Project Grant 13CAJFEUW5

The National Science Foundation awarded a $301,629 Project Grant to the University of Texas at Austin under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to implement topologically protected gigahertz acoustic circuits. The award will support research collaborations between the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Texas System to realize acoustic devices with lower propagation loss than traditionally engineered circuits operating in the gigahertz regime. Key products and services...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research to develop electroacoustic transistors and logic devices based on reconfigurable topological interface states. The $443,079 award to Georgia Tech Research Corporation aims to make fundamental contributions to the design, development, and exploration of these electroacoustic platforms for logic, which could enable new wave-based computing capabilities. The research seeks to...

Qualia Oto, Inc. was awarded a $233,928 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation to develop matrix-addressed, thin-film cochlear implant electrode arrays. The NSF funding supports a Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I project under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program. The award will enable Qualia Oto to establish the feasibility of a novel circuit design fabricated on a thin-film platform using standard manufacturing equipment. Prototypes will undergo...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173), is supporting research to investigate interactions between spatial and temporal cues for auditory grouping in normal hearing and single-sided deaf populations. The $147,656 award to the Regents of the University of Michigan will fund a study that adapts the Auditory Kappa (AK) effect to develop an...

This $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports the development of efficient and accurate algorithms for modeling acoustic and electromagnetic wave propagation in complex domains. The primary goals are to create robust algorithms using high-frequency integral equations, microlocal and numerical analysis, asymptotic methods, and finite element techniques. This work aims to enhance the simulation of...

This $271,213 National Science Foundation award through the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program will support research at the Illinois Institute of Technology from September 2022 through August 2025. The project aims to advance understanding of boundary and interface issues in metamaterials through multi-disciplinary collaboration. Researchers will perform theoretical, computational, and experimental analysis of transition layers in acoustic and elastic metamaterials to develop devices that...

This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), supports the University of Texas at Austin's research on developing radio frequency (RF) piezoelectric acoustic microsystems for efficient and adaptive front-end signal processing. With a total funding of $500,000 from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2029, the project aims to advance miniature piezoelectric acoustic devices to simplify RF front-end complexity and enable superior...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) Project Grant award of $200,000 to Oregon State University will enable research to develop ultra-efficient analog cross-correlators for dense, in-situ spectrum monitoring. The key products and services to be delivered include: (1) Ultra-low latency, high-efficiency analog cross-correlators capable of computing cross-correlations between input signals and template waveforms. This will enable real-time...

This $418,136 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to advance the field of acoustic wavefront shaping by investigating the use of nonlinear acoustic effects to overcome the diffraction limit. The project, titled "Surpassing the Diffraction Limit: Harnessing Nonlinear Acoustic Effects in Wavefront Shaping," will develop novel approaches in acoustic vortex beams, holograms, and self-bending beams, with potential...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems Project Grant, awarded under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $250,000 in funding to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026. The project aims to develop novel transceiver architectures, circuit blocks, design techniques, and communication strategies to enable energy-efficient millimeter wave wireless networks. The research...