← LeaderboardsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
College Station, TX
$951,669,512
Total funding
1,870
Grants
Funding over time
peak $89.7M · FY2005–26$100M$75M$50M$25M$0
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Funding mix
By agency
NSF$532,780,312 · 1340
DOD$222,174,091 · 290
DOE$153,194,216 · 158
NASA$41,911,604 · 78
USDA$1,609,290 · 4
By mechanism
—$951,669,512 · 1870
Investigators at Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
InvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Exposure= the full size of every grant they're on ($1M each).
Rising Stars
First grant in the last 5 yrs
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Emerging Leaders
6–10 yrs in
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All-Time
Most funded here, all years
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Largest grants
TEXAS A&M AGREEMENT$38,292,265
· FY2019 · Department of the Army
NSF Engineering Research Center for Precise Advanced Technologies and Health Systems for Under-resourced Populations (PATHS-UP)$38,277,956
· FY2017 · ENG
THE PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT IS TO FUND RESEARCH SUPPORTING THE DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY DARPA BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIES OFFICES BTO ARCADIA PROGRAM. THIS EFFORT SHALL BE CARRIED OUT GENERALLY AS SET FORTH IN EXHIBIT B, RESEARCH DESCRIPTION DOCUMENT, DATED SEPTEMBER 8, 2022, AND IN THE RECIPIENTS REVISED PROPOSAL TITLED, MICROBES ACHIEVE RESISTANCE TO MICROORGANISM INFLUENCED RUST ?ARMOR. AN INTEGRATED PLATFORM FOR DEFEATING CORROSION, DATED SEPTEMBER 8, 2022, COPIES OF WHICH ARE IN THE POSSESSION OF BOTH PARTIES.$13,179,355
· FY2025 · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
TO ENABLE COMMERCIALLY VIABLE CIVIL SUPERSONIC TRANSPORT (SST) AIRCRAFT INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS MUST BE DEVELOPED TO MEET NOISE AND EFFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR OVERLAND FLIGHT. THIS EFFORT EMPLOYS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM OF ACADEMIC AND INDUSTRIAL EXPERTS TO EXPLORE FOR THE FIRST TIME THE POTENTIAL OF SMALL REAL-TIME GEOMETRIC OUTER MOLD LINE (OML) RECONFIGURATIONS TO MINIMIZE BOOM SIGNATURES AND DRAG IN RESPONSE TO CHANGING AMBIENT CONDITIONS. THIS WILL ENABLE NOISE-COMPLIANT SST FLIGHT FROM TAKEOFF TO LANDING. OUR TEAM EXPLOITS ADVANCES IN LOW-VOLUME ENERGY-DENSE SOLID-STATE SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY (SMA) ACTUATORS THE MODELING THEREOF PROVEN SUPERSONIC COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMIC METHODS AND SONIC BOOM PROPAGATION TOOLS TO CONSIDER EMBEDDED SOLUTIONS FOR IN SITU ADJUSTMENT OF AN SST AIRCRAFT FOR AN OPTIMAL LOW BOOM SIGNATURE AND LOW DRAG IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS. PREVIOUS RESEARCH EFFORTS HAVE SHOWN THAT SMALL DISTRIBUTED CHANGES IN SST OML CAN SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE PERCEIVED SONIC BOOM NOISE WITHOUT NEGATIVELY AFFECTING AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE. HOWEVER SIGNATURES OPTIMIZED THROUGH OML SHAPING AT A SINGLE FLIGHT CONDITION DEGRADE RAPIDLY WITH SLIGHT CHANGES IN FLIGHT CONDITION. ANGLE OF ATTACK ALTITUDE AIR DENSITY AND SPEED ARE KNOWN TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT BOOM SIGNATURE AND SST FLIGHT PERFORMANCE ENDANGERING TRUE COMMERCIAL VIABILITY OF OVERLAND SUPERSONIC FLIGHT. TO BE COMMERCIALLY VIABLE A SST MUST ROBUSTLY MEET BOOM SIGNATURE LIMITS FOR A RANGE OF FLIGHT CONDITIONS AND THUS REQUIRES REAL-TIME ADAPTABILITY. THE NOVEL MULTIDISCIPLINARY AND STRUCTURALLY INTEGRATED EFFORT EXPLORES NEW ENGINEERING TOOLS AND MATERIALS DEMONSTRATING THAT DISTRIBUTED STRUCTURAL ADAPTIVITY CAN ENABLE ROBUST LOW BOOM SST PERFORMANCE IN VARYING CONDITIONS AND THUS DEVELOPS TECHNOLOGIES TO ENABLE COMMUNITY-ACCEPTED SST AIRCRAFT. OUR TEAM WAS CAREFULLY CHOSEN TO ADDRESS THIS UNIQUE AERONAUTICS PROBLEM IS STRONG IN EACH IMPORTANT TECHNICAL AREA AND IS SYNERGISTIC ACROSS MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES AND IDENTIFIED CHALLENGES. THE TEXAS A&M LEADERSHIP IS NATURAL FOR THIS EFFORT GIVEN ITS MANY PREVIOUS INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH SUCCESSES AND LONG HISTORY OF SMART MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES DEVELOPMENTS AND SUPERSONICS/HYPERSONICS EXPLORATION. PARTNER INSTITUTIONS (FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS UTAH STATE) WERE CHOSEN ON THE BASIS OF THEIR TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES AND PROVIDE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUPPORTING NASA S MISSION OF EXTENDING INCLUSION TO A WIDER RANGE OF RESEARCHERS. INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS (ATA ENGINEERING BOEING FORT WAYNE METALS) WERE SELECTED FOR THEIR BACKGROUND IN SUPERSONIC PLATFORM AND APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT AND UNDERSTANDING OF SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS. THE OVERALL RESEARCH STRATEGY IS COMPOSED OF THREE MAJOR FOCUS AREAS OR TECHNICAL CHALLENGES THAT MUST BE MET FOR PROGRAM SUCCESS: I) DISTRIBUTED ADAPTIVITY DESIGN TOOLS DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE STUDIES II) MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATED SOLID-STATE ACTUATION DESIGN; AND III) DETAILED DESIGN AND DEMONSTRATION. INITIALLY THE TEAM IS IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS WHERE SMALLSCALE DISTRIBUTED ADAPTIVITY CAN PROVIDE A BENEFIT IN NOISE OR DRAG ACROSS THE ENTIRE FLIGHT ENVELOPE. FOR SELECTED APPLICATIONS/STRUCTURAL LOCATIONS REQUIRED OML GEOMETRY CHANGES WILL BE DETERMINED BASED ON ANALYSIS OF BOOM GROUND SIGNATURE AND DRAG REDUCTION USING NEW DESIGN TOOLS AND TRADE STUDIES. ADAPTIVE STRUCTURE DESIGNS WILL BE DEVELOPED AND EVALUATED AGAINST THE REQUIREMENTS (E.G. LOADING STROKE LENGTH OPERATIONAL TEMPERATURE) INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL ALLOY FORMULATIONS TAILORED FOR BOTH AUTONOMOUS AND CONTROLLED ACTUATION. AS THE SMA MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT MATURES INTEGRATED SYSTEM-LEVEL FACTORS WILL BE CONSIDERED. OPTIMIZED DESIGNS FOR SELECTED ADAPTIVE STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS WILL THEN BE MATURED AND TESTED MOVING TOWARD SYSTEM-LEVEL WIND TUNNEL DEMONSTRATION OF THE INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY APPROACHES AT A TRL 4-5.$9,944,792
· FY2017 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
"INTEGRATED THEORETICAL, COMPUTATIONAL, AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES FOR TRANSITION ESTIMATION AND CONTROL"$8,998,195
· FY2009 · Department of Defense
“THE EAGLE FORD SHALE LABORATORY: A FIELD STUDY OF THE STIMULATED RESERVOIR VOLUME, DETAILED FRACTURE CHARACTERISTICS, AND EOR POTENTIAL”$7,716,405
· FY2018 · Department of Energy
ASSURED MICROBIAL PRESERVATION IN HARSH OR REMOTE AREAS (AMPHORA)$7,448,061
· FY2025 · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
NEW COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT$7,019,564
· FY2022 · Department of the Army
TAS::57 3600::TAS "(MURI 09)SYNTHESISCHARACTERIZATION AND MODELING OF FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MULTIFUNCTIONAL HYBRID COMPOSITES FOR EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS,$6,723,583
· FY2009 · Department of Defense
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TEXAS A & M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION: NEW CONDITIONAL ASCEND AWARD.
CONTROL NUMBER: 2238-1556
TITLE: “MULTI-PHYSICAL CO-DESIGN OF NEXT GENERATION AXIAL MOTORS FOR AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS”
TAMU-TEES WILL DESIGN, FABRICATE AND TEST AN EXTREMELY LIGHTWEIGHT AND ULTRA-EFFICIENT ELECTRIC POWERTRAIN FOR AIRCRAFT PROPULSION TO REDUCE THE ENERGY COST AND EMISSIONS OF AVIATION.
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· FY2021 · Department of Energy
RECONFIGURABLE ELECTRONIC MATERIALS INSPIRED BY NONLINEAR NEURON DYNAMICS (REMIND)$6,382,000
· FY2022 · Department of Energy
South Texas Rural Systemic Initiative$6,329,527
· FY2001 · EDU
DISTRIBUTED AUTONOMOUS ROBOTIC EXPERIMENTS AND SIMULATIONS (DARES)$6,091,842
· FY2021 · Department of the Army
Texas Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation (TxCEPT)$6,004,500
· FY2000 · EDU
SUPPORT FOR THE NUCLEAR SECURITY SCIENCE AND POLICY INSTITUTE, TEXAS ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT AT TAMU$5,910,453
· FY2008 · Department of Energy
B2: Learning Environments with Augmentation and Robotics for Next-gen Emergency Responders (LEARNER)$5,898,023
· FY2020 · TIP
LSAMP: Texas A&M System Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, Phase III Program: Cultivating the Future$5,421,413
· FY2003 · EDU
Research on Environmental Sustainability of Semi-Arid Coastal Areas (RESSACA)$5,366,433
· FY2007 · EDU
Research on Environmental Sustainability of Semi-Arid Coastal Areas (RESSACA)$5,246,500
· FY2002 · EDU
National Geospatial Technology Center (NGT Center)$5,087,057
· FY2008 · EDU