Project Grant 2536112
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) awarded $430,977 to the University of California, San Diego on July 15, 2026, for a three-year project (completion date June 30, 2029) focused on computational characterization of water structure and microenvironment reorganization at electrochemical interfaces. The project delivers a multiscale theoretical framework and computational modeling capabilities to understand how water...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBETS) awarded $258,654 to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) project beginning September 1, 2025, and concluding June 30, 2028. The primary research deliverables focus on advancing fundamental understanding of contact line...
- This Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the "Engineering" program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Maryland, College Park. The $100,000 award, effective September 1, 2023, will fund a collaborative research project focused on developing an efficient and stable cooling solution for high power-density electronic devices through the use of partial flow-boiling processes with microstructured surfaces and ultrasonics. The key products and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of California, San Diego received a $420,334 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of June 1, 2025 through May 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative will develop microcoaxial electro-optical mechanically flexible probes designed for minimally invasive interfacing with spinal neural...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a Project Grant of $446,443 to The Regents of The University of California, doing business as University of California, Berkeley, effective June 15, 2025, with a completion date of May 31, 2028 (CFDA 47.041, Engineering program). The grant funds fundamental research on jet impingement behavior on complex textured surfaces with varying...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded UC San Diego a $100,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative focuses on developing theoretical tools to advance understanding of diffusion and flow-based generative models through geometric perspectives. The project aims to elucidate the fundamental mechanisms underlying these artificial...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a CAREER grant to San Diego State University Research Foundation on April 1, 2025, in the amount of $637,665 to support faculty early-career research through the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The award funds a five-year research initiative (completion date: March 31, 2030) focused on developing an innovative layered cooling crystallization additive...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Georgia TECH Research Corp received a $120,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029. This collaborative research initiative addresses critical thermal management challenges in three-dimensional (3D) heterogeneous computing systems designed for artificial intelligence (AI) workloads. The research team will develop an...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of California, San Diego received a $500,000 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) award from the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041), effective October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2031. The project will deliver fundamental research and development of nature-inspired, three-dimensionally architected photonic surfaces designed to nondestructively map structural properties of fibrous tissue through...
- This $679,712 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports a multidisciplinary research effort at the University of Maryland, College Park focused on developing a comprehensive computational and experimental framework for understanding and optimizing microemulsion boiling. The primary goal is to advance the science and engineering of microemulsion boiling to enable enhanced thermal management capabilities for emerging high-power...
The University of California, San Diego received a $650,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) to develop an innovative thermal management technology using engineered thin hydrogel coatings for high-power electronics cooling. The award, effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029, will produce research findings and prototype development focused on achieving evaporative heat removal exceeding 1,000 watts per square centimeter—a significant advancement needed to address cooling demands in data centers and artificial intelligence (AI) computing systems. The research will advance fundamental scientific understanding of phase-change processes in soft materials while generating practical cooling solutions applicable across computing, communications, and aerospace industries. The project will deliver three key research outputs: (1) characterization of how hydrogel elastic properties suppress vapor bubble formation to stabilize cooling performance, (2) assessment of liquid permeability and evaporation rates across varying hydrogel thickness and morphologies, and (3) integrated thin hydrogel layer designs combined with nanoporous membranes for optimized thermal performance. Additionally, the award will provide interdisciplinary workforce development through graduate and undergraduate student training in thermal engineering, materials science, and soft matter physics, contributing to NSF's educational and innovation priorities in engineering research.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $650.0k | 6/30/26 |