Funding | Rice Wireless

Rice to Lead $15M Army Research Center for Next-Generation Sensing and Communications

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Rice University has received a $15 million Army Research Office award to establish CLASSIC (Center for Large Aperture Secure Sensing, Imaging and Communications) — a five-year research center focused on secure sensing, imaging, and communications. The center will develop advanced antenna technologies, particularly extremely large-scale antenna arrays (ELSAAs), through collaborative research across multiple institutions and disciplines. CLASSIC is directed by Edward Knightly with Ashutosh Sabharwal as co-principal investigator.

'Legos for Wireless Research': Rice-Led University Consortium Tackles the Future of Wireless with $4.5M NSF Award

Thu, 15 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Rice University has received a $4.5 million NSF award to develop , an open-access software-defined radio platform supporting multiple spectrum bands simultaneously. The modular system will let researchers across wireless networking, sensing, and imaging prototype 6G technologies without building expensive custom equipment for each experiment. The project is led by Ashutosh Sabharwal with co-PIs Joseph Cavallaro and Rahman Doost-Mohammady.

Three NSF Grants Support the Future of Wireless

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Three collaborative National Science Foundation grants awarded to electrical and computer engineer Ashu Sabharwal will support his Rice University lab’s work on developing tools and techniques to advance next-generation wireless communications.

Three NSF Grants Support the Future of Wireless

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000