Project Grant FA86552417036

The Colorado School of Mines will host a three-year Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site grant funded by the National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research. The $439,574 project grant will support an undergraduate research program integrating computation and experimentation to develop transformative energy materials. Through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), students will gain hands-on research experience generating, curating, and analyzing large...

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...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to develop a transformative framework for metastability engineering in refractory multi-principal element alloys (RMPEAs). The $230,000 award to the University of Alabama will fund research to simultaneously achieve high-temperature strength and enhanced room-temperature ductility in these alloys. The 4-year project will integrate combinatorial synthesis, advanced experiments,...

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 National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) project grant award of $458,070 to the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T) will fund a 3-year Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site program in metallurgical and materials engineering. The program will provide 10-week summer research opportunities for undergraduate students, enhancing the nation's global competitiveness in areas such as mineral beneficiation, resource recovery, critical...

The University of Missouri System, doing business as Missouri University of Science & Technology (Missouri S&T), received a $638,977 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to conduct research on "Harnessing Recycled Aluminum for Enhanced Alloy Performance: Primary Intermetallic Phase Control through Rapid Solidification." The project aims to advance the scientific understanding and technological...

This $600,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to support research that develops a novel approach to metamaterials engineering and manufacturing for emerging optoelectronics. The project at the University of Michigan will utilize a combination of advanced manufacturing tools and focused-ion-beam-assisted molecular-beam epitaxy to pattern and integrate high-purity non-precious metals with high-quality semiconductors. The...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.041 - Engineering) is focused on developing a transformative framework for "metastability engineering" in refractory multi-principal element alloys (RMPEAs). The research aims to achieve high-temperature strength and improved room-temperature ductility/strain hardenability in these materials, by understanding dislocation dynamics for solid-solution strengthening and enabling nano-scale transformation-induced...

This Project Grant award from the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, under the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049), is supporting a research project that explores a novel approach to creating stronger, more heat- and stress-resistant metals for extreme environments. The $249,614 award to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) is investigating in-situ gas-phase alloying during directed energy...

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...