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NSF Perspectives and Opportunities

Deborah J. GoodingsDivision Director, Civil, Mechanical & Manufacturing Innovation

National Science Foundation

Additive Manufacturing for Civil Infrastructure Design and Construction, July 14, 2017

MX3D 3D-printed steel

bridge –Amsterdam

Designer: JorisLaarman

http://images.adsttc.com/media/images/557e/e350/e58e/ce69/9600/002b/large_jpg/11_Visual_location.jpg?1434379066

MX3D Bridge project partners:• MX3D (Dutch 3D printing technology)• Autodesk (US software corporation) • Heijmans (Dutch infrastructure construction)• Arcelor Mittal (Luzembourg steel manufacturing) • Air Liquide (French supplier of industrial gases) • ABB robotics (Swedish industrial robotics)• STV (US engineering/architecture/construction)• Delcam (UK CAD/CAM software) • Within (US virtual reality)• Lenovo (Chinese technology/computers)• Public partners: TU Delft, AMS, Amsterdam City Council

“We are going to see if the bridge is possible –not to show that this is the new way to construct a bridge but to demonstrate what the possibilities are and then people can use their imagination to come up with new ideas.”

–Tim Geurtjens, CTO MX3D

Expertise:• Architectural vision• New materials• New structural design (not code-imprisoned)• Manufacturing• Construction• Robotics• Control theory• Computer science• Biology• Social sciences

Conventional Building Materials:• Steel• Concrete• Wood• Asphalt• Soil• Geosynthetics• Plastics• Glass

Dutch EU building features a facade combining tensile fabric and 3D-printed bioplastichttps://www.dezeen.com/2016/01/12/european-union-3d-printed-facade-dus-architects-holland/

Materials Genome Initiative 2011

Materials Innovation Infrastructure

Game plan:• Start-ups• Large firms R&D; professional organizations• National Labs (NASA, DoD, DoE, NIST)• Academic curriculum

• Undergraduate and graduate• Community colleges• Vocational and technical high schools

• Academic research• NASA, DoD, DoE, NIST, NSF

The team:• T-shaped people• T-shaped organizations

• Company; Professional Organization• Universities

• Research team: faculty and students• Department faculty composition

• Project manager

NSF ENG opportunities:• CMMI core programs:

• Building envelope: SAEM; ENH; GEM; CIS• Manufacturing: CM; MME; MEP; NM• Robotics, control theory, systems: DCSD; OE

• Longer awards• $1.5M invitation

NSF ENG opportunities:• Solicitations:

• CAREER• National Robotics Initiative (NRI)

• Engineering Research Centers• ~$4M/year for 5yrs + 5yrs

• Industrial Innovation and Partnerships• High-tech small businesses & academic-industry

collaboration (incl. SBIR, STTR, IUCRC)

NSF equipment opportunities:• Major Research Instrumentation

• $100,000 to $4M• Shared research instrument• Acquisition or development

• Leverage others’ existing facilities• Eg. ORNL - BAAM

“Starry Night” bike path in North Brabant, Netherlands http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/14/travel/starry-night-bike-path/