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Under a $192,490 Project Grant from the U.S. Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), Politecnico di Milano is conducting research and development related to metallurgy and material sciences. The award period runs from July 1, 2024 through October 31, 2028. Through this federal grant, Politecnico di Milano is providing a range of research, analysis, modeling, simulation, design, and optimization services. This includes work related to converting hydrocarbons to recyclable...

The Department of Defense Research Development and Engineering Command (DEVCOM) awarded a $100,841.96 Cooperative Agreement under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) to Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Incorporated (ORAU) to conduct multimaterial structural topology optimization with fracture over the next 12 months. The key objectives are to: 1) Transition ORAU's thermo-fracture phase-field code to the FEniCSx topology optimization framework to enable optimization of...

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 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...

The Center for Advanced Non-Ferrous Structural Alloys (CANFSA) at Iowa State University received a $154,103 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. CANFSA conducts pre-competitive research on non-ferrous metal alloys from lightweight magnesium to high-temperature refractory alloys. The Center investigates processing-microstructure-property-performance relationships using experimental and...

This $300,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to Clemson University aims to advance the capability of metal additive manufacturing (AM) technologies to develop radiation-tolerant single-phase concentrated solid-solution alloys (SP-CSAs). The key objectives are to: (I) synthesize SP-CSAs with varying compositions, structures, and defects using laser-directed energy deposition AM; (II) investigate the radiation damage...

This federal Project Grant award, valued at $1,325,000.00 and awarded by the Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), supports research aimed at "DISTRUPTING ELECTRON TRANSPORT TO MINIMIZE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY" (DETER) for ultra-high temperature structural materials. The primary awardee, the University of Missouri System through its Missouri University of Science & Technology (Missouri S&T)...

Matsys Incorporated received a $199,934 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 21, 2023 to develop an innovative powder metallurgy-hot isostatic pressing process for enhanced high temperature performance. The project aims to deliver this process under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049) through completion by October 20, 2023. The Office of Science's mission is to advance scientific discoveries and tools through its...

The University of Utah received a $222,109 project grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to support research and development in the area of metallurgy and materials science from June 2021 through June 2023. The award is part of the Air Force's Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), which aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs through prevent technological surprise and creating it for...