Cooperative Agreement NNX14AQ98A

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to Sungkyunkwan University Research & Business Foundation to support basic research for proposal 21IOA104 "Heat Dissipation Artificial Meta-Structures (AMS) for Space Electronic Devices in Extreme Environment" from December 10, 2021 to December 9, 2023. The research aims to develop heat dissipation technologies using artificial meta-structures to enable space electronic devices...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded Cornell University a $450,000 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to support research titled "DYNAMIC CHEMISTRY FOR RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING COMPOSITES" from November 2021 through November 2024. Under this award, Cornell University's Office of Sponsored Programs will conduct research on dynamic chemistry for resin transfer molding composites to support the Air...

This $1,000,000 cooperative agreement from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) will support Stoke Space Technologies, Inc. to develop reusable upper stages for space launch vehicles. Specifically, the small business will build a full-scale prototype heat shield and test it under simulated ascent and atmospheric reentry conditions. Testing will occur in phases of increasing complexity, with data from each phase used to...

This $300,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund the development of new metallic materials for high-temperature applications critical to improving the efficiency of jet engines and turbines. The grant recipient, The Ohio State University, will work with collaborators at NASA Glenn Research Center, GE Aerospace, and the Air Force Research Laboratory to utilize a novel additive manufacturing approach to create oxide dispersion...

The Department of the Navy Secretary of the Navy Office of Naval Research awarded a $4.8 million Project Grant to the American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute (Lift) to support research on hypersonic thermal management from May 14, 2021 to June 30, 2023. Under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), Lift will conduct applied research and technology development with the goal of improving naval operations capabilities. Specifically, the funding...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) Project Grant award to The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund, doing business as Tulane University, provides $224,063 to develop a tough, lightweight self-healing modular panel system that can shield lunar habitats and vehicles against micrometeoroid and orbital debris (MMOD) impacts. The project aims to measure the thermal and flow properties of a polypropylene/carbon nanotube (PP/CNT) composite material,...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant award of $400,000, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DMREF: TOPOLOGICALLY DESIGNED AND RESILIENT ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE CERAMICS," aims to develop a new method to simultaneously improve both the low temperature and high temperature properties of ultra-high temperature ceramic materials. The project will utilize a combination of computational tools, including first principles and machine learning, integrated with experimental methods...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $1,031,522.00 project grant to the University of Illinois under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to develop an additive manufacturing system for advanced continuous fiber composite structures. The award, effective from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024, will enable the University to conduct research and deliver prototypes related to this technology. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program supports basic...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $454,850 Project Grant to Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (doing business as Tees) to develop a BOUNDARY LAYER TURBULENCE SURFACE SENSOR ARRAY FOR HYPERSONIC FLIGHT AND GROUND TEST. The period of performance for this award under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) was from January 13, 2021 to January 12, 2022. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain...

This $100,000 Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) supports fundamental and applied research into the role of composition on the mechanical properties of refractory multi-element layered ceramics for hypersonic applications. The research aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by advancing scientific understanding in materials science and aerospace systems. The...