David A. Peters, Ph.D., professor of mechanical engineering, has received a one-year, $70,000 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research titled “Applications of Finite-State Methods to Rotor Aerodynamic Optimization.” …
James S. Schilling, Ph.D., professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, has received a four-year, $525,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Studies of Alkali Metal and Low-z Superconductors Under Extreme Hydrostatic Pressure.” …
Washington University has received a $44,775 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The grant will be used to develop a survey tool to explore why undergraduate students leave science and engineering fields.