The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees, Office of Research Division, doing business as UCF, has been awarded a $284,313 Project Grant by the Department of the Air Force under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant is for the project titled "HIGH POWER PWIR USP INTERACTION STUDIES" with a period of performance from February 1, 2024 to January 31, 2026. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program funds fundamental research across a range...
The University of Central Florida (UCF) was awarded a $149,904 Project Grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to conduct research on "BEAM COMBINING AND ADAPTIVE OPTICS WITH PHOTONIC LANTERNS" with a performance period from February 15, 2024 to February 14, 2027. This project aims to advance scientific knowledge and develop new capabilities in areas relevant to Air Force needs, such as engineering, physics, and...
The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees was awarded a $196,429 Project Grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant will support exploration of new laser-plasma domains from August 15, 2022 to August 14, 2023. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs and prevent technological...
The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees (UCF) received a $257,710 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program. The grant will support the development of an ultra high-speed imaging system for hypersonics research and education training from February 1, 2023 to January 31, 2024. The system will provide capabilities to conduct research and train students on hypersonic flight, a...
The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees was awarded a $258,260 Project Grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant will fund the development of automated laser micro-machining capabilities for high power fiber lasers from February 1, 2022 through October 31, 2023. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain U.S. technological superiority in...
The University of Central Florida (UCF) was awarded a $350,000 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), administered by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). The grant, awarded on September 15, 2023, will fund research to investigate the fusion of model-based and data-driven methods for uncertainty quantification in cislunar space domain awareness. The grant will support fundamental studies in fields like engineering, physics, and computer science,...
This $150,000 Project Grant was awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees Office of Research Division (UCF). The grant supports fundamental and applied scientific research across disciplines critical to national defense capabilities, such as quantum computing, materials science, and artificial intelligence. UCF, a leading public research university, will conduct this...
This $206,097 federal 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) supports research on nonlinear optics in 2D materials enhanced by plasmon modes in Dirac semimetals, Weyl semimetals, and 3D topological insulators. The University of Central Florida (UCF) is conducting this research project from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2025. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program...
This $800,000 federal Project Grant award from the Department of Defense's Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) was provided to the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees Office of Research to develop an ultra-high-speed burst-mode laser for Department of Defense hypersonics and space detonation research. The award period runs from Sep 3, 2024 to Sep 2, 2025. As a premier research institution, the University of Central Florida has...
The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees received a $161,104 Project Grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant will fund the purchase and installation of an infrared (IR) material purification and handling system to support research activities from February 15, 2022 to February 14, 2023. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain U.S. technological...