Project Grant W31P4Q1310010

This $300,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research to characterize recovered material from experiments that synthesized quasicrystals under high-pressure and high-temperature conditions. The research aims to provide a fundamental understanding of how and when quasicrystals nucleate and grow during these transient shock events, which could lead to discoveries of novel quasicrystal-forming alloys...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 3-year, $390,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to Iowa State University to conduct a fundamental, in-situ quantitative study of coupled severe plastic deformation, nanostructure evolution, and phase transformations in titanium, titanium-zirconium alloys, and an aluminum-iron-cobalt-nickel-copper high entropy alloy. The research will involve experiments using a dynamic rotational diamond anvil...

This NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) project grant of $290,000 awarded to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech) will leverage atomistic simulations and machine learning to gain unprecedented insights into the complex multi-step crystallization processes that occur within metallic alloy melts. The research aims to develop a predictive modeling framework to understand the emergence of intricate transient liquid phase structures and their influence...

This $1,481,906 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research to discover and develop new multi-principal-element hexagonal-close-packed structural alloys using advanced computational materials science and additive manufacturing methods. The University of California, Berkeley is the awardee, with the State of California Controllers Office serving as the parent organization. The project aims to rapidly...

This $524,534 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research funds a collaborative research effort between The Johns Hopkins University and the University of California, Santa Barbara to elucidate high temperature deformation mechanisms in refractory multi-principal-element alloys. The research aims to develop a fundamental scientific understanding of the ultrahigh temperature (up to 1500°C) mechanical behavior of this new class of alloy...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) provides $153,988 to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to conduct research on the thermophysical properties of ferromagnetic materials. The key objectives are to study how magnetism influences the thermal expansion of metals such as Fe-Pd, La1Fe11.5Si1.5, and EuO. The research leverages experimental measurements of heat capacity,...

The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) received a $154,153 Project Grant award from the Department of the Navy Secretary of the Navy Office of Naval Research to support research titled "In-Situ Nanomechanics of Hierarchical Materials" from June 1, 2022 to May 31, 2023. The grant was awarded under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), which aims to stimulate basic and applied research with potential to improve naval operations and train...

The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) received a $470,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science to fund research activities under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2023. Specifically, the grant funding will support Caltech's work to enhance the durability of photoelectrodes for solar fuel production through fundamental science. As the Nation's largest federal supporter of basic...

This three-year National Science Foundation project grant of $536,195 supports research into abnormal grain growth in ultrafine grained metals under high cycle loading at room temperature. The principal investigators will conduct high-throughput characterization of cyclic-load-induced grain growth in ultrafine grained metal films using scanning electron microscopy with electron backscatter diffraction. Six different metallic films with varying degrees of elastic anisotropy and face-centered...

The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) received a $618,044 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program. The grant will fund the development of a cryogen-free dilution refrigerator for research on quantum magnetism and correlated electronic systems from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2024. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain U.S. technological superiority in...