Project Grant NRCHQ6014G0001

The Department of Defense (DOD) awarded a $269,999 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Missouri System, through its Missouri University of Science & Technology (Missouri S&T) campus, under the DOD Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The grant, titled "Lattice Reinforced Concrete for Ballistic and Blast Mitigation", will fund research to develop innovative concrete materials and structures capable of enhancing protection against ballistic impacts and blast...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Defense's Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) provides $200,000.00 in funding to the University of Massachusetts Lowell to support basic research on the design and characterization of microstructured media for protection against extreme loadings. The award will fund foundational and applied research to develop advanced materials and computational modeling capabilities with potential military applications. The University...

This $384,930 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports the acquisition of a drop tower impact test capability at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. The drop tower will allow researchers to study rate-dependent fracture behavior across a variety of materials, from metals and polymers to composites, under controlled high-speed impact conditions. It will complement existing test techniques and enable undergraduate research,...

This $600,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support research to develop an experimental-computational framework for characterizing damage mechanisms in advanced fiber-reinforced composite materials. The primary objectives are to leverage digital image correlation and discontinuous finite element methods to reconstruct the full-field evolution of material properties and damage in mesostructured composites. This research...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded The Johns Hopkins University a $589,382 Project Grant under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards program. The grant will fund research quantifying the economic impact of alternative, performance-based designs for structural fire performance in composite steel-framed buildings. Activities include generating open data sets characterizing firebrand generation and deposition, as well as laboratory and field-based...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $299,431 to the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) to develop characterization techniques for determining the rate and temperature-dependent properties of polymer matrix composite (PMC) materials. The goal is to enable accurate simulations of PMC behavior under dynamic loading conditions, such as vehicle crashes and aircraft impacts, to support the widespread...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) Project Grant award, under CFDA Program 47.041 Engineering, provides $200,000 in funding to the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology to develop a computational framework for simulating failure in advanced metal-ceramic composite materials. The research aims to create an efficient, multi-fidelity simulation platform that can accurately model damage processes like particle fracture, matrix cracking, and...

This $127,940 National Science Foundation project grant supports research to develop an innovative seismic resilient structural system at Stanford University from October 1, 2022 to August 31, 2023. The system aims to protect buildings and their occupants from earthquakes through a new steel frame-spine design with force-limiting connections. Researchers will collaborate with counterparts in Japan to test the system using a full-scale earthquake facility. They also plan to offer an online course...

This $4.5 million cooperative agreement from the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command supports basic scientific research under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) from February 2023 through February 2026. The University of Wisconsin-Madison will lead research efforts focused on improving understanding of material behavior under complex dynamic loading conditions through experimental testing and meso-scale simulations. Marquette...

This $187,220 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University to establish an optimal design framework for multi-functional composite structures. Leveraging kirigami cutting principles and snap-through multi-stability, the framework will expand performance capabilities for composites in aerospace, automotive, and robotics applications. Under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which supports innovation and excellence in...