Project Grant N629092012031

This $196,920 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at the University of New Orleans to develop anti-microbial surfaces using additive manufacturing techniques. Specifically, the grant funds an interdisciplinary research effort to understand how embedding silver nanoparticles into polymer filaments for material extrusion 3D printing, and manipulating process parameters and part design, can influence ion release kinetics and the effectiveness of fabricated parts in...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $548,102 project grant under the Engineering (47.041) program to the University of Texas at Austin to develop a predictive framework for understanding how bacteria sense and respond to surface mechanics upon attachment. The three-year award beginning April 1, 2022 will support research using atomic force microscopy, high-throughput culturing, finite element modeling, quantitative confocal microscopy, and genetic manipulation to characterize the stresses,...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $600,000 to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) aims to develop additive and subtractive manufacturing processes to rapidly print and erase biomaterials capable of high-density wireless mechanical sensing. Specifically, the project will engineer photolabile ferroelectric bioinks incorporating piezoelectric nanoparticles with electrochromic dyes within a hydrogel. These bioinks will be...

This $256,000 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Engineering (47.041) program will support the development of a permanent ceramic antimicrobial coating technology by Nanoionix, LLC. The goal is to synthesize and deposit a pure ceramic coating on relevant substrates that exceeds EPA requirements for generating reactive oxygen species to inactivate viruses and bacteria. Nanoionix will conduct spectroscopic assessments to rapidly evaluate the types and numbers of reactive oxygen...

The University of Massachusetts, through its Office of Grant & Contract Administration, received a $415,457 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) to develop a novel manufacturing method for creating super-repellent surfaces with high mechanical resilience. The research aims to address the inherent conflict between the geometric requirements for strong liquid repellency and mechanical robustness by using a hybrid approach with soft...

This $157,688 National Science Foundation Integrative Activities award will support the development of bioactive surfaces through non-covalent protein-polymer conjugation strategies at the University of Southern Mississippi from June 2023 through May 2025. The goal of the project is to create regenerative protein-decorated surfaces with ease of removal and reapplication of active recombinant proteins for applications such as self-cleaning, antibacterial, and therapeutic surfaces. The Principal...

The University of Illinois was awarded a $306,821 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation. The grant supports the Fabrication of Antimicrobial Textiles by Roll-to-Roll Electroless Plating project under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The project aims to develop new roll-to-roll plating processes to impart antimicrobial properties to textiles for applications such as healthcare fabrics and outdoor gear. The research...

Acatechol, Inc. was awarded a $274,982 National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant to develop an innovative anti-infective coating for Foley catheters. The project aims to create a hybrid coating that combines biofilm-repellent and antimicrobial properties to provide prolonged resistance against pathogen colonization and catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). This work is being conducted under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program award to Purdue University supports research to develop high-performance tactile sensors that can detect various sizes of objects within microseconds, comparable to human skin. The $510,542 grant, awarded on November 1, 2023, will fund the manufacturing of these sensors using 3D printing and conformal polymer coating techniques. The research aims to create a new manufacturing capability for hierarchically architected structures with...

Through a $249,997 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, researchers at the University of New Haven are developing a novel enzyme-responsive polyolefin material as a programmable antifouling coating. The research aims to understand how the properties of these polyolefin surfaces, such as hydrophobicity and texture, impact their ability to prevent and remove microbial adhesion from bacteria and algae commonly...