Southwest

CRuMBLE [ConstructionRubble Manufacturing for Building Lifecycle and Environment]

Sorbent-decorated carbon nanotube aerogels as integrated systems for direct air capture via electrothermal swing adsorption

Manufacture of metal-diamond composites for thermal management of high-power integrated circuit (IC) microelectronic packages

Scalable and cost-effective manufacturing of nanostructured composites for advanced cooling solutions

AI-enhanced workforce development and process optimization for advanced biomanufacturing

Wire-arc additive manufacturing of annealing furnace support rolls

Investigating the comparability of 3D printing to injection molding for laser weldability of plastics

Developing high entropy carbides (HECs) for industrial applications

Additive manufacturing of nickel-aluminum-bronze using Pennsylvania-manufactured, low-cost powder

Development of corrosion-resistant coating by cold spray method

Development of a fracture test artifact for early process anomaly detection during laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing

Synergistic design of heat treatment and surface finishing for superior functionally graded alloys

Northwest

Development of a smart scalp cooling cap for preventing chemotherapy-induced alopecia

Safe growing chambers for portable and sterile mushroom farming

Developing of growth chamber for mushroom culture

Manufacture of sponge iron electrodes from mill scale iron for use in iron-air batteries

Central

Design optimization for manufacturing cost reduction of a roll-off container

Method development for the detection of microbial spoilage in beverages

Automated quality inspection of manufactured durable goods

Farm-to-buildings: upcycling mushroom farming waste to produce sustainable biomaterials

Carbon felt manufacture and insulation performance

Automated reinforcement for in-place 3D printing of spanning structures

A framework for adaptable and collaborative robots in material handling operations

Development of artificial intelligence (machine learning) for automated laboratory sample handling within the manufacturing environment

Northeast/East

AI-driven digital transformation for semiconductor manufacturing systems: Enhancing operational efficiency with machine learning-based image processing

Total preventative maintenance program implementation

Implementation of AI video analytics in FreshPet manufacturing process

Green energy storage using toroidal-wheel lift potential energy 

Southeast

Advancing circularity of prefabricated building envelope products

Reuse and repurpose of coal byproducts for production of sodium-ion battery hard carbon anodes

Designing a robotic nozzle for carbon sequestration in concrete additive manufacturing

Development of a CO₂ sequestration manufacturing technology to produce sustainable construction aggregate using Pennsylvania coal ash industrial wastes

Establishing a 3D printing workflow for custom dog knee braces: Improving design, efficiency, and sustainability

Aqueous suspensions of lead-free organohalide perovskite polymer composite microspheres

Improving silicon-rich electrode manufacturing with electrochemical fluorescent microscopy

Preparation for digital transformation of production shop floor

Development of advanced machining fluids for 17-4 precipitation hardened steel

A device to detect safety-compromised lithium-ion batteries

Bast fiber and hurd property characterization

Development of a rapid method to evaluate the thermal modification of wood

Ergonomic tablet mount with solar-charging electronics