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Dr. Edoardo Airoldi, Harvard University
Proposal Title: Measuring and understanding information and behavioral patterns for planning and executing
Dr. Sonia Chernova, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Proposal Title: Multi-Representational Learning from Demonstration through Sequential User Study Development
Dr. Laura L. Colgin, University of Texas at Austin
Proposal Title: Do Separate Slow and Fast Variants of Gamma Oscillations Differentially Affect Neural Computation?
Dr. Andreas Fahlman, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Proposal Title: Lung Mechanics in Marine Mammals
Dr. Yun Raymond Fu, Northeastern University
Proposal Title: Deep Structures Boosted Self-Organized Behavior Pattern Learning for Anomaly Detection
Dr. Jin-Oh Hahn, University of Maryland
Proposal Title: Control Algorithms and Test Beds for Automated Critical Care System
Dr. Clifton R Haider, Mayo Clinic
Proposal Title: In Vitro Optical Characterization of Blood Gas Kinetics in Diving: Towards a Real-Time, Quantitative Dive Monitoring System
Dr. Neal Hall, University of Texas at Austin
Proposal Title: Femto-Photonics: Towards Micromachined Underwater Acoustic Vector Sensors with Optoelectronic Readout
Dr. Antonios Kontsos, Drexel University
Proposal Title: Identification of Fatigue Precursors for Multi-scale NDE & Prognostics
Dr. Michael Kudenov, North Carolina State University
Proposal Title: Passive Standoff Super Resolution Imaging using Spatial-Spectral Multiplexing
Dr. Javad Lavaei, Columbia University
Proposal Title: Graph-Theoretic Algorithm for Solving Polynomial Optimization with Applications to Energy Systems and Distributed Control Systems
Dr. Adrian KC Lee, University of Washington
Proposal Title: Capturing Neural Biomarkers of Auditory Attention
Dr. Chunlei Liang, George Washington University
Proposal Title: High-Fidelity Simulations of Fluid-Structure Interaction for Leatherback Sea Turtle Inspired Propulsion
Dr. Kevin Maki, University of Michigan
Proposal Title: Extreme Operation Modeling for the Design of Naval Platforms
Dr. Abhay Pasupathy, Columbia University
Proposal Title: Electronics from One-dimensional Nanostructures of Two-Dimensional Materials
Dr. Mina Rais-Zadeh, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Proposal Title: Acoustic Phonons and Their Interactions with Electrons in Gallium Nitride Ultra-fast Ultra-scaled Resonators
Dr. Michael Sangid, Purdue University
Proposal Title: Relationships between the Galvanic Driving Force and Strain Energy Density Accumulation
Dr. Georg Seelig, University of Washington
Proposal Title: Self-Patterning DNA Materials
Dr. Jeffrey Tabor, Rice University
Proposal Title: Engineering Probiotics that Improve Warfighter Performance by Maintaining Lean Body Mass and Inhibiting Anxiety
Dr. Stephanie TerMaath, University of Tennessee
Proposal Title: Probabilistic Multi-Scale Damage Tolerance of Composite Patches for Naval Aluminum Alloys
Dr. Jason Valentine, Vanderbilt University
Proposal Title: Dielectric Based Optical Metamaterials
Dr. Michail Zavlanos, Duke University
Proposal Title: Distributed Real-Time Optimization of Mobile Wireless Networks
Dr. Roseanna Zia, Cornell University
Proposal Title: Structure, Dynamics, and Nonlinear Mechanical Response of Kinetically Arrested Particle Suspensions
Dr. Xuanhe Zhao, Duke University
Proposal Title: Harnessing Extraordinary Surface and Bulk Properties of Graphene-Polymer Nanocomposite for Advanced Naval Coating
More About the Program
- Learn how to apply, deadlines and eligibility requirements
- Download this list of 2014 winners
- Review other sponsored research opportunities with the Department of the Navy and the Office of Naval Research