Research
Research
Recent Grants Awarded
A Mechanistic Understanding of Glymphatic Transport
- UT Austin PI: Shaolie Hossain
- CO-PIs: Thomas J.R. Hughes
- Funding Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Award: $437,058
- Award Date: 9/1/23 to 8/31/25
DeepFusion Accelerator for Fusion Energy Sciences in Disruption Mitigation
- UT Austin PI: Tan Bui-Thanh
- Funding Source: Department of Energy
- Award: $3.3M (UT Share $510K)
- Award Date: 09/01/23 - 08/31/26
Haythornthwaite Foundation Research Initiation Grant
- UT Austin PI: Jin Yang
- Funding Source: Haythornthwaite Foundation
- Award: $20K
- Award Date: Nov. 2022
Collaborative Research: Integrated Experiments and Modeling for Spatial, Finite, and Fast Rheometry of Graded Hydrogels using Inertial Cavitation
- UT Austin PI: Jin Yang
- Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Award: $919,670 (UT Share $194,800)
- Award Date: 6/1/23 for 3 years
Characterizing Highways and Automated Navigation in Cislunar Environment
- UT Austin PI: Maruthi Akella
- Funding Source: AFOSR: FY23 FY24 Create the Future Independent Research Effort (CFIRE) program in Astrodynamics
- Award: $4.5M (UT Share $775K)
- Award Date: 9/1/23 for 3 years
Development of Spontaneous Raman Spectroscopy for Optical Diagnostics in Detonation Engines
- Lead PI: Philip L. Varghese
- Funding Source: Office of Naval Research
- Award: $529,280
- Award Date: 7/1/23 - 06/30/26
Playful Agile Intelligent Robots
- UT Austin PI: Luis Sentis
- CO-PIs: Peter Stone, Ann Majewicz Fey, Ashish Deshpande, Joydeep Biswas
- Funding Source: Sony Corporation
- Award: $1.3M
- Award Date: 6/23 - 6/26
Collaborative Research: Variationally Stable Neural Networks for Simulation, Learning, and Experimental Design of Complex Physical Systems
- UT Austin PI: Leszek F. Demkowicz
- Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Award: $1.2M (UT Share $300K)
- Award Date: 9/23 - 8/26
Versatile Mathematical Tools for Directed Energy Simulations
- UT Austin PI: Leszek F. Demkowicz
- Funding Source: AFOSR
- Award: $ 730K (UT Share $ 364,500K)
- Award Date: 5/23 - 6/26
Quantum Pathways Institute
- UT Austin PI: Srinivas Bettadpur
- CO-PIs: Seth Bank, Dan Wasserman, Ufuk Topçu
- Funding Source: NASA STMD (Space Technology Mission Directorate)
- Award: $15M for 5 years
- Award Date: Begins Nov. 2023
InSAR surface deformation mapping over West Texas
- UT Austin PI: Ann Chen
- Funding Source: Industry sponsors
- Award: $69K
- Award Date: 1/23 - 12/23
Carbon Negative Reaction-Driven Cracking For Enhanced Mineral Recovery: In-Situ Test At A Ni-Co-PGE Deposit
- UT Austin PI: Estibalitz Ukar
- CO-PIs: Alexandros Savvaidis, Jean-Philippe Nicot, András FALL, Julia Gale, Katherine D. Romanak, Nicola Tisato, Marc Hesse, Ann Chen, Nicolas Espinoza, Silviu Livescu, Peter Kelemen, James Andrew M. Leong, Jacob A. Tielke, Christine McCarthy, Anna Harrison, Arthur Stokreef
- Funding Source: Dept. of Energy
- Award: $6.3M (UT Share $5.57M)
- Award Date: 01/2023- 12/2025
Studying Transport-induced Blood Clot Embolization as a Fluid-Structure Interaction Phenomenon
- UT Austin PI: Manuel Rausch
- Funding Source: DURIP, Office of Naval Research
- Award: $543K
- Award Date: 01/01/2023 - 12/01/2023
Characterization of interfacial adhesion over small surface areas
- UT Austin PI: Kenneth M. Liechti
- CO-PIs: Rui Huang
- Funding Source: Semiconductor Research Corporation
- Award: $285K
- Award Date: 1/1/23 for 3 years
Mechanics of Multilayered van der Waals Materials and Heterostructures
- UT Austin PI: Rui Huang
- CO-PIs: Kenneth M. Liechti
- Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Award: $653,097
- Award Date: 1/1/23 for 3 years
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