Project Grant FA95502210306

This $250,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program, with a performance period from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026, will fund collaborative research by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte to develop a new understanding of droplet breakup behavior under complex acceleration conditions. The research will utilize a combination of experiments and simulations to examine droplet breakup processes, with the goal of creating an improved...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems award, under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $556,861 to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation to conduct research on fluid dynamics in confined geometries, specifically related to heat management in high-power electronic devices. The research aims to unravel the enigma of hydraulic jumps, a phenomenon observed in liquid flows, and understand how it may impact the...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $670,636 project grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to the California Institute of Technology. The grant will fund the development of a robust wall model for large-eddy simulations through reinforcement learning methods. Present wall models rely on assumptions that limit applicability, often incorrectly predicting separation and transition crucial to external aerodynamics simulations. This project aims to develop novel wall...

This Project Grant award of $387,488 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CFDA 47.041 - Engineering) supports a three-year research initiative at Wayne State University running from August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2028. The project develops a physics-based predictive model for air-blast atomization of liquid films with emphasis on the bag-breakup mechanism, a critical secondary atomization mode. The deliverables...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Award: FIRE Collaborative: Fusion Neutrons for Integrated Blanket Technology Development Through Advanced Testing and Design Funding Agency: Department of Energy, Office of Science (CFDA 81.049 – Office of Science Financial Assistance Program) Award Amount: $4,368,776 | Award Period: September 1, 2025 – August 31, 2026 The University of Wisconsin System, serving as the prime awardee, leads a collaborative research initiative focused on advancing fusion...

Solve Technology And Research, Inc. received a $250,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop additively manufactured hybrid thermal protection systems for supercritical carbon dioxide applications. The Office of Science aims to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness through scientific discoveries and tools. This award will...

The Equity Technology Group Incorporated was awarded a $198,134 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support the SIMPULSE project from February 21, 2023 through February 20, 2024. The SIMPULSE project aims to develop scalable modeling techniques for hydraulic transients in complex piping systems of the 21st century. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program supports basic research aimed at...

This $1.03M project grant, awarded September 1, 2025, by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports collaborative research between the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Texas at Austin to develop theoretical and experimental techniques for controlling plasma dynamics and energy transfer in Vlasov plasmas. The primary deliverables include advanced analytical and numerical methods for...

This $40,932 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program to the Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines focuses on quantifying the effects of compressibility and large molar-mass ratios on gravitationally driven turbulent flows. The research aims to develop a deeper understanding of the complex multi-material fluid dynamics observed in high-tech applications like supersonic combustion, fusion, and astrophysics. The project will...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) provides $400,204 to Purdue University to conduct an integrated molecular dynamics and machine learning investigation of gas-liquid interfaces in transcritical reacting flows. The project aims to improve the understanding of the underlying physics governing interfaces, phase changes, and molecular transport within high-pressure, transcritical fluid flows, which are critical for the efficiency of...