Project Grant DESC0025463

This EAGER grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $295,992 to Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) to develop a new technology for rapid, cost-effective separation and detection of specific molecules, particles, and biomarkers in solution. The project will design and fabricate a photonic metasurface integrated with a microfluidic device that can generate optical forces to separate and sense constituents, leveraging machine learning and...

This $400,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at the California Institute of Technology and the University of Potsdam in Germany to develop virtual microfluidic devices utilizing light-activated flow patterns. The funding is provided through the NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to investigate chemically-induced phoretic flow and how optical stimuli can manipulate colloidal particles with applications in areas such as cell sorting, DNA manipulation, and...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), under its Clean Energy Demonstrations program (CFDA 81.255), has awarded a $46,594,001 Cooperative Agreement to Nippon Dynawave Packaging Company, LLC (NDP) to implement a novel membrane technology developed by Via Separations. The project aims to address the energy-intensive thermal process of concentrating black liquor, a lignin byproduct of the kraft pulping process. The project will be carried out at NDP's facility in Longview, WA, with a performance...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $395,312 will fund the development of shape-encoded electrokinetic particles for multiplexed biosensing through June 2027. Under the NSF Engineering Directorate's CFDA 47.041 program, the University of Colorado Boulder will work to advance biosensing technologies that can detect heterogeneous biomarkers from blood in a single assay. Specifically, the university will study how biomarker size, charge density, and concentration influence the induced...

This $7,931,941 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CFDA 81.087 - Renewable Energy Research and Development) is designed to develop and pilot-demonstrate a superior electrospun nanofiber-based separator for liquid alkaline electrolyzer (LAE) systems. The project, led by Espin Technologies, Inc. in Chattanooga, Tennessee, aims to create a durable separator with low thickness, low resistance, high ion transport efficiency,...

This three-year, $452,499 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of novel bacteriophage purification workflows using electrokinetics. The Rochester Institute of Technology will receive funding through the NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to define the electrokinetic signatures of diverse bacteriophages, formulate purification protocols that optimize phage stability during electrokinetic separation from cellular material, and characterize purified phage samples....

The Department of Energy's Office of Science has awarded a $199,979 Project Grant to Ocean Renewable Power Co Inc. in Portland, Maine to develop "Embedded Instrumentation for Detection of Flow Separation." The funding, which runs from July 22, 2024 to July 21, 2025, supports the company's research and development of advanced instrumentation and technologies for detecting flow separation in marine energy systems. This work aligns with the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program...

The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $218,562 Project Grant to the University of Texas at Dallas under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The grant will support research to discover new fundamentals of electrokinetics over engineered interfaces and design a novel, durable slippery surface to improve electricity generation through liquid flow. Specifically, the university researchers will experimentally...

The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Media And Process Technology Inc. under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) on July 22, 2024. The grant supports the development of "INORGANIC MEMBRANES FOR CONTINUOUS HIGH EFFICIENCY KR/XE SEPARATION", a research project focused on advanced ceramic membranes and separation technologies. Media And Process Technology Inc., a minority-owned, for-profit corporation, will...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant (CFDA 81.049 - Office of Science Financial Assistance Program) to Emrgy Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business in Atlanta, Georgia. The grant supports the development of digital twins for modeling and optimization of canal, hydrokinetic turbine, and turbine array power systems. The project aims to advance hydrokinetic energy generation by improving power coefficients, reducing capital and operating...