The combined projects will receive US$1.75 million in funding, the organization said.
The AM defense award winners and related topics/projects are:
Topic: process-structure-property relationships for directed energy deposition (DED)
- Winner: Edison Welding Institute (EWI)
- Project: process, thermal, structure, property model for Ti64 built with laser-based DED
Topic: effects of defects — production of higher criticality parts accelerator
- Winner: Penn State University (PSU)
- Project: effect of defects on Ti-6Al-4V powder bed fusion additive manufacturing components
Topic: AM machine qualification – measurement methods and characterization
- Winner: Colorado School of Mines
- Project: measurement of process gas flow and delivered laser power impact toward AM machine qualification
Topic: AM machine qualification – measurement methods and characterization
- Winner: University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI)
- Project: rapid print characterization for machine qualification and equivalency
The projects are expected to be completed in June 2023.
