Project Grant N629092412023

This three-year, $220,572 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering will support collaborative research between Georgia Southern University, Mississippi State University, and Aalborg University in Denmark. Under the grant, 18 U.S. undergraduate students will participate in an eight-week research internship at Aalborg University studying reliability analysis of AC/DC power converters with innovative controls for potential use in a...

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...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) awarded a $449,964 Project Grant to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University to facilitate international research collaboration between U.S. students and the Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica in Brazil. The grant supports undergraduate and graduate students in conducting hands-on fundamental research on thermal management systems for next-generation electric and hybrid-electric aircraft. Through...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $3,274,432 Cooperative Agreement under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program to Western Michigan University. The objective of this 26-month project is to develop a 150 kilowatt traction power charger-inverter system with galvanic isolation capability. The university will conduct research and development to advance this multi-input integrated smart charger-inverter system, which can...

This $311,000 National Science Foundation Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships project grant supports the development of a new class of low-power, plasma-based wind turbine icing protection systems at Iowa State University from February 1, 2022 to January 31, 2024. The university will develop novel dielectric-barrier-discharge plasma actuation integrated with state-of-the-art hydro-/ice-phobic coatings to actively repel ice accretion on wind turbine blades in critical regions and efficiently...

This $250,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) will establish a multi-university Industry-University Cooperative Research Center (I-UCRC) for Wind Energy Science, Technology, and Research (WINDSTAR) at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. The objective is to conduct collaborative wind energy research, education, and outreach focused on advancing the design, operation, and maintenance of land-based and offshore wind energy...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $985,369 to Direct Kinetic Solutions Inc., a small disadvantaged business in El Paso, Texas, to develop an innovative radioisotopic power source (RPS) that can deliver up to 20 years of continuous, stable power for critical applications in defense, space exploration, and the Internet of Things. The project aims to optimize advanced...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) provides $432,603 to Purdue University to support a 10-week international summer research experience for U.S. graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. The "Cultural Awareness and Research Experiences for Electric Vehicles (CARE-EV) IRES" project aims to advance the adoption of electric vehicles through research on...

The National Science Foundation awarded Activecharge LLC a $256,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop an integrated, self-powered sensor node for wind turbine blade monitoring. The one-year project will address technical hurdles such as lack of reliable energy sources and logistical challenges replacing batteries inside blades. Activecharge will prototype a sensor node that reliably harvests electrical voltage from blade...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program awarded a $135,956 project grant to South Dakota State University (SDSU) to develop a highly efficient, modular, and scalable power system that integrates photovoltaic, energy storage, and smart micro-inverter technologies. The goal is to create a novel power conversion system architecture and control capabilities to enable greater penetration of solar energy into the electric grid and support grid stability and resilience. The key...