RESEARCH GRANT AWARDS:

last updated on March 5, 2013

For joint Projects names of co-investigators are given in parenthesis after the title:

Agency: Air Force Research Laboratory through AOARD office

Amount: $70,000 Period: 2/18/2011 - 08/17/2012,

Title: A Fundamental Study of Heat Transfer Phenomenon in Periodic Structures

Agency: National Science Foundation (CMMI 1044018)

Amount: $10,000 Period: 8/1/2010 - 7/31/2013

Title: Travel Grant to Japan for Planning and Initiating Cooperative Research on Detection of Barely Visible Impact Damage in Composite Laminate Panels

Agency: NIST (through Acellent Technologies)

Amount: $150,000 Period: 2/1/2009 - 8/31/2012

Title: Development of SCANS for Advanced Health Management of Civil Infrastructures - my responsibility was the wave field modeling to simulate scattering of ultrasonic waves by defects in structures with complex geometry.

Agency: Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Amount: $459,489 Period: 6/1/2008 - 11/30/2012

Title: Modeling of Ultrasonic and Terahertz Radiations in Defective Tiles for Condition Monitoring of Thermal Protection Systems

Agency: Air Force Research Laboratory, Dayton OH & Center for Nondestructive Evaluation, Ames , Iowa

Amount: $200,000 Period: 6/1/2005 - 5/31/2009

Title: Ultrasonic Technique for Structural Health Monitoring – Experimental and Analytical Investigation

Agency: Air Force Office of Scientific Research (through Nextgen Aeronautics)

Amount: $33,999 Period: 5/2009 - 2/28/2010

Title: Real-time In-situ Impact and Damage Locator in Anisotropic Aerospace Structures

Agency: NIST through Acellent Technologies

Amount: $167,000 Period: 9/2009 - 8/2012

Title: Development of FASEN skins for Advanced Health Management of Civil Infrastructures

Agency: Air Force Research Laboratory through UTC

Amount: $50,000 Period: 9/1/2008 - 12/31/2009, Contract #08-S508-009-25-C1, F33615-03-D-5204

Title: Electromagnetic and Ultrasonic Radiation Modeling with Emphasis on THz Ray and Material Interaction

Agency: National Science Foundation (OISE-0352680)

Amount: $28,780, Period: 4/1/2004 - 3/31/2009

Title: US-India Cooperative Research: Health Monitoring and Retrofitting of Infrastructure

Agency: National Science Foundation (CMMI-0434248)

Amount: $37,010, Period: 9/15/04 - 9/14/05

Title: Joint U.S. India Workshop on Advanced Sensing Systems and Smart Structures Technologies

(Joint Project, P.I. M. P. Singh of Virginia Tech. & Co-P.I.: T. Kundu)

Agency: National Science Foundation (CMS-9901221, CMMI-0226466, 0443494, 0530991)

Total Amount: $340,335, Period: 10/1/99 - 9/30/08

Title: Development of Non-Contact Sensors for Pipe Inspection by Lamb Wave.

Agency:     National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO)(FRS #340740)

Amount: $15,550, Period: 8/2/04 - 1/2/05

Title: Static and Dynamic Analysis due to Gravity and Wind Load for the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope.

Agency: National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO) (FRS #4177800)

Amount: $25,912, Period: 7/18/03 - 5/31/04

Title: Static and Dynamic Analysis due to Gravity and Wind Load for the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope and the Giant Segmented Mirror.

Agency: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany (Senior Scientist Research Prize)

Amount : Approximately $75,000, Period: 6/1/03 - 7/31/04

Title: Ultrasonic/Acoustic Microscopical Analysis of Multi-Layered Biological Cells

Agency: National Science Foundation (INT-9912549)

Amount: $16,875, Period: 7/15//00 - 12/31/02

Title: US-France-Sweden Cooperative Research: Ultrasonic Sensors Design, Fabrication and Testing.

Agency: National Science Foundation (CMS-9800345)

Amount: $149,986, Period: 7/98 - 12/02

Title: Ultrasonic Evaluation of Delamination Defects at FRP/Concrete Interface.

(Joint Project, Co-P.I.s: T. Kundu & M. Ehsani)

Agency: National Science Foundation, Sandia Lab, Boeing Electronic and Hughes Missile Systems

Amount: $435K(NSF- 290K, Sandia - 45K, Boeing – 60K, Hughes-40K), Period: 9/98 - 8/01

Title: Testing and Constitutive Modeling for Design and Reliability in Electronic Packaging.

(Joint Project, Co-P.I.s: C. S. Desai, T. Kundu, J. L. Prince & M. Rassaian)

Agency: Transportation Research Board

Amount: $67,602, Period: 8/98 - 7/99

Title: A Novel Approach for Prediction of Remaining Life of Concrete Bridge Structures

(Joint Project, Co-P.I.s: C. S. Desai & T. Kundu)

Agency: National Science Foundation (CMS-9523349 & 9896182) and

Electric Power Research Institute (W08031-14 & EP-P241/C110)

Amount: $267K(NSF- 152K, EPRI - 115K), Period: 9/95 - 12/00

Title: Lamb Wave Sensors for Inspecting Civil Infrastructures.

Agency: National Science Foundation (CMS-9622403)

Amount: $90,000 (includes $10,000 REU support), Period: 9/96 - 8/98

Title: Non-Destructive Evaluation of Structures Retrofitted with Fiber Composites.

(Joint Project, Co-P.I.s: T. Kundu & M. Ehsani)

Agency: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, HTECH.LG931353)

Amount: 1,189,000 Belgian Francs (US $35,873) & Univ. of Az $1,000, Period: 1/94 - 1/96

Title: Imaging and Property Determination of 3-D Objects by Acoustic Microscopy

Agency: National Science Foundation

Amount: $109,000 ( Univ. of Az Matching Fund $33,000), Period: 8/93 - 6/95

Title: Acoustic Microscopy for Detecting Kissing and Slip Bonded Interfaces.

Agency: National Science Foundation

Amount: $400,000, Period: 9/93 - 8/96

Title: Unified Constitutive Modelling, Testing and Computer Design for Semiconductor Devices with Emphasis on Interface Behavior (Joint Project, P.I.: C. S. Desai, Co-P.I.s: T. Kundu and J. Prince)

Agency: MER Corporation, Tucson

Amount: $5,800, Period: 2/93 - 2/95.

Title: Stress Analysis at the Metal-Carbon Composite Interface

Agency: National Research Council of National Academy of Sciences

Amount: $11,100, Period: 10/93 - 6/94

Title: The Application of the Acoustic Microscopy Methods for Characterization of Subsurface Defects.

Agency: Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Amount: $20,000, Period: 1/93 - 12/93,

Title: Detection of Internal Defects in Multilayered Plates by Lamb Wave Acousutic Microscopy.

Agency: Universal Technology

Amount: $10,000 (equipment), Period: 6/92 - 12/92,

Title: Ultrasonic Transducer Characterization for Nondestr. Testings.

Agency: National Science Foundation

Amount: $182,826, Period: 9/91 - 2/94,

Title: Constitutive Modelling of Mechanical Response of Materials in Semiconductor Devices with Emphasis on Interface Behavior (Joint Project, P.I.: C. S. Desai, Co-Investigator: T. Kundu and J. Prince)

Agency: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany

Amount: $50,000 (A fellowship to T. Kundu for his stay in Germany ), Period: 9/89 - 8/90 & 6/96 - 3/97.

Title: Study of Cell Metabolic Response by its Acoustic Signature

Agency: National Science Foundation and University of Arizona

Amount: $99,000 (Univ of Az: $20,000), Period: 9/88 - 2/91, DMC-8807661

Title: Acoustic Actuators for Quality Control in Manufacturing (Joint Project, P.I.: T. Kundu, Co-Investigator: A. Mahalanobis)

Agency: National Science Foundation

Amount: $170,257, Period: 9/87 - 2/90, CES-8711764

Title: Constitutive Modelling of the Dynamic Anisotropic Response of Soils (Joint Project, P.I.: C.S. Desai, Co-Investigator: T. Kundu)

Agency: National Science Foundation

Amount: $59,138, Period 6/85 - 12/87, MSM-8502120

Title: Computation of the Dynamic Stress Intensity Factor of an Interfacial Finite Crack in a Plate.

Agency: University of Arizona (Small Grants Program)

Amount: $5000, Period: 1/89 - 12/89

Title: Acoustic Microscopy for Crack Detection in Materials

Agency: University of Arizona (International Project Development Fund)

Amount: $2000, Period: 7/89 - 6/90

Title: An International Collaboration on Acoustic Microscopy

Agency: Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Amount: $18,000, Period: 8/87 - 6/88

Title: Measurement of Damage and Modelling of Behavior of Joints (Joint Project, P.I.: C.S. Desai, Co-Investigator: T. Kundu)

Agency: Intel Corporation, California

Amount: Equipment Grant for an Intel System 310

Title: Computer Simulation of the Dynamic Response of a Structure during an Earthquake.