RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT 19-01

  • Laser Scan to CAD Analysis
  • Cost Reduction of Shock Application
  • Tele Welding – Remote Operation of Shipyard Welding (and other) equipment
  • Supply Chain Integrity – Blockchain for Smart Contracts
  • Qualification Testing of Insulated Bus Pipe (IBP) for Shipboard
  • On-Board Ship 3-D Environment
  • Fatigue Analysis of Swaged Bulkheads
  • Robotic Arc Directed Energy Deposition Additive Manufacturing for Shipbuilding
  • Mixed Reality System for Real-Time Construction Problem Resolution

PANEL PROJECTS 2019

  • Quick-Deploy Scaffold for Improved Safety and Lower Cost
  • Applications of Targetless Photogrammetry for Facilities and Close Range Metrology
  • Build Your Future (BYF): Shipbuilding & Ship Repair Works!
  • Support Delivery of Shipbuilder Product and Technical Data to an In-Service Navy PLM for all Classes of Ships
  • Standardization and Digitization of Visual Inspection for Shipbuilding and Repair
  • ExpressMarine Integration
  • Fiber Optic Testing Enhancement for Cost Reduction Follow On
  • Certificate Program: Shipyard Industry Surface Prep and Coating Training
  • Shipboard Fiber Optic Cables Design Enhancements
  • Miniature Torch Speed Sensor Based Adaptive Manual Arc Welding
  • Survey of Surface Preparation and Coatings Automation
  • Shore Power Connector Testing
  • Short Course on Dredging Fundamentals for Shipyard Operations & Environmental Sustainability
  • Shipboard Cable Trays
  • Test and Evaluation of Primers with Extended AF Overcoat Window
  • Fusion Splice Enclosure at Equipment
  • High Penetration Dynamic Buried Arc Welding
  • High Deposition Robotic Arc Additive Manufacturing Process Development
  • Joint Operable Standards for Containerized Modules
  • Virtual Spray Paint Training System
  • TRITON Dynamic Network Paradigm: Analysis and Demonstration
  • Knowledge Provisioning to Improve and Simplify ABS Digital Compliance
  • COMPASS- COMbined Product ASSessment Tool
  • Weld Sequence Modeling Software Interface Development
  • Design of a SIFD Principal Unit and Development of an EQT Strategy
  • Shipboard Pipe Insulation Tape
  • Advanced Impact Analysis – Potential Changes to Weld Fume Carcinogenicity Designation
  • Wearable Ergonomic Sensor Technology

RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT 16-01

  • Integration of Scanning and Laser Peening Activity
  • Land Based Case Study of Insulated Bus Pipe for Ship Design
  • CAR-W Support for Multipass Welding & Extension
  • Shipyard Mobile Applications in Real Time
  • LiftShip
  • Knowledge Provisioning to Improve First Time Quality of Ship Design
  • Integration of Outfitting and Structural Details on Swaged Bulkheads

PANEL PROJECTS 2017

  • ShipScan
  • Advanced Concept Design for Isolation System Supporting CWS Modernization
  • Combat Systems Standard Foundations
  • Low Voltage Shipboard Lighting Feasibility Study
  • Evaluation of Efficacy of Self-Sealing Cable Transit Devices for Aluminum Bulkheads and Decks in Non-Watertight Boundaries
  • Application Analysis of Equalizing Load Lifting Bars to Reduce Distortion Control Backup Structure When Lifting and Turning Thin Plate Blocks
  • Horizontal Access Lifting System
  • Evaluation and Control of Beryllium Exposure in Shipyards
  • Using Fire Retardant Gels During Hotwork
  • ASTM F1387 Testing for Mechanically Attached Fittings
  • Cost Model-Based Network Design and Testbed Performance Analysis: Demo of Optical Network Paradigm for Ships’ Flexible Communications Infrastructure
  • Thermal Insulating Coatings for (TTP492) Achieving R Value using Aerogel Filled Coatings for Naval Shipyards Applications
  • Evaluation of Plasma Beam Technology for Coating Removal and Surface Preparation
  • Higher Quality, Reduced Cost Aluminum Welding
  • Develop Battery-Powered Drawn Arc Stud Welding System
  • Semi-Automatic GMAW-P Welding of Copper-Nickel Pipe Joints

RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT 15-01

  • HiDEP Process for Fabrication of Low-Weight T-Stiffeners with Near Zero Weld Distortion for Shipbuilding
  • CAR-W Production Scanning & Multi-Robot Capability Enhancements
  • Digital Deadweight Survey
  • Welding Application Development for High Mobility Manufacturing Robot
  • Improving Workforce Development Initiatives Using Augmented Reality Technology
  • Ship Structural Design Optimization for Improved Producibility and Enhanced Life-Cycle Performance

PANEL PROJECTS 2016

  • ROXTEC Resilient Mechanical Bulkhead Pipe Transits for Navy Applications
  • Flexible Infrastructure Bulkhead Track Improvements
  • Distributed Temperature Sensing for Inspection of Electrical Panels on Navy Ships
  • Retention of Type VI Epoxy under UHS Epoxy
  • Commodity Variation and Standardization Analysis on Navy 525 Valves
  • Power Panel and Breaker Commonality
  • Improving the 3D Cad-to-FEM Interface for Shipbuilding Needs
  • Mechanical Property and Fabrication Cost Comparison for Purchased HFRW Structural Shapes vs GMAW Fabricated Structural Shapes
  • “DeepTIG” Wire for Improved Pipe Welding
  • Partial Blast of Ultra Solids Coated Tanks Phase II
  • Development for a Requirements Framework for the Fabrication and Inspection of Naval Parts Using Additive Manufacturing (AM)
  • High Deposition Out of Position Mechanized GMAW-Pulse
  • 3-D Vision for Welder Training and Production Welding
  • Laser Surface Cleaning
  • Advanced Composite False-Deck Material Systems for Rapid Modular Compartment Reconfiguration
  • Providing Shipbuilding Suppliers with Digital Design and Manufacturing Information
  • Develop Common Supplier Technical Assessment Criteria and Scoring Methodology

RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT 14-01

  • Development of HiDep Welding Processes and Butt and T-fillet Joints
  • Mitigation of Stress Corrosion, Cracking, Cavitation Erosion and Forming Complex Shapes
  • Reduction of Total Ownership Costs (R-TOC) through Application of Design for Maintenance
  • 3 Views to 3D
  • Standardization of Watertight Closures

PANEL PROJECTS 2015

  • Fiber Optic Testing Enhancement for Cost Reduction
  • High-Speed, High Quality Welding of Copper Nickel Pipe Joints
  • Improvement to the Supply Base Oversight Program
  • Grounding for Adhesive Outfitting
  • Improving Technical Welding Education Using Real-Time Sensory Feedback
  • Develop Long Stroke Servo Electric Hand Gun for Stud Welding
  • Qualification of Alternative Structures
  • Implementation of Robust Functional Paperless Paint
  • Cost Efficient Aluminum Welder Performance Qualification Testing
  • Preparation for the Evaluation of the Boomlift Carried Environmental Enclosure
  • Variant Reduction for Shipboard Installed Connectors
  • Develop Process for Virtual Shelf, NSRP Common Parts Catalog and NNS Parts Catalog System Data Integration
  • Deep Dive on Vaneaxial Fans Intended for Naval Shipboard Use NSRP Commonality Working Group and NAVSEA
  • Digital Deadweight Survey Project
  • Advanced Mobile Test Platform to Accelerate the Installation of Electrical Harnesses and Support Sustainment of Electrical Systems in Ships
  • Improved Methods for Bonding and Grounding
  • Thermal Spray Coating of 5xxx Aluminum
  • Risk Management Ventilation Project
  • Paradigm for Optical Networks in Ships: Flexible Communications Infrastructure

 

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