The University of Michigan was awarded a three-year $650,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041). The grant will support research exploring in situ nanoparticle synthesis and redistribution during solidification of metal matrix nanocomposites. Specifically, the University of Michigan will conduct experiments and analysis to better understand how nanoparticles...
The University of Michigan-Dearborn received a three-year, $154,992 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ENGINEERING GRADIENT NANOSTRUCTURED METALS BY MULTI-PASS PLASTIC WAVE DEFORMATION." The funding period is from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. Through this award, University of Michigan-Dearborn researchers will conduct collaborative engineering research...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $478,154 project grant to the University of Michigan through the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support research titled "Fundamental Understanding of Amorphization Mechanism and Intermetallic Prevention in Friction-Based Solid-State Additive Manufacturing of Aluminum-Steel Bimetalic Components." The two-year project beginning January 1, 2022 aims to advance scientific understanding of material properties and manufacturing processes for...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded the University of Michigan a $367,499 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. This 3-year grant from August 2024 to July 2027 will fund research to understand the fundamental mechanisms controlling the development of strength and formability in aluminum alloys, which are critical for reducing global CO2 emissions. The research will focus on model Al-Mg-Si(-Cu) alloys used extensively in the transportation...
The National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a $242,478 Project Grant to Michigan State University for collaborative research titled "Engineering Gradient Nanostructured Metals by Multi-Pass Plastic Wave Deformation." The three-year award runs from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024 and supports research under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The research aims to improve the quality of life and economic strength of the...
This $719,755 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at the University of Michigan to advance understanding of mechanical hysteresis and functional fatigue in martensitic phase transforming materials. The grant is part of NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to foster innovation in engineering research and education. Specifically, the university will conduct multiscale, multimodal in-situ experimentation using dark-field x-ray microscopy, x-ray topotomography, and...
The University of Michigan received a $249,871 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041). The grant will support the "PFI-TT: MAKING U.S. ALUMINUM EXTRUSION MANUFACTURERS GREENER AND MORE PRODUCTIVE THROUGH TOOLING AND SOFTWARE INNOVATIONS" project from July 2021 through June 2023. The project aims to develop tooling and software innovations to make U.S. aluminum extrusion...
This $221,462 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA #47.049) supports research to advance the science underlying the distribution of nanoparticles during the solidification of metal matrix nanocomposites, with a focus on aluminum alloys. The University of Michigan, the grant recipient, is leveraging state-of-the-art experimental techniques and computational models to investigate the mechanisms that influence nanoparticle...
The National Science Foundation awarded Purdue University a $360,510 Project Grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of March 1, 2021 through February 29, 2024. The grant funds research to develop scalable single-step manufacturing of high-performance titanium sheet metal alloys through shear-based deformation processing. The Engineering program seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength by fostering innovation and excellence in engineering...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $469,421 to Northwestern University to develop micro-casting of titanium alloys using 3D-printed self-boiling molds. The university will conduct fundamental research on a novel casting method for titanium alloy parts ranging from microns to tens of millimeters. Researchers will utilize a new type of functional mold called "self-boiling molds" produced through three-dimensional printing....