Congratulations to the NASA_EPSCoR_SeedGrant_2025-2026 awardees! Each researcher received a seed award up to the amount of $21,000 in direct funds for their projects:
Nuwan Dewapriya, UD Center for Composite Materials
Molecular Dynamics Modeling of Semi-crystalline Thermoplastics for Integration into NASA Multiscale Analysis Tool (NASMAT)
Kelvin Fu, UD Mechanical Engineering
Advanced Fiber-Reinforced Composite Technologies for Lunar and Space Habitat Shielding
Francesco Pecora, UD Physics and Astronomy
Tracking Solar Wind Evolution: Acquiring Turbulence Properties from PSP and PUNCH White-Light Images
Jun Xu, UD Mechanical Engineering
Dynamic Electrochemo-Mechanics in Solid-state Batteries under Extreme Conditions