Project Grant W911NF2510190

This four-year, $228,014 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports collaborative research on martensitic transformations in paraelectric shape memory ceramics activated by an electric field. The research will be conducted by Brigham Young University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. BYU will conduct computational and theoretical efforts to understand how different parameters affect martensitic phase...

This $603,512 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of novel additive manufacturing techniques for complex structural ceramics. Funded under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), the five-year award to the University of Iowa aims to mature a powder bed ceramic additive manufacturing process assisted by water-based inks, layerwise uniaxial compression, and temperate heating for selective particle fusion. By employing selectively deposited water-based inks followed by...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant award of $400,000, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DMREF: TOPOLOGICALLY DESIGNED AND RESILIENT ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE CERAMICS," aims to develop a new method to simultaneously improve both the low temperature and high temperature properties of ultra-high temperature ceramic materials. The project will utilize a combination of computational tools, including first principles and machine learning, integrated with experimental methods...

This Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Directorate (CFDA 47.041), aims to develop a deeper understanding of fracture and damage tolerance in micro-architectured materials composed of brittle ceramic or ceramic-like parent materials. The $500,000 award to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees), a division of the Texas A&M University System, will facilitate damage tolerance and structural integrity analysis to enable the reliable use...

This $250,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research by a team of U.S. and Israeli collaborators on a new type of electrostriction effect in ceramic materials. The key objectives are to: (1) obtain fundamental descriptors of the non-classical electrostriction effect driven by dynamic elastic dipoles, (2) provide a basis for theoretical modeling of this...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) program, totaling $450,000, will fund research at The Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford University) to develop a new class of high energy-density two-way shape memory polymers (2WSMPs). The goal is to advance the state of materials chemistry and polymer science by understanding the mechanisms behind strain-induced nanostructure formation, which can stabilize polymer...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award provides $200,427 to the University of Southern California to investigate the fundamental processing-structure-property relationships in strong yet ductile nanolamellar high-entropy alloys produced through additive manufacturing. The research aims to understand how laser printing protocols affect the solidification microstructure and mechanical properties of these materials,...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program Project Grant award to the University of Houston System will investigate the mechanics and design of a new class of optimal biomimetic shell structures termed "torenes." The 3-year, $334,569 award aims to disentangle the roles of differential geometry and associated parameters in modulating the strength and stability of these highly resilient topological structures. The research will involve finite element analysis, numerical...

This $616,537 award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports a project led by Lehigh University to investigate the solid-state synthesis of novel entropy-stabilized ceramic materials. The key objectives are to: 1) elucidate the reaction mechanisms and material transport processes governing the formation of these advanced ceramics; 2) understand the role of induced elastic deformation in the reaction kinetics; and 3) characterize the...

This $719,755 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at the University of Michigan to advance understanding of mechanical hysteresis and functional fatigue in martensitic phase transforming materials. The grant is part of NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to foster innovation in engineering research and education. Specifically, the university will conduct multiscale, multimodal in-situ experimentation using dark-field x-ray microscopy, x-ray topotomography, and...