The University of Connecticut’s Digital Design Research, Analysis, and Manufacturing (D2REAM) Center has received a second round of funding to continue its work supporting advanced structural digital design and manufacturing, and discovery of novel metamaterials.
The funding is aimed at continuing academic, government, and industry partnerships that are developing groundbreaking modeling and simulation capabilities that can support the next generation of Army ground vehicle systems.
The $5 million in new federal government funding comes from a cooperative agreement with the United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) in Warren, Michigan. GVSC maintains collaborations with higher education, defense and automotive industry parties to co-develop key ground vehicle technologies.
Read more in the UConn Today article.