Project Grant DESC0018684

This SBIR Phase I Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, aims to advance metal additive manufacturing through the development of innovative acoustic molding technology. The $305,000 award, with a performance period from October 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026, will enable the recipient, Ultrasonium Inc., to investigate the feasibility of using ultrasonic phased arrays to control and solidify molten metals during...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $481,998 to support research at the University of California, Berkeley on developing a new additive manufacturing process for multi-material and multi-functional part fabrication. The principal investigator will conduct fundamental research into a charge-programmed additive microfabrication technique to rapidly pattern...

This SBIR Phase I project, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), aims to develop a novel liquid crystal polymer (LCP) called Tullomer to address limitations in fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printing. The $275,000 grant, awarded to Z-Polymers, Inc., will fund the optimization of Tullomer's monomer ratios, integration of nucleation additives, and control of mesogenic state formation to enhance...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) totaling $344,918 will establish a collaborative research program at Florida International University (FIU) to develop advanced data-driven approaches for additive manufacturing (AM) or 3D printing of materials with locally tunable electrical and mechanical properties. The research aims to create new polymer resin formulations for digital light processing (DLP) 3D printing that can...

Purdue University received a $452,928 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation to develop hierarchical design and additive manufacturing techniques for metallic programmable metamaterials. The goal of the research is to apply laser powder bed fusion to fabricate metallic programmable mechanical metamaterials and understand the influence of hierarchical design and additive manufacturing processes on microstructures,...

This $118,700 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports the acquisition of an ultrasonic atomization and alloying platform for additive manufacturing research and education at the University of Louisville. The platform will enable production of custom metal powders for additive manufacturing technologies using an ultrasonic method to fabricate powders from traditional raw materials, including those with extremely high melting points. This...

This $404,595 National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program grant, awarded to the University of Delaware on March 1, 2024, supports research to enhance multi-material additive manufacturing (3D printing) through the use of advective assembly techniques. The project aims to develop modular 3D printing nozzles capable of rapidly structuring and depositing multi-material composites at higher resolution and volumetric throughput than conventional methods. This could enable new applications...

Fluidform Inc. received a $249,644 Small Business Innovation Research Phase I Project Grant from the National Science Foundation to develop additive manufacturing techniques for silicone elastomers and thermosets using freeform reversible embedding. The grant was awarded on May 1, 2021 under the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA #47.041) to support innovation, creativity, and excellence in engineering research. Specifically, the funding will enable Fluidform to advance...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) Early-concept Grant for Exploratory Research (EAGER) award of $300,000 supports fundamental research to develop an innovative acoustic array-assisted 3D bioprinting technology to enable dynamic, layer-by-layer cell patterning within filaments during the 3D bioprinting process. The project aims to significantly improve the functionality of engineered tissue and organ models for applications in regenerative medicine, drug...

This $217,041 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University to develop acoustic holography-enabled additive manufacturing of high-resolution multifunctional composites. The two-year award under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program will conduct fundamental research to integrate acoustic holography and digital light processing for photo polymerization printing. This will allow for precise spatial control of embedded...