Collaborative Research: Planning Grant: I/UCRC for Metamaterials

I/UCRC超材料项目规划基金0934369；大卫克劳斯0934365克拉克森大学；S. V. Babu 0934356北卡罗来纳大学夏洛特分校；Michael Fiddy 0934353西卡罗莱纳大学；肯尼斯伯班克市立大学城市学院、克拉克森大学、北卡罗来纳大学夏洛特分校和西卡罗莱纳大学正在合作建立一个超材料中心，由市立大学作为牵头机构。这个建议是基于一个计划策略来开发一个I/UCRC项目，其中研发工作将集中在超材料上。该计划涉及四个具有不同优势的机构，可以补充理论理解，设备制造和各种超材料概念的表征。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，这些超材料可用于从微波到电磁频谱的光学部分的任何地方。该中心还将解决许多与开发这些新特性相关的制造挑战，因为已知小程度的无序会调制特性和性能。规划补助金将用于建立一个论坛，在此论坛上，战略研究项目将与完全形成的I/UCRC的潜在工业成员相匹配。超材料将大大扩展所有电磁设备和系统的设计工具包；并将推进无线和光子产品所有领域的技术能力。拟议中的中心将包括为包括少数族裔在内的多元化学生群体提供服务的大学，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项目，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，因为这种新材料有可能创造出可能产生巨大经济效益的新技术。

Planning Grant for an I/UCRC for Metamaterials 0934369 CUNY City College; David Crouse 0934365 Clarkson University; S. V. Babu 0934356 University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Michael Fiddy 0934353 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.