Project Grant 2448496
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Georgia Tech) to conduct collaborative research on reconfigurable intelligent electromagnetic surfaces using magnetically responsive soft materials. The goal is to develop a new approach to dynamically manipulate electromagnetic waves with a flat aperture, enabling reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) for 5G and beyond wireless systems in...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) award provides $200,000 to Iowa State University for the development of a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) panel capable of simultaneously programming both the transmission and reflection of electromagnetic waves. This project aims to enhance the functionality and energy efficiency of RIS technology to support resilient 5G and 6G wireless communications,...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) provides $340,000 to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska to conduct research and development on active reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (Active-RIS) for sub-terahertz (sub-THz) wireless networks. The key objectives are to: 1) Design and prototype a wideband liquid crystal-based RIS operating at 142 GHz, 2) Develop...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program awarded Arizona State University $213,831 under a Project Grant to develop a new type of Hybrid Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (HRIS) technology. The HRIS will be designed to sense incident waves, deduce information about user and transmitter directions, and reconfigure its reflection patterns accordingly. This will enable the implementation of a smart and autonomous wireless propagation environment that can redirect signals, mitigate...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE, CFDA 47.070) Project Grant awarded to The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey provides $599,986 from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2026 to develop an alternative distributed radio frequency (RF) sensing paradigm that can "look around corners" using reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS). The project aims to advance fundamental theory and practical methods...
- This $600,000 project grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Michigan State University from November 2025 to October 2028. The project, titled "MAARS: Multi-Bessel Antenna Systems for Angle-Range Spatial Multiplexing," aims to develop a new wireless communication technology that can limit signal propagation to specific locations, creating secure and efficient "communication pockets." This innovation has the potential to...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering Directorate ($400,000) supports the development of smart radio environments using reconfigurable intelligent surfaces to improve millimeter-wave communications. Specifically, the University of Utah will create a modular radio hardware prototype capable of precise phase control at millimeter-wave frequencies. They will also develop advanced signal processing algorithms for practical reconfigurable intelligent surface-aided...
- This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program provides $100,333 to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) to develop smart surfaces capable of adaptively modifying wireless channels. The goal is to unlock the full potential of wireless networks by manipulating the propagation environment to achieve greater spatial multiplexing and coverage for massive numbers of devices and exponential growth in data...
- This $600,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant, awarded under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program, will fund research at Duke University to develop new approaches for enabling predictable wireless communication and radar sensing for 6G wireless technology. The key research thrusts include: 1) designing modulation schemes to simplify prediction of the wireless input-output relationship, 2) developing signal processing filters in the...
- This $300,000 project grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Program (CFDA 47.070), aims to explore near-field propagation properties of wireless signals to enable blockage-resilient high-speed multi-user wireless communications above 100 GHz. The research encompasses four key thrusts: (1) understanding and modeling the fundamental limits of near-field wavefront shaping for agile and high-speed communications in scenarios...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $450,000 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Massachusetts (UMass) to develop a novel reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) technology for enhanced 6G wireless communications. The project aims to realize an RIS capable of true full-space coverage by transmitting, reflecting, and scattering electromagnetic waves carrying wireless signals in any 3-D direction. The research will also explore simultaneous signal reception and wireless power transfer. The project is anticipated to run from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028, and its outcomes will be incorporated into undergraduate and graduate curriculum to train future RF engineers. The project leverages UMass's expertise in areas such as quantum technologies, advanced computing, and defense-related research, and builds upon the university's existing federal contract and grant portfolio with agencies like the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $450.0k | 7/31/25 |