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 federal contract award to Arctos Technology Solutions, LLC, a small business, is for the implementation of novel techniques for feedforward and feedback control to improve the control, validation, and documentation of selective laser melting (SLM) additive manufacturing (AM). The key innovations include integrating fringe pattern projection profilometry (FPPP) into the SLM process to capture high-resolution dimensional measurements, and developing integrated computational adaptive AM...
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 federal contract award, with a ceiling value of $129,946.00, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Mound Laser & Photonics Center, Inc., a small business. The contract is part of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and focuses on developing real-time monitoring capabilities for additive manufacturing (AM) processes. The key innovation is the use of a line-laser profilometer to perform 3D, in-situ, sub-micron profilometry on each...
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 $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...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a $124,954.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to LER Technologies Inc., a for-profit subchapter S corporation, to conduct a feasibility study on an in-situ inspection unit that can be added to an existing additive manufacturing (AM) tool. The goal is to provide real-time information about part quality and detect flaws during the AM process, enabling immediate feedback and process correction to save...
This is a $123,637 firm fixed price contract awarded by the NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC) to Summit Information Solutions, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, woman-owned small business, and Subcontinent Asian (Asian-Indian) American owned firm. The contract is for Phase I research and development under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The objective is to develop a low-cost manufacturing process that combines selective laser melting (SLM) and atomic...
This is a firm fixed-price SBIR Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Advanced Manufacturing LLC, a minority-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business. The $125,000 contract is for the additive manufacturing of complex gamma-titanium aluminide (gamma-TiAl) components for hypersonic applications. Advanced Manufacturing LLC has prior experience providing goods and services related to advanced manufacturing techniques...
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...