Acquisition of Instruments for a Fiber-Optic Sensor and Communication Lab

9413705 Daneshgaran拟议项目的目标是装备一个光纤实验室，用于传感器和通信的研发。申请的资金将允许装备光纤设施，使最先进的研发成为可能，并为本科生和硕士学生提供良好的培训设施。由于CSULA是一个少数民族机构，实验室与真实的行业需求和利益密切相关。政府当局拟在实验室进行的工作，针对三个经济科技含量高的增长领域：制造过程监察及控制、环境监察，以及资讯高速公路的光纤通讯。提案中确定了十几个项目，应用领域包括地球物理、制造过程控制、汽车传感器和显示器、通信、微波遥控和光束转向。更详细地描述了引起资助机构特别感兴趣的两个项目--地球物理应变仪和拖曳阵列。其中许多项目是休斯专利技术的衍生品，该公司有兴趣看到这些技术被简化为实践。学生的参与将通过几种工具进行。该实验室将用于工业资助的工程设计诊所项目。它还将提供一个高级设计实验室的扩展，该实验室是用休斯公司35万美元的资金建造的，将被高年级学生用来满足他们的设计项目要求。此外，由联邦和州科学技术机构资助的光纤应用前沿的研发将在学生参与下进行。该实验室将通过提供实践研究经验，帮助弥合本科、硕士和传统博士研究生教育之间的差距。此外，与工业界的密切合作将帮助学生在毕业后过渡到工业界。参与该项目的首席科学家在光纤、电光信号处理、通信和控制方面拥有互补的技能。该项目将由维克托·瓦利博士和弗雷德·达内什加兰博士共同指导，维克托·瓦利博士在三个机构建立并进行了光纤研究，弗雷德·达内什加兰博士专门从事信号处理和通信理论。有人认为，这里提出的以行业为导向的、多学科的方法缺乏现有的高等教育机构开展的光纤工作。三年期间的项目总费用为315,468美元，其中220,828美元由国家科学基金会申请。维克托·瓦利博士正在贡献他的时间来建立这个实验室，并指导学生、教职员工和教职员工如何操作它。提案中所述的12个研究领域的资金将是随后向感兴趣的机构提出的提案的主题。

9413705 Daneshgaran The objective of the proposed project is to equip a fiber optics laboratory for R&D on sensors and communications. The funds requested will permit the equipping of a fiber optics facility that will make possible state of the art R&D as well as provide a good training facility for undergraduate and Masters students. Since CSULA is a minority institution, the laboratory is closely related to real industry needs and interests. Three economic technology-rich growth areas targeted by the Administration are addressed by the work to be conducted in the laboratory: manufacturing process monitoring and control, environmental monitoring, and fiber optics communication for the information superhighway. A dozen projects are identified in the proposal, with applications in areas including geophysical, manufacturing process control, automotive sensors and displays, communications, microwave remote control, and optical beam steering . Two--a geophysical strainmeter and a towed array-- that have garnered particular interest by funding agencies are described in more detail. A number of the projects are derivatives of patented Hughes technologies, that the company is interested in seeing reduced to practice. Student involvement will be through several vehicles. The laboratory will be used for engineering design clinic projects funded by industry. It will also provide an extension to a Senior Design Laboratory that was built with $350 K of funds from Hughes, and will be used by seniors to fulfill their design project requirements. In addition, R&D at the frontiers of fiber optics applications and funded by federal and state science and technology agencies will be conducted with student participation. The laboratory will help bridge the gap between undergraduate, masters, and traditional doctoral graduate education by provide hands-on research experience. In addition, the close collaboration with industry will help students make the transition to industry upon graduation. The principal scientist involved in the project have complementary skills in fiber optics, electro-optics signal processing, communications, and control. The project is to be codirected by Dr. Victor Vali, who has set up and conducted fiber optics research at three institutions, and Dr. Fred Daneshgaran, who specializes in signal processing and communication theory. It is felt that the industry-oriented, multidisciplinary approach proposed here is lacking in may of the existing fiber optics work conducted in institutions of higher education. The total project cost over a three year period are $315,468, of which $220,828 is requested form NSF. Dr. victor Vali is contributing his time to set up the laboratory and to instruct students, staff and faculty on its operation. Funding for the twelve research areas described in the proposal will be the subject of subsequent proposals to interested agencies.