NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate solicited for a second round of University Leadership Initiative proposals in March 2018. Selections were announced in May 2019.
Development of an Additive Manufacturing Ecosystem for Qualification of Additive Manufacturing Processes and Materials in Aviation
Principal Investigator: Anthony Rollett (Carnegie Mellon University)
Co-Investigators: Jack Beuth (Carnegie Mellon University), Erica Fuchs (Carnegie Mellon University), Elizabeth Holm (Carnegie Mellon University), Kenji Shimada (Carnegie Mellon University), John Lewandowski (Case Western Reserve University), Owen Hildreth (Colorado School of Mines), Branden Kappes (Colorado School of Mines), Aaron Stebner (Colorado School of Mines), Behnam Amin-Ahmadi (Colorado School of Mines), Albert To (University of Pittsburgh), Ryan Wicker (Univ. of Texas at El Paso), Sneha Prabha Narra (Worcester Polytechnic Inst. (WPI), John E. Barnes (The Barnes Group), Ayman Salem (Materials Resources LLC)
Topic: Advanced Aviation Manufacturing
Period of Performance: September 2019 – August 2022
Effective Human-Robot Teaming to Advance Aviation Manufacturing
Principal Investigator: Bilge Mutlu (University Of Wisconsin, Madison)
Co-Investigators: Rebecca Cook (Boeing Inc.), Richard Gardner (Boeing Inc.), Michael Gleicher (University Of Wisconsin, Madison), Robert Radwin (University Of Wisconsin, Madison), Michael Zinn (University Of Wisconsin, Madison), Christopher Reid (Boeing Inc.)
Topic: Advanced Aviation Manufacturing
Period of Performance: September 2019 – August 2022
Center for Cryogenic High-Efficiency Electrical Technologies for Aircraft (CHEETA)
Principal Investigator: Phillip Ansell (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Co-Investigators: Kiruba Haran (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Shailesh Atreya (Boeing Inc.), Arijit Banerjee (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Edward Greitzer (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), David Hall (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Kai James (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Fang Luo (University of Arkansas, Fayetteville), Alan Mantooth (University of Arkansas, Fayetteville), Jason Merret (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Edward Mugica (Boeing Inc.), Mike Sumption (Ohio State University), Ernst W. Stautner (General Electric Company), Bang-Hung Tsao (University of Dayton), Luigi Vanfretti (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Valerie Goss (Chicago State University)
Topic: Transition to Alternative Propulsion and Energy
Period of Performance: September 2019 – August 2022
University Leadership Initiative
