The Simulation-Based Engineering Lab (SBEL) has received a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support continued development of the open-source multi-physics simulator Chrono. This three-year award focuses on expanding Chrono’s adoption in the research community, improving the user experience, and training the next generation of engineers and scientists in advanced simulation methods.
Chrono is distributed under a BSD3 open-source license, making it freely available to users worldwide, from the U.S. Army to space agencies developing rover missions for the Moon and Mars. The platform has grown through the sustained efforts of SBEL researchers, collaborators at the University of Parma (Italy), and numerous contributors from the open-source community via GitHub.
This NSF grant will ensure the continued advancement of Chrono and support the training of students whose research and code contributions drive the project forward. SBEL is grateful for this recognition and support, which enables the lab to sustain and expand its global impact in multi-physics simulation.