Project Grant N629091912049

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems, under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $1,500,000 to the University of Central Florida (UCF) to develop an energy- and spectrum-efficient millimeter-wave (mmW) transmitter array system for next-generation wireless communications. The key objectives are to: 1) Utilize heterogeneous integration and advanced packaging to embed high-power wide-bandgap...

This $300,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Program (CFDA 47.070) supports a collaborative research project between Florida International University (FIU), Auburn University, the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, and the International Institute of Information Technology Naya Raipur. The project aims to develop deep learning-based localization and sensing capabilities for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $275,000 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to Maxwave LLC on December 15, 2023 under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084). The project aims to develop a novel wireless power-beaming technology using millimeter waves that can efficiently transmit high-power energy over long distances. Key applications include wireless charging of heavy-duty drones and establishing resilient airborne energy...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Maxwave LLC received a $1.25M Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II cooperative agreement from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2027. The award funds development of a long-range, high-efficiency millimeter-wave wireless power beaming system designed to deliver continuous, real-time power to airborne unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)....

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...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant award of $305,000 to Beamfeed LLC provides funding to develop a highly efficient photovoltaic power converter for optical power beaming applications. The innovation aims to address critical bottlenecks in the unmanned aerial vehicle, wireless power transmission, and semiconductor industries by advancing wireless power transfer capabilities. The...

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 from the National Science Foundation's $375,000 Computer and Information Science and Engineering program will support the development of opportunistic millimeter-wave receivers and associated algorithms from 2023 to 2025. The University of Southern California will use the funding to create transceiver hardware and array-based receivers that can adaptively operate within the 18-54 GHz spectrum through machine learning techniques. The receivers will identify available...

This $450,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) seeks to advance wireless communication technologies by incorporating a new type of reconfigurable antenna, known as a dynamic metasurface antenna (DMA), into multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication systems. The key objectives are to develop methods to integrate DMAs into MIMO to create a "tri-hybrid MIMO...

The Florida Atlantic University was awarded a $576,435 Project Grant from the Department of Defense Washington Headquarters Service to develop a millimeter-wave platform for joint communication-radar signal design with applications to connected artificial intelligence. The award supports the university's work under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) to conduct basic, applied, or advanced research with good long-term potential to...