This three-year, $298,980 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation, under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program, supports research at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte related to advanced manufacturing processes for complex optical elements. The research aims to test the hypothesis that material removal mechanisms change at increased cutting velocities when single point diamond machining brittle single...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) award under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $194,897 to the University of Wisconsin - Madison to investigate deformation mechanisms during ultra-precision machining of single-crystal materials like sapphire. The 2-year project aims to elucidate the complex interactions between slip, twinning, and fracture mechanisms during machining, and develop predictive models to enhance the efficiency of manufacturing cutting-edge components for...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award to the University of Cincinnati aims to investigate the interactions between various deformation and fracture mechanisms during ultra-precision machining of single-crystal materials like sapphire. The $155,040 award, spanning March 2025 to February 2027, will combine precision cutting experiments and computer simulations to develop predictive models that enhance the efficiency of machining advanced...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (CFDA #47.041) awarded a 3-year, $442,800 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of Minnesota to conduct fundamental research on improving the high-pressure, high-temperature manufacturing process for producing large, high-quality diamond single crystals. The research aims to increase the size, quality, and cost-effectiveness of synthetic diamond production, enabling new applications in optical elements, radiation...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Program grant, awarded to Oregon State University (OSU), supports fundamental research on a novel metal cutting method called constrained cutting. This $630,687 Project Grant, with a period of performance from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2027, aims to investigate how constraining the chip formation process can improve the efficiency of machining difficult-to-cut materials. The research focuses on analyzing the mechanics, dynamics, and surface...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $200,609 to Texas Tech University System to conduct collaborative research on additive manufacturing of optical hybrid materials (OHM). The key objectives are to understand how compositional doping influences OHM hybrid structures and develop a spatially resolved optical analysis system to identify the critical factors affecting these materials under extreme gradients. The successful...
This $646,338 National Science Foundation project grant supports research into developing new manufacturing methodologies for fiber-embedded photonic and optoelectronic architectures. Funded under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), the five-year award to Indiana University beginning in April 2022 will generate knowledge in 3D printed glass thermal reflow, multimaterial molten fiber fluid mechanics, and confined melt phase transition science. This foundational research aims to embed...
This $600,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to support research that develops a novel approach to metamaterials engineering and manufacturing for emerging optoelectronics. The project at the University of Michigan will utilize a combination of advanced manufacturing tools and focused-ion-beam-assisted molecular-beam epitaxy to pattern and integrate high-purity non-precious metals with high-quality semiconductors. The...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) Project Grant award of $299,838 to the University of New Mexico (UNM) is funding research to investigate stress-induced birefringence and refractive index changes in glass materials. The goal is to advance the capability of ultrafast laser micromachining techniques to reliably alter material properties and create sub-micron features in glass for fabricating novel optical components like waveguides, waveplates, and...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will provide $402,134 from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027 to support research and development of a novel class of semiconductor nanostructures called non-Hermitian topological photonic crystals. The key products and services to be delivered include: Designing, fabricating, and characterizing the optical properties and optoelectronic device applications of these photonic crystal slabs,...