Project Grant 2412544
- This Project Grant award, titled "CAREER: A NOVEL APPROACH FOR TUNGSTEN ALLOY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING ENABLED BY ROLLING-ASSISTED EXTRUSION, BINDER REMOVAL, AND HYBRID-PHASE SINTERING," is provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The award supports fundamental research to understand the processing mechanisms of a novel additive manufacturing (AM) approach for high-performance tungsten alloy fabrications. The $599,342 grant, with a project...
- 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 University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) received a $582,358 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the NSF Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The award will support fundamental research at UTA from May 1, 2023 through April 30, 2028 related to developing a new hybrid layerwise rolling and sealing technique for laser powder-bed fusion manufacturing of tungsten parts. The research aims to generate...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award provides $570,160 to The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) from September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2030. The project aims to enable defect-free, high deposition rate metal additive manufacturing by integrating efficient and cost-effective thermal energy sources such as induction heating and ultrasonic vibration, in addition to laser melting. The goal is to achieve a balanced thermal environment...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $125,000.00 to the University of Dayton Research Institute Division to develop a real-time, non-destructive method for detecting internal defects in metal parts fabricated through additive manufacturing. The primary goal of this 2-year research project is to develop a physical framework that links the behavior of electromagnetic signals, specifically eddy current sensors, to the...
- This Project Grant award, valued at $267,000.00, was provided by the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to The Ohio State University. The purpose of this collaborative research project is to utilize synchrotron imaging and diffraction analysis to observe the core mechanisms of the ultrasonically assisted laser additive manufacturing (UA-AM) process. The goal is to better understand the fundamental physics behind the UA-AM approach, which aims to suppress defects...
- This $261,670 National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering research grant (CFDA 47.041) supports a project at the University of New Haven to develop a predictive framework for manufacturing multi-principal element alloy (MPEA) surface coatings using laser deposition. The project aims to advance the understanding of how alloy melt dynamics and rapid cooling during laser processing impact the microstructure and properties of MPEA coatings. The research will integrate computational predictions,...
- 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 five-year, $526,186 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), will fund fundamental research on wire arc additive manufacturing of molybdenum alloys for high-temperature applications at Tennessee Technological University. The university will explore process-induced residual stresses and pore formation in molybdenum alloy structures fabricated via wire arc additive...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER grant for $755,668, awarded on April 1, 2024, supports research at Oregon State University (OSU) to understand joining mechanisms in dissimilar metal additive manufacturing. The 5-year project focuses on investigating how laser-based additive manufacturing processes like wire-feed and powder-feed directed energy deposition affect the microstructure and joining of different metal alloys. The research aims to enable the fabrication of defect-free,...
This federal Project Grant award of $175,000.00, awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), supports collaborative research to achieve crack-free additive manufacturing (AM) of tungsten using ultrashort pulsed lasers. The project aims to conduct experiments and develop strategies to eliminate cracking when working with high-temperature materials, which is vital for advancing technologies in aerospace, automotive, energy, and healthcare industries. The overarching goal is to clarify the key factors, such as laser scanning velocity, layer thickness, and hatching spacing, that influence the thermal and mass transfer processes induced by nonequilibrium photonic sources to identify optimal femtosecond laser processing conditions for achieving desirable thermal and mechanical profiles for crack-free AM of tungsten. The research team, led by the University of Tennessee, will also create educational programs and outreach activities to train future engineers in advanced manufacturing skills. The award period is from September 1, 2025, to August 31, 2026.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $175.0k | 7/23/25 |