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...
Structural Composites Inc. received a $199,256 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to develop game changing resin, coating, and adhesive technologies for lightweight and affordable composites. The project is being conducted under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) and will be completed by December 30, 2022. The Office of Science aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that transform understanding of nature...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $2,150,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program to Washington State University. The objective of the project is to research and develop a pilot-scale upcycling protocol for transforming carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) waste into recyclable structural automotive components. The project aims to establish an eco-friendly, energy-efficient, and...
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...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) Federal Grant Program provides $1,271,416.00 to the Regents of the University of Michigan to develop a novel pultruded composite material for lightweight vehicle structural components. The project aims to advance energy efficiency and decarbonization technologies in the transportation sector, supporting...
This $1,249,998 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.084 - NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships) to Endeavor Composites, Inc., a small disadvantaged business located in Knoxville, Tennessee, aims to develop an innovative mixer technology for the sustainable repurposing of off-spec and recycled carbon fiber into low-cost, defect-free, nonwoven fabrics. The project will focus on producing and evaluating advanced composite materials, including hybrid...
This $12,286,600 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program supports a nationwide collaboration between industry and academia to pioneer an industrial-scale demonstration of alternative injectant refining and electromagnetic stirring (EMS) electric arc furnace (EAF) operation in the U.S. The project aims to enable complete decarbonization of the EAF...
This $9.4 million Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program, will fund research, development, and prototype or pilot-scale technology validation and demonstration activities focused on cross-sector approaches for industrial decarbonization. The award recipient, Resource Chemical Corp, will explore strategies to increase efficiency and...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $206,500.00 to Multiscale Systems, Inc., a for-profit advanced materials firm located in Worcester, Massachusetts. The award, granted on Feb 18, 2025, supports research and development on "OPTIMIZED ALLOY COMPOSITES USING WIRE-FED DIRECT ENERGY DEPOSITION". The project aims to advance wire-laser metal 3D printing and materials engineering...
This $10,950,000 cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) aims to accelerate the domestic manufacturing of Pajarito Powder's durable engineered catalyst support (ECS) materials and platinum-based catalysts (Pt/ECS and PtX/ECS). The project will scale up production from 30 g/day to 4 kg/day to support DOE's target of 20,000 fuel cell...