Michigan State University has received a $30 million grant from the National Science Foundation, or NSF, beginning Sept. 1, to establish Transformative Explorations in Multi-Physics and Engineering of Scientific Turbulence or TEMPEST, a new Science and Technology Center, or STC, bringing together physicists, mathematicians, engineers and AI researchers to focus on one of science’s most difficult problems: understanding and controlling turbulence.
“This National Science Foundation grant is a tremendous vote of confidence in Michigan State University and an investment in the strength of our faculty to understand some of the most complex scientific challenges facing our world,” said MSU President Kevin M. Guskiewicz, Ph.D. “This is exactly the kind of ambitious, collaborative research that defines our role as a national research university.”
According to MSU’s Vice President for Research and Innovation Shashank Priya, NSF Science and Technology Centers represent some of the nation’s boldest investments in transformative research — bringing together leading experts across disciplines and institutions to confront the most complex scientific challenges of our time.