The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $274,915 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant to Alternative Energy Materials, LLC, a small for-profit limited liability company based in Pullman, Washington. The grant, funded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), supports the development of a novel dry powder pressing additive manufacturing technique for fabricating multifunctional ceramic monoliths with internal flow structures....
This Project Grant award, granted by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), provides $550,000 in funding to Carnegie Mellon University for the development of high-performance, nanostructured thermal pads to enhance heat dissipation in electronics. The key products or services to be delivered under this award include scalable and cost-effective manufacturing strategies to mass produce the nanostructured thermal pads,...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant award of $400,000, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DMREF: TOPOLOGICALLY DESIGNED AND RESILIENT ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE CERAMICS," aims to develop a new method to simultaneously improve both the low temperature and high temperature properties of ultra-high temperature ceramic materials. The project will utilize a combination of computational tools, including first principles and machine learning, integrated with experimental methods...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $275,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant to Taumat LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program. The grant aims to establish a new approach to high-performance central processing unit (CPU) thermal management by developing and applying innovative solid-state thermal energy storage (TES) materials and hardware. The project objectives are to: 1)...
This Project Grant award, totaling $450,115, was provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology. The funding will support research to establish new fields in extreme environment electronics, high-frequency sensing, and high-temperature communications. Key objectives include developing ceramic-based meta-structures, spectroscopic reflectometers, and AI-assisted temperature-compensating systems to...
This Project Grant award, totaling $550,000.00, was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program. The award aims to develop advanced hexagonal boron nitride (HBN)-enabled molding compound materials with enhanced thermal conductivity, increased reliability, and a low coefficient of thermal expansion. These improved thermal packaging materials will help address thermal challenges in the semiconductor industry's shift...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $335,000 to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York to conduct collaborative research on developing tough and 3D-printable ceramic nanocomposites. The research aims to overcome the intrinsic fragility of ceramic materials by introducing small quantities of boron nitride nanotubes into polymer-derived ceramics. This work will enable the development of...
This Project Grant award, with a total funding amount of $344,743.00, was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The primary objectives of this award are to: Develop advanced computational methods that go beyond standard approximations to accurately simulate lattice vibrations and heat transfer in complex materials, incorporating the effects of strong phonon interactions. This will enable more reliable predictions of thermal properties...
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 (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $275,000 to Thermocap Laboratories Inc. to develop a high-throughput, low-cost differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) instrument for drug discovery applications. The key products to be delivered include a prototype DSC instrument capable of processing 24 to 96 samples every 2 hours, which represents a significant increase in throughput...