Project Grant 2347633
- This $400,000 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund a fundamental investigation of powder dynamics during the pulsed laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) additive manufacturing process at Arizona State University. The research aims to uncover the underlying mechanisms and driving forces behind the stochastic ejection of powder, known as spatter, which causes process instabilities and defects that compromise part quality. By...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $649,345 to Carnegie Mellon University to investigate an innovative power field control strategy to achieve prescribed thermal histories throughout parts produced via powder bed fusion additive manufacturing. The research aims to enable the design of novel processing pathways to tailor material properties, fully utilizing the processing capabilities of open-architecture...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports a collaborative research project focused on developing intelligent scan sequence generation to reduce local overheating, distortion, and residual stress in laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) additive manufacturing. The $250,000 award, spanning January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027, will enable researchers at the University of Pittsburgh to mathematically, numerically, and experimentally...
- The National Science Foundation awarded North Carolina State University a two-year $400,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070) to develop process monitoring methods for improving product quality in electron beam powder bed fusion additive manufacturing. The university will research an in-situ quality control framework using real-time sensing data to monitor product quality during manufacturing and adaptively adjust process...
- The National Science Foundation awarded North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University a $399,917 Project Grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to develop a cyber-physical system framework for in-process quality assurance of inkjet-based additive manufacturing. The three-year project beginning July 1, 2021 will support research to create a quality assurance system that monitors the inkjet 3D printing process and ensures consistency and reliability of...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $650,000 in funding to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2027. The project aims to fully understand the mechanisms controlling shape distortion in additive manufacturing (AM) processes, particularly during the sintering of nano/microparticles. The research involves integrated experimental and theoretical work to identify critical AM process parameters that...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support the development of an advanced in-situ laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing (AM) platform at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The $650,000 award, effective from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2029, will enable the creation of a shared-use resource to address limitations in current metal AM systems. The platform aims to provide real-time monitoring and...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $475,399 to Auburn University to conduct fundamental research on laser nanoparticle powder-bed fusion, an additive nanomanufacturing process. The research aims to develop layer-by-layer fabrication of micro- and nano-scale functional structures and devices with tunable chemical compositions, interface interactions, and physical architectures. This work has potential...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program award to the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) provides $618,137 to fund research aimed at advancing laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing by addressing the limitations of current practices that primarily use expensive, energy-intensive spherical metal powders. The key objectives are to: 1) enhance powder-spreading dynamics through multimodal particle sizes and a hybrid powder dispenser, and 2)...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $526,334 Project Grant to the University of Pittsburgh through the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support research titled "CAREER: UNRAVELING FUNDAMENTAL MECHANISMS GOVERNING GRAIN REFINEMENT IN COMPLEX CONCENTRATED ALLOYS MADE BY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TOWARDS STRONG AND DUCTILE STRUCTURES." The five-year award, effective April 15, 2021 through March 31, 2026, will fund research investigating fundamental mechanisms governing...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $200,000 in funding to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte to study powder spreading behavior for additive manufacturing applications. The research aims to design a testbed to better define and measure powder spreadability, a critical but poorly understood metric for additive manufacturing. The project will develop novel measurement methods to determine the 3D topography of spread powder layers and use advanced data processing to distill these complex measurements into easily interpreted summary metrics that indicate powder quality and suitability for additive manufacturing. The expected outcomes could have a significant impact on the quality testing methods used in the standard communities and manufacturing industry. The award period is from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2026.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $200.0k | 4/9/24 |