Cooperative Agreement DEEE0009067

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...

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...

The Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI Arc) received a $161,291 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region to accelerate application of customized cross laminated timber panels. The grant was awarded on July 14, 2021 under the Wood Utilization Assistance federal grant program (CFDA #10.674), with a completion date of September 1, 2023. The Wood Utilization Assistance program aims to provide technical assistance regarding...

The Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM) will provide spatial and temporal data alignment services from disparate sources for feature association under a $149,539.68 cooperative agreement award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The two-year award, issued on October 1, 2021 under NIST's Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards program, will support CCAM's work to align data from different sources and over time to associate features....

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service's Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Program (CFDA 10.708) has awarded a $625,720 Project Grant to the Frank Miller Lumber Company in Illinois. The grant funding will be used to upgrade the company's edger and trimmer machine centers with new scanning technology, which will improve lumber yield, reduce waste, and enhance material flow. The objectives of the project include increasing lumber recovery, supporting forest health, and...

This federal Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Wood Utilization Assistance program (CFDA 10.674) aims to refine the design criteria for cross-laminated timber (CLT) floor systems. The $679,761 grant awarded to Villanova University in Pennsylvania on June 24, 2025, will examine the short- and long-term deflection behavior of 5-layer CLT panels, which will be tested to failure. This research seeks to improve the efficiency of CLT...

The Piedmont Triad Regional Council was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307) to support seven interconnected projects focused on prototyping, simulation, initial product development, and testing to strengthen manufacturing in North Carolina's Piedmont Triad region. The projects aim to support established industries like furniture manufacturing as well as emerging...

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 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach program (CFDA 11.620) provides $106,500 to Aperi Computational Mechanics Consulting, LLC to develop a commercial software tool that will enable the automation of 3D scan-to-simulation capabilities. The project aims to address the growing demand for improved efficiency and robustness in engineering simulations by developing a software...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Program grant, awarded to Oregon State University (OSU), supports fundamental research on a novel metal cutting method called constrained cutting. This $630,687 Project Grant, with a period of performance from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2027, aims to investigate how constraining the chip formation process can improve the efficiency of machining difficult-to-cut materials. The research focuses on analyzing the mechanics, dynamics, and surface...