Cooperative Agreement DEAR0001431

This $118,700 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports the acquisition of an ultrasonic atomization and alloying platform for additive manufacturing research and education at the University of Louisville. The platform will enable production of custom metal powders for additive manufacturing technologies using an ultrasonic method to fabricate powders from traditional raw materials, including those with extremely high melting points. This...

This Project Grant award of $300,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) aims to advance the capability of metal additive manufacturing (AM) technologies to develop single-phase concentrated solid-solution alloys (SP-CSAs) with superior radiation tolerance. The key objectives of this 2-year project are to: (i) synthesize SP-CSAs with varying compositions, structures, and defects using laser-directed energy deposition AM; (ii) investigate...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $538,225 to Dartmouth College to conduct research on fabricating columnar-grained microstructures and single crystals of nickel-based superalloys through directional recrystallization of additively manufactured materials. The goal is to develop a cost-effective method for producing nickel alloy turbine blades, a critical component in jet engines. The research will investigate the...

The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) received a $582,358 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the NSF Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The award will support fundamental research at UTA from May 1, 2023 through April 30, 2028 related to developing a new hybrid layerwise rolling and sealing technique for laser powder-bed fusion manufacturing of tungsten parts. The research aims to generate...

This five-year, $526,186 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), will fund fundamental research on wire arc additive manufacturing of molybdenum alloys for high-temperature applications at Tennessee Technological University. The university will explore process-induced residual stresses and pore formation in molybdenum alloy structures fabricated via wire arc additive...

This $599,342 National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant, awarded under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), supports fundamental research to develop a novel additive manufacturing (AM) approach for fabricating high-performance tungsten alloy components. The research, conducted by The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY), aims to address the challenges in producing dense, crack-free tungsten alloy parts through AM by integrating compression-enabled filament...

This $122,531 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research into fabricating columnar-grained microstructures and single crystals of nickel-based superalloys through directional recrystallization of additively manufactured materials. The goal is to develop a cost-effective method for producing nickel-based superalloy turbine blades, a key component in jet engines that currently cost over $15,000 each. The project will...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant award of $400,000, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DMREF: TOPOLOGICALLY DESIGNED AND RESILIENT ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE CERAMICS," aims to develop a new method to simultaneously improve both the low temperature and high temperature properties of ultra-high temperature ceramic materials. The project will utilize a combination of computational tools, including first principles and machine learning, integrated with experimental methods...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $2,497,403 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) to develop an efficient molten metal droplet jetting process for additive manufacturing. The key products and services to be delivered through this 4-year project include: Advancing a novel multi-nozzle metal jetting technology that can utilize both new and recycled metal feedstock, with the goal of enabling additive manufacturing...

This five-year, $641,328 National Science Foundation Project Grant supports research at the Colorado School of Mines to advance additive manufacturing of nickel-based superalloys for clean energy applications. Funded through NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), the award will develop a mechanistic understanding of how wire arc additive manufacturing processing conditions influence the microstructure and high-temperature mechanical properties of Haynes 282 superalloy. The research combines...