Cooperative Agreement 08DG11420004101

This Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) award, funded by the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under CFDA 47.041, provides $200,000 to the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh to develop analytical and computational frameworks that enhance the reliability and interpretability of automated inspection systems in manufacturing. The research will address critical gaps in current defect detection technologies by integrating complementary sensing...

This STTR Phase I grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program supports the development of a compact, multi-wavelength interferometric system for real-time, in-situ metrology in high-precision optical manufacturing. The $274,524 project aims to deliver a market-ready, on-machine metrology system that can improve efficiency and accuracy in diamond tool alignment, surface metrology, and overall manufacturing throughput by...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Cooperative Agreement award of $1,000,000 to Diffract Technology Inc. is focused on developing a novel, high-resolution 3D optical metrology tool for precision manufacturing and industrial applications. The project aims to create a computer-generated holographic system capable of performing rapid, non-contact 3D measurements with sub-10-micron resolution over a large field of view. The advanced 3D...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant, awarded to the Regents of the University of Michigan, supports a $496,138 collaborative research effort to develop an approach for optimally determining laser scan sequences in laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) additive manufacturing. The goal is to create knowledge that enables 3D printing of complex metallic parts with fewer failed or defective prints, thereby improving the economic viability of LPBF. The...

Lumo Imaging LLC received a $255,999 Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Engineering Directorate to develop dermatologist-level detection of suspicious pigmented skin lesions from high-resolution full-body images. Under this one-year award beginning August 1, 2021, Lumo Imaging will utilize $255,999 to deliver products and services focused on using machine learning and computer vision techniques to analyze full-body skin images and detect...

The National Science Foundation awarded North Carolina State University a two-year $400,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070) to develop process monitoring methods for improving product quality in electron beam powder bed fusion additive manufacturing. The university will research an in-situ quality control framework using real-time sensing data to monitor product quality during manufacturing and adaptively adjust process...

This $256,000 National Science Foundation STTR Phase I Project Grant to Zsense Systems LLC will support the development of an edge-based oil condition monitoring system for heavy equipment. The system will analyze machine oil conditions on-site to provide comprehensive, real-time information on oil properties and machine health status. Key innovations include an inductive pulse sensing array to detect fine wear debris, microfluidic signal multiplexing technologies, big data analysis and signal...

This $256,000 National Science Foundation Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships Project Grant to Itomography Corporation supports the development of dual-modality tomography core scanning technology for oil saturation estimation at wellsites. The Phase I project will demonstrate the feasibility of determining three-dimensional hydrocarbon distribution throughout large-diameter cores with high spatial resolution of 10 cubic millimeters, 95% accuracy, and a throughput of 1 meter per hour...

This $108,218 Cooperative Agreement from the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards program will fund research at the Colorado School of Mines to characterize additive manufacturing surfaces and develop predictive fatigue models. Over an 18-month period ending September 2023, the research team will conduct experiments to better understand surface formation in metal alloys produced via additive manufacturing. They will also perform 3D...

Diffract Technology Inc. received a $254,901 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on January 1, 2022 to develop novel holographic 3D optical metrology tools for precision low-volume manufacturing under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The award aims to support the design of innovative holographic measurement devices that can enable more precise quality control for specialized manufacturing processes producing small production runs. The 12-month project period...