This is a $834,270.00 cooperative agreement contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to California State University, Los Angeles Auxiliary Services Inc. (UAS), a non-profit Hispanic-Serving Institution. The contract is for research and development on additive manufacturing techniques, specifically laser wire directed energy deposition, to fabricate metallic components for potential use in NASA's lunar exploration efforts. This contract is not designated as a...
This federal contract award, valued at $299,967.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to CAL State La University Auxiliary Services Inc. (UAS), a non-profit organization affiliated with California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA). The contract, titled "BRIDGING NASA AND CAL STATE LA PARTNERSHIPS FOR RESEARCH CAPACITY BUILDING IN REMOTE SENSING," is a grant for research with an ultimate completion date of August 14, 2026. UAS, which...
This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Memphis, a state-controlled institution of higher learning, for research related to computational modeling of coarsening in solid-liquid mixtures. The award, valued at $196,283.47, is part of NASA's "Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures (CSLM)" research program, which aims to study the effects of microgravity on solid-liquid coexistence and solidification processes. The objectives of...
This federal contract award was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Office of Research Administration. The $525,937.01 grant is funding two research projects at UCLA: 1) experiments simulating the chemical and isotopic effects of collision-induced melting of planet precursors, and 2) analysis of the possible crystal chemical controls on high-precision oxygen isotope ratios in...
This federal contract award was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Cleveland State University (CSU), a public research institution in Cleveland, Ohio. The purpose of the $199,998.00 grant is to conduct research on the MICAST experiments, which involve the directional solidification of primary dendrite arrays in an aluminum-silicon alloy on the International Space Station in the absence of convection. The research aims to compare the spacing...
This contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center to San Diego State University Foundation, doing business as San Diego State University Research Foundation, a non-profit, minority-serving educational institution. The $637,464.16 grant provides funding for flight support activities, sample analysis, data collection, and modeling efforts led by Professors German and Olevsky. A postdoctoral researcher will support both the experimental and...
This federal contract award, ID 80NSSC20M0085, was issued by NASA to CAL State La University Auxiliary Services Inc. (UAS), a non-profit organization affiliated with California State University, Los Angeles. The $650,000.00 cooperative agreement is for the development of CubeSat technologies to enhance NASA's space exploration missions, particularly in support of the agency's return to the Moon. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. UAS, a Hispanic-Serving Institution,...
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC25K7120, was granted by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to CAL State La University Auxiliary Services Inc. (UAS), a non-profit organization affiliated with California State University, Los Angeles. The $537,170.00 grant is for a research contract that will execute a balanced science program based on guidance from the National Academies, administration priorities, and congressional direction. The contract aims to advance...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $197,090 grant to the Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines, doing business as the Colorado School of Mines, a public research university focused on science and engineering. The objective of this research grant is to study and predict the microscale patterns that develop in the solidification of pure and alloy systems in microgravity environments, and to investigate the effect of solid-liquid interface anisotropy in...
This federal contract award, valued at $550,000.00, was granted to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - doing business as the Office of Research Administration. The contract, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is for a research project exploring novel additively-manufactured injection schemes to enhance propellant pre-mixing, film cooling of chamber walls, and minimize feed system pressure loss and refresh timescales. This is an unset-aside grant...