Penn State University Associate Professor Guha Manogharan seeks to optimize the qualification process for AM parts

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Penn State University, State College, Pennsylvania, $1.6 million to advance research in additive manufacturing (AM). Mechanical engineering Associate Professor Guha Manogharan, co-director of the Center for Innovative Materials Processing through Direct Digital Deposition (CIMP-3D), will lead the project as the principal investigator. The research will be conducted in collaboration with Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas.

Penn State University Associate Professor Guha Manogharan seeks to optimize the qualification process for AM parts

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Penn State University, State College, Pennsylvania, $1.6 million to advance research in additive manufacturing (AM). Mechanical engineering Associate Professor Guha Manogharan, co-director of the Center for Innovative Materials Processing through Direct Digital Deposition (CIMP-3D), will lead the project as the principal investigator. The research will be conducted in collaboration with Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas.

The University of Arizona Mach-X research team

The University of Arizona's Mach-X engineering team has been awarded a $5 million grant from the U.S. Army to develop an advanced alloy manufacturing process using 3D additive manufacturing (AM) and machine learning. This initiative aims to produce critical components for aircraft capable of flying at speeds exceeding five times the speed of sound.

A new alloy developed by NASA for AM parts that can withstand extreme temperatures of rocket engines.

Until recently, additive manufacturing (AM) materials faced significant hurdles in producing engine components for spaceflight. The primary limitation was the lack of affordable metal alloys capable of withstanding the extreme temperatures encountered during space missions. Traditionally, only expensive alloys were viable for engine parts—until NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, introduced the groundbreaking GRX-810 alloy.

America Makes, Youngstown, Ohio, and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) have announced a new open project call funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Manufacturing Technology Office (OSD ManTech) worth a total of $1.7M.