The Department of Defense announced today plans to make 27 awards to support
multidisciplinary research at 57 academic institutions. Subject to
availability of funds and continued research progress, the awards will support
five years of research effort. The Department intends to provide $20 million
in Fiscal Year 1995 for these multiyear efforts and up to $150 million over
five years.
The awards are being made under the multidisciplinary research program of the
University Research Initiative (URI). The multidisciplinary URI supports
research teams whose efforts intersect more than one traditional science and
engineering discipline. Multidisciplinary team effort can accelerate research
progress in areas suited to this approach. It also can help to hasten the
transition of research findings to practical application. By supporting team
efforts, the multidisciplinary URI complements other Department programs that
support university research principally through single-investigator awards.
The awards are the result of the FY 1995 competition under the
multidisciplinary URI. Proposals were sought in 14 areas of importance to the
Department:
. Optoelectronics for Broadband Communications
. Computational Geometry for Intelligent Systems
. Manufacturable, Power-Switching Devices
. Functionally Tailored Textile Fabrics
. Autonomous Oceanographic Sampling Networks
. Materials and Processing at Nanometer Scale
. Novel Energetic Materials to Stabilize Rockets
. Low-Power, Low-Noise Electronics
. Reduced-Signature Target Recognition
. Therapeutics for Advanced Trauma Care
. Intelligent Turbine Engines
. Advanced Biosensor Arrays
. Advanced Optical Materials
. Computational Electromagnetics
To promote transition of research findings to application, a factor in
selecting proposals for funding was the quality of proposers' plans for
collaborating with industrial organizations. Proposers were allowed to propose
subawards to industrial organizations with a caveat that awarded funds were
expected to vest substantially with the academic institutions. Six of the 27
awards announced today include a subaward to an industrial organization.
The awards will be made by the five research offices that conducted the
competition: the Army Research Office, Office of Naval Research, Air Force
Office of Scientific Research, Advanced Research Projects Agency, and
Innovative Science and Technology Office of the Ballistic Missile Defense
Organization. The awards are subject to the successful completion of
negotiations between the academic institutions and the five research offices.
Media may obtain the list of winning proposers from the Directorate for Defense
Information, room 2E765, Pentagon, (703) 697-5131. Others may call (703)
697-5737.
list of winning proposers
PRINCIPAL AWARDING
INVESTIGATOR INSTITUTIONS (Subawardees asterisked) STATE BRIEF TITLE AGENCY
R. K. Bajcsy University of Pennsylvania PA Algorithmics of Motion ARMY
* Stanford University CA
J. Bellingham Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA Real-Time Oceanography/Autonomous Ocean Sampling NAVY
* Woods Hole Oceanographic MA
Institution
* University of Washington WA
* Northeastern University MA
J. E. Bowers University of California-Santa Barbara CA Optoelectronics Switching ARPA
* Rockwell International CA
Science Center
D. Castanon Boston University MA Reduced-Signature Target Recognition AIR FORCE
* Massachusetts Institute of MA
Technology
* University of Michigan MI
* New York University NY
* University of Minnesota MN
* Stanford University CA
* Northeastern University MA
W. Chew University of Illinois IL Computational Electromagnetics of Complex AIR FORCE
Structures
* University of Delaware DE
* University of Minnesota MN
* Massachusetts Institute of MA
Technology
* Pennsylvania State University PA
* University of Texas-Austin TX
F. P. Choa University of Maryland-Baltimore MD Broadband, Optical Switching ARPA
* Polytechnic University NY
J. Cooper Purdue University IN Manufacturable Power Switching Devices NAVY
* University of Texas-Austin TX
* Howard University DC
* Rensselaer Polytechnic NY
Institute
* CREE Research Corporation NC
L. A. Crum University of Washington WA Acoustic Hemostasis Device for Advanced Trauma ARPA
Care
* Focus Surgery, Incorporated CA
F. E. Culick California Institute of Technology CA Novel Energetic Materials to Stabilize Rockets BMDO
* Brigham Young University UT
* Emory University GA
* Georgia Institute of GA
Technology
* Pennsylvania State University PA
* University of Central Florida FL
* University of Delaware DE
* University of Tennessee TN
* University of AL
Alabama-Huntsville
L. Dalton University of Southern California CA Materials and Processing at the Nanometer Scale AIR FORCE
* California Institute of CA
Technology
* University of California-Los CA
Angeles
* State University of New NY
York-Buffalo
* North Carolina State NC
University
* Cornell University NY
P. Delfyett University of Central Florida FL Optical Amplifiers for Broadband ARPA
Telecommunications
R. Ghadiri Scripps Research Institute CA Design of Biosensor Arrays NAVY
* California Institute of CA
Technology
* University of California-San CA
Diego
A. Gopinath University of Minnesota MN Components for Broadband Optical Communications ARPA
* Columbia University NY
G. I. Haddad University of Michigan MI Low Power/ Low Noise Electronics ARMY
* University of Colorado CO
T. Itoh University of California-Los Angeles CA Low-Power/Low-Noise Electronics for Mobile ARMY
Communications
* University of California-San CA
Diego
* Rockwell International CA
Science Center
R. Kleinman University of Delaware DE Analysis & Design of Electromagnetic Fields AIR FORCE
* University of Illinois IL
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute VA
* Polytechnic University NY
* Colorado School of Mines CO
* New Jersey Institute of NJ
Technology
* City University of New York NY
* University of Arizona AZ
* Boston University MA
* Massachusetts Institute of MA
Technology
H. Krier University of Illinois IL Combustion Stability for High Energy Solid BMDO
Propellants
* City College of New York NY
* Princeton University NJ
* Pennsylvania State University PA
* University of Central Florida FL
* University of Utah UT
* University of New Orleans LA
P. Kumar Northwestern University IL Integrated Devices for Optical Networks ARPA
G. Lopez University of New Mexico NM Integrated, Multi-Analyte Chemical Microsensors NAVY
* Commonwealth Biotechnology, VA
Incorporated
E. M. McPherson North Carolina State University NC Functionally Tailored Fibers and Fabrics Research ARMY
* University of Akron OH
* Drexel University PA
S. Pearton University of Florida FL Nanoscale Devices and Novel Engineered Materials AIR FORCE
* Florida State University FL
* University of California-San CA
Diego
N. Peyghambarian University of Arizona AZ Nonlinear Optical Polymers and Molecular NAVY
Assemblies
F. P. Preparata Brown University RI Applicable and Robust Geometrical Computing ARMY
* Johns Hopkins University MD
* Duke University NC
J. H. Shapiro Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA Optoelectronic Components for Optical Networks ARPA
S. Tripathy University of Massachusetts MA Macromolecular Architectures for Optical NAVY
Materials and Processes
D. Walt Tufts University MA Chemical Sensing Based on the Olfactory System NAVY
* Molecular Devices, CA
Incorporated
* Columbia University NY
* Harvard University MA
* Pennsylvania State University PA
B. T. Zinn Georgia Institute of Technology GA Intelligent Turbine Engines ARMY
