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Jian Cao
Northwestern University
$8,513,742
Attributed
$37,531,541
Total exposure
36
Grants
17
Lead (contact PI)
Attributed= this PI's even-split share of every grant they're on (the fair, additive number). Exposure = full size of all those grants.
Funding over time
peak $19.8M · FY2006–24$20M$15M$10M$5M$0
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Funding mix
By agency
NSF$37,531,541 · 36
By mechanism
—$37,531,541 · 36
Top collaborators
- Kornel Ehmann14 shared
- Yip-Wah Chung4 shared
- Qian J Wang3 shared
- Wei Chen3 shared
- Jiaxing Huang2 shared
- Michael A Peshkin2 shared
- Ping Guo2 shared
- Ted B Belytschko2 shared
Grant awards (36)
APTO: Measuring, Understanding, Predicting, and Accelerating Technology Outcomes$7,993,116
· FY2024 · TIP
FMSG: Cyber: Learning Foundation Models for Manufacturing Design Automation$500,000
· FY2024 · CSE
Equipment: MRI: Track 1 Acquisition of a State-of-the-Art Plasma Focused Ion Beam-Scanning Electron Microscope (PFIB-SEM)$1,240,000
· FY2023 · MPS
NSF Engineering Research Center for Hybrid Autonomous Manufacturing Moving from Evolution to Revolution (ERC-HAMMER)$19,428,166
· FY2022 · ENG
MRI: Development of Multi-Material Printing and Multi-Modal Sensing Capabilities for Directed Energy Deposition$410,900
· FY2022 · ENG
Multi-Scale Multi-Material Printing of 3D Bead Arrays via Self-Focused Electrohydrodynamic Jets$444,694
· FY2020 · ENG
Planning Grant: Engineering Research Center for DEmocratizing Manufacturing Accessibility for Designers (DEMAND)$100,000
· FY2018 · ENG · contact PI
CPS: Synergy: An Integrated Simulation and Process Control Platform for Distributed Manufacturing Process Chains$729,301
· FY2016 · ENG
Magnetically-Assisted Laser-Induced Plasma Micro-Machining for Flexible and Fast Texturing of Functional Surfaces$300,000
· FY2016 · ENG
Northwestern U. Planning Grant: I/UCRC for Metal Deformation Processes (iuFOCUS)$14,999
· FY2016 · ENG · contact PI
Electric Field Guided Micro Additive Manufacturing Process$300,000
· FY2015 · ENG
Collaborative Research: Fundamentals of Material Behavior and Structure in Making Laminated Metal Composites with Assistance of Electrical Current in Bonding Operation$89,999
· FY2015 · ENG · contact PI
MRI: Instrument Development: Additive Rapid Prototyping Instrument (ARPI)$461,632
· FY2014 · ENG
3D Near Field e-Writing with Submicron Resolution$310,000
· FY2014 · ENG · contact PI
PFI:AIR - TT: Hybrid Tri-pyramid Robot: A Novel Type of Double-Sided Incremental Forming Machine$247,318
· FY2014 · TIP · contact PI
Process Modeling and Enhancements of Laser-Induced Plasma Micro-Machining (LIP-MM)$299,999
· FY2013 · ENG
Workshop on Future Research Needs in Advanced Manufacturing from Industrial Perspective; Arlington, Virginia; 11-13 August 2013$49,998
· FY2013 · ENG · contact PI
Curved Waterjet-Guided Laser Micro-Manufacturing$447,012
· FY2012 · ENG
GOALI/Collaborative Research: Electrically-Enhanced Precision MicroRolling$353,497
· FY2011 · ENG · contact PI
EAGER: Cloud-Computing and High-Speed Internet Enabled Manufacturing$99,999
· FY2011 · ENG · contact PI
2011 International Conference on Micromanufacturing; Tokyo, Japan; March 7-10, 2011$20,000
· FY2011 · ENG · contact PI
Conference: 2010 International Symposium on Flexible Automation; Tokyo; Japan; July 12 - 14, 2010$25,000
· FY2010 · ENG · contact PI
PFI: Partnerships for Innovation in Laser-based Manufacturing and Materials Processing$599,995
· FY2009 · TIP
MRI: Development of a State-of-the-Art Laser Micro-machining and Surface Engineering System$420,000
· FY2009 · ENG
GOALI: Process Analysis and Variation Control in Micro-stamping$300,000
· FY2009 · ENG · contact PI
A Bayesian Treatment of Uncertainty in Simulation-Based Methods for Enhancing Process and Product Robustness$319,982
· FY2008 · ENG
GOALI/Collaborative Research: Deformation Machining - A New Hybrid Process$166,000
· FY2008 · ENG
Workshop/Collaborative Research: 2008 NSF CAREER Proposal Writing Workshop; March 27 and 28, 2008; Northwestern University; Evanston, Illinois$21,273
· FY2008 · ENG · contact PI
NSF Summer Institute on Nano-Mechanics, Nano-Materials and Micro/Nano-Manufacturing$558,322
· FY2007 · ENG
Incremental Forming at Multi-Scales$341,467
· FY2007 · ENG · contact PI
CI-TEAM Implementation Project: Collaborative Research-A National Engineering Dissection Cyber-Collaboratory$100,955
· FY2007 · CSE
Building a State-of-the-Art Laser-Based Surface-Texturing Instrument$350,000
· FY2006 · ENG
GOALI/Collaborative Research: Integrated Sensing System for Stamping Monitoring and Control$158,302
· FY2006 · ENG · contact PI
SGER/GOALI/Collaborative Research: Deformation Machining - A New Hybrid Process$76,168
· FY2006 · ENG · contact PI
Collaborative Research: Enhancing the Understanding of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thermostamping Woven Composites to Develop a Comprehensive Design Tool$228,521
· FY2003 · ENG · contact PI
WORKSHOP: Composite Sheet Forming; September 12, 2001, Boston, Massachusetts$24,926
· FY2001 · ENG · contact PI