Research Grant awarded to ME Professor from U.S. Department of Defense

May 29, 2008

Professor Dimitris Nikotopoulos from the Department of Mechanical Engineering is one of 24 researchers selected to receive a grant from the United States Department of Defense (DoD).

The grant will come from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, AFOSR, for the project "Toward Active Control of Film Cooling and Turbine Blade Aerodynamics." The funding is in conjunction with DEPSCoR, Defense Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research.

The exact amount of the grant is undisclosed but the total amount of funds being distributed is $15.7 million, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Defense. All awards are contingent on the successful completion of negotiations between the Department and the respective academic institutions.