The Broadband Wireless Access & Applications Center (BWAC) is a multi-university IUCRC that focuses on addressing fundamental yet industry-relevant research challenges in next-generation wireless systems. The intertwined and multi-faceted nature of such complex systems calls for a diverse range of complementary expertise in antenna design, radio engineering, signal processing, wireless communications, networking, cloud computing, and security, as well as research tools (modeling and simulation, hardware/software prototyping, platform integration and maintenance, and measurements and data curation).  The breath of such a research program necessitates collaboration among multiple research teams and partnering with pioneering private companies and federal agencies in this field. Due to COVID-19, the semiannual BWAC IAB meeting was virtual via Zoom.