Project Grant DESC0021794

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 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 Project Grant award of $500,000 from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) under the NRC Scholarship and Fellowship Program (CFDA 77.008) supports research to develop a microstructure-based physics model to predict the mechanical strength of additively manufactured 316H stainless steel after post-build processing. The research, conducted by North Carolina State University and involving a sub-award to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, aims to improve the...

This five-year, $641,328 National Science Foundation Project Grant supports research at the Colorado School of Mines to advance additive manufacturing of nickel-based superalloys for clean energy applications. Funded through NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), the award will develop a mechanistic understanding of how wire arc additive manufacturing processing conditions influence the microstructure and high-temperature mechanical properties of Haynes 282 superalloy. The research combines...

This $500,000 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) under the NRC Scholarship and Fellowship Program (CFDA 77.008) to establish fracture toughness criteria for qualifying laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing in nuclear applications. The primary objectives are to: 1) fabricate compact tension fracture toughness specimens using 316L stainless steel, 2) provide guidance on post-processing heat treatment, 3) conduct fracture toughness tests, and 4)...

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...

This $497,321 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission under the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Scholarship and Fellowship Program (CFDA 77.008) supports a 3-year research effort led by Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees) to qualify additively manufactured 316H stainless steel alloys for use in molten salt reactors. The project will leverage a combined high-throughput experimental and simulation approach to characterize the materials properties and...

This SBIR Phase I project awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program aims to advance the development of oxide dispersion-strengthened superalloys for use in hydrogen-fueled gas turbines. The $275,000 award to Top Grain Technologies, Inc. will fund the fabrication and testing of additively manufactured alloy specimens to assess their suitability for high-temperature, hydrogen-rich environments. The key objectives...

This Project Grant award of $599,342 from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports fundamental research to understand the processing mechanisms of a novel additive manufacturing (AM) approach for high-performance tungsten alloy fabrications. The research aims to advance innovations in next-generation, scalable AM processes for refractory alloy manufacturing through compression-enabled filament-extrusion AM, binder removal, and hybrid-phase sintering. Key...

This $300,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund the development of new metallic materials for high-temperature applications critical to improving the efficiency of jet engines and turbines. The grant recipient, The Ohio State University, will work with collaborators at NASA Glenn Research Center, GE Aerospace, and the Air Force Research Laboratory to utilize a novel additive manufacturing approach to create oxide dispersion...