Project Grant 2552452
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded $400,000 to the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) on October 1, 2025, for a three-year project extending through September 30, 2028. This project grant supports the development and fabrication of flexible, breathable, and biocompatible nanofibrous devices designed for next-generation wearable electronics....
- Summary of Federal Project Grant Award The National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded $200,000 under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to California State University Fresno Foundation for an Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) grant addressing vibration-induced degradation in lithium-ion batteries. The award period runs from September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2027. The research initiative will deliver comprehensive...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded The Pennsylvania State University $200,795 in project grant funding effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028, to design and evaluate honeybee-inspired virtual electric peer-to-peer networks for coordinating distributed energy resources. The project will develop a bio-inspired cyber-physical system that applies principles from honeybee colonies' decentralized coordination...
- Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems, awarded $200,000 under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of California, Merced on October 1, 2025, for an Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) project focused on non-intrusive electrical device monitoring. The project, scheduled for completion by September 30, 2027, will develop handheld, non-intrusive tachometers based on magnetic inductive sensing technology. This...
- Summary of Federal Project Grant Award The University of Akron received a $200,000 Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (CFDA 47.041) awarded September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2027. The project will deliver advanced polymer nanocomposite insulation materials designed to mitigate partial discharge (PD) degradation in electric motor windings powered by fast-switching pulse width modulated...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded $710,741 to The Pennsylvania State University under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for a three-year project beginning July 1, 2025 and concluding June 30, 2028. The project delivers fundamental research and experimental analysis investigating scalar (thermal) transport mechanisms in rough-wall turbulent boundary layers, challenging the...
- This $400,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Iowa State University supports the development of a fundamental realizable limit vibration energy harvesting technology. The key products and services to be delivered include: (I) Theorizing the fundamental realizable limit (FRL) energy output for vibration energy harvesters based on system parameters and excitation characteristics. (II) Developing a mathematical approach to...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded $200,000 to the University of Massachusetts on June 15, 2025, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for a project titled "Closed-Loop Hybrid Intelligence with Optogenetic-Neuromorphic Co-Designed Cell Interfaces." The project, scheduled for completion by May 31, 2028, delivers advanced engineering tools and methods that integrate high-resolution...
- Summary of Federal Project Grant Award The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded $474,874 to The Pennsylvania State University under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for collaborative research on the fundamental scaling of rotating wakes. The award, effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028, delivers comprehensive research services and products aimed at enabling engineers to test small-scale rotor models in...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Pennsylvania received a $549,896 CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2030. This project grant supports the development of scalable megahertz (MHz) power generation technologies through research into hybrid radio frequency (RF) circuit architectures, high-bandwidth dynamic power...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a $199,975 Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) grant (CFDA 47.041) to The Pennsylvania State University on June 15, 2026, with a completion date of May 31, 2028. The project delivers fundamental research and design principles for a bio-inspired bistable stochastic energy harvester designed to convert tire vibrations into electrical power for self-powered smart tire systems. The core deliverable is an advanced energy conversion device that harvests electricity from vibrations generated by tire rotation, road roughness, and vehicle loading to support onboard sensing and communication in modern vehicles, particularly autonomous and connected systems. The research integrates mechanical engineering, energy conversion, materials science, and dynamics to develop broadband energy harvesting solutions leveraging bistable nonlinear dynamics and rotational effects. Key intellectual merit products include advancing fundamental understanding of bio-inspired design, nonlinear dynamics, stochastic resonance, and coupled electromechanical behavior in rotating systems. Broader impact deliverables extend to sustainability improvements in intelligent transportation systems through reduced battery waste and environmental impact, as well as applicable design methodologies for self-powered sensing and monitoring in rotational systems across aerospace platforms, robotics, maritime systems, and smart manufacturing. The project incorporates educational and outreach components to support workforce development in engineering research.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $200.0k | 6/2/26 |