Equipment Acquisition to Establish an Applied Electromagnetics and Communications Laboratory

提案ECS-0215810“购买设备以建立应用电磁学和通信实验室”的简短摘要。本NSF MRI提案的目的是购买必要的基本设备，以在南达科他州矿业与技术学院（SDSM&amp；T）建立应用电磁学和通信研究和研究培训实验室。该设备要求包括四个仪器系统：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，包括电磁推进和超轻型空间帆船的控制；天基薄板天线；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；波束制导超宽带雷达；高速电路；紧凑的天线;探地雷达；以及土壤的电磁特性。在SDSM&amp；T（或该地区的任何地方）几乎没有用于微波或毫米波研究工作或用于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，但我们严重依赖实验测量来提供我们工作的关键维度。这种测量能力也是我们期望在未来融资机会中提高竞争力的关键因素。所要求的设备还将使我们能够在微波和高速电路方面对工程师进行教育和培训，这是无线通信和计算机工程的关键组成部分。它还将补充主要位于拉皮德城的新兴地区电信行业，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