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The federal Project Grant award of $500,000.00 from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) is supporting the "MODEL-BASED ENTERPRISE (MBE) MATURITY INDEX" initiative. This project aims to enhance the adoption and application of digital maturity assessments across manufacturing industries by refining the existing MBE assessment tool developed by the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration...

This $300,619 Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program, supports a mixed-methods qualitative study investigating the experiences of Black men on undergraduate engineering student teams. The primary research questions focus on 1) the experiences of Black men on student project teams, and 2) how Black men perceive their participation in decision-making processes within these teams. Utilizing Interpretative Phenomenological...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (ENG) program (CFDA 47.041) will provide $410,000 to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees) to conduct research to improve the fundamental understanding and predictive capability of ammonia combustion chemistry models. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award include: Utilizing state-of-the-art laser diagnostics and laboratory facilities to measure critical model...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $199,645 to Georgia Southern University Research & Service Foundation Inc. to conduct fundamental research on understanding porosity formation in ductile iron castings. The research aims to correlate porosity to graphitization and casting wall movement through experiments and numerical simulations. Key activities include developing an apparatus for in-situ measurement of casting...

This Project Grant award of $262,400.00 from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) will support the University of California San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography in developing a low-power, real-time passive acoustic triggering system for autonomous ocean observing technologies. The project aims to advance capabilities in passive acoustic monitoring to enhance autonomous ocean observing platforms. The award has a...

This $10,000,000 federal Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117), will fund activities to support the implementation and ongoing improvement of Washington state's Clean Building Performance Standards (CBPS). The key products and services to be delivered include: Providing direct support and reporting assistance to at least...

Precast Systems Engineering, LLC received a $274,956 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084). The award will fund the development of an innovative, bio-inspired, ultra-high performance concrete foundation system to support offshore wind turbines through December 2023. The proposed foundation system aims to provide technical and cost improvements over foundations currently used for offshore wind energy...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $457,177 over 3 years to Arizona State University (ASU) to operate and maintain the Tudor Hill Marine Atmospheric Observatory in Bermuda. The key products and services delivered under this award include: Continuing the operation and maintenance of the state-of-the-art marine atmospheric sampling and observing facility at Tudor Hill, Bermuda, which is available for use by the broader U.S....

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $5,437,559 Cooperative Agreement to Cabot Corp under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The objective of this 1-year project is to develop a scalable and innovative manufacturing process to produce carbon catalyst supports for the oxygen reduction cathode in medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicle proton exchange membrane fuel cells (MDV/HDV PEMFCs). This will enable high...