Project Grant N000142512404

This $250,000 Project Grant award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) supports the development of an antifragile future for naval installations and coastal host communities. The grant funds research activities at the University of South Carolina (USC) over a 5-year period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029. Key activities include sensor development, production, and deployment at Benedict College, a sub-grantee,...

This Project Grant award of $528,090 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research on housing infrastructure adaptation in coastal communities exposed to natural hazards in a changing climate. The project, titled "CLIMA/COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RIDERS ON THE STORM: CLIMATE ADAPTATION OF HOUSING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES IN COASTAL CITIES," aims to develop a mathematical framework to analyze the interactions between...

This $347,172 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at Northeastern University to develop integrated numerical modeling of hurricane impacts on natural and hybrid coastal infrastructure. The Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation award falls under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to foster innovation and excellence in engineering research. Researchers will leverage field data from Hurricanes Laura and Delta in 2020 to model wetland...

This $398,891 Disaster Resilience Research Grant (DRRG) project from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) explores participatory transformation of barrier islands to enhance coastal resilience. The key objectives are to: Identify "acceptable" locations for allowing sections of barrier islands to naturally erode and "return to nature" to mitigate flood risks at nearby communities. Quantify reductions in flood risk from these "extreme...

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), supports research on climate adaptation of housing infrastructure in coastal communities. The $171,674 award to The Johns Hopkins University will develop a novel mathematical framework to analyze interactions between human behavior, built environments, and natural hazards in order to identify pathways for communities to become more resilient to climate change. The project aims...

This $486,990.00 Cooperative Agreement was awarded by the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Climate and Atmospheric Research (CFDA 11.431) federal grant program. The project aims to co-develop a transferable decision framework that communities can use to assess a broad set of outcomes regarding flood adaptation choices, such as grey and green infrastructure, building retrofits, and relocation. This effort brings together expertise from two...

This $303,940 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund collaborative research among Columbia University, Stony Brook University, and City College of New York to develop a science-based approach for understanding and predicting flood-borne debris damage to coastal structures under extreme wind and wave conditions. The research will employ computational fluid dynamics, computational solid mechanics, and laboratory experiments to quantify...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $963,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469) to the University of Miami. The grant funds the development and testing of the SEAHIVE estuarine and marine protection system, a modular coastal infrastructure designed to dissipate wave energy and mitigate the impacts of storm surge and coastal flooding. The University of Miami conducted physical testing of the SEAHIVE...

This $245,616 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund collaborative research on assessing damage to coastal structures from waterborne debris impacts under extreme wind and wave conditions. Led by the Research Foundation of the City University of New York on behalf of the City College of New York, the three-year award will support the development of innovative experiments, computational methods, and fragility curves to better understand...

This $599,262 National Science Foundation award under the Engineering (47.041) program will fund research at Princeton University from June 2023 to May 2026 to advance knowledge in water-shell structure interaction and enable innovative coastal resilience approaches. The research aims to discover efficient hydrodynamic thin-shell structural forms through integrative modeling, experiments, and machine learning. Specific objectives are to determine forms suited for coastal structures like seawalls...