This Project Grant award of $240,000 was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to the University of Utah. The award will fund research focused on developing an efficient solution method for large-scale progressive fracture simulations of advanced composite materials. The research aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by advancing scientific understanding in areas critical to...
This federal Project Grant award of $200,000 from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) was provided to Seoul National University (SNU) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports fundamental and applied research focused on "Optimal Deployment Strategies for Origami-Inspired Space Structures". This research aims to maintain technological superiority and prevent technological surprise for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force. SNU, a prominent...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to the Sungkyunkwan University Research & Business Foundation in South Korea. The grant, awarded on July 7, 2023, supports basic research for "SELECTIVE LASER MELTING OF NOVEL DUPLEX STAINLESS STEEL MATRIX COMPOSITES WITH HIGH STRENGTH AND DUCTILITY" through July 6, 2025. The research aims to maintain technological...
This Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) provides $100,000.00 in funding to the Industry University Cooperation Foundation at Hanyang University in South Korea. The grant supports fundamental research to develop a "magneto-mechanically reconfigurable metasurface" from September 9, 2024 to September 8, 2025. This research aims to contribute to advanced materials science and...
This Project Grant award, valued at $112,185.00, was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The award supports a research project titled "STUDIES OF DYNAMIC MATERIAL INTERFACES IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS - RENEWAL" at the University of Chicago, a renowned private research university. The funding will support fundamental and applied scientific research aimed at maintaining technological superiority for the...
The U.S. Air Force awarded a $115,000 Project Grant to the Sungkyunkwan University Research & Business Foundation in South Korea under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports the development of an AI-based real-time monitoring scheme for micro-meso scale combustors using multi-location chemiluminescence spectra with limited available data. The research aims to maintain technological superiority, prevent technological surprise, and create strategic...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $1,031,522.00 project grant to the University of Illinois under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to develop an additive manufacturing system for advanced continuous fiber composite structures. The award, effective from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024, will enable the University to conduct research and deliver prototypes related to this technology. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program supports basic...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $149,966 Project Grant to North Carolina State University under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to conduct research on "ACTIVE DEPLOYMENT CONTROL OF ULTRA-THIN COMPOSITE STRUCTURES". The goal of this 3-year project, which runs from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2027, is to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by advancing research in materials science and aerospace systems....
The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $431,807 Project Grant to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant, with a performance period from March 15, 2025 to March 14, 2026, will fund the development of a system for monitoring the dynamic functional physical properties of flexible sensory materials for robotic and human interfaces. This research aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and...
This $150,000 Project Grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) supports research by the University of Southern California (USC) on fast modeling and inverse design of radio-frequency and nanophotonic devices using high-order integral equation methods. The award, effective from December 15, 2024 to December 14, 2027, aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by advancing...