Project Grant 2112098

This $304,999 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) supports the development of a high-frequency, low-power, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) underwater acoustic communication system by Sea-Gal Technologies, Inc. The project aims to address technical challenges in achieving real-time, high-data-rate wireless communication in marine environments while minimizing interference with marine...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) under the CFDA program "Computer and Information Science and Engineering" to develop fundamental technologies that advance the ability for scalable ocean sensing. The goal of this 3-year project is to design, build, and evaluate a low-power, long-range underwater backscatter communication network. The proposed research seeks to overcome the range limitations of...

The Tampa Deep Sea Xplorers LLC (TDSX) will develop a compact underwater light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system for integration into small remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) under a $128,918 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The Phase I SBIR project will prove the feasibility of reducing the size and weight of a LIDAR system for internal installation in...

This $499,495 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of computational imaging solutions to facilitate underwater robotic tasks through September 2024. Funded under the NSF's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), the grantee George Mason University will develop a novel angularly sampled imaging system and algorithms to analyze nonlinear light transport in water, model underwater surface reflectance, and reconstruct three-dimensional...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $550,000 to Northeastern University is for the development of compact, coherent hydrophone array systems for real-time, wide-area ocean acoustic monitoring. The project aims to translate the Passive Ocean Acoustic Waveguide Remote Sensing (POAWRS) technology, which uses advanced hydrophone arrays to provide continental-scale ocean sensing capabilities, into...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) project grant of $390,000 awarded to President and Fellows of Harvard College aims to develop new technologies that enable high-speed, highly directive data transmission using the terahertz (THz) frequency range. The key products to be delivered include: An amplitude modulator operating at THz frequencies to enable high-speed data transmission A spatial light modulator using micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) to...

Field Data Services LLC will conduct a $297,032 technical feasibility study under a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program project grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Department of Commerce. The study aims to determine the commercial viability of a new solid state lidar sensor chip for detecting migrating anadromous fish in small spawning streams. Field Data Services will build an automated test system to characterize the lidar's ability to detect...

This $818,396 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will develop a multi-agent AI system of three bio-inspired underwater vessels and a control buoy. The goal is to enhance understanding of hydrodynamics and control of multi-swimmer systems, advance the theory and practice of programmable underwater networks, and enable effective survey of coastal zones. Key deliverables include: (A) three bio-inspired robotic fish...

This $320,899 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), will support the 2022 Underwater Ideas Lab conference organized by the American Society for Engineering Education. The conference aims to foster transformative ideas and interdisciplinary teams to advance sensing, communication, and data transmission technologies for diverse underwater environments, including marine, freshwater,...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $400,000 to Brown University to develop key building blocks for realizing next-generation wireless networks that can deliver ultra-high data rates. The project will yield a rapid localization method to dynamically track mobile users, enabling highly directive transmissions, as well as an experimental multi-user data and control plane above 100 GHz. This will allow simultaneous...