Carnegie Mellon University was awarded a $992,182 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The grant funds the acquisition of an automated x-ray scattering instrument to enable in situ multiscale studies. NSF's Engineering program seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength by fostering innovation and excellence in engineering research and education. This particular award will...
Carnegie Mellon University was awarded a $379,999 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems on August 15, 2021. The grant is part of NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) and will fund the development of new theories and algorithms for solving nonlinear inverse problems. Work will be performed at Carnegie Mellon's Pittsburgh campus through July 31, 2024. The grant aims to improve engineering research and education by fostering...
The $148,060 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund research at Carnegie Mellon University investigating machine learning approaches to support engineering designers in digital manufacturing. The university will mine part designs from open online repositories and curated datasets developed through in-class challenges. A machine learning pipeline will extract design...
Carnegie Mellon University was awarded a $546,091 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Computing and Communication Foundations under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070). The grant will support the development of future-proof test corpus synthesis for evolving software from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. The Computer and Information Science and Engineering program aims to advance computing and informatics...
Carnegie Mellon University was awarded a $550,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2024. The grant is part of the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to advance scientific knowledge and understanding of major issues. Under the grant, Carnegie Mellon University will develop data-driven, automated methodologies to analyze and control light-driven catalytic processes. The university...
Carnegie Mellon University was awarded a $298,155 project grant from the National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering under the Office of International Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.079). The grant will support Carnegie Mellon University's "IRES TRACK 1: SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT" project from February 1, 2021 through July 31, 2022. The project aims to enable U.S. leadership in global science by strengthening international...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $650,000 in funding to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2027. The project aims to fully understand the mechanisms controlling shape distortion in additive manufacturing (AM) processes, particularly during the sintering of nano/microparticles. The research involves integrated experimental and theoretical work to identify critical AM process parameters that...
Carnegie Mellon University was awarded a four-year $1,417,540 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support collaborative research titled "UNCOVERING MECHANISMS OF GRAIN BOUNDARY MIGRATION IN POLYCRYSTALS FOR PREDICTIVE SIMULATIONS OF GRAIN GROWTH." Through this funding, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University will work to develop predictive models of grain growth in polycrystalline...
This $649,345 five-year Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research by Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to investigate a power field control strategy for prescribing thermal histories in powder bed fusion additive manufacturing. The project aims to (1) understand the effects of power field control on porosity and microstructure, including solidification and solid-state transformations, and (2) evaluate the effectiveness...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $628,142 Project Grant to Carnegie Mellon University on April 1, 2021 for work under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The grant supports research titled "CAREER: ELECTRO-OPTIC MULTIPLEXING FOR MASSIVE SCALING OF NEURAL RECORDING" through March 31, 2026. The grant funding will enable development of electro-optic multiplexing techniques to scale neural recording across large areas of neural tissue. This aligns with the NSF Engineering...