Project Grant N000142412469

Georgia Tech Research Corporation will receive $348,286 under a three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering Directorate (CFDA 47.041) to conduct fundamental research on the generation of spontaneous otoacoustic emissions by the inner ear. The research aims to advance understanding of the biophysical mechanisms by which the ear generates sounds in the absence of external stimuli. The project will develop and evaluate computational models of two prevailing...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) awarded $386,911 on May 4, 2026, to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (operating as SUNY at Binghamton) under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173). The project, titled "Velocity/Pressure Dual-Sensing Probe for Acoustic Measurements in the Human Ear Canal," aims to develop an innovative bioinspired...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $739,346 to the University of Michigan for research titled "A Scalable Configurable Acoustic Processor for Emerging Audio Applications." The research aims to address challenges around scale, time accuracy, latency, and synchronization for very large acoustic transducer arrays. This will enable applications like high-resolution acoustic holography, non-invasive surgery, augmented...

The National Science Foundation awarded a 5-year, $650,081 CAREER grant to the Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. The project, titled "CAREER: Non-Local Metamaterials and Metasurfaces for Next Generation Non-Reciprocal Acoustic Devices," will fund research to develop advanced acoustic metamaterials and metasurfaces that can manipulate sound waves in asymmetric, non-reciprocal ways. This work aims to enable new applications in fields such as...

This $418,136 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to investigate integrating nonlinear acoustics with advanced wavefront shaping to surpass the diffraction limit in acoustic imaging, therapeutic ultrasound, multizone sound field reproduction, and active noise control. The three-year project at the Pennsylvania State University starting September 1, 2024 will develop numerical models and experimental demonstrations of nonlinear...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $283,456 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to develop computational simulation tools that improve the ability to exploit the properties of wave propagation for applications such as medical diagnostics, structural health monitoring, and advanced materials design. The research will focus on advancing the "WaveHoltz"...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering awarded a $399,988 Project Grant to Gordon College to study the propagation of sound waves in nanostructured materials. The project, titled "Collaborative Research: RUI: Wave Engineering in 2D using Hierarchical Nanostructured Dynamical Systems," will develop a tailored two-dimensional medium consisting of a periodic array of nanoscale cavities with single-atom-thick membranes. By vibrating these membranes, the...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.075), provides $533,853 to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for research on the perception and cognition of sound texture. The investigators will develop a computational framework to understand the properties of environmental noises that underlie human perception. This involves assembling a large dataset...

This $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports the development of efficient and accurate algorithms for modeling acoustic and electromagnetic wave propagation in complex domains. The primary goals are to create robust algorithms using high-frequency integral equations, microlocal and numerical analysis, asymptotic methods, and finite element techniques. This work aims to enhance the simulation of...

This $406,831 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation, under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program, will support research at Wayne State University exploring sound as an analogue for quantum information science. The research aims to develop classically entangled acoustic waves analogous to quantum bits without quantum fragility through exploiting recently discovered analogies between acoustics, quantum mechanics, and...