Cooperative Agreement 80NSSC21M0248

The Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing (HICAM) project received a $196,747 cooperative agreement award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center under the Aeronautics program. The primary goal of the HICAM project is to demonstrate manufacturing approaches and associated technologies for large composite airframe structures that enable a 4-6 times production rate increase without increasing costs. Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation will deliver the...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research to advance the manufacture of high-performance thermoplastic composite structures through faster and more energy-efficient processes. The $328,133 award to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) will fund an international research effort to develop physics-based, multiscale modeling that links processing conditions to the interlaminar strength and fracture toughness...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $299,431 to the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) to develop characterization techniques for determining the rate and temperature-dependent properties of polymer matrix composite (PMC) materials. The goal is to enable accurate simulations of PMC behavior under dynamic loading conditions, such as vehicle crashes and aircraft impacts, to support the widespread...

This NSF-DFG/COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: INTEGRATED COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS ENGINEERING OF THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES project grant, awarded under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $267,524 in funding from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2028. The project aims to advance the fundamental science required to predict and optimize the manufacturing of high-performance thermoplastic composite structures, which can enable lighter and more recyclable products that consume less fuel across...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded Electroimpact Inc. a $107,099 cooperative agreement under the Aeronautics program (CFDA 43.002) on August 12, 2021 to demonstrate manufacturing approaches and technologies for large composite airframe structures. The goal of the Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing project is to enable a four to six times increase in aircraft production rates without increased costs. Electroimpact will work to develop manufacturing processes...

This $255,843 National Science Foundation project grant under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program will fund research and development of an integrated high lift propulsor to enable affordable and energy-efficient advanced air mobility aircraft designs. Wayfarer Aircraft Research and Development Inc. will conduct wind tunnel experiments and computational fluid dynamics simulations from August 2022 to July 2023 to characterize aerodynamic interactions between a propeller and wing...

The Boeing Company received a $199,149.60 cooperative agreement award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to support the Aeronautics mission area. The primary goal of the Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing (HICAM) project is to demonstrate manufacturing approaches and associated technologies for large composite airframe structures that enable a four to six times production rate increase without cost increases. The award period is from June...

This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), supports a research project at Florida A & M University (FAMU) to study the mechanics and manufacturing of a novel class of hybrid foam materials made by in-foam printing (IFP). The project aims to design and construct a 5-degree of freedom apparatus for producing strut-foam interpenetrating phase composite (IPC) structures, and to experimentally and...

This $887,740 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports the development of a real-time monitoring and structural validation system for continuous fiber printing, an advanced additive manufacturing technique. The key products and services to be delivered include: Modeling techniques to determine how defects affect the structural performance of printed parts Deep learning models to process multi-modal sensor data (e.g.,...

This Project Grant award of $274,919 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of a new class of high-performance composite materials made from aluminum and carbon fiber. The key focus is on improving the interface between the metal and carbon fiber phases to create a low-defect, high-strength material with enhanced mechanical properties. The research aims to elucidate the microstructural evolution and...