Project Grant FA86552217048

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to establish a transformative framework for developing refractory multi-principal element alloys (RMPEAs) that achieve both high-temperature strength and improved room-temperature ductility. The $230,000 project, awarded to the University of Alabama, will integrate combinatorial synthesis, advanced experiments, computational modeling, and machine learning to enable accelerated design of...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $230,000.00 to the University of Oklahoma to establish a transformative framework for "metastability engineering" in refractory multi-principal element alloys (RMPEAS). The research aims to develop RMPEAS that simultaneously achieve high-temperature strength and improved room-temperature ductility. Key technical thrusts include understanding dislocation dynamics for...

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...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $458,070 Project Grant under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology (SDSM&T) for a 3-year Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site program titled "Back to the Future - Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Summer Program." The program will provide 10-week summer research opportunities for undergraduate students in metallurgical and materials engineering to enhance the...

The Department of Energy Office of Science has awarded Powdermet Inc., a for-profit manufacturer, a $199,985 project grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support research and development on rapid net shape fabrication of complex shapes. The project will run from July 10, 2023 to July 9, 2024. Powdermet Inc. is a company that specializes in agile materials development and has previously received federal contract awards and grants from agencies like the...

This $1,481,906 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research to discover and develop new multi-principal-element hexagonal-close-packed structural alloys using advanced computational materials science and additive manufacturing methods. The University of California, Berkeley is the awardee, with the State of California Controllers Office serving as the parent organization. The project aims to rapidly...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $249,614 to The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley to explore a novel approach for creating stronger, more heat- and stress-resistant metals for extreme environments. The research project is developing an innovative technique that forms durable ceramic particles within molten metal during 3D printing, using a directed energy deposition process that injects reactive...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $200,000 project grant to the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology (SDSM&T) to develop a computational framework for simulating failure in advanced materials such as metal-ceramic composites. The objective is to establish a scalable multi-fidelity approach that accurately models elastic deformation and fracture in materials with complex mesoscale structures, enabling failure predictions at...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $659,153 Project Grant to The Ohio State University to conduct research on the reuse and recycling of feedstock in the laser directed energy deposition metal additive manufacturing process. The research aims to reveal how characteristics of reused and recycled feedstock influence melting and solidification, addressing challenges in the qualification and certification of large components, such as hydropower...

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...