The University of Arizona was awarded a $798,231 project grant from the Office of the Secretary of Defense through the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). The grant funds a research project titled "Separation Bubble Dynamics: A Comprehensive Investigation of Low- and High-Speed Flows Using Experiments, Simulations and Stability Theory" from May 15, 2023 to May 14, 2027. The grant supports fundamental research into fluid dynamics and...
The University of Arizona was awarded a $190,410 Project Grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant will fund the development of a high-resolution thermography system for real-time, non-invasive, remote mapping and evaluation of the autonomic nervous system. The system aims to provide spatial visualization of autonomic responses without direct contact. It will advance research...
This $438,000 federal Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) is supporting research at the University of Arizona to develop a rigorous simulation framework for studying extreme nonlinear optical carrier sub-cycle interactions in solids. The research aims to investigate the role of higher-order many-body correlations and non-trivial material topologies in these interactions. The award has a performance...
The University of New Mexico received a $360,150 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to support research into photon processes, channel dynamics, instabilities, and nonequilibrium surface plasmas under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program. The grant period runs from March 15, 2023 through March 14, 2024. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program, identified by CFDA #12.800, aims to maintain Air Force technological...
This $109,490 federal Project Grant award was provided by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to New Mexico State University (NMSU) for the project "The Influence of Boundary Effects and Type of Environment on Turbulence Profiles". The award has a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026. The research aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force...
The University of California, San Diego received a $135,000 project grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory through its Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant funded research from September 30, 2021 to September 29, 2022 on the dynamics of collective phase in molecular vibrational polaritons. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain U.S. technological superiority through scientific research...
The University of Dayton Research Institute was awarded a $548,427 Project Grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to support research and development in the area of physics under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant period runs from June 1, 2021 through May 31, 2022. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain U.S. technological superiority through scientific research relevant to Air Force needs....
The University of Arizona was awarded a $138,838 Project Grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to fabricate infrared optics for extreme environments. The award, with a period of performance from February 1, 2024 to January 31, 2025, supports the University's research and development of advanced optical components capable of operating in harsh conditions. This work is expected to advance the state-of-the-art in infrared...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $112,951 Project Grant to the University of Puerto Rico under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports research on coherent structure assessment in high-speed crossflow jets. Specifically, the University of Puerto Rico will conduct numerical simulations and data analysis to complete two test cases by the end of year one involving turbulence precursor simulations for crossflow...
The University of New Mexico received a $284,492 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to support research and development in the area of physics under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). Through this award, the University will conduct basic and applied research in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs, with the goal of maintaining U.S. technological superiority and preventing technological surprise from...