Grants and Contracts

1. Title: Optical Pressure Measurements
   Sponsor: Rackham School of Graduate Studies
   Amount: $14,928
   Dates: 1/1/93 - 12/31/94
   Names: D. Dowling (project director)
2. Title: Short Wave and Surfactant Interactions
   Sponsor: Office of Naval Research
   Amount: $198,147
   Dates: 7/1/93 - 6/30/95
   Names: W. Schultz (project director), D. Dowling (co-PI), M. Perlin (co-PI)
3. Title: Surfactant Dynamics
   Sponsor: Office of Naval Research (AASERT program)
   Amount: $112,893
   Dates: 7/1/94 - 6/30/97
   Names: D. Dowling (project director), W. Schultz (co-PI)
4. Title: Noise Abatement Strategies for Engine Plants
   Sponsor: Ford Motor Company
   Amount: $8,050
   Dates: 6/1/94 - 12/31/94
   Names: D.Dowling (project director) and N. Perkins (co-PI)
5. Title: Automotive Research Center, and ARC Contract Extension
   Sponsor: US Army Tank Automotive Command
   Amount: $8.65 million
   Dates: 9/1/94 - 8/31/97
   Names: P. Papalambros (project director), D.Dowling (co-PI, one of 15 at the UM), Five university consortium.
6. Title: A Parameter Study of CPVC Injection Molding
   Sponsor: Colonial Engineering
   Amount: $8,000
   Date: 5/1/95
   Names: D.Dowling
7. Title: Tuning Cable Technology for Large Scale Hydraulics
   Sponsor: Ford Motor Company
   Amount: $50,383
   Dates: 5/25/95 - 9/30/96
   Names: D.Dowling (project director), K. Grosh (co-PI), N. Perkins (co-PI)
8. Title: Phase-Conjugate Array Focusing in Littoral Waters
   Sponsor: Office of Naval Research
   Amount: $93,615
   Dates: 10/1/95 - 9/30/97
   Names: D.Dowling (project director)
9. Title: Photo-Acoustic Leak Testing, and Photo-Acoustic Leak Testing Extension
   Sponsor: Ford Motor Company
   Amount: $200,000
   Dates: 3/25/96 - 4/30/00
   Names: D.Dowling (project director)
10. Title: Characterization of Vibration Isolation Elements for Hydraulic Power Systems
    Sponsor: Vescor
    Amount: $37, 534
    Dates: 10/1/96 - 5/31/97
    Names: N. Perkins (project director), D. Dowling (co-PI)
11. Title: Shallow-water Waveguide Influences on Time Reverse Array Retrofocusing
    Sponsor: Office of Naval Research (AASERT program)
    Amount: $123,799
    Dates: 6/1/97 - 8/31/00
    Names: D. Dowling (project director)
12. Title: The Influence of Noise and Signal Bandwidth on Time-Reversing Array Retrofocusing in Shallow Water
    Sponsor: Office of Naval Research
    Amount: $100,000
    Dates: 10/1/97 - 9/30/99
    Names: D.Dowling (project director)
13. Title: Direct Simulation of Rigid Multi-Cylinder Engine Dynamics and Vibration
    Sponsor: Cummins Engine Company
    Amount: $22,400
    Dates: 1/1/99 - 5/31/99
    Names: D.Dowling (project director)
14. Title: Dynamics of Separated Turbulent Shear Flows at High Reynolds Numbers
    Sponsor: Office of Naval Research
    Amount: $894,460
    Dates: 2/1/99 - 2/1/02
    Names: S. Ceccio (project director), D.Dowling (co-PI)
15. Title: A Large Two-Dimensional Hydrofoil for Flow Studies in the Large Cavitation Channel
    Sponsor: Office of Naval Research
    Amount: $200,000
    Dates: 6/1/99 - 5/31/00
    Names: S. Ceccio (project director), D.Dowling (co-PI)
16. Title: Horizontal Time-Reversing Arrays in Shallow Water
    Sponsor: Office of Naval Research
    Amount: $130,000
    Dates: 10/1/99 - 9/30/01
    Names: D.Dowling (project director)
17. Title: Microbubble and Polymer Drag Reduction at High Reynolds Numbers and Large Scales
    Sponsor: Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency (DARPA), and Office of Naval Research
    Amount: $1.95 million
    Dates: 3/1/01 – 12/31/05
    Names: S. Ceccio (project director), D.Dowling (co-PI), M. Perlin (co-PI)
18. Title: High Sensitivity Photoacoustic Leak Testing
    Sponsor: Department of Energy – Kansas City Plant, Honeywell International
    Amount: $58,000
    Dates: 8/27/01 - 8/26/02
    Names: D.Dowling (project director)
19. Title: Dynamics and Acoustics of Trailing Edge Flows at High Reynolds Numbers
    Sponsor: Office of Naval Research
    Amount: $250,000
    Dates: 9/27/01 - 12/31/02
    Names: S. Ceccio (project director), D.Dowling (co-PI)
20. Title: Motion and Time-Reversing Array Performance in the Shallow Ocean
    Sponsor: Office of Naval Research
    Amount: $195,000
    Dates: 10/1/01 - 12/31/04
    Names: D.Dowling (project director)
21. Title: Design of a High Speed Friction Drag Reduction Experiment Using the William B. Morgan Large Cavitation Channel
    Sponsor: Office of Naval Research
    Amount: $1.43 million
    Dates: 12/1/02 – 1/30/04
    Names: S. Ceccio (project director), D.Dowling (co-PI), M. Perlin (co-PI), and R. Beck (co-PI)
22. Title: Physics-Based Simulations of Washing Machine Processes
    Sponsor: Whirlpool Corporation
    Amount: $434,366
    Dates: 3/1/03-8/31/07
    Names: D.Dowling (project director), W. Schultz (co-PI)
23. Title: Hydrodynamic sound source localization system
    Sponsor: Office of Naval Research
    Amount: $114,992
    Dates: 5/1/03-10/31/04
    Names: D.Dowling (project director), S. Ceccio (co-PI)
24. Title: High Reynolds Number Micro-bubble and Polymer Drag Reduction Experiments
    Sponsor: Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency (DARPA)
    Amount: $3.50 million
    Dates: 10/17/03 – 1/16/07
    Names: S. Ceccio (project director), D.Dowling (co-PI), M. Perlin (co-PI), and M Solomon (co-PI)
25. Title: Probability Methods for Acoustics in Uncertain Ocean Environments
    Sponsor: Office of Naval Research
    Amount: $225,000
    Dates: 1/1/05 - 12/31/07
    Names: D.Dowling (project director)
26. Title: Evaluation of Air Cavity Lubrication at High Reynolds Numbers
    Sponsor: Office of Naval Research
    Amount: $1,005,177
    Dates: 12/15/05 – 6/15/07
    Names: S. Ceccio (project director), D.Dowling (co-PI), M. Perlin (co-PI), and W. Schultz (co-PI), W. Shyy (consultant)
27. Title: Influence of Surface Roughness on Polymer Drag Reduction
    Sponsor: Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency (DARPA)
    Amount: $225,520
    Dates: 9/8/06 – 9/7/07
    Names: S. Ceccio (project director), D.Dowling (co-PI), M. Perlin (co-PI), and M Solomon (co-PI)
28. Title: The Honda Visiting Scientist Program
    Sponsor: Honda R & D Company, Ltd.
    Amount: $45,000
    Dates: 6/1/07 – 7/31/07
    Name: D.Dowling (project director)
29. Title: Flexible Dynamic Testing For Identification of Critical Parameters
    Sponsor: Whirlpool Corporation
    Amount: $19,109
    Dates: 9/1/07 – 8/31/08
    Name: D.Dowling (project director)
30. Title: Assessment of an Approximate Acoustic Uncertainty Technique for Underwater Environments
    Sponsor: Office of Naval Research
    Amount: $80,000
    Dates: 1/1/08 - 12/31/08
    Names: D.Dowling (project director)
31. Title: Influence of Unsteady Flows on Air Layer Drag Reduction
    Sponsor: Office of Naval Research
    Amount: $1,987,580
    Dates: 2/15/08 - 8/15/09
    Names: S. Ceccio (project director), D. Dowling (co-PI), M. Perlin (co-PI)
32. Title: Feasibility Study of Multi-Channel MEMS Microphone Arrays
    Sponsor: Toyota Motor Company, North America
    Amount: $30,000
    Dates: 10/1/08 – 12/31/08
    Names: K. Grosh (project director), D. Dowling (co-PI)
33. Title: Blind Deconvolution Based on Generic Features of Ocean Acoustic Propagation.
    Sponsor: Office of Naval Research
    Amount: $160,000
    Dates: 1/1/09 – 12/31/10
    Names: D. Dowling (project director)
34. Title: Feasibility Study of Beyond Line-of-site Vehicle Detection at an Intersection
    Sponsor: Toyota Motor Company, North America
    Amount: $25,000
    Dates: 2/1/09 – 4/30/10
    Names: D. Dowling (project director), K. Grosh (co-PI)
35. Title: Experimental Study of Beyond Line-of-site Vehicle Detection at an Intersection Array
    Sponsor: Toyota Motor Company, North America
    Amount: $25,000
    Dates: 2/1/09 – 4/30/10
    Names: K. Grosh (project director), D. Dowling (co-PI)
36. Title: Creation of the Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC)
    Sponsor: NAVSEA through the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division
    Amount: $50 Million (overall), $3.23 Million in FY10
    Dates: 5/6/10 – 9/15/15
    Names: 12 University Consortium, lead by the University of Michigan. S. Ceccio (project director), D. Dowling (one of many co-PIs)
37. Title: Blind Deconvolution in Dynamic Ocean Environments.
    Sponsor: Office of Naval Research
    Amount: $170,000
    Dates: 1/1/11 – 12/31/12
    Names: D. Dowling (project director)
38. Title: Exploiting Acoustic Coherent Backscatter Enhancement from Aggregations of Marine Animals.
    Sponsor: Office of Naval Research
    Amount: $346,702
    Dates: 1/1/11 – 9/30/15
    Names: D. Dowling (project director)
39. Title: ONR Postdoctoral Fellowship Award; Efficient Acoustic Uncertainty Estimation for Transmission Loss Calculations.
    Sponsor: Office of Naval Research
    Amount: $194,479
    Dates: 1/1/11 – 12/31/12
    Names: D. Dowling (project director)
40. Title: Experimental Investigation of Gearbox Lubrication
    Sponsor: General Electric Company
    Amount: $271,445
    Dates: 10/1/11 – 9/30/13
    Names: D. Dowling (project director)
41. Title: Sparse-Array Blind Deconvolution and Parametric Reception in the Ocean
    Sponsor: Office of Naval Research
    Amount: $225,000
    Dates: 1/1/13 – 12/31/15
    Names: D. Dowling (project director)
42. Title: Continuation of the Gearbox Lubrication Project
    Sponsor: General Electric Company
    Amount: $18,872
    Dates: 11/1/13 – 12/31/13
    Names: D. Dowling (project director)
43. Title: Non-intrusive Measurements of Oil Film Thickness between Operating-Gear Teeth
    Sponsor: General Electric Company
    Amount: $105,000
    Dates: 1/1/14 – 12/31/14
    Names: D. Dowling (project director), S. Ceccio (co-PI)
44. Title: Generation of Approximate Transmission-Loss Probability Density Functions
    Sponsor: Daniel H. Wagner Associates Inc. / US Navy
    Amount: $72,998
    Dates: 8/1/14 – 11/27/15
    Names: D. Dowling (project director)
45. Title: Acoustic Array Techniques for Challenging Environments
    Sponsor: NAVSEA
    Amount: $390,000
    Dates: 6/8/16 – 6/7/19
    Names: D. Dowling (project director)
46. Title: Generation of Approximate Transmission-Loss Probability Density Functions, Phase II
    Sponsor: Daniel H. Wagner Associates Inc. / US Navy
    Amount: $245,000
    Dates: 5/23/16 – 11/23/18
    Names: D. Dowling (project director)
47. Title: Predicting permeation emission from fuel tank weld joints and pinch-lines
    Sponsor: Ford Motor Company
    Amount: $175,000
    Dates: 6/1/16 – 6/30/18
    Names: D. Dowling (project director)
48. Title: Frequency-Difference Matched Field Processing in the Ocean
    Sponsor: Office of Naval Research
    Amount: $100,000
    Dates: 8/1/16 – 7/31/18
    Names: D. Dowling (project director)
49. Title: Estimating Transmission Loss Variations for Sonar Detection Performance Improvements in the Ocean 1
    Sponsor: Daniel H. Wagner Associates Inc. / US Navy
    Amount: $31, 200
    Dates: 6/6/18 – 11/23/18
    Names: D. Dowling (project director)
50. Title: Hydrodynamic and Hydroacoustic Science and Technology Research
    Sponsor: Office of Naval Research
    Amount: $3.2M
    Dates: 2/28/19 – 2/27/24
    Names: D. Dowling (project director), S. Ceccio (co-PI)
51. Title: Robust Source Localization and Environmental Characterization in the Ocean
    Sponsor: Office of Naval Research
    Amount: $200,000
    Dates: TBD
    Names: D. Dowling (project director)
52. Title: Acoustic Testing and Signal Analysis for Noisy and Complicated Environments
    Sponsor: NAVSEA
    Amount: $392,000
    Dates: 6/8/19 – 6/7/22
    Names: D. Dowling (project director)
53. Title: Phase II SBIR to Support Further Research and Development of an Active Sonar Statistical Estimation Tool (ASSET)
    Sponsor: NAVAIR; SBIR subcontract to D.H.Wagner Associates.
    Amount: $300,000
    Dates: 10/1/19 – 9/30/22
    Names: D. Dowling (project director)