REU Site: AWaRE Advanced Wireless Research Experiences at the University of Notre Dame

这笔资金在圣母大学建立了一个新的本科生研究体验(REU)网站。这个REU网站将接待一群不同的本科生，他们将在夏天致力于下一代无线技术的研究。无线通信已经无处不在，并正在迅速转向第五代移动服务，以实现广泛的无线服务，这些服务对我们的日常生活和新技术的发展都是基本的。该REU网站为学生提供了探索下一代无线网络挑战的机会，并参与了可能影响对无线通信频谱的理解和使用的研究，无线通信频谱通过该频谱传输无线信号。这项研究由巴黎圣母院无线研究所的教职员工领导。学生将获得使用最先进的设备和系统设计、实施、部署、评估和测量无线技术和移动网络的实践经验。该网站将提供指导和其他职业发展机会，这些机会应该会对学生未来的学术和职业生涯产生影响。该网站计划吸引来自全国各地的有才华的本科生，特别是专注于从传统上在计算领域代表性不足的群体中招收学生。这个REU网站的支柱包括圣母大学无线研究所、南本德市下一代高级无线研究平台和圣母大学在宽带无线接入和应用产业-大学合作研究中心的成员之间的合作。这项研究的技术重点是利用无线研究所独有的设施、研究环境和专业知识进行实验发现。其目标是广泛的无线研究，包括毫米波无线、天线和电路、雷达信号处理、涡轮机传感器、使用低成本普及传感器的全频谱传感、无人机通信、众源WiFi表征、应急响应人员的蓝牙低能量自组织网络，以及通过可穿戴无线设备提高制造车间的运营效率。该项目具有开发新技术和扩大对无线频谱的理解的潜力。

This funding establishes a new Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at the Notre Dame University. This REU Site will host a diverse group of undergraduate students who will spend their summer working on research on next generation wireless technologies. Wireless communication is already ubiquitous and is moving rapidly towards fifth-generation mobile services to enable a broad range of wireless services which are fundamental to our everyday lives as well as to the development of new technologies. This REU Site provides students with the opportunities to explore the challenges of next-generation wireless networks and to be involved in research that may impact the understanding and uses of the wireless communication spectrum over which wireless signals are transmitted. The research is led by the faculty of the Notre Dame Wireless Institute. Students will receive hands-on experience in the design, implementation, deployment, evaluation, and measurement of wireless technologies and mobile networks using state-of-the-art equipment and systems. The site will provide mentoring and other professional development opportunities that should impact the future academic and professional careers of the students. The site plans to attract talented undergraduate students from across the nation, particularly focusing on recruiting students from groups traditionally under-represented in the computing fields.The pillars of this REU Site involve collaboration between the Notre Dame Wireless Institute, the City of South Bend next-generation advanced wireless research platform, and Notre Dame's membership in the Broadband Wireless Access and Applications Industry-University Cooperative Research Center. The technical focus of the research is on experimental discoveries using facilities, a research environment, and expertise unique to the Wireless Institute. A broad range of wireless research is targeted including millimeter-wave wireless, antennas and circuits, radar signal processing, turbomachinery sensors, full spectrum sensing with low-cost pervasive sensors, drone communications, crowd-source WiFi characterization, Bluetooth low energy ad-hoc networks for emergency responders, and manufacturing floor operational efficiency via wearable wireless devices. The project has the potential to develop new technologies and expand the understanding of the wireless spectrum.