Project Grant FA23862514058

The Center For Collaborative Interdisciplinary Sciences, N.p.o. received a $224,660 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to conduct basic research for proposal 21IOA024 titled "Pressure, Ion Probe, and Flow-Visualization Measurements in Inside-Injector Rotating Detonation Engines." The research will be performed in Japan from April 2021 through April 2023 under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the Florida Institute of Technology Inc. (Florida TECH) provides $198,529 in funding to conduct advanced numerical simulations and experimental research to improve the understanding and modeling of turbulent combustion in high-speed aerospace propulsion systems. The research aims to address critical knowledge gaps in predicting the complex interactions between turbulence, shock waves, and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET) under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research on the combustion behavior of new sustainable and environmentally friendly fuels, including ammonia and dimethyl ether (DME) blends. The $345,000 award to Wayne State University aims to investigate the "autoignition-assisted flame regime" of these fuel mixtures, focusing on...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) is funding a $235,662 research project at Lehigh University titled "DMREF: Thriving While Detonating - Materials for Extreme Dynamic Thermomechanical Performance." The project aims to accelerate the design of high-performance copper alloys and testing protocols for the extreme conditions found in rotating detonation engines, a promising propulsion technology...

This Project Grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center under the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 43.001) supports Auburn University's efforts to demonstrate simultaneously integrated methane-rich and oxygen-rich pre-burners with continuous detonation engines. The $235,506.00 award, granted on January 9, 2025, aims to advance rocket engine power cycle integration by developing high-pressure ratio nozzles and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to better understand the physical and chemical mechanisms responsible for boundary layer flashback in turbulent lean hydrogen flames, and to develop accurate and affordable models for predicting its occurrence. The $412,791 award to the University of Utah will support research to enable a new modeling paradigm for boundary layer flashback, with the primary hypothesis that there is a...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $239,087 to Purdue University, titled "EAGER: QUANTITATIVE SPECIES AND TEMPERATURE IMAGING IN FLAMES OF NEXT-GENERATION FUELS VIA WAVELENGTH-MODULATED LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE", will develop new diagnostic tools for quantitative imaging of gas temperature and composition in combustion flames. The primary goals are to: (1) develop the first quantitative and calibration-free gaseous...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $584,953 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Colorado State University for a project titled "CAREER: Study of a Femtosecond-Initiated Continuous Optical Discharge for Combustion Applications." The project aims to develop a laser-driven plasma method called Continuous Optical Discharge for active combustion control in engines. The research objectives include experimental studies of plasma properties and numerical...

The U.S. Army Research Office awarded a $149,617.37 Cooperative Agreement to Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Incorporated (ORAU) on February 20, 2025 under the DoD's Basic Scientific Research Program (CFDA 12.431). This funding supports fundamental research on internal combustion engines (ICEs) for advanced uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) propulsion. The research aims to enhance understanding of robust ignition and reliable combustion control for ICEs, particularly for applications using...

This $200,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of new diagnostic tools and combustion models for carbon-free fuels through the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program. Funded from February 2022 through January 2024, the University of Texas at San Antonio will perform high-pressure absorption spectroscopy of ammonia combustion gases using an optical gas cell and shock tube. Thermodynamic models will predict absorbance spectra at temperatures and pressures relevant to...