This federal contract award is for a cooperative agreement between the University of Delaware and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to evaluate the use of advanced integrated graphene-silicon photonic circuits in space-based free space optical (FSO) communication systems. The objective is to assess the performance and radiation tolerance of these miniaturized photonic integrated circuits when exposed to the conditions of microgravity and high radiation found in space...
This is a $100,000.00 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Delaware. The contract is for research on the impact of temperature cycles and outgassing on fiber-packaged silicon photonic transceivers. This work supports NASA's efforts to study space weather impacts on technology. The University of Delaware has extensive experience as a prime and subcontractor for federal agencies, including the...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded the University of Delaware a $750,000 Cooperative Agreement to develop scalable near zero-standby power switches and a versatile reconfigurable Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) sensor system with near zero-standby power and low-operation power. The University of Delaware will perform the work in Newark, Delaware from September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2026. The products and services provided by the University of Delaware under...
This federal contract award was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to perform early-stage research on an innovative hybrid integrated photonics platform for adaptive discrete multi-carrier optical communications in a space-based free-space optical environment. The $499,997.00 grant will support the development of silicon photonic transceiver components for a coherent laser optical communication and/or relay...
This federal contract award to Delaware State University, a historically black university and land-grant institution, is valued at $47,755.00. The contract is for research to investigate the relationship between atomic compositions in Ge-Sn-O thin film alloys and their electrical and optical properties. This work aims to utilize these materials in microbolometer sensing layers and integrate them with plasmonic absorbers, which could enable new applications in adaptive sensors and micro-sensors...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $499,335.94 grant to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) to design, implement, and test chip-scale, infrared, 2D optical phased array receivers and transmitters with sub-wavelength element spacing. This research effort, which does not have a set-aside designation, aims to develop integrated phased arrays and associated electronic control circuitry capable of large-range beam steering and high data-rate...
The University of Delaware was awarded a research grant valued at $100,013 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center, with an ultimate completion date of November 30, 2026. This civilian agency grant supports a balanced science program that aligns with discipline-specific guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, administration priorities, and congressional direction. The award requires the University of Delaware to...
NASA awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Delaware on September 1, 2020, with completion scheduled for August 31, 2026. The contract supports NASA's planetary exploration missions, which require long-duration spacecraft operations to acquire critical environmental, geological, volcanic, and seismic data. The primary challenge addressed by this agreement involves protecting sensitive spacecraft electronics from the harsh space environment, particularly the damaging...
This federal contract award to the University of Notre Dame is for the development of hybrid van der Waals materials for next-generation electronics. The $218,912.68 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will fund research into two-dimensional (2D) and van der Waals (VDW) materials, which have the potential to enable lightweight and efficient electronic and optical devices for NASA applications. The research aims to investigate how the hybridization of multiple 2D...
The University of Delaware has been awarded a $135,000 grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Shared Services Center to conduct research on remote sensing optimization using machine learning. The award, effective January 1, 2025, with a completion date of December 31, 2027, supports the university's research activities at its Newark, Delaware campus. This grant carries no set-aside designation, indicating competitive award procedures. The funding aligns with NASA's...
This federal contract award to the University of Delaware is a $598,297 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for a three-year research project to develop new scalable hybrid integration techniques that incorporate nonlinear crystal materials with standard CMOS silicon processing. The goal is to realize novel devices and instruments for high-speed free-space optical communication and space sensing applications.
The project aims to: (1) design new device configurations combining CMOS fabricated substrates and thin film materials; (2) engineer the interface between the hybrid integrated materials and silicon; (3) evaluate and optimize device bandwidth, sensitivity and reliability; and (4) compile the optimized device configurations into a photonic design kit for NASA space instrumentation. This award is not designated as a set-aside contract.