LS3 – Legged Squad Support System

This robot gives new meaning to the concept of an Army mule LS3 is a rough-terrain robot designed to go anywhere Marines and Soldiers go on foot, helping carry their load. Each LS3 carries up to 400 pounds of gear and enough fuel for a 20-mile mission lasting 24 hours. LS3 automatically follows its leader […]

NIST Announces New Center for Materials Research to Advance Manufacturing and Innovation

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today that it has selected a consortium led by Northwestern University to establish a new NIST-sponsored center of excellence for advanced materials research. The new Center for Hierarchical Materials Design (CHiMaD) will be funded in part by a $25 million award from NIST over five years.

CHiMaD Inaugural Meeting May 8, 2014

The final agenda of the meeting can be downloaded from here. Publicly available presentations: The Materials Genome Initiative James A. Warren, Technical Program Director for Material Genomics, NIST Introduction to CHiMaD Peter W. Voorhees, Co-Director, Center for Hierarchical Materials Design (CHiMaD) Use-Case Groups: Inorganic Systems Gregory B. Olson, Co-Director, Center for Hierarchical Materials Design (CHiMaD) Tools […]

MSAM Awards

1.0 Development and Validation of Physics-Based Additive Manufacturing Models For Process Control and Quality Assurance
Project Lead: Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Ill.
Collaborators:
Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.
Quad City Manufacturing Laboratory, Rock Island, Ill.
Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center, Peoria, Ill.
Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International, Rockford, Ill.
NIST Funding: $2.4 million