Additional Grants Procured in Related Research Fields

    • 2015-2016, Nevet Call for Smart Grids, GTEP, (40,000 USD), Optimal Operation of the Smart-Grid Equipped with a Distributed Network of Micro-Gas Turbines. Co-PIs: Cukurel, B., Zelazo, D.
    • 2015-2019, Individual Research Grant, Israel Science Foundation 1752/15, (1,120,000 NIS), Forced Convection Enhancement through Fluid Resonance Excitation in Rib-Roughened Channels of Heat Exchangers. PI: Cukurel, B.
    • 2016-2017, Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection, Grant (245,000 NIS), Analysis of Pollutant Generation in Methanol Combustion, PI: Levy, Y.
    • 2016-2017, Israel Aerospace Industries, Grant (400,000 NIS), Conversion of Powerplant Combustor from Liquid to Gaseous Fuel, PI: Levy, Y.
    • 2016-2017, Melvyn & Carolyn Miller Grant for Innovation, Contract GL/126046 (32,000 USD), Acoustic Resonance Enhanced Heat Exchangers. PI: Cukurel, B.
    • 2016-2017, Israeli Ministry of National Infrastructures, (210,000 NIS), Diesel Alternatives for Industrial Combustors, Co-PIs: Levy, Y., Greenberg, B.
    • 2016-2018, Kamin Grant, Magnet Directorate, Israeli Ministry of Industry, Trade & Labor, Contract 57685 (310,000 NIS), Improving Heat Exchanger Performance Through Standing Acoustic Waves. PI: Cukurel, B.
    • 2017-2018, Israel Aerospace Industries, Grant (400,000 NIS), Conversion of Powerplant Combustor from Liquid to Gaseous Fuel, PI: Levy, Y.
    • 2017-2020, Binational Science Foundation, Regular Grant (155,000 USD), Energetic Modulation of the Thermal Boundary Layer Evolution. Co-PIs: Cukurel, B., Paniagua, G.
    • 2018-2020, Call for Fuel Cell and Energy Storage, Chief Scientist Office, Israeli Ministry of Energy, Contract 21711029, (450,000 NIS), CHP Hybridization of SOFC via Inverted Brayton Cycle. PI: Cukurel, B.
    • 2019-2021, Startups in Energy, Chief Scientist Office, Israeli Ministry of Energy, Contract 20180805 (600,000 NIS), Optimal Economic Dispatch of CHP Micro Gas Turbines in Smart Grids. Co-PIs: Cukurel, B., Zelazo, D.
    • 2020-2021, Innovation Authority and Gordon Center for Systems Engineering (550,000 NIS + 25,000 USD), Development of an Additive Manufactured Ultra Micro Gas Turbine with 300W Electric Power Output. PI: Cukurel, B.
    • 2021-2025, National Science Foundation – Binational Science Foundation (NSF-BSF) Joint Funding Research Grant, (500,000 USD), Investigation of Multi-Scale Turbulence Coupling by Goal-Oriented Adaptive Surface Modulation. Co-PIs: Cukurel, B., Jacoby, I.
    • 2021-2022, Technion Additive Manufacturing Center, Equipment Grant CFP-2021 (27,000 USD), Metal and Ceramic Injection Molding via FDM 3D Printer and Post-processing Furnaces. PI: Cukurel, B.
    • 2022-2023, The Peter Munk Research Institute, Center for Security Science & Technology, Contract 1020554 (120,000NIS), Ultra-Micro Gas Turbines. PI: Cukurel, B.
    • 2022-2025, Startups in Energy, Chief Scientist Office, Israeli Ministry of Energy, Contract 22111063 (675,000 NIS), Porous Inert Media Combustors Towards Distributed Combined Heat and Power Generation Using Zero Carbon Fuels. Co-PIs: Cukurel, B., Lefkowitz, J.