Additive manufacturing (AM) researchers at the University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of Engineering and simulation software company ANSYS, Inc. are among 13 university-led proposals to capture an Early Stage Innovations (ESI) grant from NASA's Space Technology Research Grants Program. ESI grants promote innovative, early stage technologies that address high priority needs of America's space program. The Pitt team's three-year, $500,000 award, "Prediction of Microstructure Evolution in DMLM (Direct Material Laser Melting) processed Inconel 718 with Part Scale Simulation" was funded in the Modeling and Simulation-Based Certification of Additive Manufacturing Processing Parameters category. Principal investigator is Albert To, associate professor of mechanical engineering and materials science and director of the ANSYS Additive Manufacturing Research Laboratory. Co-PI is Wei Xiong, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and materials science and director of Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science Laboratory, and co-investigator is David Conover, chief technologist for mechanical products at ANSYS.
This is the first external fund recevied at the PMMD Lab. More details please check: additivemanufacturingtoday.com
This is the first external fund recevied at the PMMD Lab. More details please check: additivemanufacturingtoday.com