Project Grant N629092112053

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $199,847 project grant to Reliacoat Technologies, LLC, a minority-owned small business in Bohemia, New York, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant is for the development of "Multifunctional Thermal-Environmental Barrier Coatings for High Temperature Composites", with a project period from July 22, 2024, to April 21, 2025. Reliacoat Technologies, LLC specializes in thermal spray coatings...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $275,000 to Dmag USA LLC to develop a nickel-boron-tungsten-carbon fullerene coating with superior performance for aerospace applications. The key products or services to be delivered include: A novel coating formulation that incorporates boron, nickel, tungsten, carbon fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, and nano diamond to withstand...

Structural Composites Inc. received a $199,256 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to develop game changing resin, coating, and adhesive technologies for lightweight and affordable composites. The project is being conducted under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) and will be completed by December 30, 2022. The Office of Science aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that transform understanding of nature...

This Cooperative Agreement was awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) program (CFDA 81.135) to the University of Wisconsin - Madison. The objective is to address challenges in developing manufacturing processes for ultra-high temperature refractory metal alloys (RMAs) to enable increased energy efficiency through higher operating temperatures in turbine applications. The $2,633,573 award supports research to develop an environmental...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research to develop advanced nanostructured flame-resistant carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites. The $399,038 award to the University of South Alabama aims to understand how nanostructures can improve the fire safety and high-temperature performance of these composites without using harmful chemical flame retardants. The 3-year project (Jan 2025 - Dec 2027) will study the...

General Electric Company's GE Additive division was awarded a $1,466,390 cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to develop a novel additive manufacturing process for fabricating silicon carbide matrix composite heat exchangers. The objective is to utilize an advanced additive manufacturing machine and method to fabricate complex silicon carbide components and incorporate chopped fibers to enable composite properties for applications...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), provides $500,000 in funding to Tennessee Technological University (Tennessee Tech) to develop and evaluate novel oxidation- and erosion-resistant Tribaloy-based coatings for protecting critical concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP) components. The project aims to optimize the Tribaloy...

This $578,437 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at Texas A&M University to develop fast manufacturing techniques for high-performance thermoplastic polymer composites. The research aims to engineer the crystallinity of these composites during fast processing to achieve high stiffness, strength and toughness concurrently. Nanomaterials consisting of cellulose nanocrystals and graphene nanoplatelets will be used to control crystallinity without hazardous solvents...

The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Arkansas at Little Rock a $100,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084). The grant funds the development of an emerging surface coating technology to apply ceramic and composite coatings to metal parts. The goal is to improve mechanical properties like hardness and adhesion strength as well as tribological behaviors related to friction and wear resistance. The proposed coating method...

The University of Maryland, College Park was awarded a $600,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) under the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy federal grant program (CFDA #81.135). The award will support research to leverage a newly invented ultrafast high-temperature sintering method to explore new environmental-thermal barrier coatings for ultralight temperature refractory alloys used in harsh turbine environments. The...