Project Grant 2532959
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under CFDA 47.041 - Engineering, with a project period from May 1, 2025 to April 30, 2027. The grant, titled "EAGER: MACHINE LEARNING-DRIVEN PREDICTION OF TRANSITION TO ELONGATED BUBBLES FLOW REGIME", will support research to develop a novel machine learning model to predict the transition from small, separated bubbles to longer, stretched-out bubbles in microchannel flow boiling systems. This research aims to...
- Case Western Reserve University received a $118,655 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on August 1, 2021 to support research titled "EAGER: UNCOVERING THE PHYSICAL MECHANISM BEHIND FLOW BOILING CRITICAL HEAT FLUX." The award is being administered through the NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to fund research exploring the physical mechanisms behind flow boiling critical heat flux. The university will conduct the research in Cleveland, Ohio through July 31,...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Arizona State University a $423,929 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop a novel temperature visualization method that integrates laser-based diagnostic tools and deep learning techniques. The goal is to enable the measurement and understanding of temperature changes in boiling fluids over finned surfaces, which is critical for improving the energy efficiency of heat exchangers used in applications such as data...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), funded under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), aims to address the challenge of overheating in electronic devices by suppressing flow boiling instability in divergent microchannel heat sinks. The $199,999 project, awarded to the University of South Carolina, will utilize computational and experimental models to understand and mitigate vapor bubble disruption of liquid flow through microchannels, which can lead to...
- The University of California Irvine received a $400,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems on May 15, 2021 to complete the project by April 30, 2024. The project, titled "LEARNING POOL BOILING PHYSICS WITH SCIENTIFIC MACHINE LEARNING," will be carried out under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The NSF Engineering program supports innovation, creativity, and excellence in...
- The University of South Carolina was awarded a $400,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to conduct research titled "Understanding the Gravity Effect on Flow Boiling through High-Solution Experiments and Machine Learning" from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024. The grant will support the University's research efforts to improve understanding of how gravity influences flow boiling through high-resolution experiments and machine...
- This federal Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.041 - Engineering) provides $199,998 to Case Western Reserve University to conduct collaborative research aimed at understanding the impact of gravity on the condensation process. The goal is to utilize the International Space Station's Condensation Module to isolate the effects of gravity and characterize how interfacial waviness and turbulence impact thermal transport during condensation. The research team will supplement...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $376,195 Project Grant to the University of California, Berkeley under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The award will support research from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025 to develop two innovative models for predicting the effects of surface morphology on bubble nucleation and growth in micro/nano porous layers used for enhanced boiling surfaces....
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $284,393 project grant to Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) to conduct collaborative research on "Passive Laminar Flow Control via Phononic Subsurfaces". The project aims to reduce the fuel consumption of sea and air vehicles by maintaining laminar flow over the vehicle surface, which can significantly lower drag. The research will design and validate an array of phononic subsurfaces (PSUBS) -...
- This $145,234 National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program will support collaborative research at the University of Akron to advance the understanding and applications of supercritical fluids. The research aims to characterize the anomalous behavior and transport phenomena of supercritical fluids such as water, carbon dioxide, methane, argon, and nitrogen. This knowledge will enable new technologies for high-capacity, energy-efficient, and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $361,475 project grant to Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) to use machine learning methods to investigate the complex flow dynamics and thermal transport physics of flow boiling. The project will perform advanced experiments and modeling to better understand the fundamental behaviors of flow boiling, which is important for thermal management applications in industries such as power generation, aerospace, and defense. The work aims to help improve the design and control of future thermal systems that rely on flow boiling, and will also support the development of an educational module and internship opportunity for high school students. The grant term runs from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $361.5k | 8/15/25 |