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The Department of Defense's Washington Headquarters Service awarded a $17,216,700 Cooperative Agreement to Lehigh Heavy Forge Corp under the Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III program. This 4-year award, effective from September 30, 2024 to December 30, 2028, aims to sustain and expand Lehigh Heavy Forge's domestic heavy forging production capabilities that are essential for national defense. As a key supplier to major defense contractor Electric Boat Corporation, Lehigh Heavy Forge...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Department of Defense (DOD) under the Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III Program (CFDA 12.777), will fund Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC to expand U.S. aluminum casting capacity. The $54,919,400 award, granted on July 22, 2024, aims to create, maintain, protect, expand, or restore domestic industrial base capabilities essential for national defense. The funding will support efforts to reduce reliance on foreign sources and strengthen...

This $195,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports the Center for Industrial Metal Forming (CIMF) led by Oakland University. CIMF is a collaborative effort with The Ohio State University and University of New Hampshire focused on cutting-edge, pre-competitive fundamental research in metal forming science and engineering. Key activities under this award include: Conducting industrially-relevant research projects that couple...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $195,000 to the University of New Hampshire to establish the Center for Industrial Metal Forming (CIMF). The CIMF will conduct cutting-edge, pre-competitive fundamental research in metal forming science and engineering to support industries such as automotive, aerospace, defense, electronics, appliances, and biomedical. Key focus areas include developing innovative forming processes,...

This EAGER/COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports the development of an AI-powered "G-Forge" database system for additive manufacturing. The $100,000 award to New York University aims to create an LLM-powered framework capable of comprehending and retrieving G-code - the instructions that drive 3D printers. Key objectives include G-code verification and debugging, building a community-driven G-code...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program award supports research to develop an AI-powered smart database system called G-Forge for additive manufacturing. The $200,000 two-year project, awarded on February 1, 2024, will enable G-Forge to provide capabilities such as verifying, debugging, and indexing G-code files that drive 3D printers. The goal is to reduce errors and delays in the manufacturing process. The project will also integrate these capabilities into educational...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $878,296 Cooperative Agreement to Surfplasma Inc., a minority-owned small business based in Gainesville, FL, to develop a rapid, low-temperature plasma prototype for disinfecting personal protective equipment (PPE), medical devices, food products and other materials from pathogens like COVID-19. The project, funded under NSF's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, aims to deliver a market-ready sterilization solution...

The National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation awarded $255,700 to Creative Biotherapeutics LLC through its Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) on January 15, 2021 to fund the project "SBIR PHASE I: STRESS PATHWAY INHIBITION PREVENTS COVID-19 INFECTION (COVID-19)." This Project Grant will support Creative Biotherapeutics' research efforts through December 31, 2021 to develop inhibitors of stress response pathways to prevent COVID-19 infection. The NSF Engineering...

The federal Cooperative Agreement award, issued by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), aims to develop a process and equipment to rotary emboss flexible graphite produced from natural graphite flake in a high-volume production process. The primary objective is to produce 2,400 bipolar plates per hour on a single production line, meeting Department of Energy performance...

The U.S. Department of Defense, through the Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III program (CFDA 12.777), awarded a $16,704,054 Cooperative Agreement to Lomiko Metals Inc. on May 16, 2024. The grant will fund the expansion of Lomiko's domestic production capability and capacity for natural flake graphite at its La Loutre facility in Canada. The DPA Title III program aims to create, maintain, protect, expand, or restore domestic industrial base capabilities essential for national defense. This...