Project Grant 2430936
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Colorado received a $457,770 Project Grant award effective August 1, 2025, through the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The three-year project, scheduled for completion by July 31, 2028, will develop a unified mechanics-based framework for understanding and controlling entanglement in innovative structural materials composed of mechanically...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded $133,000 to the Colorado School of Mines under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028. This collaborative research project delivers fundamental scientific understanding of ultrasonically assisted laser additive manufacturing (UA-AM) through advanced in situ synchrotron imaging and diffraction analysis. The primary...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded $650,000 to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) on September 1, 2025, for development of an advanced metal 3D printing research instrument. The primary deliverable is an in-situ laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing (AM) platform equipped with sensor-driven feedback control loops and automated data analysis...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Colorado State University received a $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. This collaborative research project, titled "Modeling and Control for Robotic and Programmable High-Dimensional Shape-Morphing Structures," delivers fundamental research outputs and scientific models for...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Colorado received a $400,000 Project Grant award dated May 1, 2025, under the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), administered by the Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems. The grant funds collaborative research to develop a high-speed 3D Dynamic Contrast Microscopic Optical Coherence Tomography (3D DYC-OCT) system—a label-free optical imaging technology designed to...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded $198,932 to the University of Wyoming under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) on August 1, 2025, for an Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) project extending through July 31, 2027. This project delivers fundamental research services focused on improving vat photopolymerization three-dimensional (3D) printing of soft elastomers through development...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded $368,260 to the University of Colorado-Denver under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) on September 1, 2025, for a Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Track 1 acquisition project scheduled for completion by August 31, 2028. The primary deliverable is the Human-Infrastructure Response Simulator (HIRS), a state-of-the-art six-degree-of-freedom motion simulation...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research awarded a CAREER grant totaling $264,141 to the University of Colorado Boulder effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2030, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. This project grant supports fundamental research investigating the mechanical properties of ultrathin polymer films using recently developed analytical techniques. The principal investigator will...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Arizona State University (ASU) received a $400,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (Engineering program, CFDA 47.041) awarded September 1, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2028. The project delivers fundamental research and analytical tools addressing powder dynamics and spatter formation in Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF), an advanced metal additive manufacturing process. Key...
- Federal Grant Award Summary This collaborative research project grant of $317,248 was awarded on September 1, 2025, by the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The award, which runs through August 31, 2028, supports fundamental research at the University of Illinois to develop a hierarchical analytical framework for understanding and optimizing fracture resistance in mechanical metamaterials (MMMs)....
The University of Colorado at Boulder received a $400,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), awarded May 1, 2026, with completion targeted for April 30, 2029. The award supports research and development of improved computational tools, mechanical models, and materials science solutions for Parallax volumetric additive manufacturing (VAM), an advanced polymer-based three-dimensional printing technology. The project delivers enhanced computer-aided design (CAD) tools and finite element modeling capabilities that account for residual stress development during fabrication and post-processing, enabling more accurate prediction and control of part deformation in volumetric manufacturing processes. The deliverables include a finite element digital twin model validated against virtual manufacturing simulations developed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, simplified viscoelastic material models integrated into manufacturing algorithms, and an optimized image generation algorithm that improves computational efficiency while accounting for stress effects. These products are designed to extend the applicability of volumetric additive manufacturing to high-precision, high-volume industrial production environments, particularly for manufacturing high-bandwidth electronic connectors and similar precision components that require improved dimensional accuracy and reduced internal stress compared to current layer-by-layer additive manufacturing approaches.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $400.0k | 5/13/26 |