Project Grant 2606659
- The National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded The Pennsylvania State University $200,000 on August 15, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop a theoretical framework demonstrating how chaotic and statistical properties arise ubiquitously in random dynamical systems. The research addresses how physical and abstract systems exhibit chaotic behavior and how that behavior can be statistically quantified, with applications...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research awarded The Pennsylvania State University $206,550 on October 1, 2025, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for theoretical research and education in nonequilibrium quantum dynamics. The award funds a CAREER project addressing coherent nonequilibrium dynamics in quantum many-body systems, with application to quantum computing. The research component develops theoretical understanding of mechanisms to...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded The Pennsylvania State University $300,000 on July 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop a systematic framework for quantum-accelerated reinforcement learning in complex systems control. The project delivers research into integrating quantum computing with machine learning to accelerate training of artificial intelligence systems that govern power grids and advanced...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded The Pennsylvania State University $386,605 on August 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program to conduct theoretical and experimental research on quantum dynamics in ultracold quantum gas systems. The research explores thermalizing dynamics and mechanisms driving thermalization in confined systems, with specific focus on whether thermalization can occur under dynamics fully described by generalized hydrodynamics....
- This $236,727 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports theoretical and computational research on quantum phases of matter. The awardee, The Pennsylvania State University, will conduct numerical simulations and develop new computational algorithms to study magnetism and strongly correlated electron systems. Additional projects include investigating quantum phase transitions in two-dimensional spin models and quantum...
- The Pennsylvania State University received a $135,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Physics on September 15, 2021 to fund research related to solitons and quantum field theory through August 31, 2024. The grant is part of the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to advance scientific knowledge and understanding of major problems through support of mathematical and physical sciences research and education activities....
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded The Pennsylvania State University $100,000 on August 15, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support research activities led by Professor Sarah Shandera on open systems for observers. The award funds the development of mathematical frameworks from quantum information science to describe physics from the vantage point of limited cosmological observers. Professor Shandera will build tools suited...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded The Pennsylvania State University $300,000 on June 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct mathematical analysis of single- and many-black-hole spacetimes in general relativity. The recipient will study two problems related to black hole merger and ringdown scenarios. The first addresses the construction and detailed description of solutions to Einstein's field equations...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded The Pennsylvania State University $545,250 on August 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to explore nonequilibrium dynamics, synchronization, and relaxation in designer dipolar Rydberg arrays. The award funds development of advanced control capabilities for Rydberg atom arrays through precise microwave driving and optical addressing of internal states. The recipient will use optical tweezer arrays...
- The National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences awarded The Pennsylvania State University $518,835 on August 1, 2026, for computational and mathematical modeling of integrated energy microgenerators under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The project develops rigorous computational methodologies and software for simulating optoelectronic processes in integrated energy microgenerators (IEMGs), which are semiconductor devices that...
The National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded The Pennsylvania State University $225,001 on September 1, 2026, to investigate wave propagation in random media and noisy quantum systems under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The project develops new mathematical tools to understand how waves scatter and diffuse in complex, disordered environments—including applications to radio wave propagation in urban settings, electron scattering in semiconductors, and photon scattering in optical coherence tomography. In quantum systems, the work addresses how environmental noise suppresses interference effects and causes quantum waves to behave more classically. The research leverages recent developments in probability theory and mathematical physics, building connections between random matrix theory and the random Schrödinger equation to study waves in random media without reliance on the paraxial approximation. A second thrust examines open quantum systems and the effects of noisy interactions with external environments. The project includes training of graduate and undergraduate students. Work is performed at Penn State's State College, Pennsylvania campus. The period of performance runs from September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2029.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $225.0k | 7/27/26 |