Tectonics — Federal Grants

Conference: Multi-disciplinary views of subduction processes

Kathleen Surpless · Trinity University

Collaborative Research: Understanding mineral microscale to tectonic macroscale with experiments and theory

David Bercovici · Yale University

Collaborative Research: Understanding mineral microscale to tectonic macroscale with experiments and theory

Lars Hansen · University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Collaborative Research: Global mapping of the Earth's D" layer using machine learning and implications for deep mantle structure, properties and dynamics

Jonathan Wolf · University of California-Santa Cruz

Collaborative Research: Seismic Experiment for Eastern Aleutian Subduction Tremor and Earthquake Research

Songqiao Wei · Michigan State University

Collaborative Research: Seismic Experiment for Eastern Aleutian Subduction Tremor and Earthquake Research

Helen Janiszewski · University of Hawaii

Collaborative Research: Global mapping of the Earth's D" layer using machine learning and implications for deep mantle structure, properties and dynamics

Weiqiang Zhu · University of California-Berkeley

Accurate strain-level identification of microbes from limited data: characterizing, reducing, and quantifying ambiguity

Julia Fukuyama · Indiana University

Macrostratigraphy of Northern Laurasia: Testing Models of Rock Cycling and Continental Flooding

Shanan Peters · University of Wisconsin-Madison

CAREER: Quantifying the effects of earthquake-induced landslides on mountain erosion and organic carbon mobilization

Gen Li · University of California-Santa Barbara

SBIR Phase II: In-Motion Capacitive Wireless Charging System for Material Handling Vehicles

Brandon Regensburger · EXOPOWER INC.

Collaborative Research: Investigating fault slip associated with very large earthquakes

Heather Savage · University of California-Santa Cruz

CONSTELLIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS RAVENSWOOD, LLC

CONSTELLIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS RAVENSWOOD, LLC (CONSTELLIUM) PLANS TO DEMONSTRATE ITS SMARTMELT TECHNOLOGY, A SINGLE ALUMINUM REMELT SYSTEM CAPABLE OF OPERATING ACROSS A RANGE OF LOW-NOX REDUCED-CO2 EMISSION NATURAL GAS TO CARBON-FREE HYDROGEN AS FUEL, BECOMING A FIRST-OF-KIND ZERO CARBON ALUMINUM CASTING PLANT IN THE UNITED STATES. CONSTELLIUM WILL REPLACE 3 DIRECT CHILL (DC) CASTING COMPLEXES WITH TWO SINGLE CASTING SMARTMELT COMPLEXES THAT WILL FULLY RETIRE THE LEGACY OPERATIONS AND ALLOW THE PLANT TO MOVE TO HANDS-FREE CASTING. UPON COMMISSIONING WITH NATURAL GAS, THE SMARTMELT TECHNOLOGY WILL REDUCE CO2 EMISSIONS BY APPROXIMATELY 30%. INTEGRATING HYDROGEN FUEL WITH THE SMARTMELT TECHNOLOGY COULD REDUCE CO2 EMISSIONS EVEN FURTHER. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST COMMERCIAL SCALE DEMONSTRATION OF THE TECHNOLOGY IN THE UNITED STATES. CONSTELLIUM PLANS TO IMPLEMENT THE TECHNOLOGY AT OTHER SITES IN THE UNITED STATES AND GLOBALLY (8 TOTAL) AND WILL EXPLORE LICENSING OF SMARTMELT TECHNOLOGY TO THIRD PARTIES. THE COMPANY CONSIDERS THIS A LIGHTHOUSE PROJECT TO SHOWCASE SMARTMELT TECHNOLOGY, BUT IT WILL ALSO HELP PROMOTE ADOPTION OF HYDROGEN FUELED TECHNOLOGIES IN INDUSTRIAL SECTORS. CONSTELLIUM IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE UNITED STATES ALUMINUM ASSOCIATION TO PROMOTE NEW LOW-CARBON ALUMINUM PRODUCTS AND SECURE NEW PURCHASE AGREEMENTS ACROSS ITS CORE CUSTOMER BASE AND AMONG NEW PROSPECTIVE BUYERS. THE RAVENSWOOD PLANT SERVES A BROAD RANGE OF INDUSTRIES WITH PROPRIETARY ALLOY ALUMINUM SHEET, PLATE, AND COILED ALUMINUM PRODUCTS. PRIMARY MARKETS INCLUDE AEROSPACE, DEFENSE, TRANSPORTATION, MARINE, AND INDUSTRIAL SECTORS. IN ADDITION TO DECARBONIZATION IMPACTS, CONSTELLIUM EXPECTS THIS PROJECT TO DRIVE SECONDARY BENEFITS SUCH AS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVING WORKER SAFETY; REDUCING EMISSIONS IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY AT-RISK COMMUNITY; IMPROVING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF A MANUFACTURING PLANT LOCATED IN A COMMUNITY AT RISK DUE TO HISTORIC DE-INDUSTRIALIZATION AND THE ONGOING FOSSIL-FUEL TRANSITION OF WV; MODERNIZING A PLANT ESSENTIAL TO PROVIDING HIGH-STRENGTH ALUMINUM FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE APPLICATIONS; PROVIDING ADVANCED WORKFORCE TRAINING TO A LEGACY MANUFACTURING WORKFORCE THAT INCLUDES WORKERS IN LABOR-UNIONS; AND ESTABLISHING CRITICAL INDUSTRIAL OFF-TAKE OPPORTUNITY FOR AN EMERGING REGIONAL CARBON-FREE (BLUE) HYDROGEN ECONOMY.

ELECTRIC HYDROGEN CO

BIL - MANUFACTURING INNOVATIONS FOR SCALING GREEN H2 TO FOSSIL-PARITY PROJECT OBJECTIVES OVERVIEW THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP AND PILOT AN ELECTROLYZER MANUFACTURING PROCESS [ON A RIGID SUBSTRATE THAT IS FULLY AUTOMATED, USING PLATE BY PLATE], STACK MANUFACTURING PROCESSES THAT ADVANCE THE CURRENT MANUFACTURING READINESS LEVEL (MRL) [4/5 TO AN MRL OF 8/9] BY THE END OF THE 3-YEAR PROJECT. ULTIMATELY, SCALING ELECTROLYZER MANUFACTURING VOLUME TO PRODUCE 100MW PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE (PEM) ELECTROLYZER PLANTS WHILE REDUCING STACK COST ARE THE PROJECT’S PRIMARY OBJECTIVES. THE PROJECT WILL BE MANAGED IN THREE BUDGET PERIODS (BP) WITH THE FOLLOWING BP OBJECTIVES. •BUDGET PERIOD 1 OBJECTIVES – INTEGRATION OF NEW MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES AND FURTHER OPTIMIZATION OF INDIVIDUAL PROCESSES TO VALIDATE PRODUCTION CAPACITY AND CONSISTENCY, ESTABLISHING READINESS FOR INTEGRATION INTO THE COMPLETE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM. SELECTION OF [FULL CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES AND FIDUCIALS] FOR SUBCOMPONENT [TRACKING]. ESTABLISHMENT OF [TESTING PROTOCOLS FOR SUBCOMPONENTS] AND [CORRELATION TO FULL-STACK] TESTING. •BUDGET PERIOD 2 OBJECTIVES – INTEGRATION OF SUBCOMPONENT ASSEMBLY MANUFACTURING PROCESSES REDUCING [CYCLE TIME] FROM [350 MIN/PLATE (CURRENT) TO 90 MIN/PLATE/TOOL AND 13 MIN/PLATE VIA PARALLEL PROCESSING] WHILE REDUCING STACK COST TO [LESS THAN $270/KW]. •BUDGET PERIOD 3 OBJECTIVES – OPTIMIZE AN [AUTOMATED PLATE-BY-PLATE] MANUFACTURING PROCESS TO REDUCE [CYCLE TIME TO 7 MIN/PLATE], WHILE REDUCING STACK COST TO LESS THAN $100/KW AND ADVANCING THE CURRENT MANUFACTURING READINESS LEVEL TO [MRL 9] BY THE END PROJECT. IMPLEMENT [TEST PROTOCOLS] FOR [RAPID PREDICTION] OF STACK [LONG-TERM DURABILITY, ENERGY-EFFICIENT TESTING], AND [EARLY DETECTION] OF [OFF-SPEC] SUBCOMPONENTS.

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

PROJECT TITLE: THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST SEISMIC NETWORK: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AND THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGONPROJECT PERIOD: 2 1 2025 THROUGH 1 31 2030AWARD PURPOSE: OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST SEISMIC NETWORK (PNSN), THE ADVANCED NATIONAL SEISMIC SYSTEMS (ANSS) REGIONAL SEISMIC NETWORK THAT COVERS OREGON AND WASHINGTON. THE PNSN ISCOOPERATIVELY OPERATED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON (UO), UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON (UW), AND U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY EARTHQUAKE SCIENCE CENTER IN SEATTLE (USGS-ESC-SEATTLE). PNSN DETECTS SEISMIC EVENTS AND GENERATES ANSS INFORMATION PRODUCTS, SUCH AS EARTHQUAKE LOCATIONS AND MAGNITUDES, EARLY GROUND MOTION ESTIMATES, AND SHAKEMAPS.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE NETWORK OF SENSOR STATIONS AND RELAY SITES DISTRIBUTED ACROSS WASHINGTON ANDOREGON. REPLACE AGING SEISMIC EQUIPMENT AS NEEDED DURING THE 5-YEAR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT. OPTIMIZE DATA ROUTES AND DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT REDUNDANT DATA PATHS TO ENSURE CONTINUOUS AND SECUREDATA FLOW TO PNSNS PROCESSING CENTER IN SEATTLE. CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF STATION HEALTH, DATA QUALITY, AND DATA FLOW. MAINTENANCE OF THE SOFTWARE AND IT INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE DATA COLLECTION CENTER IN EUGENE, OR. MAINTENANCE OF THE SOFTWARE AND IT INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE DATA COLLECTION AND REGIONAL PROCESSING CENTER INSEATTLE, WA, WHERE EVENTS ARE DETECTED AND ANSS PRODUCTS ARE GENERATED. MAINTAIN EXPORT SERVERS FOR WAVEFORM AND METADATA TO BE PERMANENTLY ARCHIVED BY NSF SEISMOLOGICALFACILITY FOR ADVANCING GEOSCIENCES DATA SERVICES. IMMEDIATELY REVIEW THE PHASE ARRIVALS, LOCATION, AND MAGNITUDE FOR EVERY EVENT WITH AN AUTOMATICMAGNITUDE OF 2.95 OR GREATER. A REVIEW OF SMALLER EARTHQUAKES IS TYPICALLY DONE DURING DAYTIME HOURS ANDCOMPLETED WITHIN 24 HOURS. PRODUCE DETAILED DOCUMENTATION OF THE DATA PROCESSING, ALGORITHMS, AND CONFIGURATION CHOICES THAT AFFECTLOCATION AND MAGNITUDE ACCURACY SO THAT USERS OF OUR CATALOG ARE BETTER INFORMED. DOCUMENT THE CHANGING CAPABILITY OF THE NETWORK OVER TIME DUE TO CHANGES IN STATION DISTRIBUTION,INSTRUMENTATION, LOCATION-, AND MAGNITUDE DETERMINATION METHODS.DELIVERABLES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES TIMELY AND ACCURATE EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION PRODUCTS AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE IN OR NEAR OR OR WA. RELIABLE OPERATIONS AND 24 7 CONTINUOUS SYSTEM FUNCTIONALITY (FAILURE OF MINOR NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURECOMPONENTS SHOULD NOT PROHIBIT OUR ABILITY TO DETECT AND CHARACTERIZE EARTHQUAKES AND DISTRIBUTE THEINFORMATION TO OUR ANSS PARTNERS). INCREASED AWARENESS AND USE OF THE ANSS EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION PRODUCTS. AN IMPROVED CATALOG OF LOCATIONS AND MAGNITUDES OF EARTHQUAKES AND OTHER SEISMIC EVENTS, INCLUDINGMANUALLY PICKED ARRIVAL TIMES OF FIRST-ARRIVING P- AND S-PHASES.INTENDED BENEFICIARY(IES): THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, INHABITANTS OF OR AND WA, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STATE AGENCIES, PRIVATE AND PUBLIC ENTITIES WISHING TO DETERMINE THEIR RISK TO EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS, RESEARCHERS WHO WISH TO STUDY THE TECTONIC SETTING, CRUSTAL STRUCTURE, EARTHQUAKE HAZARD, AND EPISODICTREMOR AND SLOW-SLIP IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION.SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: N A

BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION

PROJECT TITLESHAKEALERT 2024OPERATION IMPROVEMENT AND EXPANSION IN EASTERN CALIFORNIAPROJECT PERIOD8 15 2024 THROUGH 8 14 2027AWARD PURPOSETHE SHAKEALERT EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM CURRENTLY PROVIDES ALERTS TO THE PUBLIC VIAMASS NOTIFICATION STRATEGIES TO THE PUBLIC IN CALIFORNIA OREGON AND WASHINGTON. THE PURPOSE OF THE SYSTEM ISTO REDUCE THE DAMAGE FROM EARTHQUAKES BY SAVING LIVES AND PROPERTY BY ALERTING THE PUBLIC OF INCOMING STRONGSHAKING BEFORE IT ARRIVES. THE OWENS VALLEY ACCOMMODATES NEARLY 25% OF THE PLATE BOUNDARY MOTION FROMTHE PACIFIC AND NORTH AMERICAN PLATES. THESE FAULTS ALONG THE EASTERN SIERRAS COULD HOST LARGE M7.5 EARTHQUAKES THAT COULD WREAK HAVOC IN POPULATION CENTERS IN CALIFORNIA. THERE IS LIMITED SEISMICINSTRUMENTATION IN THIS AREA. IN THIS PROJECT SHAKEALERT 2024OPERATION IMPROVEMENT AND EXPANSION INEASTERN CALIFORNIA THE OBJECTIVES ARE THREEFOLD. FIRST THE NEVADA SEISMOLOGICAL LABORATORY NSL WILL ENSURE THATSEISMIC STATIONS ALONG THE CALIFORNIANEVADA BORDER ARE PERFORMING TO SHAKEALERT STANDARDS AND CONTRIBUTINGTHEIR DATA TO SHAKEALERT PARTNERS FOR USE IN EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING ALERTS. SECOND THE NEVADASEISMOLOGICAL LABORATORY WILL INSTALL MODERN SEISMIC EQUIPMENT AT PREVIOUSLY OCCUPIED SITES IN THE OWENSVALLEY AREA TO PROVIDE SEISMIC MONITORING IN THIS EARTHQUAKE PRONE REGION OF CALIFORNIA AND THIRD IMPROVEOPERATIONS PRACTICES FOR REMOTE STATEOFHEALTH MONITORING EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT AND SEISMIC INSTRUMENTMETADATA MANAGEMENT AND DELIVERY TO PARTNERING NETWORKS AND SCIENTISTS. THESE THREE AREAS WILL IMPROVE THEOVERALL SHAKEALERT INSTRUMENT NETWORK BY ADDING STATIONS TO OWENS VALLEY AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY ANDRELIABILITY OF DATA PROVIDED BY NEVADA SEISMOLOGICAL LABORATORY STATIONS CONTRIBUTING TO SHAKEALERTEARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING ALERTS IN CALIFORNIA.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMEDTHE NSL WILL CONTINUE THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF 39 EXISTING SHAKEALERT STATIONS TO ENSURE THE STATIONS PERFORM RELIABLY TO SHAKEALERT STANDARDS. THE NEVADA SEISMOLOGICAL LABORATORY WILL INSTALL 19 NEW SEISMIC STATIONS ALONG THE CALIFORNIANEVADA BORDER WITH 15 STATIONS IN OWENS VALLEY THREE IN THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF THE SIERRAS AND TWO IN DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK. THE STATION INSTALLATIONS WILL REOCCUPY ANALOG SITES PREVIOUSLY MAINTAINED BY THE NSL. FINALLY THE NEVADA SEISMOLOGICAL LABORATORY WILL IMPLEMENT IMPROVED STATEOFHEALTH MONITORING EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT AND SEISMIC INSTRUMENT METADATA MANAGEMENT TOIMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY AND RELIABILITY OF OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FOR SHAKEALERT SEISMIC STATIONS.DELIVERABLES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMESUPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT THE NEVADA SEISMOLOGICALLABORATORY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OPERATING 58 SEISMIC STATIONS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO SHAKEALERT. THIS INCLUDESSTATIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY INSTALLED THAT ARE NOT RELIABLE ENOUGH FOR SHAKEALERT ALONG WITH THE 19 NEWLYINSTALLED STATIONS IN THIS PROJECT. WE EXPECT TO ACHIEVE 95% STATION AVAILABILITY TO SHAKEALERT FROM THESE 58STATIONS BY THE END OF THIS PROJECT. WE ANTICIPATE THAT OUR IMPROVED STATEOFHEALTH MONITORING WILL ENABLE USTO PERFORM PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE ON STATIONS BY IDENTIFYING POWERSYSTEMS ISSUES BEFORE STATIONS AREOFFLINE AND PROVIDE ROBUST METADATA THROUGH COMMON TOOLS USED BY OTHER CONTRIBUTING SEISMIC NETWORKS.INTENDED BENEFICIARIESOVERALL THE PRIMARY BENEFICIARY TO THIS WORK WILL BE THE PUBLIC AND INSTITUTIONS INCALIFORNIA THAT CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE WARNING TIMES PROVIDED BY SHAKEALERT. SECONDLY THIS IMPROVEDNETWORK IN OWENS VALLEY WILL PROVIDE INVALUABLE DATA TO SEISMOLOGISTS AND OTHER EARTH SCIENTISTS INTERESTED INUNDERSTANDING THE SEISMICITY IN THE WALKER LANE AND HOW TECTONIC PLATE MOTIONS ARE ACCOMMODATEDTHROUGHOUT THE WESTERN UNITED STATES. ALL DATA GENERATED FROM THIS PROJECT WILL BE MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLETHROUGH DATA PORTALS WIDELY USED BY THE SEISMOLOGICAL COMMUNITY.