Project Grant 2549543
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Texas at Austin received a $453,738 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) effective June 1, 2025, through May 31, 2028. This award supports fundamental research to develop an integrated experimental and computational framework for analyzing soft material fracture behavior. The research will produce high-resolution...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Texas at Austin received a $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), awarded August 15, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2027. This award supports the development of novel theory and algorithms for modeling and control of deformable systems, with primary emphasis on soft robotics. The research will deliver a coarse...
- The University of Texas at Austin received a $398,286 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation to support research related to stimuli-responsive soft materials. The grant was awarded on September 1, 2021 under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program with a completion date of January 31, 2023. Through this funding, the University will deliver research developing soft materials that can change properties in response to external stimuli, advancing innovations at the intersection of...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Texas at Austin received a $380,824 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) on June 1, 2025, with completion targeted for May 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative, conducted in partnership with Georgia Southern University, focuses on developing a machine learning-assisted materials design cycle for bio-based...
- This $625,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) grant awarded to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) on June 1, 2025 will support a 5-year research project to advance the understanding of stretchable soft materials and their ability to generate electricity through mechanical deformations. The project aims to establish a multiscale framework for investigating how large strain gradients in polymer-based materials can induce electrical polarization, with the goal...
- The University of Texas at Austin was awarded a $800,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation. The grant falls under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) and will support research titled "Computationally Driven Design of Synthetic Tissue-Like Multifunctional Materials" from September 2021 through August 2025. Specifically, the four-year grant will fund the development of computational models and methods to...
- GRANT AWARD SUMMARY The University of Texas at Arlington received a $137,978 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (Engineering program, CFDA 47.041) beginning August 15, 2025, with completion targeted for July 31, 2028. This collaborative research project supports the development of OpenMSG, a cloud-based, open-source multiscale modeling software toolkit designed to predict mechanical and multiphysics behaviors...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Texas at Austin received a $533,612 Project Grant awarded August 15, 2025, through the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems. This award funds research to establish structure-activity relationships in disordered (oxy)hydroxide electrocatalysts for hydrogen generation through water-splitting applications. The project combines experimental and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Texas at Austin received a $315,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) on September 1, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2028. This collaborative research project develops advanced polymeric membranes designed to improve the recovery of critical mineral ions from aqueous waste and process streams. The...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Texas at Austin received a $1.2 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (CISE program, CFDA 47.070) awarded July 1, 2025, with completion targeted for June 30, 2029. This research initiative develops a universal deformable shape modeling framework capable of accurately representing three-dimensional (3D) structures of animals and humans with varying or atypical skeletal...
Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Texas at Austin received a $747,979 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (CFDA 47.041, Engineering) awarded July 1, 2026, with completion scheduled for June 30, 2029. The award funds development of computational methods and theoretical frameworks for modeling large deformation and multiphysics phenomena in soft polymer materials, including hydrogels, elastomers, and polyelectrolyte gels. The research will establish a thermodynamically consistent multiphysics framework that integrates large-deformation mechanics, solvent transport, ion diffusion, and electrostatic interactions using immersed isogeometric analysis techniques capable of operating under large deformations and non-equilibrium conditions. The project will deliver predictive computational capabilities and open-source simulation tools for the broader scientific community to advance understanding of soft active materials and support design of next-generation technologies in healthcare, water purification, and energy-efficient systems. Additionally, the award includes education and workforce development components, with planned training of graduate and undergraduate students in interdisciplinary research spanning mechanics, materials science, and computational engineering.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $748.0k | 6/29/26 |