Current Grants

Project Title	Agency	PI	Start	End	Award
Air Force Phase II Parallel Connected DC-DC Converters	APECOR	Batarseh	3/15/2003	3/14/2005	234,332
Hybrid Energy Transfer Power Factor Correction AC/DC Converters with Improved Efficiency	NSF	Batarseh	6/1/2002	5/30/2004	180,000
International: Innovative Maximum Power Tracking Controller Design for Solar Applications	NSF	Batarseh	5/15/2003	4/30/2005	35,000
U.S. - Jordan Cooperative Research: Application of the Bifurcation and Chaos Theory of Soft-Switching Power Factor Correction Circuits	NSF	Batarseh	3/15/2002	2/29/2004	25,500
US-Jordan Cooperative Research: Bifurcation and Chaos Theory as Applied to Power Electronic Circuits	NSF	Batarseh	9/1/2004	8/31/2005	28,000
Developing International: US-UAE Workshop: Recent Research and Education Activities in Power Electronics	NSF	Batarseh	9/1/2004	8/31/2005	25,500
Low Voltage DC-DC Converters with Improved Efficiency and Increased Power Density	Emerson Electric Company	Batarseh	8/19/2002	10/31/2004	1,033,725
		Chow
		Wu, Thomas
		Kapat
Active Dynamic Current and Output Impedance Compensator for Next Generation of Intel's Processors	Intel Corporation	Batarseh	12/4/2003	12/3/2004	100,201
		Wu, Thomas
Developing Interactive Applets for the Design of High-Frequency DC-DC Converters for Communication	APECOR	Batarseh	2/1/2004	1/31/2005	31,000
I4 Match: (APECOR) AF Phase II - I4	UCF/I-4	Batarseh	7/1/2003	6/30/2004	135,000
Developing Interactive Applets for the Design of High-Frequency DC-DC Converters for Communication	UCF/I-4	Batarseh	7/1/2003	6/30/2004	15,500
A Reliable, Effective and Compact Reverse Turbo Bryaton Cryocooler (RTBC) for Storage and Transport of Hydrogen in Spaceport and Space Vehicle Applications	UCF/FSEC	Chow	6/1/2002	9/30/2004	479,793
		An
		Chen
		Wu, Thomas
		Sundaram
		Ham
FHTC Phase II SBIR/STTR External Investment Program: Advanced Thermal Management	Rini Technologies, Inc.	Chow	7/1/2003	12/31/2004	30,602
		Sundaram
ONR STTR Phase II: Advanced Thermal Management of Very High Power Electronics	Rini Technologies, Inc.	Chow	6/1/2004	11/30/2005	150,000
		Sundaram
Security Technology for Electronic Article Surveillance	Sensormatic, Inc.	Coffey	3/1/2003	2/28/2005	60,000
		Sundaram
Development of Software Tool to Measure the Correlation on an OpenFlight Database and a CTDB Database	STRICOM	Cortes	3/26/2003	3/31/2005	64,589
		Schiavone
Ultra Wide Band (UWB) Sensor Web STTR Phase II	Intelligent Automation, Inc.	Cortes	11/14/2003	1/9/2005	46,079
		Schiavone
Bandwidth and Latency Implications of Integrated Training and Tactical Communication	STRICOM	DeMara	5/9/2002	9/30/2004	268,491
		Georgiopoulos
		Gonzalez, A.
Adaptive Fault Occlusion Through Competitive Run-Time Reconfiguration	NASA	DeMara	10/1/2004	9/30/2007	150,000
Rapid Development Process for QPSK Demodulator	Harris	Ejnioui, A.	12/1/2003	12/31/2004	15,000
Machine Learning Advances for Engineering Education	NSF	Georgiopoulos	8/15/2002	7/31/2005	416,851
		Gelenbe
		DeMara
		Gonzalez, A.
		Kysilka
		Mollaghasemi
		Wu, A.
Project EMD-MLR: Educational Materials Development through the Integration of Machine Research into the Senior Design Projects	Florida Institute of Tech.	Georgiopoulos	5/1/2004	4/30/2006	7,960
		Richie
		Wu, A
Acquisition, Preservation, and Reuse of Programmatic Knowledge	NSF	Gonzalez, A.	3/15/2004	2/28/2006	370,058
Learning Robotic Behavior from Observation of Human Performance	STRICOM	Gonzalez, A.	5/29/2002	5/31/2004	110,000
		DeMara
		Georgiopoulos
Single Molecule Detection and Friction Control in Artificially Structured Nanoshell Materials	Oak Ridge National Lab	Guo	8/3/2004	6/30/2006	31,818
		Qu
C-Star Polarimetric Microwave Radiometer Data Analysis	University of Alabama	Jones	2/17/2003	9/30/2004	25,165
Combined Active and Passive Remote Sensing of Rain Over Ocean and Terrain Geophysical Parameters	Jet Propulsion Laboratory	Jones	5/1/2000	4/30/2004	49,989
SeaWinds on ADEOS-II	Oregon State University	Jones	1/1/2002	12/31/2004	154,622
QuickSCAT Precipitation Mission - A GPM Pathfinder	NASA	Jones	9/15/2003	9/14/2006	210,000
		Kasparis
Advanced Scatterometer Simulation for Satellite Remote Sensing	Raytheon E-Systems, Inc.	Jones	7/1/2004	2/1/2006	30,000
Inter-Satellite Microwave Radiometric Calibration Study	US Naval Research Lab	Jones	1/1/2004	12/31/2004	25,084
Inter-Satellite Microwave Radiometric Calibration Study	US Naval Research Lab	Jones	1/1/2004	4/30/2006	100,084
		Kasparis
Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission (TRMM) Science	NASA	Jones	6/1/2000	5/31/2004	367,000
		Kasparis
Modeling and Simulation of Compact, Efficient Sonar Amplifiers	Engineering Acoustics, Inc.	Kasparis	6/1/2004	12/31/2004	16,187
		Batarseh
Single Camera Tracking of Debris Objects in a Semi-Stable Background	UCF/FSGC	Kasparis	6/1/2004	2/28/2005	15,440
Design and Development of Robust ESD Protection Structures	Intersil Corp.	Liou	11/25/2003	12/31/2004	40,000
Design and Development of Robust ESD Protection Structures	UCF/I-4	Liou	7/1/2003	6/30/2004	20,000
Isolated Top and Bottom Gate Junction Field-Effect Transistor Model for Computer Aided Circuit Design	Semiconductor Research	Liou	5/1/2003	4/30/2004	100,000
	Corp
Electrostatic Discharge Protection for Multi-Technology System on a Chip	National Institute of Standards & Techn	Liou	4/1/2004	10/31/2004	24,689
Reliability Study and Modeling of RF MOS for Wireless Applications	GlobespanVirata	Liou	4/13/2004	4/12/2005	30,000
Design and Simulation of Electrostatic Discharge Solutions for Multi-Technology System on a Chip	National Institute of Standards & Techn	Liou	9/24/2004	10/31/2005	248,290
NASA GSRP Fellowship for Derek Puccio	NASA	Malocha	8/1/2003	8/30/2005	48,000
Packaging Study for Multi-chip which include BAW or SAW Devices	The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, In	Malocha	7/1/2004	6/30/2005	120,000
NSF Fellowship for Patricia Sharek	NSF	Malocha	8/14/2002	8/31/2005	38,000
Passive Wireless Multi-Sensor Temperature and Pressure Sensing System Using Acoustic Wave Devices	Microsensor Systems, Inc.	Malocha	1/16/2004	1/14/2005	59,196
Avatar Representations of Human Players in Virtual and Live Simulations	STRICOM	Martin	5/29/2002	12/31/2004	38,839
		Schiavone
Adaptive, Automatic Target Recognition/Detection Algorithms	Lockheed Martin	Mikhael	2/17/2004	12/28/2004	30,000
Adaptive, Automatic Target Recognition/Detection Algorithms	UCF/I-4	Mikhael	2/17/2004	6/30/2005	20,100
Interference Cancellation and Efficient Bandwidth Utilization for Wireless Communications	GlobespanVirata	Mikhael	3/9/2004	3/31/2005	50,000
Interference Cancellation and Efficient Bandwidth Utilization for Wireless Communications	UCF/I-4	Mikhael	3/9/2004	6/30/2005	33,300
Robotics Advanced Testbed for Sensors (RATS)	STRICOM	Mulally	5/29/2002	5/31/2004	111,740
		Schiavone
		Dolezal
Space Mission Enhancements via Autonomous Robotic Systems	UCF/UF Space Research Initiative Program	Z Qu	7/1/2003	6/30/2004	155,000
		N Fitz-Coy
		Y Guo
		K Lin
		G Wiens
REU in Intelligent and Autonomous Robotic Systems	National Science Foundation	Qu	2004	2007	270,000
Automatic Reconfiguration and Control of Formation for Mobile Robots Operating in an Uncertain Environment: Phase 2	Florida High Tech Corridor Matching Fun	Qu	2004	2005	40,000
Automatic Reconfiguration and Control of Formation for Mobile Robots Operating in an Uncertain Environment: Phases 1 & 2	Lockheed Martin Corp.	Qu	2003	12/28/2004	66,000
Development of A Robotic Platform for Manufacturing and Automation	P&E Inc.	Qu	2004	2005	36,000
An Autonomous Wafer Verification Robotic System	Microtronic, Inc	Qu	4/1/2000	1/1/2007	202,242
Research in Power Systems Control	MJ Assoicates	Qu	8/1/1999	7/30/2005	5,250
RF-Automatic Reconfiguration & Control of Formation for Mobile Vehicles Operating in an Uncertain Environment	Lockheed Martin	Qu	4/1/2003	4/1/2005	25,000
Study and Analysis of Base Current Instability in InGaP/Ga as HBT's	AlcatelMartin	Qu	7/1/2004	9/1/2005	45,000
Redundant Optical Character Recognition	Doculex, Inc.	Richie	11/24/2003	11/23/2004	14,250
		Weeks
Development of Software Tool to Measure the Correlation on an OpenFlight Database and a CTDB Database	STRICOM	Schiavone	3/26/2003	3/31/2005	75,210
		Cortes
Joint Cluster Computing Center for Modeling and Simulation Research	NAVAIR Orlando TSD	Schiavone	2/10/2003	1/31/2004	100,570
		Cortes
Ultra Wide Band (UWB) Sensor Web STTR Phase II	Intelligent Automation, Inc.	Schiavone	11/14/2003	1/9/2005	58,579
		Cortes
UWB-PLT: Ultra-Wideband Position Location and Tracking in Live Simulation for Training in Emergency Response and Homeland Security	STRICOM	Schiavone	5/29/2002	12/31/2004	375,000
		Cortes
		Wahid
Robotics Advanced Testbed for Sensors (RATS)	STRICOM	Schiavone	5/29/2002	5/31/2004	38,260
		Dolezal
		Mullally
CAREER: Super Junction Power Semiconductor Devices	NSF	Shen	8/27/2004	6/30/2008	400,000
Evolutionary Development and Adaptive Control of Collaborative Agents	US Dept of Interior	Shumaker	6/18/2003	6/15/2006	200,000
		Wu, Thomas
Efficient Clustering and QoS Routing in Ad hoc Networks: An Approach Based on Random Graph Theory	UCF/OSR	Turgut	5/1/2003	4/30/2004	7,500
		Chatterjee
ADVANCE: Institutional Transformation, The Women Engineering Faculty Leadership Network	NSF	Wahid	8/1/2003	7/31/2006	119,119
Portable Blood Pressure Monitor	Harry Jackson, MD	Weeks	10/1/2003	3/15/2004	28,356
		Richie
2.5MW High Power Synchronous Generator System Modeling	Electrodynamics Associates Inc.	Wu, Thomas	8/1/2003	1/31/2004	14,198
RF Switch Filter Module and Duplexer Design	Triquint-Sawtek Inc.	Wu, Thomas	1/1/2004	12/31/2004	40,000
RF Switch Filter Module and Duplexer Design	UCF / I-4	Wu, Thomas	1/1/2004	12/31/2004	20,000
Robust 3D EM Modeling of Packages and Modules	SAWTEK, INC	Wu, Thomas	1/1/2004	12/31/2004	40,000
Robust 3D EM Modeling of Packages and Modules	UCF / I-4	Wu, Thomas	7/1/2003	6/30/2004	20,000
RF Loss Measurement for Pipeline Security - FloWatch911 Phase II	EMTEL	Wu, Thomas	11/1/2003	1/31/2006	50,000
Fast Solution Body of Revolution Coding	Harris Corporation	Wu, Thomas	9/9/2004	9/9/2005	25,000
Foveated Wide Field-of-View Imaging Sensor for Missile Warning/Tracking Using Adaptive Optics	US Army	Wu, Shin-Tso	2/1/2004	5/23/2005	881,704
		Wu, Thomas
VP Research-Lucent Tax Exemption	Lucent	Yuan	5/14/1999	6/30/2004	795,102
Total					10,198,064