Professor Sun received DoD DURIP award

The Columbia Poromechanics lab is among the winner of the 2015 competition under the defense university research instrumentation program. The awards are the result of a merit competition jointly conducted by three DoD research offices: the Army Research Office, Office of Naval Research, and Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Those offices will make the awards, which are subject to the successful completion of negotiations with the academic institutions. The Defense University Research Instrumentation Program is highly competitive. The three DoD research offices solicited proposals from university investigators conducting science and engineering research of importance to national defense. This includes research that underpins advances in materials, structures, and manufacturing science; quantum and nanosciences; computing and networks; electronics, electromagnetics, electro optics; acoustics; neuroscience; fluid dynamics; robotics and autonomous systems; and ocean, environmental, and life sciences and engineering.

The official announcement from DoD can be found at

http://www.defense.gov/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=17320