The University of Texas at Austin was awarded a $162,465.00 Project Grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to design anomalous Kerr nonlinearity for photonic signal processing and sensing. This 3-year award, running from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2027, will leverage the university's expertise in materials science, aerospace engineering, and sensor technology to advance the state-of-the-art in monitoring 3D printed...
The U.S. Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $154,745.00 Project Grant to the University of Texas at Austin under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to develop mid-infrared broad-band wavelength tunable quantum cascaded lasers covering the 3-13 micron wavelength range. The award period is from July 15, 2023 to July 14, 2024. As a major research university, the University of Texas at Austin has extensive experience conducting...
The University of Texas at Austin received a $360,946 project grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to conduct research titled "HIGH-SPEED, SINGLE-SHOT SPECTROSCOPY FOR AIR-BREATHING ELECTRIC PROPULSION." The award period is from February 1, 2023 to January 31, 2024. The grant will fund the development of high-speed, single-shot spectroscopy techniques to characterize the...
This federal Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) provides $150,000 to the University of Texas at Austin to enhance decision speed and resilience of multi-agent situational awareness and inference through physics-informed AI. The project aims to advance scientific knowledge and capabilities in areas relevant to Air Force needs, such as aerospace systems and AI. As the prime awardee, the University of...
The University of Texas at Austin received a $195,750 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant period runs from March 1, 2023 through February 29, 2024. The grant will fund research titled "AERODYNAMIC LOAD ESTIMATION USING DISTRIBUTED SHAPE SENSING." This work aims to develop techniques to estimate aerodynamic loads on aircraft using distributed fiber...
This $807,340 Project Grant awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) supports research on "Uncertainty Propagation for Maneuvering Objects in Chaotic Systems" at the University of Texas at Austin. The 3-year award, which began on Sep 15, 2024, will fund advanced scientific research and technological innovations in areas critical to national defense capabilities, such as aerospace systems, materials science, and...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $1,500,000.00 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) to develop an understanding of the information and limitations from signatures that can be extracted from non-resolved space objects using multi/hyperspectral and polarization remote sensing. This effort aims to develop information exploitation algorithms to infer, predict, and...
The Federal Project Grant award of $175,542.00 from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) is funding research at the University of Michigan to develop "QUANTUM PHOTONIC ELEMENTS BUILT FROM COOPERATIVE ATOMIC ARRAYS". The goal of this 3-year research project, which commenced on October 1, 2024, is to advance quantum computing and photonics capabilities that are critical to national defense. The University of...
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $153,686 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) to conduct research towards understanding noise in event-based sensors. The award period runs from June 15, 2025 to June 14, 2028. UTA, a Hispanic-Serving and Minority Institution, will leverage its expertise in aerospace engineering, materials science, and advanced technological innovation to support this...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $4,437,624 Project Grant to the University of North Texas Research and Innovation Division, doing business as Vice President Research Services, under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant, awarded on September 1, 2023, with a completion date of August 31, 2026, supports research on "HIGH-CONTRAST ELASTO-METAMATERIAL PHOTONICS FOR ADAPTABLE AND STABLE LASING." The University...