The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $4,381,885 Cooperative Agreement to Missouri State University on June 6, 2024 under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The objective of this 26-month award is to design, manufacture, and verify the performance of a sub-component with features representative of the more complex geometries contained in typical hypersonic vehicle components. This research aims to enable the manufacture of affordable high-temperature...
The University of Missouri System, through its Missouri University of Science & Technology (Missouri S&T) campus, received a $638,977 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to conduct research titled "Harnessing Recycled Aluminum for Enhanced Alloy Performance: Primary Intermetallic Phase Control Through Rapid Solidification". The award, which runs from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2026, aims to advance U.S....
The Ohio State University received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to develop functional nanofillers for polymer derived ceramics. This three-year award, issued on April 15, 2022 with a completion date of March 31, 2025, will support research into maintaining technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs. Specifically, the...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) for a project titled "COMPOSITIONALLY COMPLEX CERAMICS FOR HYPERSONICS VIA KNOWLEDGE-GUIDED CERAMIZATION". This grant will fund research to develop advanced ceramic materials for hypersonic applications. The project involves collaboration with sub-awardees such as Northwestern University, Arizona...
This Cooperative Agreement award of $269,999 from the Department of Defense Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) to the University of Missouri System, doing business as Missouri University of Science & Technology (Missouri S&T), supports foundational and applied research across a broad spectrum of scientific and technical domains relevant to national defense. The award will fund basic research, enhance fundamental knowledge, and develop innovative capabilities in areas such as...
This $100,000 Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) supports research at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) on the role of composition in the mechanical properties of refractory multi-element layered ceramics for hypersonic applications. The research aims to prevent technological surprise and create strategic advantages for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by...
The Ohio State University was awarded an $813,140 Project Grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant will fund the development of laser systems for high-speed measurements of velocity, temperature, pressure, species concentrations, and ultraviolet/visible emission spectra in hypersonic flows through October 2023. The Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain Air Force...
This $200,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research at the University of Missouri System's Missouri University of Science & Technology to investigate compressibility effects on turbulence production in supersonic flows. The goal is to improve understanding of the mixing process in supersonic combustors for hypersonic flight applications. The project will utilize two-point focused laser differential interferometry to...
This federal Project Grant award, worth $1,325,000, was provided by the Office of Naval Research under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) to the University of Missouri System's Missouri University of Science & Technology (Missouri S&T). The award aims to support fundamental and applied research across several technical domains, including materials science, quantum technologies, and advanced manufacturing, with the goal of enhancing naval capabilities and...
The University of Oklahoma received a $300,000 project grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to enhance the atomic and mesoscale understanding of microstructure-property relationships in advanced materials. The award, made under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), will support research services focusing on maintaining technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs. Specifically, the one-year...