Cooperative Agreement DESC0022604

This NSF Convergence Accelerator program award to Cornell University, funded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084), will develop bio-inspired solar collection skins for buildings to increase energy generation from integrated photovoltaic systems. The $650,000 grant, awarded on January 15, 2024, will leverage nature-inspired design principles and advanced manufacturing techniques like kirigami and 3D printing to create adaptable solar panel surfaces that...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $550,000 Project Grant under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to the University of Texas at Austin. The project aims to develop "smart windows" with the ability to separately control solar heat gain and daylighting on-demand, using low-cost solution-based coatings of niobium oxide nanocrystals on glass and plastic. Key goals include overcoming technical barriers to enable stable, fast-switching...

This $499,989 National Science Foundation Project Grant through the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will fund research at Norfolk State University to develop a hybrid electro-thermo chromic solar modulator coating for smart windows. The coating aims to control solar transmission in response to electric or thermal stimuli, allowing selective modulation of light in the visible and infrared regions simultaneously or independently. Graduate and undergraduate students will gain...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $380,186 to the University of Florida from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027. The objective is to integrate low-energy mechanisms into structural component designs, enabling them to adapt their shapes and configurations with minimal energy input. The research will establish an analytical foundation to: (a) integrate multi-stable systems in engineering designs; (b) develop...

This $101,675 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research to develop novel adaptive structural systems that can modulate their shape and configuration with minimal energy input. The research aims to integrate multi-stable mechanisms into structural and mechanical components, enabling them to adapt to environmental changes and improve the climate resilience and energy efficiency of buildings and infrastructure. Key project...

This $350,959 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the Regents of the University of Michigan will establish a new strategy to integrate architectural design processes and human-derived designs with physics-guided machine learning and computational design optimization, focused on the application of origami-inspired responsive architecture. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award include: 1) developing a...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement under CFDA 81.087 (Renewable Energy Research and Development) to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to develop a "bilithic integration" approach for manufacturing highly efficient perovskite solar modules. The project aims to avoid degradation issues associated with traditional "monolithic" integration by preparing the device components on...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $281,367 Project Grant to the Rochester Institute of Technology under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075). The three-year award will fund research into visual perception of three-dimensional object shape from patterns of image shading and contours. The researchers will study how the human visual system processes and interprets information about an object's 3D properties. They will incorporate optical effects typically...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) has awarded a $1,400,350 Cooperative Agreement to The R&D Lab CO. (doing business as Amy's Construction) to accelerate the deployment of residential solar energy by coupling it to roofing systems. The key objectives of this project under the Renewable Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.087) program include: Building a pilot manufacturing line to enable more flexible shingle design and reduce costs....

This $5,197,852 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) is focused on identifying, testing, and implementing ultraviolet light and temperature-tolerant materials and cell stack designs for 27% efficient mechanically-stacked perovskite+silicon hybrid tandem photovoltaic (PV) modules. The 2-year project, awarded to Tandem PV, Inc., a for-profit company...