Project Grant FA23862411080

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 award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $1,000,000 to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to develop the Sub-Terahertz Integrated Communication and Sensing (TICS) instrument. The TICS instrument is a programmable platform that will enable cutting-edge research and innovation in 6G wireless systems by providing advanced experimentation capabilities in sub-terahertz communication and sensing. Key...

This three-year, $300,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program will support research into energy-efficient terahertz communications technologies for beyond fifth-generation wireless systems. The University of California, Irvine will lead collaborative efforts with institutions in Finland to address fundamental physical layer challenges through four interconnected research thrusts. Specifically, the award will fund...

This $242,763 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports collaborative research to open the infrared sky to multi-messenger astrophysics through time-domain surveys. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology will conduct infrared searches using the Wide-field Infrared Transient Explorer telescope at Palomar Observatory to identify counterparts to gravitational wave detections from binary neutron star and neutron...

This three-year, $299,937 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) will support research at San Diego State University and collaborating institutions on energy-efficient terahertz communications technologies for beyond fifth-generation wireless systems. The award funds four interconnected research thrusts: 1) channel estimation, performance analysis, and hardware design for doubly massive MIMO systems using...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $360,000 Project Grant to the University of California, Los Angeles under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop frequency-comb-enabled intelligent sensing technology for millimeter-wave and terahertz integrated circuits. Over a three-year period from September 2022 to August 2025, the university will design and test a novel radar device capable of performing broadband coherent detection and sensing from 600 GHz to the terahertz frequency...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $1,249,999.00 to Cambridge Terahertz Inc. to develop a terahertz (THz) imaging radar system for contactless concealed weapons detection. The project aims to revolutionize security screening by enabling non-invasive, real-time threat detection of both metallic and non-metallic objects. Key technical objectives include designing a...

This $450,000 three-year 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 University of Notre Dame in developing high performance optically-controlled radio frequency switches with ferroelectric latching for advanced reconfigurable millimeter-wave to terahertz circuits. The university will investigate and demonstrate a novel switching technology using lightwave control...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a $480,000 Project Grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop a novel compact high-power terahertz (THz) oscillator capable of operating at room temperature. This 3-year project aims to fill a gap in THz technology and enable the use of the THz spectrum for applications such as imaging, spectroscopy, sensing, computing, and communications. The key innovation is...

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...