MRI: Acquisition of a Microwave Vector Network Analyzer to Enhance Research and Student Research Training in Engineering and Physics at SFSU

该主要研究仪器（MRI）奖的目的是获得微波矢量网络分析仪，这将有助于继续在旧金山弗朗西斯科州立大学（SFSU）的工程和物理系的研究能力建设，并扩大教师和学生的研究机会。所要求的仪器将用于高频表征，这对于在材料，器件和电路研究的最前沿建立强大的实验驱动的研究计划至关重要。 与探针台相结合，它是SFSU先进集成电路（IC）测试中心的重要补充。具体的研究计划将得到支持，包括：无线传感，高速集成电路和系统，纳米级器件，光子间隙结构和纳米材料。 该仪器将为SFSU的研究人员提供一个平台，以合作进行期待已久的研究，重点是无线植入、自旋转移火炬存储器、基于忆阻器的电路和在微波范围内工作的光子带隙。 该仪器将用于表征以健康为中心的网络物理系统开发的无线传感器和植入物，以及下一代存储器和计算系统的基于自旋转移火炬和忆阻器的电路。 它将为SFSU的研究人员提供迫切需要的工具，与专门从事微波设备和组件的行业合作，继续建立全国知名的学生培训计划。仪器的购置将提高全国最具种族和文化多样性的大学之一（63%非白人; 32%代表性不足的少数民族）的研究能力，这是一所充满活力的参与，机会和学术活动的公立大学。它将通过弥合理论建模和实验验证之间的差距来推进SFSU研究人员的研究事业。该工具将提供一个工具，用于接触更广泛的科学界，并与基础科学和应用医学研究界的新兴领导者建立伙伴关系，以便能够开发由新需求驱动的创新技术。 它将增加一个研究重点，已经强大的教学计划，并定位工程和物理部门成为领导者在发展总理的国家教育计划。通过最先进的微波测量工具，学生将从事尖端研究，从而在申请工业或博士学位的竞争职位时获得领先优势。程序.该仪器将被纳入现有的本科生和研究生工程和物理课程。使用拟议仪器的微波测量理论和实践的教程和手册将通过在线出版物与SFSU学生以及更大的社区共享。仪器采购将加强与当地社区学院已经建立的计划，并为学生提供无与伦比的机会进行夏季研究。总的来说，该仪器将为增加多样性铺平道路，同时培训下一代高技能的工程和物理劳动力。

The objective of this Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) award is to acquire a microwave vector network analyzer that will serve to continue building research capacity in the engineering and physics departments at San Francisco State University (SFSU) and to expand faculty and student research opportunities. The requested instrument will be used for high-frequency characterization that is essential for establishing robust, experimentally-driven research programs at the forefront of materials, device and circuit research. Combined with the probe station, it is a key addition to SFSU's Advanced Integrated Circuit (IC) Testing Center. Specific research programs that will be supported include: wireless sensing, high-speed integrated circuits and systems, nano-scale devices, photonic gap structures and nano-materials. The instrument will provide investigators at SFSU the platform to collaborate on long-awaited research focused on wireless implant, spin-transfer torch memory, memristor based circuit and photonic bandgap operating in the microwave range. The instrument will be used for characterizing wireless sensors and implants for health-centric cyber physical system development, and spin-transfer torch and memristor based circuits for the next generation memory and computing systems. It will provide investigators at SFSU the urgently needed tool to collaborate with industries that specialize in microwave equipment and components to continue building nationally-known student training programs. Instrument acquisition will enhance research capacity at one of the nation's most ethnically and culturally diverse universities (63% non-white; 32% underrepresented minorities) that is a vibrant public university of engagement, opportunity and scholarly activity. It will advance the research careers of investigators at SFSU by bridging the gap between theoretical modeling and experimental validation. The instrument will provide a vehicle for reaching out to the broader scientific community and partner with emerging leaders in the basic scientific and applied medical research community to enable the development of innovative technologies driven by new needs. It will add a research focus to the already strong teaching program, and position the engineering and physics departments to emerge as leaders in developing premier national education programs. Enabled by the state-of-the-art microwave measurement tool, students will engage in cutting-edge research, thereby getting a head start when applying for competitive positions in industry or Ph.D. programs. The instrument will be integrated into the existing undergraduate and graduate engineering and physics curricula. Tutorials and manuals on microwave measurement theories and practices using the proposed instrument will be shared with SFSU students as well as the larger community via online publications. Instrument acquisition will strengthen already-established programs with local community colleges and provide their students unparalleled opportunities to conduct summer research. Overall, the instrument will pave the way to increase diversity while training the next generation of a highly skilled engineering and physics workforce.