The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees received a $150,500 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 develop a stabilization system for an ultra-low-noise broadband mid-infrared to terahertz dual frequency comb spectrometer for standoff chemical sensing. The spectrometer aims to maintain Air Force technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to its...
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 Board of Trustees was awarded a $617,397 Project Grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant, awarded on September 30, 2024, is for a 3-year project to explore the imaging physics of photonic lanterns, which have applications in areas critical to national defense such as advanced electronics and aerospace systems. The research aims to prevent technological surprise and...
The University of Central Florida's Board of Trustees received a $289,067 Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) on February 15, 2024. The grant will fund a 2-year research project to develop "Tunable RF Generation with GHz Bursts of High-Intensity USPLs". UCF, a leading public research university, will leverage its expertise in engineering, optics, and photonics to advance scientific knowledge...
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 Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $1,600,589 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees' Office of Research on February 15, 2025. The grant supports a "Hypersonic Mach10OD Flight Experiment for High-Speed Propulsion Detonation Fundamentals" research project, with a planned completion date of February 14, 2026. As a premier research university, the University of Central Florida has...
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 Board of Trustees Office of Research Division (UCF) received a $182,922 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 award, made on June 1, 2023 for a one-year period concluding on May 31, 2024, will support UCF's research utilizing a thermal analyzer coupled with advanced mass spectrometry for optical materials research. The Air Force...
The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees was awarded a $499,673 project grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) on May 1, 2025. The grant supports a research project titled "A Holistic Measurement System for Fluid-Structure Interaction Problems Involving Large Structural Deformations and Massively Separated Flows". The research aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and...
The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees received a $180,106 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to develop an "IR-TO-UV OPTOELECTRONIC SYNAPSE FOR OBJECT IDENTIFICATION." The funding supports basic, applied, or advanced research in science and engineering fields with potential to contribute to Department of Defense technology, as outlined in the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program...