This $911,200 Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under its Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), supports the acquisition of a 2-photon 3D printer capable of manufacturing structures ranging from the nanometer to centimeter scale. The 3D printer will accelerate interdisciplinary research across biology, medicine, physics, materials science, and engineering by enabling the advanced fabrication of tiny devices and machines. The diverse research team plans to...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award to Freescale LLC aims to demonstrate the manufacturing of fully printed functional devices using an innovative multifunctional printing platform for next-generation electronics. The $274,972 award, provided from March 2024 to November 2024, will support the development, optimization, and delivery of specialty conductive and semiconductive inks that can be printed on rigid and...
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 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 $500,000 Project Grant to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation from June 2021 through May 2026 under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041). The grant funds research to develop rapid manufacturing techniques for three-dimensional nanostructures using projection two-photon lithography. This process could enable new types of nano-enabled devices by allowing for faster and more precise fabrication of nanoscale components. The research is being...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's $470,298 Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research at the University of California, Davis to develop scalable nanomanufacturing processes for organic electronics using laser patterning in a continuous solvent flow liquid cell. The research aims to modify existing photolithography tools and methods to enable optical micropatterning of organic semiconducting polymers into electronic circuits. This will allow for micro and...
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 $280,405 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund research to develop a data science-based framework for learning, predicting, and simulating the complex behaviors of large populations of advanced nanomaterials. The research aims to overcome challenges in reliably manufacturing dense populations of functional nanoparticles and nanocatalysts by combining in-situ environmental transmission electron microscopy (E-TEM)...
This $350,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of nanoscale single photon 3D printing technology at Purdue University from January 2023 through December 2024. Funded through NSF's Engineering Directorate under the CFDA 47.041 program for engineering research and education, this award contributes to the Foundation's mission of progressing science and supporting national prosperity and security. Specifically, the project aims to advance nanomanufacturing...
This $450,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to understand and control the interfacial dynamics governing the formation of discrete tiles of nanoparticle assemblies on functionalized fluid interfaces. The research combines experimental and computational methods to investigate and manipulate the thermodynamic and kinetic factors influencing nanoparticle assembly at fluid interfaces. The goal is to achieve precise control...