REU Site: Preparing RF Engineers for Communication, Imaging and Sensing (PRECISE)

REU 网站：帮助射频工程师做好通信、成像和传感的准备 (PRECISE)

• 批准号: 1950788
• 负责人: Nezih Pala
• 金额: $ 36.28万
• 依托单位: Florida International University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-04-01 至 2024-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1950788&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Preparing; RF; Engineers

Radio frequency (RF) technologies in microwave, millimeter-wave and terahertz frequency bands has ubiquitous presence in modern electronics. Wireless communication has enabled game-changing technology through LTE and 5G campaign, which is ultimately responsible for the modern internet, big-data and cloud computing boom. Smart electronics, Internet of Things (IoT), wearable technology, all critically rely on continuous innovations in this area. RF technology is also critical to the Nation’s progress through weather monitoring, study of long-term climatic changes, enemy detection and neutralization. Specifically, the Nation’s weather radars, space probes, network of enemy detection radars and aspects of defense technology constitute critical infrastructure and requires innovations. Based on this urgent need of research and innovation in RF technologies, this REU Site project at Florida International University (FIU) is aimed at providing research experiences to undergraduate students through the Preparing RF Engineers for Communication, Imaging and Sensing (PRECISE) REU site.Within this site nine students at early stages of their college experience will be recruited to provide them an immersive research experience within the general theme of RF-microwave-THz technologies for numerous commercial and defense applications for nine summer weeks. The participating students will have the opportunity to work on level-appropriate projects of cutting-edge research topics to contribute towards applications in wireless communication, sensing and imaging. FIU’s unique geographic location, combined with its targeted efforts will help to recruit students from historically underrepresented groups and from colleges without substantial research capabilities in the field, which is one of the major goals of the project. The proposed program also includes research seminars given by FIU faculty and researchers and engineers from industrial partners as well as professional development activities to help students acquire critical soft skills and to help in graduate school applications. PRECISE’s broader impact is geared towards generating workforce to support the proliferating job market in RF technologies within commercial, national and defense sectors. This enhanced research experience through PRECISE, will increase interest among undergraduate students and help address this urgent need. FIU is the largest Hispanic Serving Institution in the US and ranks first in number of awarded Hispanic engineering BS/MS degrees. Thus, the program allows participating students’ exposure to diversity at FIU, which is crucial for their future career growth.This site is supported by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

微波，毫米波和Terahertz频带中的射频（RF）技术在现代电子中存在无处不在的存在。无线通信通过LTE和5G广告系列实现了改变游戏规则的技术，最终是现代互联网，大数据和云计算繁荣的原因。智能电子，物联网（IoT），可穿戴技术，所有这些都依赖于该领域的连续创新。 RF技术对于通过天气监测，长期民间变化，敌人的检测和中和的研究也至关重要。具体而言，国家的天气雷达，太空项目，敌人检测雷达网络以及国防技术的各个方面建立了关键的基础设施，需要创新。基于RF技术研究和创新的这种迫切需求，佛罗里达国际大学（FIU）的REU网站项目旨在通过准备RF工程师的沟通，成像和感知（精确的）REU站点为本科生提供研究经验九个夏季的众多商业和国防申请的技术。参与的学生将有机会从事尖端研究主题的适合水平的项目，为无线沟通，敏感性和成像的应用做出贡献。 FIU独特的地理位置，结合其目标努力，将有助于从历史上代表性不足的群体和大学招募学生，而该领域没有实质性的研究能力，这是该项目的主要目标之一。拟议的计划还包括FIU教职员工，工业合作伙伴的研究人员和工程师提供的研究中心以及专业发展活动，以帮助学生获得关键的软技能并帮助研究生院的应用。 Precise的更广泛的影响旨在促进劳动力，以支持商业，国家和国防部门内RF技术的增殖工作市场。通过精确的增强研究经验，将增加本科生的兴趣，并帮助满足这一迫切需求。 FIU是美国最大的西班牙裔服务机构，在授予西班牙裔工程学士学位的数量中排名第一。这样一来，该计划允许参加FIU的学生接触多样性，这对于他们未来的职业发展至关重要。该站点由国防部与NSF REU计划合作支持。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估标准来评估我们被认为是诚实的支持。