Cooperative Agreement FA86502425203

This $1,430,183 Cooperative Agreement award was issued on July 11, 2024 by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The award supports the "METALS AFFORDABILITY INITIATIVE III (MAI III) AGREEMENT ORDER #25 PROCESS MONITORING FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING USING ENHANCING DATA ANALYTICS FRAME" project. The primary awardee is Advanced Technology International (ATI), a non-profit organization that facilitates collaborative...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) provides $970,748 in funding to Advanced Technology International (ATI) and its subrecipients to demonstrate chemical processes for powder production of novel, advanced refractory metal alloys and refractory complex concentrated alloys. The goal is to enable energy-efficient powder production processes for inherently less expensive alloy compositions, as...

The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) has awarded a $1,731,635 Cooperative Agreement to Advanced Technology International (ATI) for the "COMPONENT OPTIMIZATION FOR MTR INSPECTION AND CONTROL (COMIC)" project. The objective of this grant is to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by advancing scientific and engineering capabilities in materials science, aerospace systems, and advanced manufacturing. The project involves a...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $199,925 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to VRC Metal Systems, LLC, a veteran-owned small business located in Box Elder, South Dakota. The grant supports the research and development of cold spray additive manufacturing technologies for power system design and life extension. Key products and services to be delivered include innovative solutions centered on cold spray processes,...

The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science awarded a $694,000 Project Grant (CFDA 81.049 - Office of Science Financial Assistance Program) to the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology (SDSM&T) to develop cold spray additive manufacturing for tungsten-based plasma-facing components. The project aims to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative scientific discoveries in materials research. As a sub-award under this grant, the...

This $250,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research at Purdue University to develop a fundamental understanding of the process-microstructure-property relationships for additive manufacturing of metal matrix composites via cold spray technology. The key objectives are to expand the applicability of cold spray to a broader range of materials and applications, and to develop manufacturing science and mechanistic...

This five-year, $648,748 National Science Foundation Project Grant supports research at Cornell University to develop a unified framework for understanding and predicting critical velocity, microstructural development, micro-scale bond strength, and macro-scale mechanical properties of cold-sprayed metal deposits. The Principal Investigator will conduct laser-induced micro-scale projectile impact testing with high-resolution imaging to produce well-defined high-velocity individual bonded...

This Cooperative Agreement was awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) program (CFDA 81.135) to the University of Wisconsin - Madison. The objective is to address challenges in developing manufacturing processes for ultra-high temperature refractory metal alloys (RMAs) to enable increased energy efficiency through higher operating temperatures in turbine applications. The $2,633,573 award supports research to develop an environmental...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $250,000 Project Grant to Cornell University under the Engineering CFDA program to develop fundamental research and manufacturing science for producing metal matrix composites via cold spray additive manufacturing. The 4-year project aims to advance the understanding of process-microstructure-property relationships for cold spraying metal matrix composites and leverage this knowledge for applications in aerospace, energy, and defense industries....

This five-year, $641,328 National Science Foundation Project Grant supports research at the Colorado School of Mines to advance additive manufacturing of nickel-based superalloys for clean energy applications. Funded through NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), the award will develop a mechanistic understanding of how wire arc additive manufacturing processing conditions influence the microstructure and high-temperature mechanical properties of Haynes 282 superalloy. The research combines...