Clean Energy Funds
UW has received $1.2 million from the Washington State Department of Commerce’s Energy Research, Development & Demonstration Program’s Clean Energy Fund to help launch the Advanced Composites Center (ACC) . The project is one of ten selected this year out of 52 total applicants.
The award – along with additional funding from industry and the UW – helps to lay the groundwork for the new Advanced Composites Center, which brings together composites manufacturing research projects and educational efforts.
This new center will allow UW researchers to advance their work to make composites manufacturing economically viable by ensuring better quality, lower energy costs, and waste and scrap minimization. Specifically, the team’s project will demonstrate how to predictably design and produce complex thermoplastic composite parts using automated robotic systems.