Cooperative Agreement DEEE0006826

This $299,431 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under its Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will fund research at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) to develop advanced characterization techniques for polymer matrix composite (PMC) materials. The project aims to improve the understanding and predictive modeling of the dynamic deformation and fracture behavior of PMCs, which are critical for their broader adoption in aerospace,...

This $600,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at the University of Southern California to develop new manufacturing methods for recycling post-consumer carbon fiber composite materials. The research aims to preserve the value of continuous carbon fibers and recover the polymer matrix from aircraft and other composites currently buried in landfills or subjected to pyrolysis. The project will study techniques to remanufacture recycled carbon fibers and polymer matrix...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $274,919 to Ce-Ri-Ss Materials LLC, a minority-owned small business, aims to develop advanced lightweight aluminum and carbon fiber composite materials with enhanced mechanical properties. The project will investigate the microstructural evolution and bonding mechanisms at the aluminum-carbon fiber interfaces, leveraging rare earth element coatings and alloying additions to create...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Composites Automation LLC, a for-profit limited liability company focused on composites manufacturing and materials research. The grant, funded under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), supports Composites Automation's work to develop techniques to recycle carbon fiber and plastic composites from end-of-life vehicles into construction materials. This project aims to contribute to...

This Project Grant award of $313,087 from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports a collaborative research project led by the Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY) to develop a physics-informed machine learning framework for tailoring the multidirectional mechanical properties of composite materials. The key products and services to be delivered include: Creating a new data-driven framework to understand the relationship between...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Arizona State University provides $620,013 to conduct fundamental research on additive manufacturing of novel structural batteries made with carbon fiber reinforced composites. The goal is to develop a novel coextrusion-based 3D printing process to integrate energy storage and structural load bearing functions into a single lightweight material for applications like electric transportation....

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under CFDA program 47.041 Engineering will develop a framework for the inverse design and fabrication of multiphase composite materials with tailored mechanical properties. The $200,453 award, which runs from November 1, 2024 to October 31, 2027, will create a physics-informed deep learning (PIDL) model to correlate a composite material's architecture with its multidirectional mechanical behavior. This will enable the design of exotic...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $361,985 to the University of Wisconsin System to develop predictive mathematical models for manufacturing processes involving complex polymeric materials. The project aims to leverage recent advances in experimental methods and data science to better understand the relationship between the flow and microstructure of these materials, which is critical for applications like printed...

This $187,220 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University to establish an optimal design framework for multi-functional composite structures. Leveraging kirigami cutting principles and snap-through multi-stability, the framework will expand performance capabilities for composites in aerospace, automotive, and robotics applications. Under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which supports innovation and excellence in...

The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) awarded the University of Delaware a $3,060,498 cooperative agreement under the ARPA-E program (CFDA #81.135) on September 13, 2022 to develop efficient manufacturing of lightweight composite architected structures for transportation vehicles through September 12, 2025. Under the award, the University of Delaware will lead a consortium to develop and commercialize Composite Architected Materials Processing (CAMP), a...