Grant Support

Our research activities have been supported by federal funding agencies, national laboratories, and industrial parteners, which include the National Science Fundation (NSF), the Department of Energy (DOE), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Army Research Office (ARO), National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and Yetispace Inc.

Figure 1: Illustration of the major research programs in Dr. Guo’s cryogenic group and the funding agencies that support these research activities.

List of grants and awards:

2024
(1) ExpandQISE: Track 2: Quantum Fluids and Solids as Platforms for Quantum Science and Engineering
PI: Guo, W.
Agency: National Science Foundation; Period: 10/1/2024 - 09/30/2029; Amount: $5,000,000

2023
(1) Supplemental equipment funds for optomagneto cryostat
PI: Guo, W.
Agency: Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; Period: 09/15/2023 - 08/31/2024; Amount: $344,000

(2) Organizing the 2024 International Conference on Quantum Fluids and Solids
PI: Guo, W.
Agency: National Science Foundation; Period: 09/2023 - 08/2024; Amount: $20,000

(3) Organizing the 2024 International Conference on Quantum Fluids and Solids
PI: Guo, W.
Agency: Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; Period: 09/2023 - 08/2024; Amount: $20,000

2022
(1) Tackling challenging problems in quantum and classical turbulence using liquid helium-4
PI: Guo, W. (2022 Experimental Physics Investigator Award)
Agency: Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; Period: 09/15/2022 - 08/31/2027; Amount: $1,250,000

(2) Liquid Helium Fluid Dynamics Studies for Accelerator Applications
PI: Guo, W.
Agency: US Department of Energy; Period: 07/16/2022 - 07/15/2025; Amount: $675,000

(3) IZEA - Integrated Zero-Emission Aviation using a Robust Hybrid Architecture
PI: L. Cattafesta, Co-PIs: W. Guo, et al.
Agency: NASA; Period: 06/01/2022 - 05/31/2027; Amount: $9,986,548

2021
(1) Stereoscopic visualization study of turbulence and vortex-tangle dynamics in He II
PI: Guo, W.
Agency: National Science Foundation; Period: 08/01/2021 - 07/31/2024; Amount: $521,489

2020
(1) Fast Multilevel Multi-phase CFD-nodal Model for Cryogenic Applications
PI: Shoele, K, co-PI: Sussman, M. and Guo, W.
Agency: National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Period: 01/13/2020 - 01/12/2023; Amount: $549,454

(2) Searching for Interactions of Light Dark Matter Using Zero-Field Detectors with Transition Edge Sensor Readout
PI: D. McKinsey (UC Berkeley), co-PI: C. Chang (ANL), S. Hertel (UMass), R. Mahapatra (TAMU), M. Pyle (UC Berkeley), B. Penning (Brandeis Univ.), and W. Guo (FSU)
Agency: US Department of Energy; Period: 06/30/2020 - 09/30/2024; Amount: $2,700,000

2019
(1) Liquid Helium Fluid Dynamics Studies
PI: Guo, W.
Agency: US Department of Energy; Period: 08/01/2019 - 03/31/2022; Amount: $600,000

2018
(1) Advanced Molecular Tagging Velocimetry In Cryogenic Helium
PI: Guo, W. and co-PI: Cattafestta, L.
Agency: Army Research Office; Period: 12/21/2018 - 12/20/2019; Amount: $216,893

(2) Flow Visualization Study of Quantum Hydrodynamics in Superfluid Helium-4
PI: Guo, W.
Agency: National Science Foundation; Period: 8/1/2018 - 7/31/2021; Amount: $335,023

(3) High Reynolds Number Turbulence Research in Cryogenic Helium
PI: Guo, W. and co-PI: Cattafestta, L.
Agency: National Science Foundation: Period: 6/1/2018 - 5/31/2021; Amount: $375,003

2017
(1) High Resolution Validation Of Next Generation Turbulent Flow Models Using Neutron Beams And Laser Fluorescence In Cryogenic Helium
PI: Guo, W.
Agency: Oak Ridge National Lab; Period: 10/1/2017 - 9/30/2018; Amount: $34,780

2016
(1) Liquid Helium Fluid Dynamics Studies
PI: Guo, W. and co-PI: Van Sciver, S. W.
Agency: Department of Energy: Period: 04/01/2016 - 03/31/2019; Amount: $765,000

(2) Repeatability Testing of Multilayer Insulation Blankets Using Calorimetery
PI: Van Sciver, S. and co-PI: Guo, W.
Agency: Yetispace, Inc.; Period: 3/1/2016 - 3/1/2017; Amount: $93,750

(3) Workshop on Quantum Turbulence
PI: Guo, W.
Agency: National Science Foundation; Period: 9/1/2016 - 8/31/2017; Amount: $13,000

2015
(1) Repeatability Measurements Of MLI Apparent Thermal Conductivity For Different Boundary Temperatures
PI: Van Sciver, S. and co-PI: Guo, W.
Agency: NASA; Period: 6/1/2015 - 7/31/2017; Amount: $99,694

(2) Visualization study of vortex-line dynamics in a magnetically levitated helium-4 superfluid drop
PI: Guo, W.
Agency: National Science Foundation; Period: 05/01/2015 - 05/01/2018; Amount: $302,362

2014
(1) Flow Visualization in Superfluid Helium-4 Using A Thin Line of He2 Excimer Tracers
PI: Guo, W.
Agency: FSU Faculty Travel Grant Program; Period: 11/01/2014 - 11/01/2015; Amount: $1,500

(2) Liquid Helium Fluid Dynamics Studies
PI: Van Sciver, S.W. and co-PI: Guo, W.
Agency: Department of Energy; Period: 05/01/2014 - 05/01/2016; Amount: $500,000

(3) Visualization study of vortex-line dynamics in a magnetically levitated helium-4 drop
PI: Guo, W.
Agency: FSU CRC Planning Grant program; Period: 12/01/2014 - 12/01/2015; Amount: $13,000

2013
(1) Generation III Intensified CCD Camera for Time-Resolved Imaging and Spectroscopy Applications
PI: Guo, W.; co-PIs: Van Sciver, S.W.; Cao, J. and Stephen, M.
Agency: FSU IP Development and Commercialization (EIEG program); Period: 5/1/2013 - 5/1/2014; Amount: $43,000

(2) Producing a Line of Excimer Helium Molecules for Visualization Study of Turbulence in Super-fluid Helium-4
PI: Guo, W.
Agency: FSU CRC FYAP program; Period: 05/01/2013 - 08/01/2013; Amount: $20,000