Project Grant P11AP60939

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $4,000,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally-Identified Projects program (CFDA 11.617) to the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut. The grant's purpose is to develop a framework for evaluating the risk of premature concrete foundation failure due to reactions of pyrrhotite-bearing aggregates. Key activities include: Validating a modular testing protocol for field data collection and accelerated laboratory...

This $500,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), will fund research at Stanford University from September 2022 to August 2025 on the physical and mechanical response of aluminosilicate cementation. Principal Investigator Dr. Vanorio will conduct laboratory studies to investigate how cements form within rocks and how much they increase rock strength under varying thermal and chemical conditions. This...

This Project Grant award of $279,710 from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support a collaborative research project led by Temple University to develop a multiscale experimental and modeling framework for understanding saturation and coupled ice/salt crystallization phenomena in low/zero clinker cementitious materials. The primary goals are to elucidate the mechanisms of entrained air void formation, saturation, and coupled ice/salt crystallization...

This $950,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), will fund research at Arizona State University to develop carbon-neutral cement manufacturing technologies. The goal is to enable production of Portland cement and other lime-based cements in an energy-efficient and carbon-neutral manner through technological innovations, including a low-temperature process to decompose...

The College of William & Mary was awarded a $832,414 Project Grant from the National Park Service's Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929) to rebuild the deteriorating West Courtyard steps of the historic Wren Building, the nation's oldest collegiate building. The project will address the structural deficiencies of the steps, which have experienced cracking and water infiltration since their 1928-1931 restoration. Specialized materials and labor, including stonemasons, historic brick...

This $599,994 National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program award to Clarkson University supports research investigating the long-term durability and sustainability properties of belitic calcium sulfoaluminate (BCSA) cement. The primary aims are to: (1) characterize the hydration chemistry of BCSA cement over long time periods, (2) examine time-dependent mass transport and corrosion processes in BCSA cement composites, and (3) clarify mechanisms of...

The Stevens Institute of Technology received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on February 1, 2021 to develop calcium-silicate-hydrate nacre with high flexural strength and fracture toughness. Funded under the NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), this five-year award will support research into the consecutive assembly-and-mineralization processed calcium-silicate-hydrate nacre. The Engineering program seeks to improve engineering research and education to...

This $1.3 million National Science Foundation project grant, awarded under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), funds research at the University of California Irvine toward developing geomimetic concrete materials through 2027. Led by Dr. [Vendor Name], the research aims to fundamentally understand chemical reactions at fluid-solid interfaces, leveraging insights to design carbon-negative concrete alternatives. Ordinary Portland cement production contributes significantly to global carbon...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of Policy Development and Research (CFDA 14.506 - General Research and Technology Activity) provides $151,423.00 to Clemson University, a public land-grant research institution, to conduct a mixed-methods study in collaboration with the Structural Building Components Association (SBCA) and building product manufacturer MiTek. The study aims to better understand why builders and framers are...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) awarded a $598,917 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) program grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to advance the understanding of Portland cement reactions and mechanisms at the micro- and nanoscales. The 5-year project aims to quantify the fundamental kinetics and mechanisms governing how the key cement minerals, tricalcium silicate and dicalcium silicate, react with...