Project Grant 2142246
- This $800,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will enable Iowa State University of Science and Technology to develop new materials and manufacturing methods for 3D printing multi-material objects with varying mechanical properties. The key objectives are to use machine learning to create resins enabling extreme mechanical contrast, develop a multi-material 3D printing process using photoswitches, and...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award totaling $150,000 is funding a two-year exploratory research project (August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2026) led by the University of Iowa. The project aims to address fundamental challenges in translating on-ground manufacturing systems to reliable in-space production by developing a real-time heterogeneous transfer active learning framework. This framework will leverage knowledge from well-studied, data-rich...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.041 - Engineering) provides $582,289 to Mississippi State University to develop a groundbreaking machine learning-assisted multi-material 3D printer with a novel hybrid deposition process. The system integrates continuous fiber reinforcement and liquid-like polymer inks, enabling unprecedented precision in manufacturing high-performance composite structures and functional devices. The project aims to advance research in...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a Project Grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, specifically through its University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) Division. The $149,826 grant, awarded on August 1, 2025, will support the establishment of a new "Embedded Section-by-Section Bioprinting" process aimed at achieving high cell viability during the fabrication of large-scale human tissue...
- Iowa State University will receive $876,577 from the National Science Foundation under a three-year Project Grant for "SINGLE-STEP, RAPIDLY RECONFIGURABLE GRAYSCALE NANOPRINTING BY LIGHT-CONTROLLED NANOCAPILLARY EFFECT." The funding supports research from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2024 under the NSF's Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program. The grant aims to develop new nanomanufacturing techniques using light-controlled nanocapillary effects to enable single-step, rapidly...
- This $404,595 National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program grant, awarded to the University of Delaware on March 1, 2024, supports research to enhance multi-material additive manufacturing (3D printing) through the use of advective assembly techniques. The project aims to develop modular 3D printing nozzles capable of rapidly structuring and depositing multi-material composites at higher resolution and volumetric throughput than conventional methods. This could enable new applications...
- 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 $887,740 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports the development of a real-time monitoring system for continuous fiber 3D printing. The project aims to create advanced computational methods that integrate multi-modal sensor data, including optical, thermal, and acoustic monitoring, to detect printing defects and validate the structural integrity of 3D-printed components in real-time. The research team from Benedict...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) is funding research at The Leland Stanford Junior University to engineer a transformative new vat polymerization process for advanced manufacturing, named "ICLIP". The key objectives are to develop computer simulation and theory to enable injection of resin through the printed part during the additive manufacturing process, which could result in a two order of magnitude increase in...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $550,000 in funding to the University of Illinois to research a novel mold-free manufacturing process for polymer parts. The project aims to develop a fast and cost-effective "growth printing" technique that uses a self-propagating polymerization front, inspired by natural growth processes, to rapidly cure liquid polymer resins without the need for expensive molds....
The National Science Foundation awarded $250,038 under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to The University of Iowa for a project grant completing in June 2027. The funding will support research to advance photo-manufacturing techniques for producing biomimetic materials and establish a community college to graduate school program called the "3D Printing in Bioengineering Rising Researcher Community." Specifically, the grantee will quantify the efficiency and biocompatibility of biobased photoinitiators for micro- and meso-scale 3D printing. They will also develop models linking crosslinking rates to final feature properties to enable multiscale printing of tissues and devices. The project integrates these scientific advances with education and research opportunities for the researcher community to enhance workforce diversity in medical device and biomaterials manufacturing. Outcomes are expected to significantly advance photo-manufacturing for biology and broaden participation in STEM fields.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $250.0k | 3/31/22 |