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...
The National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded Northwestern University a $379,022 Project Grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2024. The grant funds collaborative research on artificial intelligence-driven multi-scale design of materials under processing constraints. The Engineering program seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength by fostering innovation and...
The National Science Foundation awarded Lambda Function, Inc. a $256,000 Project Grant under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program to develop an artificial intelligence system for autonomous numerical control programming for advanced manufacturing. The grant funded the creation of an AI system between December 1, 2021 and May 31, 2022 that automates the programming of computerized machine tools for complex manufacturing processes. The NSF Engineering program supports innovation and...
The National Science Foundation awarded Qgnai, Inc. a $255,531 Project Grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) for work on "SBIR PHASE I: CATEGORICAL REPRESENTATION LEARNING IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE" from August 1, 2021 to January 31, 2022. The grant supported Qgnai's development of products and services related to categorical representation learning techniques in artificial intelligence. The NSF Directorate for Engineering seeks to improve quality of life and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to advance the field of engineering design. The project aims to develop a framework for accurately evaluating the novelty and quality of diverse design artifacts, such as CAD drawings, text, sketches, and prototypes, using a combination of human experts and machine...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $275,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Project Grant to Artimatic Technologies, Inc. to develop artificial intelligence (AI) technology for automated 3D content creation. The goal is to create tools that enable experienced animators to rapidly produce high-quality 3D content and allow novices to create engaging 3D graphics without extensive technical training. The project will utilize deep neural networks to generate 3D models...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $275,000 to Grayskytech, Inc. aims to develop a novel technology that will dramatically improve the speed and cost-effectiveness of integrated circuit (IC) design verification. The innovation involves a highly parallel, configurable computer architecture that can effectively turn a single FPGA into hundreds of fast virtual processors. This will enable 30x faster behavioral...
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...
The National Science Foundation awarded Simpact Co. a $256,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) from July 1, 2021 to December 31, 2022. The grant funds the development of advanced computational methods for forecasting multiple types of economic and social returns. The NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program seeks to advance science, engineering, and technology research and innovation leading to breakthrough technologies and...
The National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation awarded a $250,000 Project Grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from July 15, 2021 to June 30, 2023 under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041). The grant funds the development of an automated tool to generate and optimize programs for operating on complex big data. The Engineering program seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength by fostering innovation and excellence in engineering...