This STTR Phase I contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to CFD Research Corporation, a small business, to develop modeling and simulation tools for predicting and controlling material microstructure in selective laser melting (SLM) additive manufacturing processes. The $124,996 fixed-price contract aims to establish critical software, modeling methodology, and experimental data analysis required to demonstrate the feasibility of...
This is a $799,973 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Additive Manufacturing Innovations LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged, woman-owned small business. The contract is for the development of a "Microstructure-Informed Multiscale Structural Analysis and Design Framework for Next Generation High Performance Material Systems and Structural Components." This builds...
This is a $123,687 Phase I STTR contract awarded by the NASA Shared Services Center to Advratech, LLC, a small business, for an empirical optimization framework for additive manufacturing (AM) processes. The project aims to leverage in-situ sensor data and process parameters to construct a "physics-capturing" empirical model that can be used to quantify AM process uncertainty, analyze sensitivities, and optimize each layer of selective laser melting (SLM) builds in real-time. The...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Additive Manufacturing Innovations LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged, woman-owned small business. The $124,823 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of a multiscale model for material systems with hierarchical microstructure using the Generalized Method of Cells (GMC). This research will support the optimization of...
This is a $49,999 Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Additive Manufacturing Innovations LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged, woman-owned small business and limited liability company. The contract is for the "Extension of a Microstructure-Informed Multiscale Structural Analysis and Design Framework to Elevated Temperature" and is a Phase III award under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program....
This is a $124,999 Firm Fixed Price definitive contract awarded by the Shared Services Center of NASA to Open Additive, LLC, a small business, for the STTR Phase I research project "Predictive Thermal Simulation for Laser Powder Bed Fusion." Open Additive specializes in open, affordable, and versatile metal additive manufacturing systems and technologies. The contract is focused on accelerating innovation in metal 3D printing and supports Open Additive's work in providing goods and...
This is a $750,000.00 Firm Fixed Price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Applied Optimization, Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business. The objective of the research is to use probability theory to combine physics-based models for additive manufacturing processes like selective laser melting (SLM) and electron beam melting (EBM) in order to predict and mitigate defects, achieve...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (STTR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Mound Laser & Photonics Center, Inc., a for-profit limited liability company. The contract, valued at $129,975.00, seeks to develop a fast predictive model for selective laser melting (SLM) processes and integrate it with an SLM chamber equipped with in-process sensors. This closed-loop system will enable rapid and flexible SLM process development,...
This is a firm fixed price STTR Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Formalloy Technologies Inc., a small disadvantaged, woman-owned manufacturing business. The $124,987.00 contract is for research and development on data-driven modeling of directed energy deposition (DED) processes to enable defect-free metal 3D printed parts using real-time monitoring approaches. Formalloy has prior experience supporting federal agencies...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to CFD Research Corporation, a small business, for the development of Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) technologies for in-space and extraterrestrial surface metal welding and joining. The $149,049.00 firm fixed price award has a completion date of February 2, 2024. The contract falls under the SBIR program, which...