The University of Massachusetts received a $175,196 cooperative agreement award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards program. The award supported research on in-situ data registration and fusion for powder bed fusion additive manufacturing from March 1, 2021 through April 9, 2022. The research focused on developing techniques to register and fuse data collected during the additive manufacturing process to improve...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards (CFDA 11.609) program provides $148,944.59 in funding to Theiss Research, a non-profit research organization, to develop an innovative microscopy capability using Brillouin light scattering (BLS) and low-frequency Raman (LFR) imaging techniques. The project aims to apply these advanced techniques to investigate the mechanical...
This $199,558 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards (CFDA 11.609) Federal Grant Program is focused on advancing measurement science and engineering capabilities for the semiconductor industry. The key activities under this award include designing experiments, developing new metrological tools and methods, generating material property models, and creating open-source materials data...
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...
This $5,000,000 Project Grant was awarded on September 1, 2024 by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Congressionally-Identified Projects program (CFDA 11.617). The purpose of this project is to develop an intelligent, automated, closed-loop manufacturing system to enhance capabilities in the advanced manufacturing industry, particularly benefiting the aerospace and defense sectors. The key activities to be performed include the acquisition, installation, and...
This $244,235 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards (CFDA 11.609) program is for Northeastern University to develop an integrated biomanufacturing process ontology and digital twin platform. The key objectives are to: 1) create a multi-scale model-based digital twin and machine learning ontology to facilitate manufacturing systems integration, data interoperability, and reuse; 2)...
Massachusetts Materials Technologies LLC was awarded a $199,991 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) on June 27, 2022. The grant will support work developing non-invasive micromechanical testing techniques for measuring tensile and fracture properties of metallic alloys through June 26, 2023. The Office of Science aims to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and...
This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards (CFDA 11.609) federal grant program, aims to create a dataset focused on the properties of thermosetting polymers for cost-effective insulation solutions in semiconductor packaging. The $160,000 project, awarded to the University of Maryland, College Park, will involve three key activities: 1) measuring the effective cure shrinkage...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Cooperative Agreement award provides $997,734 in funding to Pharmacoustics Technologies LLC, a small business located in Potsdam, NY, to develop and validate innovative ultrasonic quality assurance and testing equipment for pharmaceutical tablet manufacturing. The project aims to enable rapid, non-destructive, real-time release testing of tablets through advanced ultrasonic techniques and machine...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded Zymosense Inc. a $800,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach federal grant program (CFDA 11.620) for the period of September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2024. Under this award, Zymosense will optimize its automated pipetting screening tool for assessing single-walled carbon nanotube dispersion and separation processes. In Phase I, the company demonstrated the feasibility of using the...