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in molecular clustering and soot inception processes in combustion devices. The key objectives are to quantify the electrically neutral and charged flame products, including small molecules, PAHs, molecular clusters, and soot...
- This $200,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research into using non-equilibrium plasma to fully degrade per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in complex aqueous systems. The project, titled "ECLIPSE-PFAS: Electrical Discharge Plasma-Driven Multidisciplinary Approach for Complete Mineralization of PFAS & PFAS Precursors in Complex Aqueous Systems", is being conducted by the Research Foundation for the...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $239,185 project grant to the Regents of the University of Michigan, doing business as the University of Michigan, with a period of performance from August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2028. The grant, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ECLIPSE-PFAS: ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE PLASMA-DRIVEN MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH FOR COMPLETE MINERALIZATION OF PFAS & PFAS PRECURSORS IN COMPLEX AQUEOUS SYSTEMS," will explore a new...
This $250,000 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Southern California (USC) for the period of November 1, 2025 to October 31, 2028. The project will investigate a novel approach using nanosecond high-voltage pulse discharges to enhance electrostatic precipitation (PE-ESP) technologies for reducing diesel particulate emissions, which can negatively impact human health. The research will explore fundamental mechanisms underlying the performance enhancement of PE-ESP over conventional electrostatic precipitators, including studying a reverse polarity two-terminal PE-ESP design and evaluating a novel three-terminal PE-ESP configuration. This interdisciplinary effort involves expertise in high voltage electronics, electrostatics, fluid dynamics, combustion, and aerosol science, with the goal of developing smaller footprint electrostatic precipitators that can enable cleaner transportation and shipping to address local and national air quality concerns.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $250.0k | 7/24/25 |