Healthcare regimes shift more toward personalized medicine.
Globally wearable sensors will have an average compound annual growth rate of approximately 38% from 2017 to 2025.
The market value of wearables is currently more than $35B worldwide.
Challenges in WT
looks_two Adequate and lasting power to drive the technology of these devices
looks_3 Big data analytics to utilize and manage the steady stream of data generated by the devices
Status
UPR provides ~30% of the industry’s workforce. Demands for a more skilled and interdisciplinary workforce are high. For this reason, the human resources and workforce development components of CAWT are critical to the long-term vitality and prosperity of the Commonwealth.
The NSF EPSCoR Track 1 sponsored CAWT is providing the requisite research infrastructure and training, leading to new knowledge generation and improved academic research capacity necessary for human capital development in WT, economic rejuvenation, and stable long-term growth in PR.
CAWT News
NSF EPSCoR CAWT is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: CAWT-Wide seminar No. 11: Materials Innovation for Advanced Battery Materials via Computations
Time: Dec 7, 2023 10:00 AM Puerto Rico
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NSF EPSCoR CAWT is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Time: Oct 19, 2023 10:30 AM Puerto Rico
Dear Puerto Rico jurisdiction researchers,
The NSF RII Track-1 Center for the Advancement of Wearable Technologies (CAWT) is pleased to announce the following 2023-24 Jurisdictional Funding Opportunity: Interdisciplinary Research Group 1 (IRG1) – Engineering of Sensors and Biocompatible Technologies for Wearable Devices – Exploratory Funds Competition.
LINK: IRG 1 Exploratory Funds Competition Description 2023-2024 (Sep 2023)
LINK: 1-Year Budget Template – CAWT Exploratory Funds (1)
The objective of the exploratory research grants initiative within CAWT is to provide a “seed” funding mechanism for the development of novel and innovative ideas in targeted research areas. This in turn is meant to provide the means to obtain preliminary results for the fast track development of collaborative proposals between members of the jurisdiction, including those of the CAWT IRG1. Please find attached the competition full description and budget form for this call.
The deadline for submission of proposals is October 20, 2023.
Cordially,
Dr. Arturo J. Hernández-Maldonado
Project Director
Center for the Advancement of Wearable Technologies
Dear Puerto Rico jurisdiction researchers,
The NSF RII Track-1 Center for the Advancement of Wearable Technologies (CAWT) is pleased to announce the following 2023-24 Jurisdictional Funding Opportunity: Interdisciplinary Research Group 2 (IRG2) – Power Sources for Wearable Technologies – Exploratory Funds Competition.
The objective of the exploratory research grants initiative within CAWT is to provide a “seed” funding mechanism for the development of novel and innovative ideas in targeted research areas. This in turn is meant to provide the means to obtain preliminary results for the fast track development of collaborative proposals between members of the jurisdiction, including those of the CAWT IRG2. Please find attached the competition full description and budget form for this call.
The deadline for submission of proposals is September 30, 2023.
LINK: IRG2 Exploratory Funds Competition Description 2023-2024 (Aug 2023)
LINK: 1-Year Budget Template – CAWT Exploratory Funds
Cordially,
Dr. Arturo J. Hernández-Maldonado
Project Director
Center for the Advancement of Wearable Technologies
Dear Puerto Rico jurisdiction researchers,
The NSF RII Track-1 Center for the Advancement of Wearable Technologies (CAWT) is pleased to announce the following 2023-24 Jurisdictional Funding Opportunity: Interdisciplinary Research Group 3 (IRG3) – Big Data Driven Design and Analytics for Wearables – Exploratory Funds Competition.
The objective of the exploratory research grants initiative within CAWT is to provide a “seed” funding mechanism for the development of novel and innovative ideas in targeted research areas. This in turn is meant to provide the means to obtain preliminary results for the fast track development of collaborative proposals between members of the jurisdiction, including those of the CAWT IRG3. Please find attached the competition full description and budget form for this call.
The new deadline for submission of proposals is November 3, 2023.
LINK: IRG3 Exploratory Funds Competition Description 2023-2024 (Aug 2023)
LINK: 1-Year Budget Template – CAWT Exploratory Funds(1)
Cordially,
Dr. Arturo J. Hernández-Maldonado
Project Director
Center for the Advancement of Wearable Technologies
Registration <br> (https://forms.gle/CudqFampxYgeqibc6) is now open! Please complete the online form on or before April 3, 2023.
Estimados estudiantes del CAWT,
Registro de voluntarios del 4to simposio El Poder de la Mujer en la Ciencia a llevarse a cabo el día viernes, 31 de marzo de 2023.
Favor de acceder el siguiente enlace y completar el formulario a la brevedad:
LINK: Flyer SBIR con enlace
***DEADLINE EXTENSION***
Competition full description and budget form attached.
NSF EPSCoR CAWT is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
December 15 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
NSF EPSCoR CAWT is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Dear CAWT Researchers,
The NSF RII Track-1 Center for the Advancement of Wearable Technologies (CAWT) is pleased to announce the following Funding Opportunity: 2022 EXPLORATORY FUNDS COMPETITION TO SUPPORT INTEGRATIVE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.
Please find attached the competition full description and budget form for this call.
The deadline for submission of proposals is Wednesday, December 14th, 2022, at 5:00 PM or earlier.
Cordially,
Arturo J. Hernandez-Maldonado, PhD
Professor of Chemical Engineering and
Director of the Center for the Advancement of Wearable Technologies
Download: CAWT Wide Seminar Series 4 (Oct 2022)
Use of Deep and Machine Learning for PPG Signals Classification
Presenter: Dr. Heidy Sierra, IRG3/IRG1
Co-Moderators: Dr. Ram Katiyar, IRG2 Co-Leader and Dr. Roberto Delgado, IRG1 Post-doctoral Fellow
Friday, October 28, 2022║ 10:30 AM
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83362658470?pwd=YWdzNDZEaG5TVVNqVEFPVmp4Nm85dz09
Passcode: 058718
APPLICATION DEADLINE
August 10th, 2022,at midnight (Atlantic Standard Time)
The NSF EPSCoR Center for the Advancement of Wearable Technologies (CAWT) is accepting applications for Fall 2022 Fellowships (August to December). — > (LINK) < —
The funds granted will be used for research in the development of biosensors, artificial intelligence and materials and battery electrochemistry.
With approximately $20M to develop physical and human infrastructure in areas of wearable technology, UPR’s Center for the Advancement of Wearable Technology (CAWT), sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), grants seed money to 4 new professors for research in the three main areas of the proposal: sensors for medical applications, power for those sensors (development of batteries capable of keeping the sensor working) and artificial intelligence.
Doctors Abdelrahman Elsaid from the Department of Engineering and Computer Sciences at UPR Mayagüez, José Lugo-Martínez from the Department of Computer Sciences at Río Piedras, Camilo Mora from the Department of Chemical Engineering at UPR Mayagüez and Xianyong Wu from the Department of Chemistry at Río Piedras. UPR.EDU
CAWT Overview
The vision of the Center for the Advancement of Wearable Technologies (CAWT) is to (1) advance the fundamental and applied science of biosensors, portable power/storage, and data analytics to enable next-generation wearables; (2) provide an engaged and diverse workforce for the Nation’s wearable technology (WT) sector; and (3) stimulate economic development in Puerto Rico. By 2019, the market value of wearables will reach $25B worldwide. This number is expected to increase as advances in nanoscience and technologies are used to build devices with functionality and physicochemical characteristics that can then be adapted to WT. PR EPSCoR seeks to leverage existing strengths in nanoscience, nanotechnology, and cyberinfrastructure as well as a host of academic, industry and government partnerships to discover new knowledge and technologies in the basic science underlying WT. CAWT brings together 41 scientists and engineers (including 12 new faculty hires) from five University of Puerto Rico campuses: Mayaguez, Rio Piedras, Medical Sciences, Humacao and Cayey – and one private institution, Universidad del Turabo. Also participating in this effort are 23 partner institutions, including 6 national laboratories and the recently formed NSF ERC for Cell Manufacturing Technologies (CMaT) based at the Georgia Institute of Technology. CAWT is aligned with 2 of the NSF 10 Big Ideas: (a) Work at the Human-Technology Frontier and (b) Harnessing Data for 21st Century Science and Engineering as well as the PR S&T Policy.
VISION & MISSION STATEMENTs
Vision: To advance the fundamental and applied science of biosensors, portable power, and data analytics to enable next-generation wearables while providing an engaged and diverse workforce for the Nation’s wearable technology (WT) sector, and stimulating the economic development in the Commonwealth in concert with the Jurisdiction’s robust medical device industry.
Mission: Create and sustain an internationally competitive center that will conduct R&D and innovation, insert a WT educational component into the K-20 continuum, promote human resource development in WT, and promote innovation and commercialization in the Jurisdiction.
