The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees received a $875,426 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation. The award is part of the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) and will fund research titled "CAREER: SCALABLE LAMINATION PRINTING OF NEAR ATOMICALLY THIN ELECTRONIC MATERIALS WITH MECHANICAL STRETCHABILITY" from January 15, 2022 through December 31, 2026. The grant will support the development of...
This $600,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund collaborative research between the University of South Florida and Princeton University from July 2022 to June 2025. The research aims to establish a predictive theoretical understanding of nanoscale gradients in rheological response at interfaces in glass-forming fluids. Specifically, the grant will support experiments to observe fluid flow and deformation at the nanometer scale,...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) totaling $344,918 will establish a collaborative research program at Florida International University (FIU) to develop advanced data-driven approaches for additive manufacturing (AM) or 3D printing of materials with locally tunable electrical and mechanical properties. The research aims to create new polymer resin formulations for digital light processing (DLP) 3D printing that can...
Northeastern University received a $266,996 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The grant supports fundamental research to develop a new inkjet printing method using impact-induced ink release from a liquid crystal receiving substrate. This aims to expand the range of printable materials for applications in healthcare, energy, and other sectors. Theoretical and...
This $257,665 project grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), aims to establish an innovative electrohydrodynamic (EHD) 3D printing technology for fabricating microscale 3D electronics. The key objectives are: 1) studying the relationship between ink composition and rheological properties, 2) investigating spatial photonic sintering of metallic nanoparticles, and 3) developing the "Intense Pulsed Light Assisted EHD 3D...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $436,945 to the University of Houston System to conduct research on laser-induced bubble dynamics and the mechanisms driving hydrogel jet formation in laser-assisted printing processes. The goal is to integrate experimental and numerical methods to elucidate the complex, multiscale dynamics of these phenomena, which are critical for advancing 3D printing technologies for soft...
The Ohio State University received a $358,360 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The University will conduct fundamental research to develop a new inkjet printing method using impact-induced ink release from a liquid crystal receiving substrate. This has the potential to expand the range of printable materials to include advanced technologies like organic...
This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.041 - Engineering) supports research into an innovative manufacturing technique for producing thin polymer films. The total award amount is $517,969.00 over the period from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027. The research aims to develop a comprehensive framework for the electrospray deposition process by integrating experiments, computational modeling, and artificial intelligence/machine learning methods. This will...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $199,500 Project Grant to the Rochester Institute of Technology under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041). The grant will fund the acquisition of a micro-transfer printer for heterogeneous integration of electronic/photonic microsystems from August 15, 2021 to July 31, 2023. The micro-transfer printer will allow RIT to integrate dissimilar materials like electronics, photonics, and MEMS at the microscale, enabling continued innovation...
The University of South Florida was awarded a $571,213 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation to conduct research related to "DILUTE MAGNETIC 2D-SEMICONDUCTORS: FUNDAMENTALS FOR DEVICE APPLICATIONS" from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2025. The grant was awarded under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA #47.049), which aims to promote progress in these scientific fields and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increasing knowledge...