Project Grant 1938960

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $1,000,000 in funding to Ai Pow LLC, a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business located in College Station, TX. The project aims to develop a hardware-aware AutoML platform to enable efficient deployment of AI models on resource-constrained edge devices for real-time defect detection in...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, under CFDA 47.084 "NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships," provides $999,942 to Lambda Function, Inc. to develop a prototype of an artificial intelligence-assisted, autonomous, numerical control programming software for advanced manufacturing. The software will provide machining strategy, cutting tool and machining parameter, and tool path...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant awarded $275,000 to ADA TECH LLC to develop a novel artificial intelligence-powered generative design solution. The project aims to integrate consumer data, Internet of Things (IoT) telemetry, and design for excellence (DFX) engineering specifications into 3D generative computer-aided-design models. The primary objectives are to enable the...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), aims to develop an advanced inspection tool that uses quantum sensing techniques to identify hidden defects in semiconductor chips during manufacturing. The $305,000 award to Quantum Metrology LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, will be used to build and test a non-destructive, in-line metrology system...

This STTR Phase I grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program supports the development of a compact, multi-wavelength interferometric system for real-time, in-situ metrology in high-precision optical manufacturing. The $274,524 project aims to deliver a market-ready, on-machine metrology system that can improve efficiency and accuracy in diamond tool alignment, surface metrology, and overall manufacturing throughput by...

This $255,934 National Science Foundation Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships grant will support Exlattice, Inc.'s development of machine learning-powered additive manufacturing simulation software. Under the SBIR Phase I Project Grant, Exlattice will create a proof-of-concept for 3-5 orders of magnitude faster process simulation software to predict manufacturing failures from high temperature, residual distortion, and residual stresses. The proposed hybrid data-driven and physics-based...

This $275,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program aims to develop a suite of software that automatically routes building services systems through 3D obstructed space to achieve near-optimal, clash-free solutions. The project involves developing a highly efficient 3D modeling environment using "low-resolution surface tessellation" to minimize data storage and...

This SBIR Phase I award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program, with a total funding amount of $274,985, is focused on developing an artificial intelligence (AI) system to accelerate semiconductor production using physics-embedded lithographic foundation models. The project aims to alleviate design and manufacturing complexities associated with the shift to extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography in semiconductor manufacturing, which has...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $300,000 Early-concept Grant for Exploratory Research (EAGER) under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to The Pennsylvania State University, doing business as Penn State, to conduct research on expanding the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in manufacturing. The project focuses on developing deep clustering and generative modeling techniques to identify geometric similarities between new part designs and existing designs to improve...

This $305,000 SBIR Phase I project, awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), aims to develop an automated, scalable intelligence-gathering system using interactive artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot investigators to counteract social engineering cyber-attacks. The project proposes to create AI agents powered by large language models (LLMs) that can autonomously engage with social engineering threats, extract...