STTR Phase II: Support Material Characterization for Ultrasonic Rapid Prototyping

Information

• NSF Award
• 0548721

Owner

• Solidica, Inc.

• Award Id

  0548721

• Award Effective Date

  1/15/2006 - 18 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  12/31/2009 - 14 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 716,504.00

• Award Instrument

  Standard Grant

This Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) Phase II project will complete the development of a support material for Ultrasonic Consolidation (UC) direct metal rapid prototyping and demonstrate the ability to build structures with high aspect ratios or overhanging features. This ability to apply UC to more complex shapes will enable engineers to design important parts more rapidly and less expensively. Basic iinformation developed on the mechanical properties of metals experiencing ultrasonic excitation will also be useful in other industrial processes, such as extrusion and ball milling.<br/><br/>The project will use the results from Phase I to identify a user friendly, cost effective, environmentally benign and easily removed support material, and demonstrate that its application can be integrated with the commercial UC platform.

• Program Officer

  Cheryl F. Albus

• Min Amd Letter Date

  1/11/2006 - 18 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  12/16/2008 - 15 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  Solidica, Inc.

• City

  ANN ARBOR

• State

  MI

• Country

  United States

• Address

  1194 Oak Valley Drive

• Postal Code

  481088942

• Phone Number

  7342224680

• First Name

  Dawn

• Last Name

  White

• Email Address

  dawn@solidica.com

• Start Date

  6/18/2007 12:00:00 AM

• End Date

  12/16/2008

• First Name

  Kenneth

• Last Name

  Johnson

• Email Address

  kjohnson@solidica.com

• Start Date

  12/16/2008 12:00:00 AM

• First Name

  Raymond

• Last Name

  Opie

• Email Address

  ropie@solidica.com

• Start Date

  6/21/2006 12:00:00 AM

• End Date

  06/18/2007

• Name

  Industrial Technology

• Code

  308000