Project Grant N629092512035

Advanced Materials Manufacturing, LLC received a $198,883 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 14, 2022 to develop composite metal foam for microreactors. The project supports the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which aims to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security through scientific discoveries and tools. Through this funding, Advanced Materials Manufacturing will produce composite...

Under a $192,490 Project Grant from the U.S. Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), Politecnico di Milano is conducting research and development related to metallurgy and material sciences. The award period runs from July 1, 2024 through October 31, 2028. Through this federal grant, Politecnico di Milano is providing a range of research, analysis, modeling, simulation, design, and optimization services. This includes work related to converting hydrocarbons to recyclable...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $481,998 to support research at the University of California, Berkeley on developing a new additive manufacturing process for multi-material and multi-functional part fabrication. The principal investigator will conduct fundamental research into a charge-programmed additive microfabrication technique to rapidly pattern...

This $6 million project grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce, will expand the National Center for Advanced Materials Performance qualifications framework for additive manufacturing materials and processes. Funded under the Congressionally-Identified Projects program, Wichita State University will purchase, install, and receive training for an RPMI Standard 557XR 4kW fiber laser to extend lab capabilities. A steering committee of subject matter...

This $606,413 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research at the University of Central Florida to develop a new liquid metal processing strategy called Severe Ultrasonic Melt Shearing (SUMS) for manufacturing magnesium composite implants. The goal is to refine microstructures and improve corrosion resistance to enable use of magnesium in larger orthopedic and other medical implants. The research aims to understand microstructural...

This federal Project Grant award from the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) provides $127,010 to KOC Universitesi, a Turkish state-controlled institution of higher learning, to develop smart multifunctional composite metamaterials with tailored and tunable mechanical properties. The award, with a performance period from September 15, 2024, to September 14, 2027, supports advanced research and development services in materials science, chemistry, and metamaterials. This...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF) Project Grant award, valued at $150,000 and running from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2027, supports collaborative research to develop simulation-informed models for additive manufacturing of amorphous metals. The research team at The Washington University aims to derive meaningful measures of material structure from electron nanodiffraction and simulation data, and build predictive...

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 of $274,919 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of a new class of high-performance composite materials made from aluminum and carbon fiber. The key focus is on improving the interface between the metal and carbon fiber phases to create a low-defect, high-strength material with enhanced mechanical properties. The research aims to elucidate the microstructural evolution and...

This $442,403 National Science Foundation Project Grant through the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support research at the University of Texas at El Paso to develop advanced manufacturing processes for magnesium alloys. The university researchers will study multi-axial forging techniques to fabricate lightweight magnesium alloys with ultrafine grains that achieve both very high strength and high ductility. They will examine the relationship between grain orientation distribution, grain...