Dr. Kaushallya Adhikari, Louisiana Tech University Information Theoretic Design of Sparse Arrays and Adaptive Algorithms to Maximize Detection in Real Sonar Systems
Program Officer: Dr. Michael Traweek, Maritime Sensing
Dr. Elaheh Ahmadi, University of Michigan Ultra-scaled Channel N-polar GaN High Electron Mobility Transistors on on-axis GaN and SiC Substrates for Next Generation of Wireless Technology
Program Officer: Dr. Paul Maki, Electronic Devices, RF Semiconductors and Amplifiers
Dr. Turan Birol, University of Minnesota First Principles Study of Ferroelectricity in Novel Systems
Program Officer: Dr. Wallace Smith, Acoustic Transduction Materials and Devices
Dr. Tal Cohen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Understanding Extreme Response and Damage of Biological Materials
Program Officer: Dr. Timothy Bentley, Naval Force Health Protection
Dr. Jia Deng, Princeton University Symbolic Reasoning meets Deep Learning: Toward Building Machines that Think
Program Officer: Dr. Behzad Kamgar-Parsi, Machine Learning, Reasoning and Intelligence
Dr. Anca Dragan, University of California, Berkeley A Unified Framework for Inferring Rewards from Diverse Types of Human Feedback
Program Officer: Dr. Behzad Kamgar-Parsi, Machine Learning, Reasoning and Intelligence
Dr. Keary Engle, Scripps Research Institute Selective Alkene Functionalization as a Platform for Energetic Materials Development
Program Officer: Dr. Chad Stoltz, Advanced Energetic Materials
Dr. Brendan Englot, Stevens Institute of Technology Distributional Reinforcement Learning for Safe Autonomous Navigation
Program Officer: Mr. Marc Steinberg, Science of Autonomy
Dr. Pedram Hassanzadeh, Rice University Using Artificial Intelligence and Inexact Computing to Improve Modeling of Multi-scale, Multi-physics, Chaotic Dynamical Systems with Applications to Weather Predictions
Program Officer: Dr. Reza Malek-Madani, Applied and Computational Analysis
Dr. Marta Hatzell, Georgia Institute of Technology Electric Eel Inspired Energy Generation to Enable Underwater Artificial Gills
Program Officer: Dr. Sandra Chapman, Undersea Medicine and Performance
Dr. Adele Igel, University of California, Davis Microphysical Modeling and Detection of Marine Fog
Program Officer: Dr. Ronald Ferek, Marine Meteorology and Space
Dr. Adam Kaufman, University of Colorado Scalable Metrologically-Useful Entanglement with Ytterbium Tweezer Arrays
Program Officer: Dr. Roberto Diener, Quantum Information Science
Dr. Arka Majumdar, University of Washington NEO-PGA: Nonvolatile Electro-Optically Programmable Gate Array
Program Officer: Dr. Brian Bennett, Electromagnetic Materials
Dr. Jacob McFarland, University of Missouri Droplet Breakup and Vaporization Effects in High-Speed Liquid-Fueled Combustion
Program Officer: Dr. Steven Martens, Power, Propulsion and Thermal Management
Dr. Melissa Moulton, University of Washington Remote Sensing and Forecasting of Coastal Exchange for Battlespace Awareness
Program Officer: Dr. Reginald Beach, Littoral Geosciences and Optics
Dr. Nikolaos Nikiforakis, Stony Brook University WebForecast: Analysis and Prediction of Web Application Updates
Program Officer: Dr. Ryan Craven, Cyber Security and Complex Software Systems
Dr. Dobromir Rahnev, Georgia Institute of Technology Assessing and Improving Military Personnel’s Metacognitive Ability
Program Officer: Dr. Ray Perez, Cognitive Science for Naval Adaptive Training
Dr. Lillian Ratliff, University of Washington Algorithmic Cooperation, Competition, and Collusion: Heterogeneous Multi-agent Learning
Program Officer: Mr. Marc Steinberg, Science of Autonomy
Dr. Jonathan Rivnay, Northwestern University 3D Assembly of Bidirectional Bioelectronic Scaffolds Towards Accelerated Tissue Repair
Program Officer: Dr. Laura Kienker, Biomaterials and Bionanotechnology
Dr. Madeleine Udell, Cornell University DREAMI: Dimension Reduction for Efficient Automated Machine Intelligence
Program Officer: Dr. Reza Malek-Madani, Applied and Computational Analysis
Dr. Baoxing Xu, University of Virginia Heat Transfer of Extremely Deformed Interface Nanomaterials
Program Officer: Dr. Mark Spector, Thermal Science and Engineering
Dr. Michael Yartsev, University of California, Berkeley Neural Computations Underlying the Utilization of Sensory Information in Spatial Navigation
Program Officer: Dr. Thomas McKenna, Computational Neuroscience
Dr. Andrea Young, University of California, Santa Barbara Topological van der Waals Metamaterials
Program Officer: Dr. Chagaan Baatar, Nanoscale Computing Devices and Systems
Dr. Jie Zhang, University of Texas at Dallas Deep Learning-based Reliability and Resilience Enhancement of Future Navy Ships and Their Integration into Power Networks under Extreme Events
Program Officer: Dr. Scott Coombe, Power & Energy Science and Technology
Dr. Peng Zhang, Michigan State University Multi-frequency High Power Microwave Generation and Amplification via Optically Gated Electron Beams
Program Officer: Mr. Ryan Hoffman, Directed Energy Weapons: High Power Microwaves
