Project Grant DESC0024444

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Brigham Young University (BYU) to study the dynamics of cavitation bubbles near mixed solid-gaseous surfaces. The goal is to understand when and how these surfaces can repel cavitation bubbles, which can cause damage, vibrations, and noise in various industrial applications like valves, pumps, and turbines. The project will use high-speed photography to map the behaviors of laser-induced...

This $460,353 National Science Foundation project grant supports research into the dynamics of ultrafast cold cavitation in liquids at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey from March 2022 to February 2025. The grant is funded through NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which aims to advance engineering research and education. Specifically, the grant will fund the development of advanced laser ablation and imaging techniques to induce and capture cavitation bubbles in water and diesel...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award provides $329,999 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to conduct a collaborative research project focused on elucidating the role of acoustic cavitation in the demulsification of water-oil emulsions. The goal is to develop a comprehensive understanding of how cavitation can improve the efficiency of ultrasound-based water-oil separation techniques used in oil...

This Project Grant award of $250,431.00 was provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) with a start date of December 1, 2024 and an end date of November 30, 2027. The award aims to elucidate the role of acoustic cavitation in enhancing the efficiency of ultrasound-based water-oil demulsification, which is an essential step in the oil production process. The research will focus on characterizing the mechanical...

The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $274,975 Project Grant to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to investigate the role of microbubbles in improving the efficacy of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) therapy. The key objectives are to develop a well-controlled in vitro experimental setup to study temperature elevation in tissue phantoms with and...

The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $271,015 Project Grant to Princeton University from December 2021 through November 2024. The grant supports collaborative research to probe cavitation inception in dielectric liquids with sub-nanosecond precision under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). Specifically, the funding enables Princeton University researchers to investigate how bubbles form and collapse in...

The National Science Foundation awarded North Carolina State University a $354,899 project grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for work titled "UNDERSTANDING AND CONTROLLING HYDRODYNAMIC CAVITATION TO IMPROVE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES INVOLVING HIGH VELOCITY FLUID FLOW." The grant period runs from March 1, 2021 through February 29, 2024. The university will conduct research to better understand and control hydrodynamic cavitation in an effort to improve manufacturing...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $199,930 to the University of Chicago to assess microbubble-induced stresses on soft materials like tissue, in order to support the development of regulatory guidelines for bubble-based medical devices like therapeutic ultrasound systems. The key objectives are to: 1) develop and characterize a mechanophore-based tissue phantom to quantify microbubble-induced deformation, 2)...

The University of North Texas Research and Innovation Division received a $225,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) effective September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2029. This Ecosystem for Leading Innovation in Plasma Science and Engineering (ECLIPSE) collaborative research award funds foundational scientific investigation into plasma-assisted underwater welding technology. The primary deliverable is the development of scientific...

The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $179,909 Project Grant to Texas A&M University-Kingsville to support research probing cavitation inception in dielectric liquids with sub-nanosecond precision. This three-year award, made on December 15, 2021 under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), will allow the awardee to collaborate on improving understanding of cavitation inception in non-conducting liquids through...