Project Grant 2108704

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded a $407,067 Project Grant to Cornell University to conduct collaborative research using the Tomographic Ionized-Carbon Mapping Experiment (TIME), an imaging spectrometer that will observe on the Arizona Radio Observatory 12-meter radio telescope. The 3-year grant, with a start date of September 1, 2023, will support scientific operations, data reduction pipeline development, and publication of results from TIME's...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award supports the Tomographic Ionized-Carbon Mapping Experiment (TIME), an imaging spectrometer that will observe on the Arizona Radio Observatory 12-meter radio telescope at Kitt Peak. TIME will map large portions of the sky to probe the early epochs of the universe by measuring bright ionized carbon emission from galaxies during the Epoch of Reionization and by measuring carbon monoxide during the peak of star formation. The $199,162...

This Project Grant award of $174,988 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences will support the development of a millimeter-wavelength (mmWave) rapid scan image phased array radar technology demonstrator unit. The objective is to evaluate the feasibility of a future ground-based, mobile phased array cloud radar system that could provide high-resolution measurements of cloud processes, which are crucial for understanding the Earth's climate and...

This $2.53 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will fund upgrades to instrumentation and capabilities at the Jicamarca Radio Observatory near Lima, Peru. Cornell University will receive funding to replace outdated systems like tube amplifiers and an ionospheric sounder with modern solid-state units, as well as acquire a final tube amplifier and new optical camera. These technical upgrades aim to improve resilience, extend the lifetime of...

This three-year, $119,418 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate will fund research at the California Institute of Technology to develop new spectrum sharing protocols and technologies. The project aims to enable more efficient sharing of spectrum between terrestrial commercial wireless systems and passive scientific receivers, while empowering passive systems to require interfering transmitters to change bands. Researchers will create...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $400,000 over 3 years to the University of California, Berkeley to develop novel intelligent large-scale multi-antenna array architectures operating at 140 GHz. The key products and services to be delivered include: Analytical and behavioral modeling of non-idealities in large scalable antenna arrays Design of reconfigurable D-band (140 GHz) front-ends with performance tuning...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $367,381 to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to conduct research on space weather in young stellar systems using the Owens Valley Radio Observatory - Long Wavelength Array (OVRO-LWA). The research team, led by Caltech, will observe approximately 2,000 young stellar systems less than one billion years old with...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems provides $115,201 to develop signal cancellation technologies using reconfigurable intelligent surfaces for radio astronomy services. Funded under the Engineering (47.041) program, the award supports research at the California Institute of Technology from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Specifically, the project investigates using an intelligent surface installed near a radio...

This two-year, $255,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will support the development of a new remote sensing technique for measuring seismic waves at Michigan Technological University. The researchers will enhance the Moiré technique, which images patterns from differential motion between grids, by placing one grid on a remote location using an unmanned aerial vehicle and the other within a base telescope. This will enable measurement of...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $108,855 Project Grant to Space Science And Technologies Jose Nilo Castellon EIRL located in Chile. The grant will fund the CONVOLVED SPECTRA FOR GEOSYNCHRONOUS SATELLITES CHARACTERIZATION project from November 2021 through November 2023. Under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), the grantee will analyze convoluted spectra to characterize geosynchronous satellites. The program aims to...