Project Grant 2541441
- Federal Grant Award Summary Georgia Tech Research Corporation has been awarded $662,045 under the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to conduct fundamental research on interlocking granular materials and their application to soft, deformable structures. The five-year Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award, effective August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2031, will deliver research outputs including: (1) experimental and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded Georgia TECH Research Corp a CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) grant totaling $599,972 on June 15, 2025, with a completion date of May 31, 2030. Under CFDA 47.041 (Engineering), this project grant supports the development of multifidelity scientific machine learning methods that integrate high- and low-fidelity simulation data to generate accurate predictive...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Georgia TECH Research Corp received a $475,604 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2031. The award funds fundamental research investigating how active molecular forces can enhance the assembly and organization of rod-like biological filaments, such as microtubules, to...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Georgia Tech Research Corporation received a $340,277 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. This collaborative research award supports fundamental research to develop a hierarchical framework for understanding and optimizing the fracture resistance of mechanical metamaterials (MMs)—engineered...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Georgia Tech Research Corporation received a $298,991 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective July 15, 2026 through June 30, 2031. This CAREER award funds research into semiconducting ferroelectric materials designed to enable more efficient charge separation and transport mechanisms within single asymmetric materials rather than relying on...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Georgia TECH Research Corp received a $635,530 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded June 15, 2025, with completion targeted for May 31, 2030. This CAREER award funds research on breaking chemical scaling relations to enable efficient catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) into higher-value fuels and chemicals using electrochemical cells powered by renewable energy sources. The project combines...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Georgia TECH Research Corp received a $500,000 Project Grant award on June 15, 2025, from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070). The research project, scheduled for completion by May 31, 2027, focuses on developing an artificial intelligence-driven computational pipeline to streamline the design of mechanical metamaterials (MMs)....
- Federal Grant Award Summary Georgia TECH Research Corp received a $574,930 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2030. The award funds the development of an integrated robot learning and planning system that enables service robots to rapidly acquire and adapt new...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Project Grant of $267,969 from the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041), awarded October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for February 28, 2027. The award supports fundamental research in Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) of molybdenum-based alloys for high-temperature applications, with a specific focus on understanding...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) awarded the University of New Hampshire a $635,061 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program grant effective June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2031. The award supports fundamental research to advance understanding of how soft elastic materials containing internal fluids behave under mechanical stress. The primary deliverable is a predictive theoretical and computational...
Georgia Tech Research Corporation received a $638,740 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041), effective August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2031. The award supports the development of a homogenization framework for fracture mechanics in soft composite materials—elastomer-based composites reinforced with particles or fibers widely used in automotive and emerging soft robotics applications. The primary deliverable is a numerical homogenization model capable of linking microscopic fracture processes, including large deformations, cavitation, and microstructural damage, to macroscopic strength and toughness predictions. This framework will enable systematic design methodologies for stronger, safer, and more durable soft composite materials by providing predictive mathematical models that address limitations in existing fracture theory for these complex, multi-scale failure mechanisms. The award integrates a comprehensive educational component spanning high school through graduate-level instruction, delivering computational educational tools, hands-on instructional modules, and engineering design challenges focused on materials failure. Complementary outreach activities provide research opportunities for high school students, professional development programming for teachers, and strengthened industry-academic partnerships. The research will be conducted at the Georgia Institute of Technology's Atlanta, Georgia campus, leveraging the institution's established expertise in materials science and federal research execution across multiple federal agencies.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $638.7k | 6/29/26 |