This federal contract award, valued at $157,110.59, was issued by the Shared Services Center (an agency within NASA) to The University of Akron. The contract is for the development of computational strategies to simulate the fabrication of fiber-reinforced composites for aerospace applications. The goal is to understand variations in fiber architecture during fabrication and how they impact the mechanical properties and impact performance of the composite materials, which are critical for...
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $93,000.00 firm fixed-price purchase order to Arizona State University (ASU) for material testing services. The contract requires ASU to measure the mechanical properties of IM7/PEKK thermoplastic composite material. The contract has a period of performance through December 31, 2023. No set-aside designation was used for this award. ASU is a comprehensive public research university and a prime and subrecipient of various...
This is a $750,000.00 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) on September 1, 2021. The contract supports research on the "Synergistic Effects of Defects and Microstructure on Mechanical Behavior of LB-LBF Metallic Materials" over a period ending on August 31, 2026. UAH, a non-profit educational institution and state-controlled university, will provide research...
This contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Glenn Research Center, a civilian agency, to The University of Akron for the "ADVANCED SEALING TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT" project. It is a cooperative agreement with a ceiling value of $432,980.00, and the ultimate completion date is November 30, 2007. The University of Akron, a public research university in Ohio, has extensive experience in conducting research and development work for various...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center (NSSC) awarded a $28,970.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to the University of Dayton Research Institute Division for Hopkinson Bar Testing of Artificial Bird Projectiles. This requirement is classified under NAICS code 541380 for Testing Laboratories and Services and will be performed at the NASA Glenn Research Center. NASA determined the University of Dayton is the sole provider capable of conducting...
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $100,000.00 cooperative agreement contract to the College of Charleston, a public university in South Carolina, to characterize the properties of composite materials for use in the LS-DYNA MAT213 computational model. This contract, identified as 80NSSC23M0164, has an ultimate completion date of August 2, 2025. The contract is not set aside for any small business or socioeconomic program. The College of Charleston has a...
This is a $100,000.00 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) for determining rate-dependent composite material properties for the LS-DYNA MAT-213 model. The contract has an ultimate completion date of July 31, 2026. UAH is a non-profit, state-controlled educational institution that serves as a prime federal contractor and grantee, providing research and development support across areas like space...
This is a $95,396.50 cooperative agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) to support testing of planetary 3D printed concrete structures for subscale landing pad fabrication. The contract has an ultimate completion date of August 10, 2023 and was awarded on November 2, 2020. UAH is a public research university that has extensive experience supporting federal government agencies like NASA through research and...
This federal contract award, with ID NNX16AN44G, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) Division, a private non-profit research organization. The purpose of this $582,410.28 grant is to conduct hypervelocity impact testing on spacecraft structures and thermal protection systems (TPS) using controlled projectiles at velocities beyond the capabilities of standard light gas guns. The testing will assess the...
This federal contract award is a cooperative agreement between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center and New Mexico State University (NMSU), valued at $744,914.12. The objective is to develop autonomous structural composites capable of self-powered delamination detection and energy harvesting for aerospace applications. The research involves designing and optimizing multilayer thin film materials, embedding them into fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP)...