Q: What kind of success has IDCAST had?

• IDCAST has created 251 new jobs, as well as, gathered $98 million in research and $6.2 million for commercialization. It has also created three Ohio startup companies.
   

Q: What areas does IDCAST focus on?

• Remote Sensing
• CBRNE (Chemical-Biological-Radiological-Nuclear-Explosive Sensing)
   

Q: What markets does IDCAST serve?

• Safety and Security
• Environmental
• Bio-medical
• Aerospace
   

Q: What facilities expertise does IDCAST have to offer?

• IDCAST offers a 50,000SF Wetlab and expertise in lasers, large format displays, large data storage, electronics, and FPGA.
   

Q: What kind of sensor test beds does IDCAST have to offer?

• RADAR, LADAR, IR, Visualization, Terahertz, EO, Human Signatures, and Reconfigurable Computing.
   

Q: What kind of sensing does IDCAST research?

• IDCAST focuses on layered sensing in the areas of persistent surveillance, wide-area surveillance, CBRNE sensing, data compression, and high throughput computing.

Q: What is ORACLS?

• ORACLS stands for the Ohio Academic Research Cluster for Layered Sensing and has twelve endowed chairs in layered sensing. There are six universities involved with this group: University of Dayton, Miami University, Ohio State University, Wright State University, University of Cincinnati, and Central State University.
   

Q: What areas of research does ORACLS focus on?

• ORACLS performs research in RADAR, LADAR, Terahertz, wide area surveillance, sensor exploitation, image processing, sensor systems integration, bio markers, chem-bio sensing, electro-chemistry, nano-sensors, and electronic bandgaps.
   

Q: What is the Center for UAV Exploitation (CUE)?

• The Center for UAV Exploitation focuses on payload integration initiatives for UAVs under 150 pounds. Located at AFRL Center for Rapid Product Development at  Tec^Edge Works, CUE focuses on improving UAV sensors, communications, vehicle and sensor control, and payload power.