The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $130,757 Project Grant to Florida State University (FSU) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant, titled "EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF MULTIFUNCTIONAL METAMATERIALS FOR DRAG REDUCTION", will fund research at FSU to develop advanced metamaterials and technologies for reducing drag on maritime vessels and aircraft. The award period runs from February 1, 2025 to January...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), will fund research at Florida State University (FSU) on dynamics and sensitivities in shock-wave/boundary-layer and shock/shock interactions on axisymmetric bodies. The $295,064 award, which runs from August 2025 to August 2028, will support FSU's multidisciplinary expertise in aerospace research and scientific investigations related to advanced...
The University of Florida received a $326,100 Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to support research on "COMPUTATIONAL VARIATION FOR SPACECRAFT DYNAMICS PROCESSOR". The award, which runs from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026, will fund the university's work in developing advanced computational techniques and modeling capabilities for spacecraft dynamics and control systems. As a prominent...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $149,966 Project Grant to North Carolina State University under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to conduct research on "ACTIVE DEPLOYMENT CONTROL OF ULTRA-THIN COMPOSITE STRUCTURES". The goal of this 3-year project, which runs from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2027, is to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by advancing research in materials science and aerospace systems....
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $100,457 Project Grant to Iowa State University of Science and Technology under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant, titled "Decoupling the Role of Gravity in Processing Soft Matter Systems", will fund fundamental and applied research aimed at maintaining technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force. The research, which will run from September 30, 2024...
This Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) provides $499,673.00 to the University of Central Florida (UCF) for the development of "A HOLISTIC MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION PROBLEMS INVOLVING LARGE STRUCTURAL DEFORMATIONS AND MASSIVELY SEPARATED FLOWS." The award, with a performance period from May 1, 2025 to April 30, 2026, supports fundamental and applied research aimed...
The Florida State University was awarded a $482,730 project grant from the Department of the Navy Secretary of the Navy Office of Naval Research to conduct research titled "Synchronous Spatiotemporal Scanning of Compliant Surfaces under Unsteady Aerodynamic Loading." The grant was awarded on April 1, 2021 with a period of performance through March 31, 2022. The research is being conducted under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA #12.300), which supports science and...
This $219,952 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), supports research on "Multifractal Mechanics of Field-Coupled Materials and Structures" at Florida A&M University (FAMU). The grant, active from January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2027, focuses on advancing scientific understanding and technological capabilities in areas critical to national defense, such as materials science,...
This $297,576 Project Grant was awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Inc. The grant supports research on the "Response of Wall Turbulence to Large-Scale, Space-Time Perturbations" over a 3-year period from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2026. Embry-Riddle, a private university specializing in aviation and aerospace research, will conduct...
The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $119,775 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth on July 1, 2025. The grant supports the development of "Two Layered Reduced Order Modeling for Multiscale Kinetic Transport" research, which aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force through fundamental and applied scientific research. The project will be conducted at...