Project Grant FA95502410133

This $255,843 National Science Foundation project grant under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program will fund research and development of an integrated high lift propulsor to enable affordable and energy-efficient advanced air mobility aircraft designs. Wayfarer Aircraft Research and Development Inc. will conduct wind tunnel experiments and computational fluid dynamics simulations from August 2022 to July 2023 to characterize aerodynamic interactions between a propeller and wing...

Seaflight Technologies Inc. will develop novel aerodynamic circulation control technologies for electric aircraft wings through this $275,000 National Science Foundation Project Grant awarded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084). The one-year project will advance research and development of high-lift wing designs using electric jet circulation control to increase maximum lift coefficients and enable longer range for small electric aircraft. Computational...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant, CFDA #47.084 "NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships", provides $275,000 to Hoverr Inc. to develop and optimize a novel electric vacuum thruster device that could revolutionize transportation by enabling propulsion without traditional fuels. The project aims to (1) develop and improve a prototype using advanced materials and design refinements, and (2) confirm the technology's...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) awarded Perseus Materials Inc. a $498,767 Project Grant to develop a new composite fabrication process for manufacturing wind turbine blades. The goal is to create variable cross-sectional wind turbine blades using an innovative casting technique. This 2-year project, which started on October 19, 2023, aims to deliver a transformative solution that can enhance the efficiency and performance of wind...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded Jetzero, Inc. a $10,830,327.73 Project Grant under the Fueling Aviation's Sustainable Transition via Sustainable Aviation Fuels (FAST-SAF) and Low-Emissions Aviation Technologies (FAST-Tech) Grant program (CFDA 20.115). The three-year grant, running from January 2, 2025, to December 31, 2027, focuses on developing "Blended Wing Body Lightweight Stitched Composite Structures" to advance sustainable aviation...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) award of $192,283 to Northeastern University supports collaborative research to model the influence of turbulence on flow-induced instabilities of large flexible structures, with a focus on wind turbine blades. The research aims to develop a novel dynamic model for fluid-structure interaction (FSI) systems that accounts for the effects of turbulence on the onset and post-critical behavior of aeroelastic instabilities in...

This Project Grant award of $292,738 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research to understand the inner structure of leading-edge vortices on swept-back wings and develop theoretical models to explain recent observations. The goal is to create a new paradigm for controlling tailless aircraft configurations by leveraging the periodic liftoff and propagation of these vortices. The research will be conducted by the University of Arizona and...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $1,000,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of an advanced propellant-less propulsion system for small satellites by Field Propulsion Technologies Inc., a small business based in Aurora, Colorado. The project aims to create a prototype propulsion device utilizing a specialized metamaterial based on graphene composite that can generate thrust through unresolved...

The Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science awarded a $177,909 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Bergey Windpower Company, LLC on July 10, 2023. The award supports the development of a "HIGH-PERFORMANCE SMALL WIND TURBINE BLADE FOR MASS PRODUCTION" with an expected completion date of April 9, 2024. The Project Grant aims to advance small wind turbine technology through the design and prototyping of a high-performance blade...

The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $1,874,838 Cooperative Agreement to Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing company, to develop an innovative aluminum (Al) air energy storage and power generation (ESPG) system. The goal is to meet ARPA-E's PROPEL 1K program targets for zero-emissions, high energy density, and high efficiency to enable electrification across the aviation, rail, maritime, and trucking industries. The project team, which includes the University of...