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Projects/Programs

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Additive Manufacturing of Ceramics

Ongoing
Additive manufacturing (AM) is a rapidly growing suite of technologies that has been a national priority since 2012. Compared to metals and polymers AM, the commercial adaptation of ceramics AM is still in its infancy. Nevertheless, ceramics AM is actively explored for applications in aerospace

Additive Manufacturing Fatigue and Fracture

Ongoing
Metal additive manufacturing (AM) is not used in fatigue and fracture critical applications despite industrial need. The goal of this project is to enable confident use of metal AM in critical applications through: Advancing metrological practice for AM-specific performance metrics encompassing the

Additive Manufacturing of Metals

Ongoing
The Additive Manufacturing of Metals Project, which has participants from multiple groups and divisions, and has three primary objectives: Develop and utilize novel local and in situ measurement capabilities for establishing AM mechanisms responsible for processing and post-processing pathways in AM

Additive Manufacturing Part Qualification

Completed
Objective To develop and deploy test methods and protocols, standard test artifacts, exemplar data, data processing tools, and automation tools that create robust post-process measurements and non-destructive testing to enable qualification of AM parts by manufacturers. What is the Problem? To

Advanced Informatics and Artificial Intelligence for Additive Manufacturing

Ongoing
Objective To develop and deploy the metrics, models, and best practices for implementing and adopting advanced informatics (including product definition, digital twins, machine learning and advanced analytics) and artificial intelligence to enhance additive manufacturing design, process planning

Advanced Machines, Monitoring, and Control for AM

Ongoing
Objective To develop, integrate, and implement real-time feedback and other cutting-edge process control techniques using advanced monitoring tools such as high-speed imaging and diffraction for single and multi-laser AM systems. Technical Idea The current methods for AM control predominantly rely

Advanced Materials Design: Structural Applications

Ongoing
Designing New High Temperature Co Superalloys In collaboration with the NIST CHiMaD center, an ICME approach in being used to develop new Co superalloys that are strengthened using an ordered FCC (L1 2) phase (similar to the related Ni-based superalloys). The design goals for these alloys include

Biofabrication of Tissue Engineered Constructs

Ongoing
OCT imaging was assessed using a model scaffold-cell system consisting of a polysaccharide-based hydrogel seeded with human Jurkat cells. Four test systems were used: hydrogel seeded with live cells, hydrogel seeded with heat-shocked or fixed dead cells and hydrogel without any cells. Time series

Characterization of Additive Manufacturing Materials

Completed
Objective: Deliver new standardized feedstock and AM-built material characterization methods, exemplar data, and databases to accelerate the design and use of additive manufacturing parts in high-performance applications (e.g., critical parts in high-stress applications such as turbine blades or

Data Driven Decision Support for Additive Manufacturing

Completed
Objective To develop and deploy the metrics, models, and best practices for using product definition, advanced analytics, and machine learning methods in additive manufacturing design and process planning to reduce lead times and support first-part-correct goals. Technical Idea Future advancements

Data Integration and Management for Additive Manufacturing

Completed
Objective Data plays the most critical role in linking AM lifecycle and value chain activities and streamlining the AM development process. While the AM data from a single build is essential for establishing part traceability, when methodically collected, the full processing history of thousands of

Data Management and Fusion for AM Industrialization

Ongoing
Objective To develop methods, models, software tools, open data and best practices for data integration, management, and fusion in additive manufacturing to accelerate AM Industrialization. Technical Idea Our technical idea is to enable an integrated, streamlined and effective AM development and

Fundamental Measurements for Metal Additive Manufacturing

Ongoing
Objective To develop and deploy test methods and protocols, standard test artifacts, exemplar data, data processing tools, automation tools, and advanced characterization methods that address the complexity of AM, create robust measurements, and instill confidence in the metrology used in the

Hierarchical Materials

Ongoing
The STG develops the methods and metrology that will lead to the understanding of the structure-property relationships of hierarchical composites in real medical PPE or protective applications, which heretofore has been lacking. This work establishes in situ monitoring of advanced manufacturing

Inkjet Printing and Precision Deposition

Ongoing
Inkjet Droplet Metrology: Drop-on-Demand (DOD) inkjet printing allows precise deposition of picoliter (pL)-size droplets of solutions containing organic or inorganic materials. These drops can be used to create unique patterns, structures, and coatings and build 3-D microstructures making it a

AM Machine and Process Control Methods for Additive Manufacturing

Completed
Objective Develop algorithms, methods and standard protocols for Additive Manufacturing (AM) process control, and implement it with software and hardware tools for open control of AM systems to enable more flexible process optimization by manufacturers. What is the Technical Idea? Additively

Material Qualification

Ongoing
Objective To develop, utilize, and analyze methods of characterizing the precursor materials in additive manufacturing in both virgin and recycled states with the goal of advancing measurement science to benefit the AM community. The components of principal interest will include the rheological

Measurement Science for Additive Manufacturing Program

Ongoing
Objective To develop and deploy measurement science that will enable rapid design-to-product transformation through advances in: material characterization; in-process sensing, monitoring, and model-based optimal control; performance qualification of materials, machines, processes and parts; and end

Measurement Science for Additive Manufacturing Program - 2013

Completed
This program addresses measurements and standards necessary to develop and deploy advances in measurement science that will enable rapid design-to-product transformation; material characterization; in-process process sensing, monitoring, and model-based optimal control; performance qualification of

Measurements of Point-Defect Chemistry in Complex Oxides

Ongoing
Project Goal: To develop magnetic resonance, x-ray absorption, electron diffraction, and electrical conductivity measurements to better characterize dilute concentrations of point defects in oxide materials and effectively correlate electro-mechanical properties to measured defect chemistry. Oxide

Metal Additive Manufacturing Powder Consortium

Ongoing
The Consortium is focused on pre-competitive measurement science and standards research for metal powder feedstocks used in AM. MAMP research findings will broadly benefit the AM community, with more direct benefit to metal powder manufacturers, manufacturers of powder measurement tools, original AM

Metrologies for Non-linear Materials in Impact Mitigation

Ongoing
Overview This project develops fundamental structure-property measurements on model materials and novel material chemistries from quasi-static to dynamic rates. The goal is to foster a materials by design approach for novel energy dissipation and force re-direction mechanisms. Processing-Structure

Metrology for Multi-Physics AM Model Validation

Completed
Objective To provide reference data for the validation of multi-physics models of metal additive manufacturing processes to enable improvement of AM process models and more rapid and predictable process development for AM production by manufacturers. What is the Technical Idea? The Metrology for

Metrology for Real-Time Monitoring of Additive Manufacturing

Completed
Objective To develop and disseminate metrology methods, tools, data, and standards applied to in-situ monitoring of AM processes, such that manufacturers and their customers can accurately and precisely determine the quality of the fabrication process and resulting parts. What is the Technical Idea

Multifunctional 3D Printable Polymer-Metal Composites

Ongoing
Recent advances in additive manufacturing (AM) have positioned metals and polymers as two key materials. Typically, AM of these two materials involves incompatible methods and conditions. The novel multifunctional polymer-metal composites in this project incorporate low-melting alloys with