SBIR/STTR Research Award
Preserving Rigorous Electromagnetic Structures using Topology Optimization (PRESTO)
Award amount
$179,965Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2024Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2024-07-26
- Contract end date
- 2025-04-28
- UEI
- RMG1AZ1ZH8Q7
- Solicitation number
- 24.A
- Topic code
- AF24A-T001
Research abstract
Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI), in collaboration with Virginia Tech., will develop a rigorous electromagnetic design suite that adapts low-profile planar electromagnetic structures onto doubly curved surfaces. This critical technology will be developed to support the Air Force’s need for high performance radio frequency technologies that can be placed at arbitrary locations on airborne platforms in order to enhance situational awareness in contested electromagnetic environments. The software suite, Preserving Rigorous Electromagnetic Structures using Topology Optimization (PRESTO) will enable the design and simulation of conformal metasurfaces that either mitigate the influence of substrate curvature or use the innate property of the system to enhance the electromagnetic modulation capabilities of metasurfaces to generate novel electromagnetic solutions with improved performance.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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- Modular Bypass Valve for Solid Fuel Ramjets
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Awards with the same topic code
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- Computer-Aided Tool Based on Solid Models for Wrapping Periodic Elements onto Doubly-Curved Surfaces
- MetaWrap Computer-Aided Tool for Wrapping Periodic Elements onto Doubly-Curved Surfaces
- MetaWrap: A CAD Tool for Metamaterial Lattice Wrapping at Scale
- Computer-Aided Tool for Wrapping Periodic Elements onto Curved Surfaces
- Computer-Aided Tool Based on Solid Models for Wrapping Periodic Elements onto Doubly-Curved Surfaces
Research funding history
1,763 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2026). Reported award amounts total $698,949,224. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency