Project Grant 2512911
- This $199,976 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) is for the development of an AI-defined high-speed underwater optical networking system that integrates sensing and communication capabilities. The project, awarded to Saint Louis University, aims to address limitations of existing underwater communication methods by creating a synergistic system that enables low-latency, high-reliability, intelligent, and adaptive data exchange in...
- 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,...
- 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...
- 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 $360,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research to advance dual-function radar-communication (DFRC) technology for high-mobility applications. The project aims to develop a novel MIMO (multiple-input, multiple-output) ISAC (integrated sensing and communication) system that can efficiently allocate spectral resources to enable high-speed communication and high-resolution sensing in dynamic, high-mobility scenarios. Key...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $199,952 Project Grant to the University of Massachusetts Boston to develop an open-source software toolkit that integrates with widely used software-defined radio (SDR) equipment. This toolkit will enable researchers to implement and analyze novel techniques for multi-cell/multi-user optical wireless communication (OWC) networks. The project aims to bring the benefits of SDR to OWC research, allowing for...
- This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.041 - Engineering) supports the development of a novel Integrated Sensing and Telecommunications for Intelligent Connection and Transmission (INSTINCT) system. The $225,000 award, with a period of performance from November 1, 2025 to October 31, 2028, will be used by the University of Florida to advance multi-dimensional signal processing across delay, Doppler, and wavenumber domains to address key challenges in joint...
- This $440,888 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research to develop new models and a comprehensive framework for understanding the complexities and interdependencies of integrated infrastructure systems, such as energy, transportation, water, and telecommunications. The research aims to enhance system performance, improve resilience to risks, and promote efficient resource utilization, addressing the challenge of designing and...
- This $644,498 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports fundamental research by Rutgers, The State University to enhance the capabilities of autonomous systems by drawing inspiration from the collective behavior of fish schools. The research aims to uncover the feedback principles governing visuomotor control dynamics in fish schools, providing a blueprint for achieving full autonomy in multi-agent systems. The interdisciplinary project...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $260,000 to Northeastern University to develop methods that improve communication performance in shared, congested, and contested spectrum bands. The project aims to leverage the structure of interference rather than treating it as noise to enhance the reliability and throughput of communication systems. Key research focuses include leveraging characteristics of interference...
This $525,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) supports collaborative research to develop an integrated air-ground-underwater communication network that leverages optical, radio-frequency, and acoustic wireless technologies. The project aims to enable coordinated and resilient operations across heterogeneous land, air, and underwater domains by creating a unified high-performance communication architecture. Key research activities include laying the theoretical foundation, developing experimental testbeds, and optimizing system-level performance, with an educational component to train the next-generation engineering workforce. The award was made to The Research Foundation for The State University of New York, which will collaborate on this initiative from October 2025 through September 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $525.0k | 8/1/25 |