Congratulations to the 11 teams who are recipients of our 2024 Call #1 awards! We’re honored to support these outstanding contributions to the defense industry.
Buried Dielectric Photonic Crystal Surface Emitting Lasers
PI: Dr. Kent Choquette, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Collaborators:
Dr. Minjoo (Larry) Lee, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Bradley Thompson, AFRL RY
Dynamic X-ray of Energetics
PI: Dr. Terrence Meyer, Purdue University
Collaborators:
Dr. Jesus Mares, AFRL RW
Iowa State University
Spectral Energies, LLC
Integrated Quantum Computing Photonic Transciever
PI: Andrew Volk, Applied Optimization
Collaborators:
Dr. Rudra Gnawali, AFRL RY
University of Dayton
Development of Beta-Gallium Oxide on Thermally Conductive SiC and Diamond Substrates Using Innovative Epitaxial
PI: Dr. Shubhra S. Pasayat, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Collaborators:
Dr. Thaddeus Asel, AFRL RX
Great Lakes Crystal Technologies
E-SWIR High-Gain APD Mini-array
PI: Dr. Teresa Basko, SK Infrared
Collaborators:
Dr. Gamini Ariyawansa, AFRL RY
University of Dayton
University of Dayton Research Institute
Hysonic Technologies
Raytheon Technologies
Elevate Ventures
Tampered Microelectronics Detection Using ResCav
PI: Aditya Nechiyil, Rescav
Collaborators:
Dr. Robert Lee, Rescav
Dr. Gregg Chapman, Rescav
Christian Eakins, AFRL RY
Dr. Jamin McCue, AFRL RY
Metal Printing and Sintering in the Vacuum of Space
PI: Dr. Calvin Stewart, The Ohio State University
Collaborators:
Dino Celli, AFRL RQ
NASA
The Virtual Foundry
Frontally-cured Resins for In-space Composite Manufacturing (FRIC’M)
PI: Dr. Jeffery Baur, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Collaborators:
Dr. Hilmar Koerner, AFRL RX
University of Dayton Research Institute
Reactive Cases for Enhanced Blast
PI: Dr. Diane Collard, Purdue University
Collaborators:
Dr. Kelsea Miller, AFRL RX
Next Offset Solutions
Joint Activity Testing to Evaluate Operational Readiness of Space Domain Awareness Human-Machine Teaming
PI: Dr. Michael Rayo, The Ohio State University
Collaborators:
Dr. Lorraine Borghetti, AFRL 711 HPW
Recessed Ga-Polar AlGaN/GaN HEMTs for High Frequency Applications
PI: Dr. Chirag Gupta, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Collaborators:
Dr. Andrew Green, AFRL RY
Agnitron Technology