# Deji Akinwande **Domain:** Austin Research / People **Doc Type:** Research entity **Source basis:** Supplied research cluster with linked references; see the [[wiki/Austin Research Evidence Map|evidence map]] for verification scope. **Deji Akinwande** is the UT electrical-engineering researcher awarded [[wiki/Defense Threat Reduction Agency|DTRA]] support in 2024 for **[[wiki/Quantum Coupled Field-Effect Biosensors for Diagnostics and Detection|Quantum Coupled Field-Effect Biosensors for Diagnostics and Detection]]**. The UT announcement describes research into improving viral detection sensitivity through the interaction between sensors and pathogens. This supplies a specific contemporary device-level link between pandemic-motivated diagnostics and defense threat-reduction funding. The project is a research award and intended capability, not a claim of a completed surveillance deployment. In the executable loop it strengthens the measurement stage on which inference depends. ## Connected entries [[wiki/Quantum Coupled Field-Effect Biosensors for Diagnostics and Detection|Quantum Coupled Field-Effect Biosensors for Diagnostics and Detection]] · [[wiki/Defense Threat Reduction Agency|Defense Threat Reduction Agency]] · [[wiki/Biosurveillance|Biosurveillance]] · [[wiki/Microelectronics Research Center|Microelectronics Research Center]] ## Sources and corpus context - [[research/The Austin Executable Loop|The Austin Executable Loop — master document]] - [UT — Deji Akinwande Wins DTRA Award for Quantum Biosensors (June 26, 2024)](https://www.tmi.utexas.edu/news-events/312-deji-akinwande-wins-dtra-award-for-quantum-biosensors) **Cluster:** [[wiki/Austin Executable Loop|Austin Executable Loop]] · [[wiki/Austin Research Evidence Map|Austin Research Evidence Map]]