This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) provides $150,000 to the University of Texas at Austin to develop a biomechanics-guided wireless ultrasonic e-tattoo sensor system for continuous, cuffless ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. The key objectives are to: 1) Design an ultra-low-power, millimeter-scale application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) capable of duplex mode ultrasound...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $1.5 million Project Grant to the University of Texas at Austin for the period of September 15, 2021 through August 31, 2025 under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The grant funds the ASCENT: MULTIMODAL CHEST E-TATTOO WITH CUSTOMIZED IC AND DEEP LEARNING ALGORITHM FOR TRACKING AND PREDICTING PROGRESSIVE PNEUMONIA project. The University of Texas at Austin will develop a multimodal chest e-tattoo using customized integrated circuits and a...
This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), aims to develop a minimally invasive, wireless device that can be implanted under the skin to measure tactile forces and restore a sense of touch for individuals who have suffered from stroke or spinal cord injuries. The $549,195 award, with a project period from April 2025 to March 2028, will fund the development and testing of an implantable optical sensor that uses...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) EAGER (Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research) grant awarded to the University of Massachusetts (UMass) provides $199,991 to develop a novel sweat biosensing platform using aptamer-infused graphene transistor tattoos. The project aims to create a self-administrable, on-demand technology for continuous monitoring of bioanalytes like cortisol in sweat, a non-invasive biofluid that can provide insights into physiological processes. The proposed solution...
This $400,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems, under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program, will fund research at Georgia Tech Research Corporation to advance implantable bioelectronics for continuous monitoring of vascular health. Specifically, the grant will support understanding of printing soft microstructures for enhanced sensor sensitivity, study of passive wireless sensing principles and 3D...
This $100,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of a novel multi-wavelength spectroscopy technique and portable analyzer to assess tissue health at Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station in College Station, Texas. The goal is to prevent pressure injuries through early detection by evaluating tissue oxygenation and blood perfusion beneath the skin's surface, which could help hospitals decrease injury rates and costs. The proposed technology may identify...
This Project Grant award of $300,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund research at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) toward developing a novel wearable technology that can capture images through human skin using advanced optical layers. The research aims to create a lightweight, cost-effective, and wearable computational imager and sensor that can enable applications such as counting blood cells, implantable optical sensing,...
This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), aims to develop and optimize a communication platform for networking multiple wearable and implantable bioelectronic devices throughout the human body. The $499,896 award, granted to Georgia Tech Research Corp on June 15, 2025, will support the scientific goal of optimizing an emitter and receiver network between electromechanical wearable sensors and implantable actuators. This project...
This $200,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under CFDA 47.041 (Engineering) aims to develop and implement a novel testing platform to evaluate the accuracy of wearable photoplethysmography-based blood pressure monitoring devices. The University of Maryland, College Park will construct a bench flow phantom that simulates physiologically relevant blood pressure, blood flow, anatomical, and optical...
The federal Project Grant award R01EB036124, totaling $965,410.00, was awarded on August 1, 2024 by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286). The grant aims to develop an innovative miniaturized oxygen monitoring device, called OxyTrack, for on-site clinical use. The project, led by Trustees of Dartmouth College, involves designing a...