Improved Semantic Text Communication in Relay Networks
TS-073844 —
Current communication systems often struggle with efficiency and reliability, especially in noisy environments and varying relay positions. Traditional methods focus on exact message reconstruction, which can be resource-intensive and less effective for real-time applications. There is a growing n…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Arda, Enes; Kutay, Emrecan; Yener, Aylin
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Semantic Codeword Generation Using Pretrained Embeddings
TS-073842 —
In the era of 6G and beyond, efficient and robust communication of multimodal messages (text and images) is critical, especially in resource-constrained environments. Current methods struggle with noise robustness and codeword length, leading to inefficiencies and increased error rates. There is a…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Kutay, Emrecan; Yener, Aylin
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Personalized Over-The-Air Federated Learning with Personalized Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces
TS-073841 —
Current federated learning (FL) systems face significant challenges in efficiently aggregating model updates over wireless networks, especially in environments with diverse data and varying channel conditions. There is a critical need for a solution that enhances bandwidth efficiency, personalizat…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Mao, Jiayu; Yener, Aylin
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Vehicle-in-Virtual-Environment (VVE) Method for Autonomous Driving System Development and Evaluation
TS-073818 —
Autonomous and advanced driver-assistance systems require extensive testing across rare, hazardous, and edge-case scenarios to ensure safety and regulatory readiness. Existing approaches (pure simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, proving grounds, or public-road testing) each suffer from tradeoffs in …
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Guvenc, Levent; Aksun Guvenc, Bilin
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
Passive Joint DOA/FOA Sensing, Tracking, and Navigation with Unknown LEO Satellites
TS-073553 —
Positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) systems increasingly seek alternatives or complements to GNSS due to vulnerability to interference, jamming, and limited performance in challenged environments. While low Earth orbit (LEO) communication satellites offer strong signals and favorable geometr…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Kassas, Zak; Kozhaya, Sharbel
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
GNSS‑Denied LEO Navigation via Online Ephemeris Error Estimation
TS-073358 —
Reliable positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) in GNSS‑denied or disrupted environments remains a critical challenge for defense, transportation, and autonomous systems. While low Earth orbit (LEO) communications satellites offer powerful signals and rapid geometry changes, they are typicall…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Kassas, Zak; Watchi Hayek, Samer
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Long-Baseline Ephemeris Error Correction for LEO-Based PNT
TS-073339 —
Positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) resilience is increasingly critical as GNSS vulnerabilities become more apparent in contested, denied, or degraded environments. Low Earth orbit (LEO) communication satellites offer a promising alternative PNT source, but their utility is limited by poorly…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Kassas, Zak; Saroufim, Joe
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
A Novel Machine Learning Approach for Classification at the Network Edge
TS-073225 —
In today's world, we are increasingly using low-cost devices with limited resources (often referred to as "edge devices") which are supported by connected high-performance servers. However, these edge devices often can't handle complex tasks such as classifying data. To make this possible, we need…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Li, Chengzhang; Eryilmaz, Atilla; Ju, Peizhong; Shroff, Ness
- Licensing Officer: Giles, David
Multi‑Constellation Blind Beacon Estimation and Doppler Tracking for LEO‑Based PNT
TS-073212 —
Reliable positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) increasingly depends on access to resilient, high‑integrity signals. Traditional GNSS systems face vulnerabilities, including signal blockage, jamming, spoofing, and limited geometric diversity. Meanwhile, emerging low Earth orbit (LEO) megacons…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Kassas, Zak; Kanj, Haitham; Kozhaya, Sharbel
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Cognitive Opportunistic Navigation Using Unknown Reference Signals
TS-073173 —
Modern navigation systems increasingly rely on signals of opportunity such as 5G and LEO satellite downlinks, but these signals often lack public reference‑signal specifications, may be dynamic or on‑demand, and can suffer from severe Doppler effects. Conventional receivers cannot reliably acq…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Kassas, Zak; Neinavaie, Mohammad
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Robust Positioning and Navigation Using Low Earth Orbit Satellite Signals
TS-072827 — The Need
Current navigation systems, such as GNSS, face limitations in urban canyons, indoor environments, and areas with signal jamming or spoofing. The rapid proliferation of LEO satellite constellations presents an untapped opportunity for resilient, accurate positioning. However, leveraging thes…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Kassas, Zak
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
NeuroThread: Ultrathin Wire-Type Neurochemical Sensor for Real-Time CNS Monitoring
TS-071414 — The Need
Current neurochemical monitoring technologies are limited by bulky form factors, complex fabrication, and invasiveness, which restrict their clinical and research utility. Existing sensors often cause tissue damage, lack real-time resolution, and are costly to manufacture, impeding widespre…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Li, Jinghua; Liu, Tzu Li
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Low-Complexity Parallel Chien Search for Fast Error Correction
TS-071389 — The Need
As data rates and storage densities continue to increase across communication and storage systems, the demand for fast, power-efficient error correction becomes more critical. Traditional Chien search architectures, used in Reed-Solomon decoders, are often computationally intensive and inef…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Zhang, Xinmiao; Tang, Yok Jye
- Licensing Officer: Giles, David
VerDiff: Automated Vulnerability Version Detection for Open Source Security
TS-071385 — The Need
Open source software is foundational to modern development, yet it introduces significant security risks due to outdated dependencies and inaccurate vulnerability advisories. Public databases often fail to identify all affected versions of software, leaving organizations exposed. With vulne…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Anwar, Md Sakib; Lin, Zhiqiang; Yagemann, Carter
- Licensing Officer: Mess, David
Vectorized Channel Estimation and SINR Optimization for Ultra-Wideband Communications
TS-070631 — The Need
Ultra-wideband communication systems, including mmWave and optical wireless networks, demand highly accurate and low-latency channel estimation to maintain throughput and reliability. Existing methods, such as hybrid correlation and least squares estimators, suffer from high computational c…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Cai, Jian-Feng; Mao, Chongchang; Xian, Poline Y.; Xue, Ye; Zhang, Haiming
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
GPS Independent Lane Level Vehicle Localization
TS-069654 — Technology bundle containing T2025-148 and T2024-150.
The Need
Reliable vehicle localization is critical for autonomous and human-driven vehicles, especially in GPS-denied environments such as dense urban areas, tunnels, and off-road farms and construction sites. Current localization methods relying solely on GPS are prone to signal loss and inaccurac…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Javed, Nur Uddin; Ahmed, Qadeer
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Advanced LEO Satellite-Based Position, Navigation, and Timing Solutions
TS-069653 — Technology Bundle: T2025-053, T2025-055, T2025-056
The Need
Current global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) face significant challenges, including signal vulnerability to interference, limited coverage in urban and remote areas, and insufficient accuracy for high-precision applications. There is a critical need for more robust, accurate, and rel…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Kassas, Zak; Kozhaya, Sharbel
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Sustainability-Aware Management of Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) Fleets
TS-068477 — The Need
Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) are critical to modern, highly automated environments, operating 24/7 to optimize tasks, increase throughput, and meet demanding operational requirements. However, most task allocation and charging solutions focus solely on maximizing performance metrics like…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Brocanelli, Marco
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
A Method for Accurate Cross Band Channel Prediction
TS-068476 — The Need
Modern wireless networks, including 5G and future 6G systems, rely heavily on accurate channel prediction to ensure efficient and reliable communication. Frequency Domain Duplexing (FDD) systems face challenges in accurately predicting downlink channels from uplink channels, particularly in…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Banerjee, Avishek; Athreya, Kannan; Parthasarathy, Srinivasan
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
A Scalable Method for Minimizing Beam-Training Overhead in mmWave Communications
TS-068475 —
As mmWave technology becomes the backbone of 5G and other advanced communication systems, the demand for fast, reliable, and scalable beamforming solutions has surged. Traditional beam-training methods are computationally intensive and time-consuming, leading to delays in establishing high-quality…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Athreya, Kannan; Chen, Wei-Han; Liu, Xin; Parthasarathy, Srinivasan
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
Passive Optical-to-RF Conversion for Secure Eavesdropping on Optical Wireless Communication Systems
TS-068474 — The Need
As Optical Wireless Communication (OWC) systems become increasingly prevalent, there is a growing demand for innovative signal conversion techniques that enhance communication capabilities while addressing security vulnerabilities. Conventional methods of optical-to-RF signal conversion rel…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Liu, Xin; Song, Guanqun; Zhu, Ting
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
Self-Calibration Technique for mmWave Antenna Arrays Based on Everyday Communication Behaviors
TS-068472 — The Need
The increasing adoption of mmWave technologies in 5G, IoT, and other advanced communication networks highlights a critical need for cost-effective, efficient, and scalable antenna calibration solutions. Traditional calibration methods rely on expensive laboratory setups and specialized equi…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Athreya, Kannan; Chen, Wei-Han; Liu, Xin
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
Color Correction System for Accurate Colorimetric Smartphone Measurements
TS-066957 — The Need
Colorimetric tests and remote image analysis are used in a wide range of industrial and medical applications. Digital image-based measurements made with smartphones are a promising platform to quantify colors at low cost, but suffer from inconsistency and errors caused by lens quality, sen…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Dannemiller, Karen; Panescu, Jenny; Qin, Rongjun; Song, Shuang; Zhang, Guixiang
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
A Cybersecurity Vulnerability Prioritization System Including Identifying "Super-Critical" Vulnerabilities, predicting "Dark Host" Vulnerabilities, and Addressing Economic Costs
TS-066063 — Our cybersecurity vulnerability maintenance system stands as a pillar of modern security strategy, transforming reactive security measures into a preemptive defense mechanism. This integration of technology and economics ensures that your most critical assets are protected efficiently and effectively, making it an invaluable tool for any organization serious about security.
In today’s hyper-connected world, the escalation in cyber threats poses significant risks to organizational data and systems. Vulnerabilities within network infrastructures can lead to massive security breaches, as demonstrated by incidents like the 2017 Equifax hack. Effective vulnerability…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Allen, Theodore "Ted"; Liu, Enhao
- Licensing Officer: Giles, David
Deep Reservoir Computers for Precise Chaos Control
TS-065447 — The Need:
In the realm of nonlinear control engineering, managing systems with chaotic dynamics poses a significant challenge. Conventional methods often fall short in achieving precise control over such systems due to their complexity and unpredictability. There's a pressing need for a solutio…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Canaday, Daniel; Gauthier, Daniel; Griffith, Aaron
- Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
Introducing Revolutionary IC Chip Technology: Enhancing Cybersecurity with Physically Unclonable Functions
TS-065436 — The Need: In an era dominated by digital transactions and sensitive data exchanges, ensuring robust cybersecurity measures is paramount for individuals and organizations alike. Traditional methods of securing data often fall short in the face of sophisticated cyber threats, necessitating innovative …
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Gauthier, Daniel; Canaday, Daniel; Charlot, Noeloikeau; Pomerance, Andrew
- Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
A Modular, Zero-Dimensional Quantum Sensor
TS-065414 —
Innovations in the field of quantum information technology are paramount to addressing the escalating demand for advanced sensitive sensor applications. As these new technologies are poised to disrupt traditional sensing methodologies, there arises an urgent need for breakthroughs that allow for e…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Johnston-Halperin, Ezekiel; Gupta, Jay; Hamilton, Morgan; Kavand, Marzieh; Koll, Will; Perez-Hoyos, Ethel; Phillips, Zoe
- Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
Secure Your Digital Fortress: Revolutionizing Cybersecurity with Next-Gen PUF Technology
TS-065412 — The Need:
In contemporary cybersecurity landscapes, the conventional methods of employing Physically Unclonable Functions (PUFs) necessitate maintaining a secure challenge-response database. However, this practice poses significant security risks as access to this database could lead to the comprom…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Gauthier, Daniel
- Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
Monolithically Integrated Tunnel Junction-Based GaN Light Emitting Transistors
TS-065398 — Emissive display technologies (e.g., OLEDs) are display technologies that emit light directly to produce images. Unlike reflective displays, which rely on external light sources, emissive displays generate light, resulting in vibrant and high-contrast visuals. These next-generation displays are used in several applications, including mobile devices, AV/VR headsets, and wearable devices.
Although emissive displays are integrated into many electronic devices, they face some challenges. One of the primary issues is the integration of LEDs and electronic drivers when scaling into mesa dimensions. The mesa is a crucial parameter in display manufacturing as it determines the size of th…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Rajan, Siddharth; Jamal-Eddine, Zane; Joishi, Chandan "Chandan"; Rahman, Sheikh Ifatur
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Bio-Matched Horn: A Novel 1-9 GHz On-Body Antenna for Low-Loss Biomedical Telemetry with Implants
TS-065135 — The use of wearable health devices has more than tripled in recent years due to the ability of these products to collect health data to detect potential health events (e.g., heart attacks), manage chronic diseases, and track physical activity. Wearable technologies have been shown to decrease the nu…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Blauert, John; Kiourti, Asimina
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
Stretchable Broad Impedance Bandwidth RFID Tag Antenna
TS-064336 — Introducing innovative stretchable RFID devices with a broad impedance bandwidth, addressing the critical limitations of existing RFID systems in environments with variable characteristics.
Current passive UHF RFID systems falter in environments with fluctuating pressure, stress, and temperature due to their sensitivity to antenna deformation caused by changes in dielectric constant. A pressing need exists for stretchable RFID devices capable of operating seamlessly in diverse condit…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Burkholder, Robert; Kiourti, Asimina; Shao, Shuai; Volakis, John
- Licensing Officer: Zinn, Ryan
High-K Dielectric barriers to suppress internal photoemission photocurrents
TS-063471 —
In an increasingly digital world, the demand for efficient and reliable photodetectors is paramount. These devices are critical for a variety of applications, from medical imaging to defense systems. However, traditional photodetectors often struggle with low UV-visible rejection, limiting their e…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Rajan, Siddharth; McGlone, Joseph "Joe"; Wriedt, Nathan
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Monolayer Etching of Wurtzite GaN/AlGaN/AlN Using Cyclic O2 Plasma and Atomic Ga/Al Flux Exposure
TS-063466 —
In the rapidly evolving world of semiconductor technology, there is a growing demand for efficient and precise methods of etching Gallium Nitride (GaN)-based semiconductors. Traditional wet and dry etching processes often damage the GaN, compromising the quality and performance of the final produc…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Rajan, Siddharth; Dheenan, Ashok; Rahman, Sheikh Ifatur; Wriedt, Nathan
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
System and Method of Securing Vehicle-Pavement Interaction (Tago)
TS-063169 —
Road safety is a paramount concern. Unpredictable road conditions, such as bumps and uneven surfaces, can pose significant risks to drivers. There is a pressing need for a technology that can sense and alert drivers about these road surface conditions in real-time, enhancing safety and improving t…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Athreya, Kannan; Sun, Wei
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
Broadband Sliding-Mode Outphasing Power Amplifier with High Efficiency
TS-063155 —
With the rapid growth in modern communication, transmitter systems must use a wider fraction of the spectrum, to support the continuously increasing data rate. In addition, signals with large peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) are used in communication systems to increase the spectral efficiency. …
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Roblin, Patrick; Mikrut, Dominic
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
3D subwavelength photonic detector coupled with dielectric resonator antenna
TS-063055 — New LWIR detector combining a dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) with a semiconductor absorber for improved signal, noise, and speed performance
Long Wavelength Infrared (LWIR) detectors are crucial in various fields, but traditional detectors face significant drawbacks in terms of size, thermal noise, and coupling efficiencies. Current detectors use cryogenic cooling in the form of mercury cadmium telluride (MCT), a significant drawback d…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Krishna, Sanjay; Ball, Christopher; Kazemi, Alireza; Ronningen, TJ; Shu, Qingyuan
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Counterattacking Smart Contract Exploits: An Active Defense Approach
TS-063027 — The Need
Smart contracts have revolutionized the way transactions are conducted, but their unique nature makes them susceptible to exploitation. Despite extensive efforts in vulnerability identification, exploitable vulnerabilities persist, resulting in substantial financial losses. To mitigate thi…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Lin, Zhiqiang; Morales, Marcelo
- Licensing Officer: Mess, David
Antimonide based Separate Absorption Charge and Multiplication Avalanche Photodiode
TS-062892 — A room temperature, ultra-high gain (M=278, λ=1550 nm, V=69.5 V, T=296 K) linear mode avalanche photodiode (APD) on an InP substrate using a GaAs0.5Sb0.5/Al0.85Ga0.15As0.56Sb0.44 separate absorption charge and multiplication (SACM) heterostructure.
An APD is a semiconductor-based analog of the photomultiplier. APDs exploit the impact ionization phenomenon and transform infrared (IR) light (l > 850 nm) into photocurrent. APDs have wide applicability; however, existing APDs have insufficient sensitivity and relatively high excess noise an…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Krishna, Sanjay; Jung, Hyemin; Lee, Seunghyun
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
A Novel MIMO Architecture for Multi-user Power line communication
TS-062843 — This MIMO-PLC architecture is the first scalable MIMO architecture on a single power line. It improves the throughput for power line communication (PLC) by utilizing the existing power delivery infrastructure and allows for high data rates in rural areas.
Home networking and the Internet of Things (IoT), especially voice and video communications, require high throughput, reliable coverage, and sustainable connectivity. However, the performance is dramatically decreased when the wireless signals go through the walls and ceilings. The densely deploye…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Athreya, Kannan; Chen, Bo; Guruvenkata, Vivek; Sun, Wei
- Licensing Officer: Mess, David
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