The Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) Project at the City College of New York, CUNY, is one of a total of 14 projects in the U.S. and one of 3 Engineering projects that was awarded funding in 2017 by the National Science Foundation under the PIRE Program managed by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of International Science and Engineering.
This project will investigate multiscale phenomena in complex, multiphase fluids vital to energy technologies, such as the production and processing of oil and gas, energy conversion and storage, refrigeration, heating and cooling. The PIRE Project is run by Masahiro Kawaji, Director of the PIRE Project and Professor at the City College of New York, in collaboration with faculty and collaborating partners in France, Germany and Norway.