The Draper Scholars Program emphasizes empowering students in key research areas to make the greatest impact. We encourage applicants to align their research with these topics.
Novel Sensing and Communications Concepts
Sensing and communications is fundamental to the programs Draper performs for all our Government and Commercial sponsors. We are interested in working with PhD students who will be developing fundamentally new approaches, and MS students who are applying known techniques to new problem spaces.
Technical Point of Contact
Dr. Joseph Hollman
jhollmann@draper.com
jhollmann@draper.com
Dr. Bob Tingley
rtingley@draper.com
rtingley@draper.com
Research Interests
Sensors Designed Specifically to be Processed by AI (vs. Humans)
- Maximize mission-relevant information capture while minimizing output data volume
- Adaptive collection behaviors based on understanding sensor outputs with local and mission contextual awareness
Space communications
- Enabling communication systems including deployable antennas and structures
Undersea sensing
- Novel concepts for extended range and/or reducing SWaP
Multi-Spatial Sensor Systems
- Distributed, coherent sensor arrays (requiring high-precision relative position knowledge)
- Multi-modal sensor systems
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