Cooperative Agreement DEEE0011180

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...

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 from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to develop a new class of fiber-reinforced plastics (FRPs) based on vitrimers. Vitrimers are polymers that can reverse fatigue-induced damage when exposed to heat, improving the durability, safety, and lifecycle performance of FRPs in high-performance applications such as aerospace, automotive, and medical devices. The $150,027 award to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will systematically...

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 $391,345 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program supports research at Stanford University to develop optically recyclable polymer resins for sustainable additive manufacturing. The project aims to engineer reversible photochemical mechanisms and nanoparticle-based light delivery systems that would allow 3D-printed materials to be optically "erased" and reused over multiple cycles, transitioning from a linear...

This $300,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) award through the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program supports fundamental research to discover a new class of polymers called Covalent Adaptable Networks (CANs) and their composites for sustainable manufacturing and recycling of wind turbine blades. The project aims to establish a systematic framework to design, synthesize, and test these reversible CAN materials that combine the stability of thermosets and malleability of thermoplastics. This...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research that advances the fundamental science required to enable the manufacture of high-performance carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite structures. The $267,524 award, active from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2028, aims to develop a physics-based, multiscale modeling framework that links processing conditions to interfacial mechanical properties in thermoplastic composites. This...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, supports the development of an innovative mixer technology to cost-effectively process off-spec and recycled carbon fiber into high-value nonwoven fabrics. The $1,249,998 Phase II award to Endeavor Composites, Inc., a small disadvantaged business located in Knoxville, Tennessee, will enable the company to advance its patented dispersion...

This $333,497 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will study how to create recyclable and biodegradable polymers for food and goods packaging. The three-year project, titled "MFS-SPEED: Informatics-Driven Design of Recyclable Polymers for Packaging," aims to develop next-generation packaging materials that can be easily recycled or safely broken down at the end of their use. Integrating polymer informatics, synthetic...

Material Answers, LLC received a $200,000 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop green polybenzoxazine/natural fiber composites for transportation applications. The award period runs from June 27, 2022 through March 26, 2023. The project aims to produce composite materials using polybenzoxazine resin reinforced with natural fibers as a more sustainable alternative to traditional...