NASA Announces Research Grants in Microgravity and Fluid Physics (2024)

Renee Juhans

Headquarters, Washington, DC

(Phone: 202/358-1712)

RELEASE: 00-2

NASA ANNOUNCES RESEARCH GRANTS
IN MICROGRAVITY FLUID PHYSICS

NASA has selected 75 researchers to receive grants totaling
approximately $25 million over four years to conduct microgravity
fluid physics research on Earth and in space. This research is
focused on obtaining beneficial applications in space-based health
and life support systems, and in earth-based systems.

Sponsored by NASA’s Office of Life and Microgravity Science
and Applications, this research offers investigators the
opportunity to utilize a low-gravity environment to enhance the
understanding of fundamental physical and chemical processes
associated with fluid physics.

Researchers will use NASA’s microgravity research facilities
such as drop tubes, drop towers, aircraft flying parabolic
trajectories and sounding rockets, with the flight-definition
investigators working toward experiments on space-flight test beds
such as the International Space Station and Space Shuttle.

Sixty-one of the grants are to conduct ground-based research,
while the remaining 14 are flight-definition efforts. Twenty-nine
of these grants are for continuation of work currently being
funded by NASA, but the majority — 46 — represent new research
efforts.

NASA received 297 proposals in response to its research
announcement in this area. These proposals were all peer-reviewed
by scientific and technical experts from academia, government and
industry. In addition, those proposals selected for flight
definition were reviewed in terms of engineering feasibility by a
team from NASA’s Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH.

A list of awardees (by state), their institutions, and
research titles can be found on the Internet at:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-002a.txt

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AlabamaDr. Marc L. PuseyNASA Marshall Space Flight CenterHuntsville, AL3The Study and Optimization of Flow Effects in Solution BiologicalCrystal Growth2ArizonaProfessor Chuan F. ChenUniversity of ArizonaTucson, AZ3Effects of Gravity in Single- and Double-Diffusive Systems UnderGravity Modulation2CaliforniaProfessor Sanjoy BanerjeeUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA3Direct Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Flows with Phase Changein Microgravity2Dr. David CannellUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA"Gradient Driven Fluctuations"Dr. Vijay K DhirUniversity of California, Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA"Transition from Pool to Flow Boiling -- The Effect of ReducedGravity"Dr. Alice P GastStanford UniversityStanford, CA"Anisotropic Collidal Self Assembly"Professor Joe D. GoddardUniversity of California, San DiegoLa Jolla, CA3Vibratory Dynamics and Transport of Granular Media at Various GLevels2Professor George M. HomsyStanford UniversityStanford, CA3Microgravity Fluid Mechanics: G-Jitter Convection and theMechanics of Fluidized Beds2Professor Melany L. HuntCalifornia Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA3Granular Material Flows with Interstitial Fluid and ElectrostaticCharging Effects2Dr. Farrokh IssacciAlliedSignal AerospaceTorrance, CA3Two-Phase Flow in Multi-Channels - Liquid Holdup and CapillaryFlow2Professor Eckart H. MeiburgUniversity of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA3The Dynamics of Particulate Deposition and Resuspension Processesat Moderate to High Reynolds Numbers2Professor Peter TaborekUniversity of California, IrvineIrvine, CA3Superfluid Contact Line Dynamics2ColoradoDr. Noel A. ClarkUniversity of Colorado, BoulderBoulder, CO"Structure and Dynamics of Freely Suspended Liquid Crystals"Dr. Joshua E. ColwellUniversity of Colorado, BoulderBoulder, CO3Physics of Regolith Impacts in Microgravity Experiment (PRIME)2Dr. Robert H. DavisUniversity of Colorado, BoulderBoulder, CO3Surface Collisions Involving Particles and Moisture (SCIP'M)2Professor John E. HartUniversity of Colorado, BoulderBoulder, CO3Stratified Taylor-Couette Flow with Radial Buoyancy2Dr. Jungho KimUniversity of DenverDenver, CO"Pooling Boiling Transfer Mechanisms in Microgravity and PartialGravity"Professor William B. KrantzUniversity of Colorado, BoulderBoulder, CO3Microscopic Flow Visualization in Demixing Fluids DuringPolymeric Membrane Formation in Low-G2Dr. Mark WeislogelTDA Research, Inc.Wheat Ridge, CO3Capillary Flow in Interior Corners2ConnecticutProfessor Robert ApfelYale UniversityNew Haven, CT3Studies of the Dynamics, Control, and Evaporation of Three-Dimensional Droplet Arrays and Clusters2Dr. Amir fa*ghriUniversity of ConnecticutStorrs, CT3Heat Transfer in Rotating Thin Liquid Films Including NucleateBoiling2Professor Marshall L GrantYale UniversityNew Haven, CT3Effect of Structure-Dependent Interactions on the Formation ofColloidal Aggregates and Nuclei2Professor Michael LoewenbergYale UniversityNew Haven, CT3Flows of Wet Foams and Concentrated Emulsions2District of ColumbiaDr. Glenn R. JoyceNaval Research LaboratoryWashington, DC3Modeling Dusty Plasmas in Microgravity2FloridaDr. Ravindran ChellaFlorida A&M/Florida State University College of EngineeringTallahassee, FL3Lattice-Boltzmann Techniques for Multiphase Flow and Transport inMicrogravity Environment2Professor Anthony J.C. LaddUniversity of FloridaGainesville, FL3Microgravity Driven Instabilities in Gas-Fluidized Beds2Dr. Ranga NarayananUniversity of FloridaGainesville, FL3Separation of Species by Oscillatory Flow2GeorgiaProfessor G. Paul NeitzelGeorgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta, GA3Non-Coalescence in Microgravity: Science and Technology2Dr. Minami YodaGeorgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta, GA3Novel Optical Diagnostic Techniques for Studying Particle Contactand Deposition Upon a Large Cylinder in a Sheared Suspension2IowaProfessor Amitava BhattacharjeeThe University of IowaIowa City, IA3Theory and Simulation of Ground-Based and Microgravity DustyPlasma Experiments2Dr. Jeffrey S. MarshallThe University of IowaIowa City, IA3Rivulet Dynamics with Variable Gravity and Wind Shear2IllinoisProfessor Stephen H. DavisNorthwestern UniversityEvanston, IL3Interfacial Dynamics2Dr. Constantine M. MegaridisUniversity of Illinois, ChicagoChicago, IL3Molten-Metal Droplet Deposition on a Moving Substrate inMicrogravity: Aiding the Development of Novel Technologies forMicroelectronic Assembly2Dr. Mary SilberNorthwestern UniversityEvanston, IL3Competing Instabilities and the Spatio-Temporal Dynamics ofInterfacial Wave Patterns2IndianaProfessor James A. GlazierUniversity of Notre DameNotre Dame, IN3Diffusive Coarsening of Liquid Foams in Microgravity2Professor Issam MudawarPurdue UniversityWest Lafayette, IN3Investigation of Critical Heat Flux in Reduced Gravity UsingPhotomicrographic Techniques2Professor Peter SchifferUniversity of Notre DameNotre Dame, IN3Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Wet Granular Media2KansasDr. Christopher SorensenKansas State UniversityManhattan, KS3Gelation in Aerosols: Non-Mean-Field Aggregation Kinetics2LouisianaDr. John J. HegsethUniversity of New OrleansNew Orleans, LA"Geophysical Flow Experiment in a Rotating Spherical Capacitor"MarylandDr. Michael R. MoldoverNational Institute of Standards and TechnologyGaithersburg, MD"Acoustic Study of Critical Phenomena in Microgravity"Dr. Andrea ProsperettiJohns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD"Acoustic Bubble Removal from Boiling Surfaces and itsOptimization"Dr. Kathleen J.StebeJohns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD"Using Surfactants to Control Bubble Growth Coalescence inNucleate Pool Boiling"MassachusettsProfessor Seth FradenBrandeis UniversityWaltham, MA3Nucleation of Colloidal and Protein Crystals in the Vicinity of aMetastable Critical Point2Dr. James Carl HermansonWorcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, MA3Stability and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Condensing Filmsin Reduced Gravity2Dr. R. Glynn HoltBoston UniversityBoston, MA3Rheology of Foam Near the Order-Disorder Phase Transition2Dr. David A. WeitzHarvard UniversityCambridge, MA3Fabrication of Photonic Structure with Colloid Engineering2MichiganProfessor Marc PerlinUniversity of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI3Using Nonlinearity and Contact Lines to Control Fluid Flow inMicrogravity2Dr. Michael J. SolomonUniversity of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI3Aggregation and Gelation in Suspensions of Anisometric Particles:Studies of Colloidal Platelets and Rods2Professor Gretar TryggvasonUniversity of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI3Computational Modeling of the Effect of Secondary Forces on thePhase Distribution in Dispersed Multiphase Channel Flows2New JerseyDr. Benjamin J. GlasserRutgers UniversityPiscataway, NJ3The Effect of gravity on the Mechanics of Fluidized Beds2Professor Dudley A. SavillePrinceton UniversityPrinceton, NJ3Electrohydrodynamic Flows in Electrochemical Systems2New YorkDr. James T. JenkinsCornell UniversityIthaca, NY3Sheet Flows, Avalanches, and Dune Evolution on Earth and Mars2Professor Donald L. KochCornell UniversityIthaca, NY3Turbulence-Induced Coalescence of Aerosol Particles2Professor Joel KoplikCity College of New YorkNew York, NY3Molecular Dynamics of Fluid-Solid Systems2Professor Peter C. WaynerRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, NY3Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of the Stability of anEvaporating Constrained Vapor Bubble2North CarolinaDr. Robert P. BehringerDuke UniversityDurham, NC"Gravity and Granular Materials"OhioDr. Ramaswamy BalasubramaniamNASA Lewis Research CenterCleveland, OH3Instability of Miscible Interfaces2Dr. Walter M.B. DuvalNASA Lewis Research CenterCleveland, OH3Stereo Imaging Velocimetry of Mixing Driven by Buoyancy InducedFlow Fields2Dr. DeVon W. GriffinNASA Glenn Research CenterCleveland, OH3Phase-Shifting Point-Diffraction Interferometer for MicrogravityFluid Physics2Dr. Yasuhiro KamotaniCase Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, OH3Gas-Evolving Effects on Mass Transfer in Rotating ElectrochemicalCells Under Microgravity Conditions2Dr. John McQuillenNASA Lewis Research CenterCleveland, OH"A Study of Bubble and Slug Gas-Liquid Flow in a MicrogravityEnvironment"Mr. Randall L. Vander WalNational Center for Microgravity ResearchCleveland, OH3Splashing Droplets2Dr. Nengli ZhangOhio Aerospace InstituteCleveland, OH3Enhanced Boiling on Micro-Configured Composite Surfaces UnderMicrogravity Conditions2OklahomaProfessor Ajay K. AgrawalUniversity of OklahomaNorman, OK3Gravitational Effects on Flow Instability and Transition in LowDensity Jets2Professor F. C. LaiUniversity of OklahomaNorman, OK3Enhancement of Microgravity Fiber Impregnation UsingElectrohydrodynamic Induction Pumping2Dr. Ramkumar ParthasarathyUniversity of OklahomaNorman, OK3Instability and Breakup of Gas Jets Injected in CoflowingLiquids2PennsylvaniaProfessor Lance R. CollinsThe Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity Park, PA3Dynamics of Aerosol Particles in Stationary, IsotropicTurbulence2Dr. Daniel A. HammerUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA3Engineering of Novel Biocolloid Suspensions2Dr. Xiao-Lun WuUniversity of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA"Forced Two-dimensional Turbulence in Freely Suspended Films"Rhode IslandProfessor Mohammad fa*ghriUniversity of Rhode IslandKingston, RI3Phase Change in a Low and Jittering Gravity Environment Simulatedvia Electromagnetic Field2TennesseeProfessor M. Douglas LeVanVanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN3Separation of Carbon Monoxide and Carbon Dioxide for Mars ISRU2WashingtonDr. Philip L. MarstonWashington State UniversityPullman, WA"Acive and Active Stabilization of Liquid Bridges in Low Gravity"Dr. Thomas J.MatulaUniversity of WashingtonSeattle, WA"Buoyancy-Driven Instabilities in Single-Bubble SonoluminescenceDr. Ward TeGrotenhuisBattelle Memorial InstituteRichland, WA3Microchannel Phase Separations for Insitu Resource Utilization2WisconsinDr. Eric E. RiceOrbital Technologies CorporationMadison, WI3Magnetic Fluid Management (MFM)2

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