NSF Engines Development Award: Advancing manufacturing and building construction technologies (KY, WV, OH)

该区域创新引擎发展奖的重点是在一个正在经历从“旧制造业”向更现代基地转型的地区推进增材制造（AM）。它发展了增材制造的变革性发展，使工业部件的本地制造更接近需要的地方，从而减少了原本需要的运输和相关的碳影响，并减少了对不确定外部来源的依赖。服务地区包括肯塔基州、俄亥俄州和西弗吉尼亚州。这项工作由肯塔基科学技术公司（KSTC）领导，这是一家非营利组织，大约有26个合作伙伴（6个核心合作伙伴，5个额外资助，15个未资助）。这些合作伙伴包括三所卡内基“R1”评级的大学，三所历史上的黑人学院和大学，一个社区学院系统，8家大公司，两个贸易组织和几个较小的组织，包括一个投资基金。肯塔基州、西弗吉尼亚州和俄亥俄州都是在过去50年由风险投资支持的科技热潮中投资不足的州。资源投资包括让地方政府和公民、中学和高等教育机构以及地方经济发展组织参加圆桌会议，将世界一流的研究成果带给新的利益相关者。最终目标是将AM使用启发的研究，劳动力教育和生态系统活动联系起来，以解决特定的经济发展和DEIA优先事项，以满足每个社区的当地需求。我们的愿景是加速打印技术的发展，为增材制造开创摩尔定律的新时代。为了负责任地实现这一愿景，项目团队有一个相关的目标，即建立和展示世界上最可持续的循环金属印刷生态系统，包括回收、减少能源使用和整体设计实践。这一目标是由推动增材制造超越目前线性增长轨迹的强烈愿望驱动的。这将导致激光加工、数据科学和材料开发等关键研究领域的新问题和新知识。该项目将产生一个使用启发的研究路线图，以跨越当前最先进的增材制造技术，为可持续供应链提供高后果应用。该路线图以主要系统集成商原始设备制造商（oem）作为增材制造技术的主要用户和客户的需求拉动为依据，将推进增材制造资格科学的核心活动联系起来，作为翻译实践的支柱。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This Regional Innovation Engines Development Award is focused on advancing additive manufacturing (AM) in a region that is experiencing transformation from "old manufacturing" to a more modern base. It develops transformative developments in AM to enable local fabrication of industrial components closer to where they are needed, thereby reducing the transport and associated carbon impact that would have otherwise been required and reducing dependence on uncertain external sources. The Region of Service includes the states of Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia. This effort is being led by Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation (KSTC), a non-profit, with approximately 26 partners (6 core partners, 5 additional funded, and 15 unfunded). These partners include three Carnegie-"R1" rated universities, 3 Historically Black Colleges and Universities, a community college system, 8 major corporations, two trade organizations, and several smaller organizations including an investment fund. Kentucky, West Virginia, and Ohio are all states that have been under-invested during the venture backed technology boom of the last 50 years. Resource investments include engaging local government and citizens, secondary and post-secondary educational institutions, and local economic development organizations in roundtables to bring the world class research to new stakeholders. The ultimate goal is bridging AM use-inspired research, workforce education, and ecosystem activities to address specific economic development and DEIA priorities tailored to each community’s local needs.The vision is to accelerate development of printing technologies to usher in a new age of Moore’s law for Additive Manufacturing. To realize this vision responsibly, the project team has a correlated goal to build and demonstrate the world’s most sustainable circular metal printing ecosystem, including recycling, reduced energy usage, and holistic design practices. The goal is driven by strong desire to push AM beyond its current linear growth trajectory. This will lead to new questions and knowledge in key research areas of laser processing, data science, and materials development. The project will generate a use-inspired research roadmap to leap-frog current state of the art AM for high consequence applications for sustainable supply chains. The roadmap is informed by demand-pull from lead system integrator Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) as power users and customers for AM technology, linking core activities advancing the science of AM qualification as the backbone for translations to practice.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.