Cooperative Agreement 70NANB20H111

This $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program aims to establish an open-source ecosystem for educational computer-aided design (CAD) models. The University of Virginia will develop a clearinghouse and peer-reviewed journal to curate and validate CAD models for use in K-12 maker spaces. Over the one-year period, the International Technology and Engineering Education Association will integrate curated CAD models into its...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (CFDA #47.070 Computer and Information Science and Engineering) supports research to explore automatically converting freehand design drawings into parametric CAD models. The $599,999 award to Brown University will develop a system to translate from the visual language of drawing to the formal language of computer-aided design (CAD) software. This technology aims to increase the...

This three-year, $999,974 project grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) supports the development of techniques for end-user programming of computer-aided design (CAD) systems via language design and synthesis. The University of Washington will leverage advances in program synthesis and domain-specific language design to develop a novel CAD modeling language with constructs for precisely selecting or referring...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $233,426 cooperative agreement to PDES, Inc. under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards (CFDA 11.609) federal grant program. The purpose of this award is to extend the ISO 10303 (STEP) standards for model-based engineering, design, and manufacturing process planning to better support composites manufacturing. The key activities include: 1) integrating STEP Application Protocols 242 and 238 to enable...

Form Finding Studio LLC was awarded a $275,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships federal grant program (CFDA 47.084) to develop computer-aided design and simulation software for origami-inspired engineering. The one-year award running from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024 will support research and development of an intelligent software system to facilitate the design and simulation of folded geometries. Key activities include...

This $100,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program will support the development of an intuitive design platform for sustainable multifamily residential buildings. The grant recipient, New Jersey Institute of Technology, will create a collaborative parametric design system allowing architects, engineers, developers and other users to quickly generate and modify schematic designs and dynamic 3D models through simple sketch-based...

This $362,568 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) to Duke University aims to develop advanced computational methods for analyzing mechanical systems with imperfect or uncertain geometries. The project will combine the Shifted Boundary Method (SBM), an immersed geometry computational technique, with Probabilistic Subdivision Surfaces (PSS) to enable robust and efficient computer-aided...

The Coreform LLC federal Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), provides $256,500 to support improving isogeometric analysis post-processing for use in industry from February 2022 through December 2022. Coreform will leverage its expertise in research and development services and software licensing to enhance isogeometric analysis techniques. As the Office of Science's mission involves delivering...

Precast Systems Engineering, LLC received a $274,956 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084). The award will fund the development of an innovative, bio-inspired, ultra-high performance concrete foundation system to support offshore wind turbines through December 2023. The proposed foundation system aims to provide technical and cost improvements over foundations currently used for offshore wind energy...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Cooperative Agreement award under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $989,932 to Maia Water Inc. from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026 to develop an open, AI-powered software platform for water and wastewater utilities. The platform aims to enhance operational decision-making and facilitate innovative financing for essential water infrastructure by integrating watershed models and forecasting socio-economic...