Project Grant 2617275
- Federal Grant Award Summary South Dakota School of Mines & Technology received a $200,000 Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (CFDA 47.041) effective June 15, 2025, through May 31, 2027. The award supports the development of a scalable, multi-fidelity computational framework for modeling elastic deformation and fracture in heterogeneous materials, particularly metal-ceramic...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $198,740 project grant under the Engineering (47.041) program to South Dakota School of Mines & Technology from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025. The grant supports research to develop a new data-driven approach for modeling residential power demand behavior using singular value decomposition analysis of 15-minute smart meter data matched with customer surveys, property data and meteorological information. Key outcomes include a...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary South Dakota School of Mines & Technology received a $300,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) for the period January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026. This Phase I award supports the establishment of an open-source ecosystem for Decision Support in the Design of Engineering Systems (DSIDES), a decision-support tool designed to address complex multi-stage,...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded South Dakota School of Mines & Technology $199,994 on July 1, 2026, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop engineered living metasurfaces for biofouling mitigation. The research will study how tiny organisms create pillar-like surface features that prevent larger unwanted organisms from attaching and growing on surfaces exposed to water, addressing costly...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded South Dakota School of Mines & Technology $200,000 on June 1, 2026, to investigate exciton-polaritons in two-dimensional semiconductor optoelectronic devices under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The research will examine how exciton-polaritons—hybrid quasiparticles formed by strong coupling of excitons with photons—enable long-range, low-loss energy transport to improve light-detection...
- The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T) received a $191,995 project grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to conduct research revealing the reconfiguration dynamics of lipid bilayers and hydration structures with nanoscale resolution during electroporation. SDSM&T will use atomic force microscopy with sub-nanometer and high temporal resolution to image molecular-level dynamic responses of lipid bilayers and hydration...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded South Dakota School Of Mines & Technology $559,325 on August 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop parahydrogen-induced hyperpolarization (PHIP) methods that enhance nuclear magnetic resonance and magnetic resonance imaging sensitivity for metabolic sensing and molecular detection. The research focuses on novel PHIP strategies targeting nitrogen isotopes to enable detection of...
- Federal Grant Award Summary South Dakota State University received a $215,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The award funds research into transonic flows in multidimensional conservation laws, with the primary objective of developing a unified mathematical framework for solving transonic problems in the compressible...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $360,723 Project Grant to the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for an REU Site titled "Back to the Future." The grant will support research experiences for undergraduate students from March 1, 2022 to February 28, 2025. As the awardee, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology will administer research opportunities and training for undergraduates to increase their...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded $318,000 to South Dakota School of Mines & Technology under the NSF EPSCOR Graduate Fellowship Program (CFDA 47.084, Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships) on July 15, 2025, with completion by June 30, 2028. This Project Grant provides three-year stipend and cost-of-education allowance support for twelve graduate fellows who earned honorable mention status in the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)....
The National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded South Dakota School of Mines & Technology $473,503 on October 1, 2026, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop mathematical and computational methods for discovering governing equations of multidimensional engineering systems directly from data while preserving spatial and temporal structure. The award supports research extending sparse identification of nonlinear dynamics methodology to tensor-valued data. Rather than converting multidimensional measurements into long vectors, the approach uses transform-based tensor algebra to decompose large identification problems into smaller, efficiently solvable problems suited to modern computing hardware. The research will establish theoretical recovery guarantees specifying data requirements for accurate system identification. Applications include modeling electric power systems affected by wildfire smoke and other complex spatiotemporal processes. Deliverables include open-source software, curriculum development, and educational and outreach activities targeting undergraduate and graduate students, teachers, and rural communities through established programs. Period of performance runs from October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2029, with work performed in Rapid City, South Dakota.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $473.5k | 8/13/26 |