NASA EPSCoR Stimuli Publication

NASA EPSCoR Stimuli is a summary collection of college and university basic research and technology development reports impacting NASA’s earth science, aviation, and human and robotic deep space exploration programs. This document addresses research which is relevant to NASA’s mission, and currently administered by the agency’s Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research.

2023-2024 Delaware NASA EPSCoR RID Seed Grant Program Awards

Congratulations to the 2023-2024 NASA EPSCoR Seed Grant awardees! Each researcher received a seed award in the amount of $21,000 in direct funds for their projects: Joseph Feser, UD Mechanical EngineeringUsing Time Domain Thermoreflectance to Observe Heat Transfer Regimes in Oscillating Heat PipesGuoquan Huang, UD Mechanical Engineering and Computer and Information SciencesRobust Hazard Detection for… Continue reading 2023-2024 Delaware NASA EPSCoR RID Seed Grant Program Awards

2023 NASA EPSCoR CAN Research Award

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Xi Wang (Science PI) from UD’s Materials Science Department and Associate Professor Vishal Saxena (Co-I) from UD’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department on the submission of a successful proposal in NASA’s national competition! The proposal, “Multifunctional Zero-standby Power Sensing and Reconfigurable Photonic Integrated Circuits”, was selected by NASA for an award… Continue reading 2023 NASA EPSCoR CAN Research Award

NASA EPSCoR CAN ISS Flight Award

Congratulations to University of Delaware Assistant Professor Tyler Van Buren (Mechanical Engineering) on his awarded proposal “Turbulence decay of a bubble/sediment laden liquid in ISS microgravity”! Selected by NASA for 2022 funding, Dr. Van Buren’s research will ultimately fly on the International Space Station.

2020 NASA EPSCoR CAN Research Award

Congratulations to University of Delaware’s Mary A. S. Lighthipe Professor Xiao-Hai Yan and Unidel Edward G. Jefferson Chair Professor Cathy H. Wu on the submission of a successful proposal in NASA’s national competition! The proposal, “NASA EPSCoR Research Project: Building a Competitive and Sustainable Delaware Remote Sensing Big Data Center for Cutting-Edge Coastal and Environmental… Continue reading 2020 NASA EPSCoR CAN Research Award