Young Faculty Award (YFA)
Abstract
The goal of the Young Faculty Award (YFA) program is to encourage new faculty members at academic institutions to participate in sponsored research programs that will augment capabilities for future defense systems. This program focuses on speculative technologies for greatly enhancing microsystems technologies, innovative information technologies, and defense sciences. The long-term goal for this program is to develop the next generation of academic scientists, engineers, and mathematicians in key disciplines who will focus a significant portion of their careers on DoD and National Security issues. Current activities include research in twelve topic areas: Quantum Science and Technology; New Physical Methods for Biological Characterization and Control; Mathematics; Structural Materials; Functional Materials; Power and Energy; Advanced Electronics; Micro/Nano Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS/NEMS); Photonics and Lasers; Digital Direct Manufacturing; Neuroscience; and Computational and Quantitative Social, Decision, and Behavioral Sciences. For YFA 2012 a new topic on Robotics will be added and the three historic materials science and power & energy topics will be replaced with three revised materials science topics. A key aspect of the YFA program is DARPA-sponsored military visits; all YFA Principal Investigators are expected to participate in one or more military site visits to help them better understand DoD needs.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2013
- Source ID
- 3951f90b54256dbc90526ee0132925f1