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Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Center for Excellence in Hypersonics Research
   Graham Candler, Krishnan Mahesh
CFD Code Validation Experiments for Hypersonic High-Enthalpy Flows
   Graham Candler
Direct Numerical Simulation of the Influence of Plasmas on Turbulent Flows
   Krishnan Mahesh
Shear Stress Sensor Using Shape Memory Films Domin
   Richard James, Ivan Marusic, Chris Palmstrom, Thomas Shield
   Dominca (AFOSR Prime)
Fundamental Physics and Practical Applications of Electromagnetic Flow Control in High Speed Flows
   Graham Candler
   Rutgers University (AFOSR Prime)
Design, Performance, and Operation of Efficient Ramjet/Scram combined-cycle Hypersonic Propulsion
   Graham Candler
   California Institute of Technology (AFOSR Prime)
Development of Anaylsis Tools for Certification of Flight Control Laws      
   Gary Balas
   (UC-Berkeley(AFOSR Prime))
Energy Delivery System in a Multi-Stage Railgun               Graham Candler
   (Uof Texas-AS (AFOSR Prime))          
University Nanosat Program: An Integrated Design Methodology for Nanosat Navigation Guidance and Controls Systems
   Demoz Gebre-Egziabher
   William Garrard


Army High Performance Computing Research Center

High Performance Computation of Compressible Flows,Turbulent Flows
   Graham Candler
Multiscale Methods for Active Materials             
   Richard James

Department of Energy

Large-eddy Simulation of Gas-turbine Combustors
   Krishnan Mahesh
   Stanford University (DOE Prime)
Nonequilibrium and Structural Effects on Models of Interfacial Motion in Multicomponent Alloys
   Perry Leo
Multiscale Design of Advanced Materials Based on Hybrid Ab-Initio and Quasicontuum methods
   Richard James, Mitchell Luskin (Math), Ellad Tadmor

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Application of Linear Parameter-Varying Techniques to Safety  Critical Aircraft Flight Systems: Phase II
   Gary Balas
Development of Aeroshell Technologies for Aerocapture Missions to the Outer Planets
   Graham Candler
The Minnesota Space Grant College Consortium
   William Garrard
Mars Science Laboratory Parachute CDF Modeling
   Graham Candler
   William Garrard

National Science Foundation

A Novel Approach for Large Eddy Simulation on Unstructured Grids Applied to Turbulent Jets in Cross-Flow
   Krishnan Mahesh
Development of Long Distance Microscope Velocimetry Systems for Bridging Macro and Microscales
   Ellen Longmire, Ivan Marusic
ITR: Dynamic Methods for Identifying, Visualizing, and Tracking Eddy Evolution in Experimental Turbulent Flows
   Ivan Marusic, Ellen Longmire, Victoria Interrate (C.Sci. Eng)
NIRT: Nanoscale Shape Memory Actuators and Swimming Bugs - Theory, Computing and MBE Synthesis
   Mitchell Luskin (Math), Richard James
SGER: Nanoparticle Tubeless Siphons
   Daniel Joseph
Studies of Viscous and Viscoelastic Potential Flows
   Daniel Joseph
Three New Topics in Solid-Liquid Flows
   Daniel Joseph
Fundamental Optimization Problems in Airborne Network Design and Applications               
   Yiyuan Zhao
Wind-Generated Electrical Energy Using Flexible Piezoelectricity
   Ivan Marusic, William Robbins (ECE)
The Effect of Surfactant on Topological Transitions in Interfacial flows        
   Ashley James

Office of Naval Research

Large-Eddy Simulation of Propeller Crashback
   Krishnan Mahesh
Multiferroic Materials in Smart Structures and Devices
   Richard James & Thomas Shield
Compositions and Processing for Improved High Temperature Shape Memory Alloys
   Richard James
   Marlow Industries (ONR Prime)
Stability and Control of Very High Speed Cavity-Running  Bodies
   Gary Balas
Muri: Structural Magnetostrictive Alloys: Revolutionary Materials
   Richard James
   (University of Maryland (ONR Prime))

Center for Transportation Studies (MN DOT Prime)

RPV/UAV Surveillance for Transportation Management and Security           
   Demoz Gebre-Egziabher

Sandia National Lab

Mechanisms of Hypersonic Boundary-Layer Transitions on Re-Entry Vehicles
   Graham Candler

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Packard Fellowship
   Ivan Marusic

American Chemistry Society Petroleum Research Fund

Experiments on Drop Coalesence in Liquid/Liquid Systems          
   Ellen Longmire

SRF Consulting Group     

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
   Demoz Gebre-Egziabher

US Department of Defense Army

Design of Active Materials: new Transforming Materials with Unprecedented Physical and Mechanics Properties
   Richard James

National Institute of Health

Cell Graft Engineering Using Microfluids
   Ellen Longmire, Allison Hubel (ME), David McKenna
Tissue-Engineered Valve from Cell Remodeled Biopolymer
   Ellen Longmire, Robert Tranquillo (Biomed Eng), Catheri Verfaillie (Medicine)

 


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