Project Grant N000142212515

This Project Grant award of $300,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) aims to advance the capability of metal additive manufacturing (AM) technologies to develop single-phase concentrated solid-solution alloys (SP-CSAs) with superior radiation tolerance. The key objectives of this 2-year project are to: (i) synthesize SP-CSAs with varying compositions, structures, and defects using laser-directed energy deposition AM; (ii) investigate...

Supercool Metals LLC was awarded a $198,871 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to develop durable bulk metallic glass catalysts for medium- and heavy-duty proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells. The grant is being administered under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security. Through this...

The National Science Foundation awarded Hysa Fillers LLC a $256,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop multi-principal element alloy fillers for enhancing toughness in repairing nickel-base superalloy components. Hysa Fillers will design and test novel alloys using thermodynamics-based calculations to identify compositions that suppress detrimental phases and improve mechanical performance. The alloys aim to fill cracks in gas...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program provides $343,458 to Brigham Young University (BYU) to conduct research on designing and manufacturing 3D printed metal parts that absorb considerably more vibration compared to existing materials. The research aims to address the limitations of current additive manufacturing metals which have very low vibration damping, thereby restricting the performance of parts used in applications where...

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...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $231,568 Project Grant to the University of North Texas to support the "Development of Combinatorial Processing Techniques for Accelerated Discovery of Complex Concentrated Alloys (or Multi-Principal Element Alloys) for Structural Applications" from May 15, 2022 to May 14, 2024. This award, provided under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA #12.800), will allow the University of North Texas...

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...

This $592,223 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund the development of an ultrasonic diffuse wave field method to enable volumetric characterization of microstructures in engineering metals. Led by The Pennsylvania State University, researchers will design experimental transduction mechanisms and signal processing techniques to extract quantitative data on properties like diffusivity, attenuation, and scattering from ultrasonic...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) provides $250,000 to Purdue University to develop an energy-efficient manufacturing process for producing lightweight titanium alloy sheet, foil and wire. Specifically, the award will support optimizing hybrid machining process parameters to influence material structure and properties for these thin gauge formats. The project will also characterize the new...

The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $312,719 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 81.089 Fossil Energy Research and Development) to the University of Kentucky Research Foundation. The project aims to develop a near-zero carbon direct iron production process using chemical looping technology with hydrogen co-production. This will help decarbonize steel manufacturing, which accounts for 8-10% of global carbon emissions. The University of Kentucky Research...