Collaborative Research: Planning Grant: I/UCRC for Metamaterials

0934369 CUNY城市学院；David Crouse 0934365克拉克森大学；S.V.Babu0934356北卡罗来纳大学夏洛特分校；Michael Fiddy0934353西卡罗来纳大学；Kenneth Burbank CUNY城市学院、克拉克森大学(CU)、北卡罗来纳大学夏洛特分校(UNCC)和西卡罗来纳大学(WCU)正在合作建立超材料中心，CUNY是牵头机构。这项提议是基于一项规划战略，即开发I/UCRC计划，其中研发工作将集中在超材料上。该计划涉及四个机构，它们具有不同的优势，可以补充各种超材料概念的理论理解、设备制造和表征。从本质上讲，超材料中心将为各种超材料的设计、制造和测试提供一站式服务，这些材料适用于从微波到电磁光谱的光学部分。拟建的中心还将解决与开发这些新特性相关的许多制造挑战，因为已知小度无序可以调节特性和性能。规划赠款将使一个论坛得以建立，届时战略研究方案将与一个完全形成的工业/工业研究中心的潜在工业成员相匹配。超材料将极大地扩展所有电磁设备和系统的设计工具包；并将提高无线和光电子产品所有领域的技术能力。拟建的中心将包括为多样化的学生群体提供服务的大学，其中包括代表性不足的少数群体，并计划为本科生、研究生和继续教育学生开发广泛的超材料教育和实习计划，以及基于网络的远程学习课程。拟议中的中心可能会对国家产生重大影响，因为新材料有可能创造出可能产生巨大经济成果的新技术。

Planning Grant for an I/UCRC for Metamaterials 0934369 CUNY City College; David Crouse 0934365 Clarkson University; S. V. Babu0934356 University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Michael Fiddy0934353 Western Carolina University; Kenneth Burbank CUNY City College, Clarkson University (CU), University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC), and Western Carolina University (WCU) are collaborating to establish the Center for Metamaterials, with CUNY as the lead institution. This proposal is based around a planning strategy to develop an I/UCRC program where the R&D effort will be focused around metamaterials. The program involves four institutions with various strengths that can supplement theoretical understanding, device manufacturing, and characterization of a variety of metamaterial concepts. The Center for Metamaterials will essentially provide a one-stop shop for design, fabrication and test of wide range of metamaterials for use anywhere from the microwave to optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum. The proposed Center will also address the many fabrication challenges associated with exploiting these novel properties when small degrees of disorder are known to modulate properties and performance. The planning grant will enable a forum to be established whereupon strategic research programs will be matched to potential industrial members of a fully-formed I/UCRC. Metamaterials will greatly extend the design tool-kit for all electromagnetic devices and systems; and will advance the technological capabilities in all areas of wireless and photonics products. The proposed Center will include universities serving a diverse student body that includes under-represented minority groups, and plans to develop extensive metamaterials education and internship programs for undergraduate, graduate and continuing-education students, as well as web-based distance learning courses. The proposed Center could have a significant impact on the nation because the novel materials have the potential to create new technologies that could have huge economic outcomes.