Project Grant DESC0018691

Advanced Ceramics Manufacturing, LLC was awarded a $250,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 21, 2023 to develop structural components with corrosion resistant surface layers for advanced nuclear reactor systems. The grant is part of the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program provides $931,544 to Northwestern University and its sub-awardee to develop analytical and numerical models of aqueous passivation of binary alloys through collaborative research. The award period is from August 1, 2022 through July 31, 2025. The project aims to further the scientific understanding of oxide formation processes during alloy corrosion using simulations, experiments, and...

This three-year, $245,465 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund collaborative research to develop high-throughput methods for optimizing carbon steel microstructure to enhance corrosion resistance in concrete. The awardee, Georgia Tech Research Corporation, will work with partners to synthesize steel sample libraries with varying microstructures, characterize corrosion performance through high-throughput testing, develop machine learning...

This $222,754 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program will fund research at The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) to investigate the synergistic effects of irradiation and molten salt corrosion on nickel-chromium (NiCr) alloys. The overarching objectives are to advance the fundamental understanding of molten salt corrosion mechanisms and the interaction between...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) will support research at Iowa State University on the development, characterization, and performance evaluation of surface engineered additively manufactured parts for nuclear reactor applications. Specifically, the university will utilize a laser-based directed energy deposition process to fabricate metallic parts from Nitronic 60 stainless steel, a material used in nuclear reactor...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), aims to evaluate the susceptibility of two alternative candidate materials for use in construction of storage tanks, compared to a previously developed susceptibility map for 347H stainless steel. The $270,000 award to the Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines, a prominent federal contractor...

Nanocoatings Inc. (NCI) was awarded a $249,949 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop wire-arc additive manufacturing and wire-arc thermal spray methods to clad nuclear-reactor materials. The one-year project period runs from February 21, 2023 through February 20, 2024 and will be performed in Rapid City, South Dakota. Under this award, NCI will work to advance additive manufacturing and...

High Energy Metals, Inc. received a $199,912 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 22, 2021 to support research and development of explosively bonding corrosion resistant bimetallic materials for liquid-cooled, high temperature reactor systems. The award was made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which supports basic research to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $300,000 to Clemson University to advance the capability of metal additive manufacturing (AM) technologies in developing radiation-tolerant single-phase concentrated solid-solution alloys (SP-CSAS). The research aims to generate new knowledge on SP-CSAS' radiation tolerance and their intrinsic compositions, structures, and defects through experimental and computational...

This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, provided under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), awarded $200,000.00 to Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc. (ACT) to develop a low-cost, high-volume, and durable coating method for bipolar plates. The project aims to be completed by April 9, 2024. Additionally, ACT has subcontracted the University of South Carolina to provide characterization of the bipolar plate coating through...