Project Grant FA86552017001

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded a $199,992 Project Grant to Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc. (Act) under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a "Thermally Enhanced Obstructed Flow Board for Hot Spot Mitigation". The project aims to design and produce advanced thermal management solutions such as heat pipes, cold plates, and cooling systems for aerospace, defense, and energy applications. Act, a for-profit manufacturer of...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program, awarded to Georgia TECH Research Corp, aims to develop a deep understanding of the behavior and interactions of novel multicomponent fluid mixtures for enhanced heat transfer in electronic and industrial systems. The $499,232 award, spanning from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027, will investigate the stability and properties of phase change material (PCM) particles suspended in liquid gallium alloys,...

Cooperative Agreement Award Summary Pennsylvania State University has been awarded $1.5 million under the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 81.135) to develop and validate Thermally Activated Cellular Screens (TACS) for autonomous flow control in Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS). The award, dated November 13, 2025, with completion scheduled for November 12, 2028, funds a competitive research and development project focused on mitigating thermal...

This $978,431 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) supports the development of an innovative two-phase cooling system using micro closed-loop pulsating heat pipes by Global Cooling Technology Group LLC, a small business specializing in advanced cooling technologies. The project aims to create a disruptive cooling solution that can enhance the performance of high-power density electronics,...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Makai Ocean Engineering Inc. a $199,441 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a compact heat exchanger for next-generation concentrating solar power systems. The heat exchanger is intended to withstand the stringent operating conditions of Gen3 CSP technologies. Work on this project was conducted from June 2021 through March 2022 in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. The Office of Science aims to...

This $449,998 Project Grant, awarded December 1, 2025, by the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), supports research at the University of Pittsburgh to develop an advanced computational framework for simulating thermal transport at semiconductor heterojunctions. The primary deliverable is a novel quantum-inspired simulation tool designed to solve the Boltzmann Transport Equation...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $199,998 Project Grant to Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc. (ACT), a small business manufacturer in Neffsville, Pennsylvania, for the development of a "Passive Two-Phase Microreactor Transportation Cooling System." This grant, provided under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), supports fundamental scientific research to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 3-year, $200,000 Project Grant under the Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) to Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc. (Act) to conduct collaborative research on understanding thermal transport across a condensing film by performing experiments in microgravity conditions on the International Space Station. The research aims to better characterize the impact of gravity on the liquid-vapor interfacial behavior and its effect on thermal transport during the...

This $238,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports a collaborative research effort led by Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to advance thermal management solutions for microelectronics devices. The key objectives are to: 1) improve heat transfer rates in condensation and boiling by superimposing gravity with acoustic waves, 2) develop theoretical models for acoustically enhanced phase...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $190,963 to Aris Hydronics Inc. for the development of a Modular Thermal Plant Pod (TPP) heat pump system innovations for lower-cost multi-family and commercial building retrofits. The project aims to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative scientific discoveries in areas such as advanced computing and...