2027 Research topics- Published

Foundational Technologies (RE)
Topic #Topic TitleContact
RE27-1Self-Healing Elastomers for Extreme EnvironmentsAnesia Auguste
RE27-2Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) Characterization via Event-Based Imaging in Wind and Water TunnelsAbigail Juhl
RE27-3Wide and Ultra-Wide Bandgap Materials for Extreme Environment ApplicationsAdam T. Neal
RE27-4Environmental Assisted Cracking in Third Generation AA7XXXAndrew Rosenberger
RE27-5Knowledge Graphs for Materials ResearchBenji Maruyama
RE27-6Using Ordered Bacteria to Make Air Force Relevant MaterialsClaretta J. Sullivan
RE27-7Understanding onset of damage in multifunctional vitrimer nanocompositeDhriti Nepal
RE27-8Physics and Machine Learning for Polymer Materials DesignJeffrey G. Ethier
RE27-9Multiscale Simulation Methods for the Design of Performance-Optimized Composite Material ArchitecturesMichael Keith Ballard
RE27-10Synthesis and Integration of Quantum Light Sources and Quantum SensorsLuke Bissell
RE27-11Ab Initio Modeling of Point Defects for Quantum Information ScienceLuke Bissell
RE27-12Synthetic Biology for Biomaterials DevelopmentMichael S. Carter
RE27-13Spin-Based Qubits for Quantum SensingMichael Newburger
RE27-14Topological Modification of Magneto-Acoustic InteractionsMichael Newburger
RE27-15Quantification of Ceramic ConstituentsMathew J. Schey
RE27-16Automation and autonomy for materials/alloy discovery and developmentMegna Shah
RE27-17Human-Robot Collaboration for Manufacturing through Natural InteractionsNathan Hertlein
RE27-18Design of Adaptive Material Networks for Sensing, Actuation and Physical ComputingPhilip Buskohl
RE27-19Self-driving lab for nanomaterials processingRahul Rao
RE27-20Investigations of the Processing Challenges of Ceramic and Ceramic Matrix Composite StructuresRodney Trice
RE27-21Ultra-wide bandgap (UWBG) materials for electronics and optoelectronicsShin Mou
RE27-22Understanding Polyimide Hygrothermal Stability via Molecular DynamicsVikas Varshney
RE27-23Advanced Temperature Measurement Methodologies for Oxidizing Refractory MaterialsCharis I. Lin
Information & Spectrum Warfare (RF)
RF27-1Quantum Entanglement of Photonic States to Advance Quantum Imaging
RF27-2Electronic-grade dielectric integration for high-power, high frequency electronic devicesAhmad E. Islam
RF27-3Rydberg Arrays for Enhanced RF Direction FindingSaba Mudaliar
RF27-4Simulation of Second Order Effect Signatures of Integrated CircuitsChristian Eakins
RF27-5SDR Technology for Cognitive Phased-Array Applications
RF27-6Autonomous Control of Software-Defined Digital Arrays
RF27-7Sensor Resource Management and Scheduling for Multimodal Sensor SystemsKara Combs
RF27-8Improving Multi-Task Foundation Models for Dynamic Signal Processing for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) MissionsKara Combs
RF27-9Collaborative Cognitive AI Agents for Semantic World Modeling and Intent PredictionKara Combs
RF27-10Novel Semiconductor Laser DevelopmentRicky Gibson
RF27-11Infrared Photonic Crystal Laser Development
RF27-12Infrared Event Based Sensing
RF27-13PROSODI: Paralinguistic Radar Observation for Semantic Operational State Detection and Intent Characterization — Adapting Multimodal Vocal Emotion LLMs for Cognitive RF Sensing
RF27-14Global Navigation Satellite Systems Monitoring for Assured NavigationMark Carroll
RF27-15Realization of Time-evolving Dynamic Sea surface for Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) ImagingWoo-Yong Jang
RF27-166DOF Motion Vessel Classification & Characterization for Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)Edgard Zea
RF27-17Coupled Photonic Oscillators for Enhanced Sensitivity
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