David Dowling's Webpage - University of Michigan College of Engineering

Grants and Fundings : -

1. "Optical pressure measurements, " Sponsor: Rackham School of Graduate Studies, Dates: 1/1/93 - 12/31/94, Sponsor Amount: $14,928. D. Dowling (project director)

2. "Short wave and surfactant interactions," Sponsor: Office of Naval Research, Dates: 7/1/93 - 6/30/95, Sponsor Amount: $198,147 (UM cost sharing: $72,929). W. Schultz (project director), M. Perlin (co-PI), and D. Dowling (co-PI)

3. "Surfactant dynamics," Office of Naval Research (AASERT program) Period: 7/1/94 - 6/30/97, Sponsor Amount: $112,893 (UM cost sharing: $24,362). D. Dowling (project director) and W. Schultz (co-PI)

4. "Noise Abatement strategies for engine plants," Sponsor: Ford Motor Company, Dates: 6/1/94 - 12/31/94, Sponsor Amount: $8,050. D.Dowling (project director) and N. Perkins (co-PI)

5. "Automotive research center," Sponsor: US Army Tank Automotive Command Dates: 9/1/94 - 8/31/97, Sponsor Amount: $7.4 million (UM cost sharing: $800,000) P. Papalambros (project director), Five university consortium, D.Dowling (co-PI, one of 15 at the UM). D.Dowling directs the engine vibration project, and is the faculty member with primary responsibility for the heavy-duty Diesel-engine laboratory. These efforts lead to average expenditures of $155,000 per year. "ARC Contract Extension", Dates: 9/1/97 - 2/28/98, Sponsor Amount: $1.25 million.

6. "A Parameter study of CPVC injection molding," Sponsor: Colonial Engineering Date: 5/1/95, Sponsor Amount: $8,000 (Gift to the ME & AM Department)

7. "Tuning cable technology for large scale hydraulics," Sponsor: Ford Motor Company, Dates: 5/25/95 - 9/30/96 Sponsor Amount: $50,383 (UM cost sharing: $3,981). D.Dowling (project director), K. Grosh (co-PI), and N. Perkins (co-PI)

8. "Phase-conjugate array focusing in littoral waters," Sponsor: Office of Naval Research, Dates: 10/1/95 - 9/30/97, Sponsor Amount: $93,615 (UM cost sharing: $16,720). D.Dowling (project director)

9. "Photo-acoustic leak testing," and "Photo-acoustic leak testing extension," Sponsor: Ford Motor Company, Dates: 3/25/96 - 12/31/99. Sponsor Amount: $200,000 (UM cost sharing: $24,606). D.Dowling (project director)

10. "Characterization of vibration isolation elements for hydraulic power systems" Sponsor: Vescor, Dates: 10/1/96 - 5/31/97, Sponsor Amount: $37,534 (UM cost sharing: $4,289). N. Perkins (project director) and D. Dowling (co-PI)

11. "Shallow-water waveguide influences on time-reversing array retrofocusing," Sponsor: Office of Naval Research (AASERT program), Dates: 6/1/97 - 8/31/00, Sponsor Amount: $123,799 (UM cost sharing: $19,505). D. Dowling (project director)

12. "The influence of noise and signal bandwidth on time-reversing array retrofocusing in shallow water," Sponsor: Office of Naval Research, Dates: 10/1/97 - 9/30/99, Sponsor Amount: $100,000 (UM cost sharing: $4,000). D.Dowling (project director)

13. "Direct Simulation of Rigid Multi-Cylinder Engine Dynamics and Vibration," Sponsor: Cummins Engine Company, Dates: 1/1/99 - 8/31/99, Sponsor Amount: $22,400. D.Dowling (project director)

14. "Dynamics of separated turbulent shear flows at high Reynolds numbers," Sponsor: Office of Naval Research, Dates: 2/1/99-1/31/02, Sponsor Amount: $773,430. S. Ceccio (project director) and D. Dowling (co-PI)

15. "A large two-dimensional hydrofoil for flow studies in the Large Cavitation Channel," Sponsor: Office of Naval Research, Dates: 6/1/99-5/31/00, Sponsor Amount: $200,000. S. Ceccio (project director) and D. Dowling (co-PI)

16. "Horizontal Time-reversing arrays in shallow water," Sponsor: Office of Naval Research, Dates: 10/1/99-9/30/01, Sponsor Amount: $130,000. D. Dowling (project director)

17. "Microbubble and polymer drag reduction at high Reynolds numbers and large scales," Sponsors: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and Office of Naval Research, Dates: 3/1/01-12/31/05, Sponsor Amount: $1.95 million. S. Ceccio (project director), D. Dowling (co-PI), and M. Perlin (co-PI)

18. "High Sensitivity photoacoustic leak testing," Sponsor: Dept. of Energy - KCP/Honeywell, Dates: 8/27/01-8/26/02, Sponsor Amount: $58,000. D.Dowling (project director)

19. "Dynamics and acoustics of trailing edge flows at high Reynolds numbers," Sponsor: Office of Naval Research, Dates: 10/1/01-12/31/02, Sponsor Amount: $250,000. S. Ceccio (project director), D. Dowling (co-PI)

20. "Motion and time-reversing array performance in the shallow ocean," Sponsor: Office of Naval Research, Dates: 10/1/01-12/31/04, Sponsor Amount: $195,000. D.Dowling (project director)

21. "Design of a high speed friction drag reduction experiment using the William B. Morgan Large Cavitation Channel," Sponsor: Office of Naval Research, Dates: 9/1/02-5/31/03, Sponsor Amount: $1.86 Million. S. Ceccio (project director), D. Dowling (co-PI), M. Perlin (co-PI), R. Beck (co-PI)

22. "Physics-based simulations of washing machine processes," Sponsor: Whirlpool Corportation Sponsor, Dates: 3/1/03-2/29/08, Sponsor Amount: $548,874. D. Dowling (project director), W. Schultz (co-PI)

23. "Hydrodyamic sound source localization system," Sponsor: Office of Naval Research, Dates: 5/1/03-10/31/04, Sponsor Amount: $114,992. D. Dowling (project director), S. Ceccio (co-PI)

24. "High Reynolds number micro-bubble and polymer drag reduction experiments," Sponsor: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Dates: 10/17/03-1/16/07, Sponsor Amount: $3.30 Million. S. Ceccio (project director), D. Dowling (co-PI), M. Perlin (co-PI), M. Solomon (co-PI)

25. "Probability methods for acoustics in uncertain ocean environments," Sponsor: Office of Naval Research, Dates: 1/1/05-12/31/07, Sponsor Amount: $225,000, D. Dowling (project director).

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