NSF Grant Awarded to Professor Weber
Steve Weber (PI, ECE), Jeffrey G. Andrews (Co-PI, UT-Austin), and Nihar Jindal (Co-PI, U-Minnesota) were recently awarded an NSF grant for the program Theoretical Foundations of Communication entitled, “Collaborative Research: Cognitive Ad Hoc Networks: Capacity Optimization through Local Adaption.” The aim is to identify the value of local information and coordination in seeking to maximize information flow in an ad hoc network, as well as identify the relative values of adaptation in time, space, frequency, and code.  The budget for this three year project is $350,000.

NSA Grant Awarded to Professors
Prof. Mun Choi (MEM), Prof. Moshe Kam (ECE), and Prof. Kapil Dandekar (ECE) were recently awarded a NSA grant entitled, “Information Assurance Scholarship Program and Institutional Capacity Building.”  This program will support two graduate students (ECE and IST) and provide funds to develop an anechoic chamber for telecommunications and networking research.  The budget for this one year project is $214K.

NSF Grant Awarded for Sensor Research
Steve Weber (PI, ECE), Harish Sethu (Co-PI, ECE), and Jaudelice de Oliveira (Co-PI, ECE) were recently awarded an NSF grant for the program NeTS Networks of Sensor Systems (NOSS) entitled, “Analysis and Design for Heterogeneous Sensor Networks.”  This project focuses on the design, control, and performance of sensor fields consisting of nodes equipped with a suite of dynamically controllable transducers; the project is motivated by open questions regarding implications of transducer heterogeneity in sensor networks, specifically on placement and topology control algorithms, data gathering and dissemination strategies, and data fusion methods.  The budget for this three year project is $325,000.

DOD/ONR Grant Awarded
Peter Herczfeld (PI, ECE), Yifei Li (Co-PI, ECE), and Arye Rosen (Co-PI, ECE) were recently awarded a Dept. of Defense, Office of Naval Research DARPA grant entitled “Coherent Fiber-optic Link.” The purpose of this research is to design components for and demonstrate high dynamic range analog fiber-optic link for radar and communications. The budget for this 1-year project is $1,036,000.

DARPA Grant Awarded
Spiros Mancoridis (CS) and Moshe Kam (ECE)  were awarded a DARPA grant entitled "Situation-Aware Protocols in Edge Network Technologies, Phase 2." The purpose of this research is to improve the performance of defense computer applications that degrade due to constantly changing network conditions, and increase by an order of magnitude the availability of those applications to the warfighter.  Drexel is performing this project as a subcontractor for Lockheed Martin, and the amount of the contract for Phase 2 (18 months) is $818K.

PA Education Grant Awarded
Prof. Mun Choi (MEM), Prof. Mary Jo Grdina (School of Ed), and Joanne Ferroni (MEM) were recently awarded a State of PA education grant entitled, “Math and Science Partnerships with the School District of Philadelphia.”  Through this program, middle school teachers are trained in the topics of Solar Energy and Landforms through experiential learning.  This activity is also an excellent example of our involvement with the community and local school districts. The budget for this one year project is $95K.