Project Grant 1820051

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) awarded Perseus Materials Inc. a $498,767 Project Grant to develop a new composite fabrication process for manufacturing wind turbine blades. The goal is to create variable cross-sectional wind turbine blades using an innovative casting technique. This 2-year project, which started on October 19, 2023, aims to deliver a transformative solution that can enhance the efficiency and performance of wind...

This STTR Phase I Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, aims to develop a novel manufacturing process to produce melt-extrudable polyacrylonitrile (PAN)-based precursor fibers for carbon fiber production. The $305,000 award to Graphenetx Inc., with a period of performance from May 2025 to April 2026, seeks to replace the current hazardous solvent-based spinning process with a melt-spinning...

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 $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...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $265,072 Project Grant to Perseus Materials, Inc. under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program. This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project aims to establish the thermal and mechanical limits of novel, fiber-reinforced, plastic composite materials (FRPs) and pioneer a fast-manufacturing process for these FRPs. The project objectives are to enable widespread adoption of lightweight FRPs in...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation will support the development of sustainable nonwoven fabrics from off-specification and recycled carbon fiber. Endeavor Composites, Inc. will receive $256,000 to establish processes for fabricating mats using off-spec materials, including trims and recycled fibers. They will optimize operations for mats made from different blended combinations of carbon fiber grades and develop models to predict dispersion conditions for optimal nonwoven...

This Project Grant award of $274,919 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of a new class of high-performance composite materials made from aluminum and carbon fiber. The key focus is on improving the interface between the metal and carbon fiber phases to create a low-defect, high-strength material with enhanced mechanical properties. The research aims to elucidate the microstructural evolution and...

This SBIR Phase I project awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program aims to advance the development of oxide dispersion-strengthened superalloys for use in hydrogen-fueled gas turbines. The $275,000 award to Top Grain Technologies, Inc. will fund the fabrication and testing of additively manufactured alloy specimens to assess their suitability for high-temperature, hydrogen-rich environments. The key objectives...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $999,739 to Gencores Inc., a small business based in Somerville, Massachusetts, to demonstrate the scalable production of high-performance 3-dimensional foam cores for structural composites. The project aims to develop a proprietary synthetic route and material structuration process to enable cost-efficient production of...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $256,000 Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I Project Grant to Multiscale Integrated Technology Solutions LLC of Indianapolis, Indiana. The grant supports research and development of enhanced composite materials through interlaminar incorporation of carbon nanotube/epoxy nanoscaffolds using genetic algorithm assisted machine learning and neural networks. This award advances the goals of the NSF Directorate for Engineering's CFDA 47.041...