Ken Kuo and Rich Yetter receive Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) Awards

Two new Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) Awards had been received by members of the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering.

The awards were announced on Friday by the Department of Defense, which will issue 31 grants to 24 different universities.  This is out of 116 full proposals received.  MURI budgets are a million dollars a year for five years. Click here (pdf) to see the chart that gives additional details on the awards.

MURI #7 is funded by the Army, and is titled "A Unified Multiscale Approach for Nano-Engineered Energetic Materials."  Rich Yetter is the PI, and Ken Kuo is the co-PI.  Vigor Yang and Dave Allara will also be participants at Penn State.   Two other universities are involved: the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Southern California.

MURI #12 is funded by the Navy, and is titled "Fundamental Understanding of Propellant/Nozzle Interaction to Mitigate Erosion for Very High Pressure Missile Propellant Applications." Ken Kuo is the PI, and Rich Yetter is the co-PI.  Vigor Yang and Francesco Costanzo will also be participants at Penn State.  Four other universities are involved: the University of Illinois - Chicago, Emory University, Ohio State University, and the University of Texas, Austin. (3/04)