Project Grant 2346651
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 3-year, $289,495 Project Grant to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop an integrated materials-manufacturing-controls framework for improving the efficiency and resilience of manufacturing systems. The research will focus on enhancing the understanding of the interactions between raw material properties, manufacturing processes, and process control to enable more integrated and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Texas at Arlington received a $500,000 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (CFDA 47.041) awarded May 1, 2025, with completion targeted for April 30, 2030. This grant supports research to develop a computational framework for property-centric monitoring and optimization of additive manufacturing (AM) processes to produce...
- This $432,461 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at the University of Texas at Arlington to develop new 2D material programming techniques enabling scalable and customizable 3D manufacturing of soft conductive materials. Funded under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), the three-year award period from September 2022 to August 2025 will support the research team's work exploring how to program 2D ionic liquid-based polymers for 3D manufacturing and control their...
- This National Science Foundation project grant of $150,000 will fund research at Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station to upskill craftspeople for future manufacturing roles. Under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), the award will establish a multidisciplinary team to study challenges craftspeople face in participating in the emerging workforce for end-user driven manufacturing. The team will characterize craft end-users and identify customization needs through surveys. Partnering...
- GRANT AWARD SUMMARY The University of Texas at Arlington received a $137,978 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (Engineering program, CFDA 47.041) beginning August 15, 2025, with completion targeted for July 31, 2028. This collaborative research project supports the development of OpenMSG, a cloud-based, open-source multiscale modeling software toolkit designed to predict mechanical and multiphysics behaviors...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Florida Institute of Technology Inc. under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to investigate new approaches for concurrently considering manufacturing processes in the early stages of materials and product design. Specifically, the two-year award will support the development of a novel systems-based framework for the inverse co-design of materials, products, and manufacturing processes in terms of robust decisions made...
- The National Science Foundation awarded Texas State University a $392,737 Project Grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) for a Research Experience for Undergraduates Site focused on multidisciplinary research in advanced manufacturing. The three-year award, made on May 15, 2021 and set to be completed by April 30, 2024, will support hands-on research opportunities for undergraduates to gain experience in advanced manufacturing techniques and collaborate with faculty...
- This Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) project grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under CFDA 47.041, provides $128,000 in funding to The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley for research conducted from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027. The project delivers advanced manufacturing research focused on developing and characterizing refractory medium-entropy alloys (RMEA) and ceramic-reinforced metal matrix composites...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $400,728 Project Grant to the University of Texas at El Paso through the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to acquire an open-source electron beam powder bed fusion platform. This platform will expand the university's advanced manufacturing research and education capabilities by allowing the production of metal parts using 3D printing technology. Funded activities are expected to be completed by July 31, 2023, as the platform's acquisition on August...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) GOALI (Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry) project grant, awarded under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), aims to develop uncertainty-aware modeling and control strategies for the microscale selective laser sintering (?-SLS) additive manufacturing process. The $609,991 award, effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2027, will enable researchers at the University of Texas at Austin to: Develop physics-based models with...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $183,420 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) Office of Research Administration Division. The grant will fund a collaborative research project to develop an integrated materials-manufacturing-controls framework for enhancing the efficiency and resilience of manufacturing systems. Key objectives include: 1) quantifying the effects of raw ingredients on feedstock properties, 2) understanding manufacturing process physics and nonlinearities, and 3) developing optimal control algorithms for the coupled materials-manufacturing ecosystem. The 3-year project aims to advance the science of manufacturing and strengthen the U.S. manufacturing sector by creating computational models and automation algorithms. The research will be complemented by training and educational activities targeting underrepresented groups.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $183.4k | 3/18/24 |