Topic
Advanced Bioprogrammable Nanomaterials
Northwestern (partnered with AFRL Materials & Manufacturing and Airman Systems)
FY15
FY19
Sofi Bin-Salamon
Wallace Patterson & Chad Mirkin
Multi-Fidelity Modeling of Rocket Combustor Dynamics
University of Michigan/Massachusetts Inst of Tech/Purdue Univ/Univ of Wisconsin (partnered with AFRL Aerospace Systems)
FY17
FY22
Mitat Birkan
Karthik Duraisamy
Human-Machine Teaming and Trust
Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute (partnered with AFRL Airman Systems)
FY18
Richard Riecken
Katia Sycara
Machines, Algorithms and Data Lab (MADLab): A University Center of Excellence in Efficient and Robust Machine Learning
University of Wisconsin/Toyota Technological Inst-Chicago (partnered with AFRL Information)
Eric Blasch
Robert Nowak
Epitaxial, high field strength materials
Cornell University (partnered with AFRL Sensors and Materials & Manufacturing)
FY23
Ali Sayir
Michael Thompson
Assured Autonomy
University of Florida (partnered with AFRL Munitions, Sensors, and Space Vehicles)
FY24
Fred Leve
Warren Dixon
Data-Driven Discovery of Optimized Multifunctional Material Systems
Carnegie Mellon University (partnered with AFRL Materials and Manufacturing)
Martin Schmidt (Acting)
Elizabeth Holm