Funding
We are incredibly grateful to our sponsors and partners for supporting the work of the ENHANCE laboratory and its members. They are helping us establish ultrasound for human performance #US4HP #GrowTheEchosystem.
American Academy of Underwater Sciences
The American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS) is a non-profit, self-regulating body dedicated to the establishment and maintenance of standards of practice for scientific diving with a mission of advancing and facilitating safe and productive scientific diving. The AAUS was officially chartered in California in 1983 by individuals and organizations involved in the effort to obtain the scientific diving exemption from OSHA commercial diving standards. In the years since, the AAUS has expanded from the original six organizational members to more than 140 organizational members, including international members, and over 2000 individual members. Organizational membership includes colleges and universities, government agencies, museums and aquaria, environmental and archaeological consulting firms, and community science groups sharing a common thread of the use of diving as a research tool and a commitment to the health and safety of scientific divers.
Bouygues Travaux Publics is an expert in complex projects involving tunnels, engineering structures and road, port and rail infrastructures. Operating in France and many other countries, the entity has acknowledged expertise in managing large-scale projects with high added value and in setting up PPP projects. Bouygues Travaux Publics focuses its development on technically demanding operations with high added value, such as the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macao Bridge, the Port of Miami Tunnel and the Nîmes-Montpellier rail bypass.
Clearsens Inc. is a start-up company that aims to translate capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) technology for novel ultrasound applications. At ClearSens, we specialize in designing, fabricating, and packaging custom ultrasonic transducers tailored to meet your specific ultrasound applications. Our custom transducer fabrication services leverage advanced integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing processes to deliver high-quality, precision-engineered transducers that meet demanding specifications.
The world’s most recognized and respected dive safety organization, Divers Alert Network (DAN) has remained committed to the health and well-being of divers for 40 years. The organization’s research, medical services and global-response programs create an extensive network that supports divers with vital services such as injury prevention, safety and educational programs and lifesaving evacuations. Every year, hundreds of thousands of divers around the world look to DAN as their dive safety organization.
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program expands perspectives through academic and professional advancement and cross-cultural dialogue. Fulbright creates connections in a complex and changing world. In partnership with more than 140 countries worldwide, the Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers unparalleled opportunities in all academic disciplines to passionate and accomplished graduating college seniors, graduate students, and young professionals from all backgrounds. Program participants pursue graduate study, conduct research, or teach English abroad. During their grants, Fulbrighters will meet, work, live with and learn from the people of the host country, sharing daily experiences.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the nation’s medical research agency — making important discoveries that improve health and save lives. NIH’s mission is to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce illness and disability. Thanks in large part to NIH-funded medical research, Americans today are living longer and healthier. Life expectancy in the United States has jumped from 47 years in 1900 to 78 years as reported in 2009, and disability in people over age 65 has dropped dramatically in the past 3 decades. In recent years, nationwide rates of new diagnoses and deaths from all cancers combined have fallen significantly.
North Carolina Biotechnology Center
Life sciences are transforming the world. Vaccines prevent disease. Gene therapies and precision health data cure them. Advances in agriculture feed the planet. Here in North Carolina, NCBiotech catalyzes the many different transformations that are improving the quality of life around the world. We connect companies with university researchers and introduce entrepreneurs to potential funders. Transformation even happens on an individual level as job seekers find their dream opportunity in the life sciences field. North Carolina is leading the push toward better healthcare, faster diagnostics and more sustainable food production all the while, creating jobs right here in our state. This economic transformation is why the General Assembly has funded us for three decades, and continues its commitment today.
As an executive branch agency within the Department of Defense, ONR supports the President’s budget, and provides technical advice to the Chief of Naval Operations, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, and the Secretary of the Navy. The Office of Naval Research is the catalyst of future naval power, ensuring technological dominance for our fleet and force. With a workforce that includes some of the top PhDs and engineers in the world in their fields, ONR finds the best minds from across the nation and around the globe, sponsoring new research and creating new capabilities for America’s Sailors and Marines.
Office of Naval Research Global
In building and fostering international connections, ONR Global propels the execution of long-range strategic efforts that address the future needs of the naval fleet and forces and international partners. Science directors promote collaboration with international scientists, and science advisors identify fleet/force needs and implement technology solutions. Both serve as the chief of naval research’s science ambassadors abroad. ONR Global sponsors programs – exchange visits, conferences and workshops, seed funding – that foster collaboration between Navy personnel, scientists and technologists around the world.
Women Divers Hall of Fame (WDHOF) was founded in 1999 to recognize and honor the contributions of women pioneers, leaders and innovators in the many fields of diving and to promote careers and opportunities for women in the diving community worldwide. From its inception, WDHOF raised public awareness of women’s exceptional contributions. The Women Divers Hall of Fame ™ (WDHOF) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to honoring and raising awareness of the contributions of outstanding women divers. WDHOF provides educational, mentorship, financial, and career opportunities to the diving community throughout the world. Each year, WDHOF awards scholarships and training grants that provide financial and educational support to individuals of all ages.