Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

Amount

$345,000.00

Award Date

8/13/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Dynamic contact networks in granular systems: New insights into fracture & segregation. Understanding how and when particulate matter such as sand or gravel will respond to stress and start to flow is an important problem in a wide range of fields such