Equipment Acquisition to Establish an Applied Electromagnetics and Communications Laboratory

ECS-0215810“采购设备以建立应用电磁学和通信实验室”提案的简短摘要这项国家科学基金会核磁共振提案的目的是获得必要的基本设备，以便在南达科他州矿业与技术学院(南达科他州矿业与技术学院)建立一个应用电磁学和通信研究和研究培训实验室。四个仪器系统包括：矢量网络分析仪系统、采样示波器和脉冲发生器系统、微/毫米波探测站和微波自由空间测量系统。SDSM&Amp；T目前和计划中的研究活动将受到此次设备采购的影响，包括超轻型宇宙飞船的电磁推进和控制；天基薄薄波带板天线；含有有源和无源电路粒子的工程电磁材料；超宽带传感器网络；波束控制、超宽带雷达；高速电路；紧凑型天线；探地雷达；以及土壤的电磁特性。SDSM&Amp；T(或该地区任何地方)几乎没有用于微波或毫米波研究工作或产生和检测快速上升时间信号的设备。虽然计算电磁方法和模拟是我们研究中有价值的组成部分，但我们在很大程度上依赖于实验测量来提供我们工作中的关键维度。这种测量能力也是我们预计将在未来融资机会中增强竞争力的一个关键因素。所需的设备还将使我们能够在微波和高速电路方面教育和培训工程师，这些都是无线通信和计算机工程中的关键部件。它还将补充主要设在拉皮特城的新兴区域电信业，并帮助我们招聘教师、学生和代表性不足的群体

Short abstract for proposal ECS-0215810 "Equipment Acquisition to Establish an Applied Electromagnetics and Communications Laboratory"The purpose of this NSF MRI proposal is to acquire the basic equipment necessary to establish a laboratory for research and research training in applied electromagnetics and communications at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T). Four instrument systems comprise this equipment request: a vector network analyzer system, a sampling oscilloscope and pulse generator system, a micro/millimeter-wave probe station and a microwave free space measurement system. Current and planned research activities at SDSM&T that will be impacted by this equipment acquisition include electromagnetic propulsion and control of ultra-lightweight space sailcraft; space-based, gossamer zone-plate antennas; engineered electromagnetic materials incorporating active and passive circuit particles; ultra-wideband sensor webs; beam-steered, ultra-wideband radar; high speed circuits; compact antennas; ground penetrating radar; and electromagnetic properties of soils.There is little to no equipment at SDSM&T (or anywhere in the region) for microwave or millimeter wave research work or for producing and detecting fast rise time signals. While computational electromagnetic methods and simulation are valuable components in our research, we rely heavily on experimental measurements to provide a critical dimension in our work. Such measurement capability is also a key element we expect will enhance our competitiveness in future funding opportunities.The requested equipment will also allow us to educate and train engineers in microwave and high-speed circuits, which are critical components in wireless communications and computer engineering. It will also complement a burgeoning regional telecommunications industry primarily based in Rapid City, and assist us in the recruitment of faculty, students and underrepresented groups