Project Grant DESC0022489

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...

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 National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) Project Grant award of $300,000 to Clemson University will fund a fellowship and research to advance the capability of metal additive manufacturing (AM) technologies for developing radiation-tolerant single-phase concentrated solid-solution alloys (SP-CSAs). The key objectives are to: (1) synthesize SP-CSAs with varied compositions, structures, and defects using laser-directed energy deposition AM; (2) investigate the...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded $200,000 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Plasma Processes, LLC for the project "Additive Manufacturing of ODS Steel Claddings with an Integral Diffusion Barrier" from June 28, 2021 to June 27, 2022. The Office of Science's mission is to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness. Under this award,...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $538,225 to Dartmouth College to conduct research on fabricating columnar-grained microstructures and single crystals of nickel-based superalloys through directional recrystallization of additively manufactured materials. The goal is to develop a cost-effective method for producing nickel alloy turbine blades, a critical component in jet engines. The research will investigate the...

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 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 award from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) under the NRC Scholarship and Fellowship Program (CFDA 77.008) will fund research at the University of Pittsburgh to reduce variation in melt pool and microstructure in laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing. The project aims to develop advanced scan-resolved simulation-based feedback-feedforward control techniques to improve the consistency of additive manufacturing processes. This research is intended...

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 $500,000 Project Grant award 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 (AM) 316H stainless steel after post-build processing. The research, conducted by North Carolina State University with a sub-award to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, aims to close critical...