Project Grant DESC0020716

Hyper TECH Research Inc. received a $413,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support research and development of high critical current density and low ac loss niobium-tin superconductors for 16-20 Tesla fusion magnets through March 26, 2023. The award is being administered under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and...

Hyper TECH Research Inc. received a $413,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support research and development of ultra-high thermal conductivity magnetic electrical insulation and radiation resistant aluminum yttrium barium copper oxide (YBCO) cables through March 26, 2023. The award is being administered under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research awarded a $456,786 Project Grant to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) to investigate robust superconductivity in high-entropy alloys under high pressure and low temperature conditions. The work aims to provide a fundamental understanding of superconducting phenomena in these novel materials, with the goal of tailoring their microstructure using 3D printing techniques to enhance their ability to generate high...

The federal Project Grant award in the amount of $200,000 was provided by the Department of Energy's Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Advanced Conductor Technologies LLC (Act), a small business manufacturer based in Boulder, Colorado. The award supports the research and development of CORC (Conductor on Round Core) cables, which are specialized superconducting cables designed for applications in compact fusion reactors, particle...

This $239,744 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research to investigate strain-mediated calcium diffusion and cation exchange for developing high-performance superconductor nanocomposites. The research aims to achieve a precise control over the microstructure of artificial pinning center (APC)/high-temperature superconductor (HTS) nanocomposites to enhance the critical current density (Jc) at...

Free Form Fibers LLC received a $206,500 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to develop homogeneous joining of silicon carbide fiber reinforced silicon carbide matrix composites. The work will be performed in Saratoga Springs, New York through June 27, 2022. This award is provided through the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which supports basic research to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that transform...

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,...

This EAGER award, supported by the Solid State and Materials Chemistry Program in the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research, aims to reproduce the synthesis of an originally reported room temperature superconductor material, LK-99, and expand to related structures. The project will utilize in situ and ex situ diffraction techniques to monitor the formation of compounds during the synthesis process, in order to identify potential superconducting or ferromagnetic phases that...

The National Science Foundation awarded Hysa Fillers LLC a $256,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop multi-principal element alloy fillers for enhancing toughness in repairing nickel-base superalloy components. Hysa Fillers will design and test novel alloys using thermodynamics-based calculations to identify compositions that suppress detrimental phases and improve mechanical performance. The alloys aim to fill cracks in gas...

This $547,758 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of a next-generation high-pressure laser floating zone furnace at Rice University. The furnace will enable the growth of novel material single crystals that cannot currently be synthesized due to limitations of conventional furnaces. It will operate at gas pressures up to 1,000 bars, significantly expanding the range of materials that can be stabilized as melts and grown as single crystals. The furnace will be...