I/UCRC Phase I: Optical Wireless Applications

I/UCRC光无线应用1160924宾夕法尼亚州立大学; Mohsen Kavehrad 1161010格鲁吉亚理工学院; Gee-Kung Chang光无线应用中心（COWA）将专注于开发技术，使特定设备的制造具有更大的通信容量，采用集成光电子设备设计，必要的接口，以促进协同设备，系统和网络设计。宾夕法尼亚州立大学（PSU）和格鲁吉亚理工学院（GT）正在合作建立拟议中的中心，以PSU为牵头机构。该提案的目标是建立一个由国家科学基金会赞助的工业大学光学无线应用合作研究中心（COWA），以便通过固态光源和探测器的创新设计和应用，探索光学无线技术和节能光源的经济潜力。用于广泛的实践，包括光学成像、遥感、通信和网络。设想的中心是基于PSU和GT的跨学科专业知识与基于设备和系统的工程设计和网络概念的整合。设想的中心将包括努力灌输与促进工业和大学感兴趣的研究计划相关的文化范式转变;探索和扩展工程系统设计，网络和集成电光设备设计之间的接口;通过工业参与和高质量研究项目的开展提高劳动力的智力能力;以及开发光无线应用的组件、系统和网络设计方面的课程。本研究的成果有望为企业竞争力、能源安全、环境保护和气候预测做出贡献。拟建中心将尽一切努力促进多样性。此外，它将与现有的大学资源合作，招募少数民族和女性拥有的公司并与之建立牢固的关系。

I/UCRC for Optical Wireless Applications 1160924 Pennsylvania State University; Mohsen Kavehrad 1161010 Georgia Tech; Gee-Kung Chang The Center for Optical Wireless Applications (COWA) will focus on generating technology that enables manufacturing of specific devices with larger communications capacity, employing integrated opto-electronics device design with interfaces necessary to facilitate collaborative device, system and network design. Pennsylvania State University (PSU) and Georgia Tech (GT) are collaborating to establish the proposed center, with PSU as the lead institution. The objective of this proposal is to establish an NSF-sponsored Industry & University Cooperative Research Center on Optical Wireless Applications (COWA), in order to explore Optical Wireless Technology and economic potentials of energy efficient light sources through innovative designs and applications of solid-state optical sources and detectors for a wide range of practices that include optical imaging, remote sensing, communications and networking. The envisioned Center is based on the integration of interdisciplinary expertise at PSU, and GT with devices and systems-based engineering design and networking concepts. The envisioned Center will include efforts to instill the cultural paradigm shift associated with promoting research programs of interest to both industry and universities; exploring and extending the interface between engineering systems design, networking and integrated electro-optic device designs; improving the intellectual capacity of the workforce through industrial participation and conduct of high-quality research projects; and developing curriculum in components, systems and networks design aspects of optical wireless applications. The results of this research are expected to contribute to the business competitiveness, energy security, environmental protection, and climate forecast. The proposed Center will make every effort to promote diversity. In addition, it will work with existing university resources to recruit and build strong relationships with minority and women-owned companies.