Funding

2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | AJ Renold | Center for Applied Communications & Networks (CACN) | College of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts | Derek Ladd | Federal | Michael E. Fox | National Institute of Standards and Technology | Research | Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) | Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) | Walt Magnussen

Smart Communities, Smart Responders: An AI for IoT Prize Competition
February 1, 2022February 6, 2026

Smart Communities, Smart Responders: An AI for IoT Prize Competition Sponsor Department of Commerce – National Institute of Standards & Technology Researchers Walt Magnussen Michael Fox AJ Renold Technical Lead – Period of performance 02/2022 – 07/2024 Project Summary CACN (at the time ITEC) partnered with US Ignite, Texas A&M Institute for Data Sciences and…

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2021 | 2022 | 2023 | AJ Renold | Department of Defense | Derek Ladd | Federal | Michael E. Fox | Research | Walt Magnussen

USAF SBIR-Camp Mabry
October 8, 2021February 6, 2026

USAF SBIR-Camp Mabry Sponsor Wi-Fiber Researchers Walt Magnussen Technical Lead – Period of performance 10/2021 – 03/2023 Project Summary Under this agreement, CACN (at the time ITEC) is providing a testbed platform and support services to Wi-Fiber in support of their technology development efforts in the areas of CBRS UE, eNodeB, and 5G ORAN. Wi-Fiber,…

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2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | AJ Renold | Center for Applied Communications & Networks (CACN) | Derek Ladd | Federal | National Institute of Standards and Technology | Research | Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) | Walt Magnussen

Creating a Shared Public Safety Radio Data Set for Sharing and Analysis
September 1, 2021February 6, 2026

Creating a Shared Public Safety Radio Data Set for Sharing and Analysis Sponsor Department of Commerce – National Institute of Standards and Technology Researchers Walt Magnussen Technical Lead – Period of performance 09/2021 – 08/2024 Project Summary In September 2021, Texas A&M University was awarded more than $900,000 for the Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program:…

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2020 | 2021 | Federal | Research

AWARE Deploying Defenses for Cellular Networks
September 30, 2020February 6, 2026

AWARE Deploying Defenses for Cellular Networks Sponsor Department of Homeland Security Researchers Walt Magnussen Technical Lead – Period of performance 09/2020 – 09/2023 Project Summary Telephony systems are vital global communication infrastructures for critical sectors, but securing both legacy and future networks poses significant challenges. The University of Florida used CACN’s (at the time ITEC)…

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