Two new projects being developed through the School of Architecture\u2019s Integrated Design Research Lab have each received 2020 Innovation Corps (I-Corps) grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Created in 2011, the I-Corps program is designed to support the commercialization of new technology discoveries in science and engineering.<\/p>\n
The teams behind both projects include faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, and representatives from private companies. The $50,000 I-Corps grants will allow each team to test proof of concept and commercial viability for their projects.<\/p>\n
The award-winning projects are:<\/p>\n
A regenerative high-performance curtainwall for net zero energy applications<\/em>, developed by team members Kyoung Hee Kim, associate professor of architecture and the principal investigator; Hamideh Hosseiniirani, an MS\/PhD dual degree student; undergraduate architecture student Isabella Silva; and Dennis Richter, president of Richter Development and Solterra Partners. They propose to incorporate concentrated micro-photovoltaic cells within double pane glass in a factory-assembled curtainwall unit, which will provide energy efficiency, user satisfaction, and clean energy production to promote net zero architecture practice.<\/p>\n An air-depolluting system for improved indoor air quality,<\/em> developed by team members Chengde Wu, research associate and lecturer in architecture and the principal investigator; Ketki Prashant Bapat, a graduate architecture student; Dante Gil Rivas, an undergraduate architecture student; and Tom\u00e1s Jim\u00e9nez-Eli\u00e6son, partner and design principal at Little Diversified Architectural Consulting. The proposed technology consists of a network of light shelf reflectors coated with a thin layer of nanocrystalline titanium dioxide as a photocatalyst. This passive photocatalytic system is expected to effectively remove indoor air pollutants and provide uniform indoor daylighting illumination.<\/p>\n The IDRL also received NSF I-Corps grants last summer for two projects<\/a>. One of those projects, the development of a microalgae facade, has recently received further support from the NSF for the next phase of development. Learn more here<\/a>.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Two new projects being developed through the School of Architecture\u2019s Integrated Design Research Lab have each received 2020 Innovation Corps (I-Corps) grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Created in 2011, the I-Corps program is designed to support the commercialization of new technology discoveries in science and engineering. The teams behind both projects include faculty, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":36913,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_clt_a11y_last_scan":"1778692392","_clt_a11y_has_violations":"0","_clt_a11y_violations":"[]","_clt_a11y_suppressions":"","_clt_a11y_needs_validation":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[39],"class_list":["post-36911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-architecture"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n