Fluid Dynamics Program

William W. Schultz
Program Director

Three changes this fall: Plesniak Schultz CTS CBET FDH FD

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FDH: Current Research Focus

TURBULENCE

LES and SGS modeling, DNS, high Re experiments, transition, instrument development, flow control, 3D boundary layers, multi-phase turbulent flows

COMPLEX FLUIDS

Rheology, instability, physics of polymer solutions, DNA, MD Simulations

WAVES and HYDRAULICS

Wave-seabed or -structure interactions, breaking waves, cavitation, sediment transport

GENERAL FLUID MECHANICS

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW

Droplet dynamics, gravitational plumes, gas-liquid interfaces Richtmeyer-Meshkov instability, hypersonics

MICRO/NANO SCALE FLOWS

urban fluid mechanics

Microfluidics, biomedical microdevices, nanoscale rheology

ENVIRONMENTAL FLUID MECHANICS BIO-FLUID MECHANICS

flows in biomedical assistive devices, biomimetics
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FD: Funding Distribution

TURBULENCE, STABILITY & FLOW CONTROL

25%

RHEOLOGY - Complex fluids and polymer processing

15%

WAVES, HYDRAULICS & ENVIRONMENTAL FLUID MECHANICS 15% GENERAL FLUID MECHANICS & COMPRESSIBLE FLOWS MICRO / NANO FLUIDICS INSTRUMENTATION

15% 15% 10%

BIO FLUID DYNAMICS

5%
trends
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Trends in Funding
Submission Windows (unsolicited proposals): September & March. Emphasis:

Innovative ideas with significant impact on science & engineering Exploratory projects with potential for breakthrough results

Fundamental, high-risk / high-gain projects with clear objectives and potential for discovery of new phenomena
Broader Impacts -- integration of research & education, outreach, involvement of underrepresented groups, societal issues 1-2 Investigator Regular Grants Small Grants for Exploratory Research CAREER Awards 250 - 450k/3yrs 30 - 100k/yr (up to 2 yrs) 400k /5 yrs

Typical Level of Support:

PIs encouraged to include requests for research instrumentation in regular unsolicited proposals (~50-60k per proposal)
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Funding Opportunities
Special Solicitations: Nanoscale Science and Engineering (NSE) (NIRT & NER grants) Cyberinfrastructure Sensors and Sensor Networks Biocomplexity in the Environment Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Awards Mathematical Sciences Priority Area (MSPA)

Interactions with Industry:

Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) Educational and Training Grants: Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Research Experience for Teachers (RET) Grants and Supplements for International Collaboration (INT)
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Special Interest Programs

CAREER Awards Program
Targets the career development of beginning investigators

Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)

Targets economic stimulation of specific States

SGER Awards
Targets high-risk exploratory research; priority is given to young investigators and underrepresented groups

ADVANCE Program
Focus on increasing representation of women in academic science and engineering careers

Various Educational Grant Solicitations

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Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI)

ENCOURAGES INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS Faculty and Students in Industry (up to 1 year) Industry Engineers & Scientists in Academe (up to 1 year) Industry-University Collaborative Projects (3 years) SUPPORTED BY All NSF Directorates and Other Agencies since FY 1996 GOALI IS NOT FOR ROUTINE DESIGN PROJECTS, SHORT-TERM RESULTS OR TROUBLESHOOTING OF INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES FACULTY MUST BE INVOLVED IN FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH CARRIED OUT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A MORE APPLIED RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IN INDUSTRY

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Non-invasive Measurement of Blood Flow with Echo-PIV

CTS-0114109 PI: Jean Hertzberg University of Colorado at Boulder

Prosthetic Heart Valve

Echo-PIV map
instantaneous, local fluid velocity in pulsitile tube flow, simulating blood flow in arteries.
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Universality of velocity and scalars in turbulence:

Experimental tests and implications for subfilter-scale models

CTS-0120317 PI: Charles Meneveau Johns Hopkins University

Contrary to common wisdom, the large coherent structures in turbulent flows, have a direct impact upon energy transfer occurring at much smaller scales. This casts doubts upon the universality of fine-scale structure in turbulence and general applicability of standard eddy-viscosity model
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Effects of Nanoparticles on Fluid Rheological Properties

CTS-0296166
1.20 Einstein Prediction

PI: Michael E. Mackay

Viscosity Ratio

1.00

Michigan State University

0.80

0.60 Nanoparticle System

0.40

0.20

2 4 6 Nanoparticle Weight %

Adding nanoparticles to polymers (plastics) produces a viscosity decrease, a result at odds with the classical Einstein prediction.
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