Project Grant 2538372
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) project grant award of $279,105 to the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) aims to develop transformative solutions for enhancing the capabilities of electric vehicle battery management systems. The key products to be delivered include: An interconnected electro-thermal-aging model of a lithium-ion battery pack to better understand the interplay between electrical, thermal, and aging behavior and their impact on...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering has awarded The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF-SUNY) a $240,497 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop data-driven digital twin models for solid-state transformers (SSTs) to improve their reliability. The key objectives of this 3-year project are to: 1) develop online health monitoring and diagnostics capabilities to predict and prevent failures of SST components,...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a $295,808 Project Grant to the University of Louisville Office of Research & Innovation to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: AN INTEGRATED MULTISCALE REDUCED-ORDER MODELING AND EXPERIMENTAL FRAMEWORK FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES UNDER MECHANICAL ABUSE CONDITIONS." The award, made under the NSF Directorate for Engineering's CFDA #47.041 Engineering program, will fund...
- This $485,524 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems will fund research at the University of Alabama in Huntsville from May 1, 2023 to April 30, 2028. The research seeks to understand how internal short circuits form and trigger thermal runaway events in lithium-ion batteries through in situ diagnosis. Specifically, the university will determine internal short circuit thresholds, understand formation and...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under CFDA 47.041 (Engineering) will provide $600,000 in funding from January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2028 to support research towards developing a large language model (LLM)-powered robotic framework for electric vehicle (EV) battery repair. The project, titled "BRITE PIVOT: DEEP ROBOTIC EV BATTERY REPAIR", aims to create novel robotic solutions to address the complexities and uncertainties associated with EV battery repair, which...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Regents Of The University Of Michigan, doing business as University Of Michigan-Dearborn. The grant, effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2026, aims to develop and integrate advanced optical sensors into lithium-ion batteries to gain real-time insights into the battery formation process, specifically the dynamic evolution of the solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) layer....
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $321,634 project grant to Cornell University to develop next-generation lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries capable of operating at practical temperatures. The university is collaborating with industry partners Saft Batteries and Nikola Motors to address key barriers for Li-S battery performance, including improving the electrolyte and mitigating capacity loss from polysulfide shuttling. The research aims to enable...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund $294,929 of research at New York University (NYU) from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027. The research aims to establish a new framework for digital twin modeling of urban energy delivery strategies, grounded in logistics and platform economics. It will leverage both model-based and data-driven approaches, along with a living lab and industry collaboration, to address challenges...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $549,771 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Houston System, doing business as the University of Houston. The grant, titled "CAREER: UNDERSTANDING THE FORMATION OF PORE-FREE INTERLAYERS THROUGH AUTOMATED IN SITU DIAGNOSIS TO TAME LITHIUM METAL -NEXT GENERATION ELECTRIC VEHICLES," is focused on developing a new composite material, a metal-carbon mixed ionic-electronic conductor (C-MIEC), as a...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $760,000 Project Grant under the Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) to Northern Illinois University. The project aims to systematically vary the composition and concentration of battery electrolytes to determine optimal solutions for advanced rechargeable batteries. Key objectives include: 1) Gaining a better understanding of solvation structure through high-throughput experimentation and characterization using techniques like Raman spectroscopy and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $289,431 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Southern Methodist University (SMU) to develop an AI-enabled digital twin framework to enhance the long-term reliability of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries under extreme conditions. This 2-year project aims to create a high-fidelity digital twin model that can simulate and predict battery performance and aging in challenging operating environments, such as high temperatures, fast charging, and discharging at very hot or cold conditions. The digital twin framework will leverage an extensive battery aging and cycling dataset collected by the research team to improve the design of safer and longer-lasting battery systems for applications like data centers, electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles (eVTOLs), small modular reactors, and space systems. This interdisciplinary project brings together expertise from SMU's electrical and mechanical engineering disciplines to address a nationally significant challenge and advance workforce development in the critical field of battery analytics.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $289.4k | 7/31/25 |