Project Grant DESC0002742

The U.S. Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded Jetzero, Inc. a $10,830,327.73 Project Grant under the Fueling Aviation's Sustainable Transition via Sustainable Aviation Fuels (FAST-SAF) and Low-Emissions Aviation Technologies (FAST-Tech) Grant Program (CFDA 20.115). The three-year grant, running from January 2, 2025, to December 31, 2027, will support the development of "Blended Wing Body Lightweight Stitched Composite Structures" to advance...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the Korea Advanced Institute Of Science And Technology to develop a platform-independent plasma probe for CubeSats. The two-year award runs from May 2021 through May 2023. Under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), which aims to maintain Air Force technological superiority and prevent technological surprise, the grantee will develop a plasma probe that can operate...

Drexel University was awarded a $418,430 project grant from the National Science Foundation to research the physics of nanosecond-pulsed non-thermal plasma generation in liquid nitrogen from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The award falls under the Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to advance scientific knowledge and understanding of major problems through support of research in these fields. Specifically, the university will investigate...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports a study of the time-dependent formation and evolution of plasmas generated through photoemission driven by ultrafast lasers. The $135,000 award from January 1, 2025 to August 31, 2027 will enable theoretical and numerical investigations into how plasma electrons evolve from an anisotropic velocity distribution due to photoemission to a thermalized state. The research aims to provide...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) supports collaborative research between North Carolina State University, Clarkson University, and Texas A&M University to explore non-oxidative chemical reaction pathways in low-temperature atmospheric plasmas. The $161,518 award, effective July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026, aims to elucidate the mechanisms of plasma-generated photons, metastables, radicals,...

This $850,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at the University of Colorado Boulder to advance understanding of particle acceleration in plasmas driven by lasers. Specifically, the three-year award will fund simulation and experimental studies of optical field ionization-generated plasma channels for particle acceleration using laser wakefield acceleration. Researchers will conduct accurate simulations of plasma channel formation, characterize generated...

This $450,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics supports an effort to develop a comprehensive database of plasma photoionization processes with practical applications in fields such as combustion and high-speed aerodynamics. The "ECLIPSE: EXPLORING PHYSICS OF MULTIPHOTON IONIZATION USING THOMSON COHERENT MICROWAVE SCATTERING" project will utilize a novel Thomson in-phase coherent microwave scattering (TMS) technique to precisely...

This $1,022,370 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research at the University of Michigan to understand the role of thermally-driven processes in pattern formation and droplet emission in direct current glow discharges with liquid anodes. The research aims to investigate the plasma-liquid interface of a one atmosphere DC glow discharge with liquid anode as a test bed to understand...

The University of Texas at Austin was awarded a two-year, $241,960 Project Grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant will support research into Magnetized High-Frequency Excited Plasmas for Rarefied Air Ionization in Air-Breathing Electric Propulsion. The University of Texas at Austin, as a sub-awardee of the University of Texas System, will conduct research to develop...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program provides $249,434 to The Colorado College from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2024. The award supports research into producing solvated electrons using atmospheric pressure plasma jets to remediate poly-fluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) contamination in groundwater. Dr. Light will study the time-dependent concentration of solvated electrons at the water-plasma interface using transient absorption...