Project Grant DESC0000847

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation will fund the development of a level-set-based, multi-physics and multi-material topology optimization software for electric machine design. The $550,000 award, made under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program, will support work at Stony Brook University from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025. The software aims to improve electric generator and motor designs through parametric topology optimization of magnets. This will...

Corepower Magnetics Inc. received a $199,421 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to commercialize power dense nanocomposite based rare earth-free axial flux motors. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program, listed under the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number 81.049, aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness. This award...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $249,994 Project Grant under its Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) program to Cornell University. The goal of this 2-year award is to reduce the cost of energy for wind-generated electricity and enhance the reliability of wind turbines by addressing leading edge erosion (LEE), a key challenge facing the wind energy industry. The researchers will take a multi-disciplinary approach to improve forecasting of LEE, advance...

Ierus Technologies Inc. was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 21, 2023 to develop a multiphysics motor design software package using the Multiphysics Finite Element Method (MFEM) library. The award is part of the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA No. 81.049), which supports scientific discoveries and major scientific tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security. Under the...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $550,000 to develop electric motors that use electromagnetic forces to eliminate bearings. The project aims to transform the reliability, lifetime, efficiency, and utility of electric motors and generators across industries like transportation, manufacturing, and medical equipment. By creating a cost-effective solution that uses...

This $634,514 National Science Foundation Engineering grant funds research at Florida Atlantic University from February 2022 to January 2027. The university will develop physics-reinforced data-driven prognostics and co-design tools to advance monitoring and design of marine hydrokinetic energy systems such as marine current turbines and wave energy converters. Researchers will address data scarcity, quality, and concept drift challenges through knowledge transfer and graph learning models...

Foli Research, LLC received a $205,494 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support additive manufacturing of high frequency transformers using coherent wire placement. The award period ran from June 28, 2021 through March 27, 2022. Under this funding, Foli Research developed techniques for the additive manufacturing of high frequency transformers through a process of coherent wire placement,...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Niron Magnetics Inc. received a $3.02M cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086), effective October 1, 2025, with a completion date of March 31, 2027. The award supports the Critical Materials Accelerator initiative, which focuses on validating and prototyping technologies and processes to address critical materials...

Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems, awarded $200,000 under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of California, Merced on October 1, 2025, for an Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) project focused on non-intrusive electrical device monitoring. The project, scheduled for completion by September 30, 2027, will develop handheld, non-intrusive tachometers based on magnetic inductive sensing technology. This...

Corepower Magnetics Inc. received a $4.6 million cooperative agreement award from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to support development of a scaled inline processing facility for permeability engineered nanocrystalline magnetics. The three-year award running from March 2023 through March 2026 aims to advance Corepower's ability to produce enhanced magnetic materials through a streamlined manufacturing process. ARPA-E's Advanced Research Projects...