Project Grant TN50068

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, funded under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $1,100,000 to Southern University and A&M College (SUBR) to acquire an advanced laser powder bed fusion 3D printer for multi-material additive manufacturing research and education. The project aims to enhance engineering research and workforce development, particularly among underrepresented groups, through hands-on experience with this cutting-edge additive...

This $589,100 National Science Foundation Engineering Directorate Project Grant will fund the acquisition of a Nanoscribe Photonics Professional GT2 3D printer for precision medical device manufacturing at Michigan State University from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025. The printer will be housed in the university's Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Cleanroom, a shared research facility available to MSU researchers and external users. It will immediately benefit investigators from...

This $404,595 National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program grant, awarded to the University of Delaware on March 1, 2024, supports research to enhance multi-material additive manufacturing (3D printing) through the use of advective assembly techniques. The project aims to develop modular 3D printing nozzles capable of rapidly structuring and depositing multi-material composites at higher resolution and volumetric throughput than conventional methods. This could enable new applications...

This SBIR Phase I project, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), aims to develop a novel liquid crystal polymer (LCP) called Tullomer to address limitations in fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printing. The $275,000 grant, awarded to Z-Polymers, Inc., will fund the optimization of Tullomer's monomer ratios, integration of nucleation additives, and control of mesogenic state formation to enhance...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) totaling $344,918 will establish a collaborative research program at Florida International University (FIU) to develop advanced data-driven approaches for additive manufacturing (AM) or 3D printing of materials with locally tunable electrical and mechanical properties. The research aims to create new polymer resin formulations for digital light processing (DLP) 3D printing that can...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Program project grant of $505,789, awarded to the University of Houston System, will fund research to advance data analytics and decision-making methods for improving the operational efficiency of cooperative 3D printing (C3DP) technology. The key objectives are to: (1) create a model to predict the positional accuracy of robot 3D printers and identify maintenance needs; (2) develop stochastic optimization models for maintenance planning,...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Texas at El Paso received $715,278 in funding from the National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) to acquire a multi-material, high-resolution three-dimensional (3D) printer capable of fabricating complex composite structures from polymers, ceramics, and metals. This Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) award, effective April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2029, will establish the first such system in the region...

This $305,548 National Science Foundation Engineering grant will support the acquisition of a multi-modal, high-resolution 4D bioprinting platform at North Carolina State University. The platform features laser induced forward transfer, micro-valve drop-on-demand, and micro-extrusion printing capabilities for fundamental research and workforce training in additive manufacturing, tissue engineering, plant and animal cell biology, functional materials engineering, and bioelectronics. With...

The National Science Foundation awarded North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University a $399,917 Project Grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to develop a cyber-physical system framework for in-process quality assurance of inkjet-based additive manufacturing. The three-year project beginning July 1, 2021 will support research to create a quality assurance system that monitors the inkjet 3D printing process and ensures consistency and reliability of...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill $514,980 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop advanced catalytic approaches for photopolymerization-based three-dimensional (3D) printing. Under the direction of Dr. Frank A. Leibfarth and supported by the Division of Chemistry's Macromolecular, Supramolecular, and Nanochemistry Program, the research aims to create thermally and...