NSF Engines Development Award: Advancing a materials innovation ecosystem for manufacturing sustainability in upstate New York (NY)

NSF 发动机开发奖：推进材料创新生态系统，实现纽约州北部制造业的可持续发展

• 批准号: 2315307
• 负责人: Elena Garuc
• 金额: $ 99.85万
• 依托单位: FUZEHUB, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-04-15 至 2026-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2315307&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; Engines; Development; Award; Advancing

This Regional Innovation Engines Development Award focuses on improving sustainability through applied materials innovation and adoption, specifically in the medical device and infrastructure materials sectors. These twin focus areas leverage deep materials science expertise present in several regional research universities and a host of small- and medium-sized manufacturing firms to address several major materials sustainability challenges, including: the lack of biodegradable high density polyethylene; foam insulation hydrofluorocarbon emissions; lack of low-carbon/high-strength concrete that is economically feasible; and others. FuzeHub Inc., the lead organization, is a part of the NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership and Empire State Development's Division of Science, Technology, and Innovation – the economic development arm of the State of New York. The regional coalition includes a range of additional partners, with academic institutions like Clarkson University, Cornell's Center for Materials Research, the University at Buffalo, and SUNY at Binghamton. The coalition also includes Launch NY, Buffalo Manufacturing Works, MedTech Association, and other non-profit organizations, and industry coalitions.Materials innovation and manufacturing sustainability are timely and of societal importance. This team is mapping the directions for translation and workforce development of use-inspired research that can stimulate economic development within the region and beyond. The region has an established level of expertise in materials science and has the research talent to drive innovation in the sector. The project seeks to build the foundations of a future materials innovation ecosystem by developing a robust and diverse network of partners through this award.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该区域创新发动机开发奖的重点是通过应用材料创新和采用，特别是在医疗设备和基础设施材料领域中提高可持续性。这些双重焦点领域利用了一些区域研究型大学中存在的深层材料科学专业知识，以及许多中小型制造公司应对几种主要材料可持续性挑战，包括：缺乏可生物降解的高密度聚乙烯；泡沫绝缘氢氟苯甲酸排放；缺乏在经济上可行的低碳/高强度混凝土；还有其他。领导组织Fuzehub Inc.是NIST制造扩展合作伙伴关系和帝国发展部的科学，技术和创新部的一部分，这是纽约州的经济发展部门。区域联盟包括一系列其他合作伙伴，以及克拉克森大学，康奈尔大学材料研究中心，布法罗大学和宾厄姆顿的纽约州立大学等学术机构。该联盟还包括推出纽约，布法罗制造工程，MedTech协会和其他非营利组织以及行业联盟。材料创新和制造可持续性及时且具有社会重要性。该团队正在绘制以使用启发的研究的翻译和劳动力发展的指示，这些研究可以刺激该地区及其他地区的经济发展。该地区拥有材料科学方面的既定水平，并且具有推动该领域创新的研究才能。该项目旨在通过通过该奖项开发强大而潜水的合作伙伴网络来建立未来材料创新生态系统的基础。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估标准来评估值得支持。