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Research Funding<\/h1>\n

Active Projects:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Ismail Guvenc (PI), Rudra Dutta (Co-PI), Mihail Sichitiu (Co-PI), Brian Floyd (Co-PI), Thomas Zajkowski (Co-PI), “PAWR Platform AERPAW: Aerial Experimentation and Research Platform for Advanced Wireless”, NSF CNS-1939334, $7.8M, 9\/1\/2019 – 8\/31\/2024. [<\/span>Project Website<\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Ismail Guvenc (PI), “NeTS: Small: Collaborative Research: NSF-NSERC: 3D HARMONY: Artificial Intelligence Enabled Harmonious Wireless Coexistence for 3D Networks”, NSF CNS-2332835, $300K, 06\/01\/2024 – 05\/31\/2027.<\/li>\n
    3. Ismail Guvenc (PI), Mihail Sichitiu (Co-PI), “Near Real-Time Radio Intelligent Controller Based Secure and Resilient 3D Aerial Networks with Spectrum, Interference, and Handover Management”, Idaho National Labs, $400K, 08\/01\/2024 – 07\/30\/2027.<\/li>\n
    4. Ismail Guvenc (PI), Mihail Sichitiu (Co-PI), “Communication-Aware Dispersed Autonomy and Safety”, University of Colorado – Boulder (through NASA), $1.2M, 08\/01\/2025 – 07\/30\/2029.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n

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      Past Projects:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. I. Guvenc (PI), “Propagation Measurements and Modeling with Transparent Reflectors at Sub-6 (3.6-6 GHz) and mmWave (28 GHz) in Indoor Environments”, NSF BWAC I\/UCRC Core Project, $100K, 10\/2021 – 9\/2022.<\/li>\n
      2. Ismail Guvenc (PI), Jacob Adams (Co-PI), Alexandra Duel-Hallen (Co-PI), Brian Floyd (Co-PI), Mihail Sichitiu (Co-PI), “Phase II IUCRC North Carolina State University: Broadband Wireless Access and Applications Center (BWAC)”, NSF CNS-1916766<\/a><\/span>, $400,000, 9\/10\/2019 – 9\/9\/2023. [Project Website<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n
      3. Ismail Guvenc (PI) and Yavuz Yapici (Co-PI), “CNS Core: Small: Collaborative: Towards Surge-Resilient Hybrid RF\/VLC Networks”, NSF CNS-1910153, $248,814, 11\/1\/2019 – 10\/31\/2022. [Project Website]<\/li>\n
      4. M. Sichitiu, I. Guvenc (Co-PI), and B. Floyd, “Multi-Modal Communications for Reliable UAV (Unmanned aerial vehicle) and UGV (Unmanned ground vehicle) Connectivity”, NSF BWAC I\/UCRC Core Project, $50K, 10\/2021 – 9\/2022.<\/li>\n
      5. Ismail Guvenc (PI), “NeTS: Small: Collaborative Research: Improving Spectrum Efficiency for Hyper-Dense IoT Networks”, NSF CNS-1814727, $195K, 10\/1\/2018 – 9\/30\/2021. [Project Website<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n
      6. Ismail Guvenc (PI), \u201cHyper-spectral communications, networking and ATM as foundation for safe and efficient future flight: transcending aviation operational limitations with diverse and secure multi-band, multi-mode, and mmWave wireless links\u201d, NASA Federal Award NNX17AJ94A<\/a><\/span> (Subaward from University of South Carolina), $1.33M, 07\/2017 – 09\/2021.<\/li>\n
      7. Ismail Guvenc (PI), “Investigations on Current and Future 3GPP Channel Models And The Evaluation Of Various Existing MIMO Techniques With These Channel Models”, DOCOMO Innovations, Inc., $360K, 08\/15\/2016 – 06\/30\/2021.<\/li>\n
      8. Ismail Guvenc and Huaiyu Dai (Co-PIs), “An Innovative Secure millimeter wave (mmWave) Machine to Machine (M2M) Communication Network for Operating Drones”, Idaho National Labs, $660,000, 12\/18\/2018 – 9\/30-2021. [Project Website<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n
      9. I. Guvenc (PI), \u201c5G\/6G Network Planning Using Lidar-Generated 3D Models of Indoor\/Outdoor Spaces and Ray Tracing\u201d, $50K,1\/25\/2021 \u2013 3\/30\/2021.<\/li>\n
      10. I. Guvenc (PI), “Indoor Ray Tracing and Base Station Placement Optimization for mmWave Systems”, NSF BWAC I\/UCRC Core Project, $100K, 10\/2019 – 9\/2021. [Project Website<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n
      11. I. Guvenc (PI), M. Sichitiu (Co-PI), “Study on the High-Reliability and Low-Latency Communication Algorithm for Wireless Identification of Low-Altitude Small Drones”, Electronics and Technology Research Institute (ETRI), $80K, 5\/2020 – 11\/2020. [Internal Project Website<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n
      12. Ismail Guvenc (PI), “Collaborative: NeTS: Small: Towards Millimeter Wave Communications for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles”, NSF CNS-1618692<\/a><\/span>, 10\/01\/2016 – 09\/30\/2020, $119,952. [Project Website<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n
      13. I. Guvenc (PI), “Accurate Modeling of Indoor Environments Using a LiDAR for Efficient mmWave Network Planning and Understanding mmWave Propagation Channel Characteristics”, DOCOMO Innovations Inc., $50K, 02\/2020 – 07\/2020.<\/li>\n
      14. Mihail Sichitiu (PI) and Ismail Guvenc (Co-PI), \u201cEAGER: SC2: A Simple, Robust, and Flexible Framework for Collaborative Spectrum Sharing\u201d, NSF CNS-1738093, 4\/1\/2017 \u2013 3\/31\/2018, $100,000.<\/li>\n
      15. Ismail Guvenc (PI), “CAREER: Towards Broadband and UAV-Assisted Heterogeneous Networks for Public Safety Communications”, NSF CNS-1708352<\/a><\/span>, 04\/01\/2015 – 03\/31\/2020, $468,723. [Project Website<\/a>]<\/li>\n
      16. Arif Sarwat, Ismail Guvenc (Co-PI), \u201cTowards Resilient Smart Cities\u201d, NSF ACI-1541108<\/a><\/span>, 01\/01\/2016 \u2013 12\/31\/2019, $500,000.<\/li>\n
      17. Arif Sarwat, Ismail Guvenc (Co-PI), Kemal Akkaya, \u201cCPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Towards Secure Networked Cyber-Physical Systems: A Theoretic Framework with Bounded Rationality\u201d, NSF CNS-1446570<\/a><\/span>, 01\/01\/2015 \u2013 12\/31\/2017, $316,000. [Project Website<\/a>]<\/li>\n
      18. Ismail Guvenc (PI), Arindam Chowdhury, \u201cEARS: Collaborative Research: Pervasive Spectrum Sharing for Public Safety Communications\u201d, NSF AST-1443999<\/a><\/span>, 09\/15\/2014 \u2013 08\/31\/2017, $208,538. [Project Website<\/a>]<\/li>\n
      19. Nezih Pala, Ismail Guvenc (Co-PI), \u201cNeTS:SMALL: Collaborative Research: Multi-Element Illuminication for Mobile Free-Space-Optical Networks\u201d, NSF CNS-1422062<\/a><\/span>, 08\/15\/2014 \u2013 07\/31\/2017, $266,000. [Project Website<\/a>]<\/li>\n
      20. Ismail Guvenc (PI), \u201cCompressive Sensing for Improving Accuracy of Fingerprint based Indoor Localization\u201d, FIU Research Foundation, 08\/15\/2014 \u2013 12\/15\/2015, $100,000.<\/li>\n
      21. Ismail Guvenc (PI), \u201cToward Next Generation Public Safety Communication\u201d, Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award<\/a><\/span>, 06\/01\/2014 \u2013 05\/31\/2015, $5,000 (additional $5,000 match from FIU College of Engineering).<\/li>\n
      22. Ismail Guvenc (PI), \u201cNeTS: JUNO: Towards Energy-Efficient Hyper-Dense Wireless Networks with Trillions of Devices\u201d, NSF CNS-1406968<\/a><\/span>, 04\/01\/2014 \u2013 03\/31\/2017, $166,000. [Project Website<\/a>]<\/li>\n
      23. Ismail Guvenc, \u201cMPACT Research Group Membership Contribution\u201d, DOCOMO Innovations, Inc., Aug. 2012 \u2013 Dec. 2015, $20,000.<\/li>\n
      24. Yimin Zhu, Shu-Ching Chen, Thomas Spiegelhalt, Nezih Pala, Ismail Guvenc (Co-PI), \u201cOn Track to Carbon Neutral Buildings”, EPA P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity, and the Planet<\/a><\/span>, Aug. 2013-Aug. 2014, $15,000.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        Research Funding<\/h1>\r\n
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        1. Arif Sarwat, Ismail Guvenc (Co-PI), \u201cTowards Resilient Smart Cities\u201d, NSF ACI-1541108<\/span><\/span>, 01\/01\/2016 \u2013 12\/31\/2019, $500,000.<\/li>\r\n \t
        2. Ismail Guvenc (PI), \u201cCAREER: Towards Broadband and UAV-Assisted Heterogeneous Networks for Public Safety Communications\u201d, NSF CNS-1453678<\/span><\/span>, 04\/01\/2015 \u2013 03\/31\/2020, $452,723. [Project Website]<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
        3. Arif Sarwat, Ismail Guvenc (Co-PI), Kemal Akkaya, \u201cCPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Towards Secure Networked Cyber-Physical Systems: A Theoretic Framework with Bounded Rationality\u201d, NSF CNS-1446570<\/span><\/span>, 01\/01\/2015 \u2013 12\/31\/2017, $300,000. [Project Website]<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
        4. Ismail Guvenc (PI), Arindam Chowdhury, \u201cEARS: Collaborative Research: Pervasive Spectrum Sharing for Public Safety Communications\u201d, NSF AST-1443999<\/span><\/span>, 09\/15\/2014 \u2013 08\/31\/2017, $192,538. [Project Website]<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
        5. Nezih Pala, Ismail Guvenc (Co-PI), \u201cNeTS:SMALL: Collaborative Research: Multi-Element Illuminication for Mobile Free-Space-Optical Networks\u201d, NSF CNS-1422062<\/span><\/span>, 08\/15\/2014 \u2013 07\/31\/2017, $250,000. [Project Website]<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
        6. Ismail Guvenc (PI), \u201cCompressive Sensing for Improving Accuracy of Fingerprint based Indoor Localization\u201d, FIU Research Foundation, 08\/15\/2014 \u2013 12\/15\/2015, $45,000.<\/li>\r\n \t
        7. Ismail Guvenc (PI), \u201cToward Next Generation Public Safety Communication\u201d, Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award<\/span>, 06\/01\/2014 \u2013 05\/31\/2015, $5,000 (additional $5,000 match from FIU College of Engineering).<\/li>\r\n \t
        8. Ismail Guvenc (PI), \u201cNeTS: JUNO: Towards Energy-Efficient Hyper-Dense Wireless Networks with Trillions of Devices\u201d, NSF CNS-1406968<\/span><\/span>, 04\/01\/2014 \u2013 03\/31\/2017, $166,000. [Project Website]<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
        9. Ismail Guvenc, \u201cMPACT Research Group Membership Contribution\u201d, DOCOMO Innovations, Inc., Aug. 2012 \u2013 Dec. 2015, $20,000.<\/li>\r\n \t
        10. Yimin Zhu, Shu-Ching Chen, Thomas Spiegelhalt, Nezih Pala, Ismail Guvenc (Co-PI), \u201cOn Track to Carbon Neutral Buildings\u201d, EPA P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity, and the Planet<\/span><\/span>, Aug. 2013-Aug. 2014, $15,000.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-41","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/mpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/mpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/mpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/mpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/mpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/mpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2264,"href":"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/mpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions\/2264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/mpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}