Purchase Order N0017322P0455

This federal grant award to Mississippi State University (MSU) is for a research project focused on using optical fiber sensors to characterize the fracture and fatigue behavior of composite adhesive joints in aerospace structures. The $399,908 grant is part of the Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) program and will support experimental testing and finite element analysis to assess bond integrity in composite aerospace components. The research aims to enable in-service, in-flight monitoring of...

This is a $798,222 research grant awarded by NASA to Materials Development Inc., a for-profit subchapter S corporation. The grant supports an international collaboration with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to conduct microgravity-based experiments using JAXA's Electrostatic Levitation Furnace (ELF) to measure the thermophysical properties of supercooled molten metal oxides. These materials are precursors to high-value glass used in photonics, lasers, optical communications, and...

This is a $568,820 firm-fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory to MRL Materials Resources LLC, a small business located in Xenia Township, Ohio. The contract is for research to establish the effect of thermal profile on gradient microstructure and properties. This research aligns with the Air Force Research Laboratory's mission to develop advanced materials and manufacturing technologies for aerospace applications. The contract does not have a set-aside...

This contract award, valued at $7,875,036, was made by the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) to Mississippi State University (MSU) as a prime contractor. The award, which does not have a set-aside designation, supports research and development under Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) 22-0003 on "Advanced and Additive Manufacturing" topics. MSU, a prominent land-grant research university, is leveraging its expertise in engineering, materials science, and computer...

This is a $748,148 federal grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Michigan State University (MSU) for research related to Southeast Asia's rapid urbanization. MSU is a top research university that provides a range of goods and services to federal agencies through both contracts and grants. The grant does not have a set-aside designation and is intended to fund research on the doubling of Southeast Asia's urban built-up land over the...

This is a $200,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology to conduct research on magnetorheological fluids. Magnetorheological fluids are suspensions of magnetic micro- and nanoparticles that exhibit properties that can be tuned with external magnetic fields, providing opportunities for various smart fluid applications. The grant does not have a set-aside designation. The South Dakota School of Mines and...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $543,000.00 grant to the University of Delaware to support continued research in support of the Extended Magnetosphere Multiscale (MMS) mission. The project, led by Professor W.H. Matthaeus, will focus on understanding how magnetic reconnection operates in a dynamic, turbulent environment. The research will involve theoretical studies and data analysis from the MMS mission. There is no set-aside designation for this grant,...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $749,685 firm fixed price definitive contract to Materials Engineering and Technical Support Services Corporation (doing business as Metss) for SIBR Phase II - METSS research. This Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase II contract supports the continuation of research initiated under Phase I for the development and testing of new materials and engineering technologies. The prime contractor, Metss, will...

Mississippi State University (MSU) was awarded a $199,998 firm-fixed-price purchase order by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center (USACE ERDC) to conduct research and development in support of the agency's Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) number 22-0023. The BAA, open until superseded, seeks proposals across topic areas including coastal and river engineering, geotechnical analysis, environmental remediation, information technology, construction research,...

This is a $364,949 grant awarded to Morgan State University (MSU), a historically Black university in Baltimore, Maryland, by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency. The grant is for a research project titled "ENHANCING COUPLED LAND-ATMOSPHERE REANALYSIS THROUGH THE ASSIMILATION OF CYGNSS SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVALS" with a performance period ending on July 31, 2027. MSU is a registered federal contractor and grantee with experience conducting scientific research for...