IUCRC "Self-Sufficient Partnership for Research" at the Optical Circuitry Cooperative

这一奖项是为了表彰将在亚利桑那大学光电路行业/大学合作研究中心建立的“自给自足的研究伙伴计划”。光电路是一项新兴技术，它有可能对信号处理、通信和计算做出重大贡献，如果不是革命性的话。光路I/UCRC也称光路合作社，成立于1984年，目前从事半导体和有机化合物的光学非线性研究；快速光开关元件的制备和表征；新型分子束外延结构的生长；半导体激光器的理论和实验研究；自由空间衍射元件和光神经网络光学互连系统的研究。目前有7名教授、4名博士后研究员和大约10名研究生参与了这项研究。该中心目前有五名成员，今年将增加一名新的国防部成员。该中心还计划支持一名女本科生，她将从事富勒烯材料光学非线性的测量工作。额外的资金由美国空军部门提供，以获得该中心的成员资格。项目经理建议亚利桑那大学在为期三年的持续奖励中，第一年获得50,000美元，由妇女、少数族裔和残疾人工程研究助理计划提供资金，一年获得5,000美元，由美国空军部门提供资金，获得一年50,000美元。每12个月接近结束时，项目经理和/或工程教育中心部门主任将审查中心在一系列更新标准方面的进展，包括以下内容：1)大学与行业互动的发展程度；2)支持基础的发展程度；3)强大的研究计划发展的程度。如果审查结果令人满意，项目经理将建议对下一阶段的持续奖励提供支持。

This award is for a "Self-Sufficient Partnership for Research Program" to be established at the University of Arizona's Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Optical Circuitry. Optical circuitry is an emerging technology that has the potential for making major, if not revolutionary, contributions to signal processing, communication and computing. The I/UCRC on optical circuitry also called the optical circuitry cooperative was founded in 1984 and is presently engaged in the study of optical nonlinearities of semiconductors and organic compound; fabrication and characterization of fast optical switching elements; growth of novel MBE structures; theoretical and experimental studies of semiconductor lasers; investigation of optical interconnect systems with free space diffractive elements and optical neural networks. At the present time 7 professors, 4 post doctoral fellows and approximately 10 graduate students are involved in this research. The Center has presently five members and will add a new DoD member this year. The Center also plans to support a woman undergraduate student who will be working on the measurement of optical nonlinearities of fullerene materials. Additonal funding is provided by the U.S. Department of Airforce to obtain a membership in the Center. The Program Manager recommends the University of Arizona be awarded $50,000 for the first year of a three-year continuing award and $5,000 for one year with funds provided by the Women, Minorities, and Disabled Engineering Research Assistants Program, and $50,000 for one year with funds provided by U.S. Department of Airforce. Near the end of each 12-month period, the Program Manager and/or the Division of Director of the Engineering Education Centers Division will review the progress of the Center on a number of renewal criteria, including the following: 1) the extent to which the university-industry interaction is developing; 2) the extent to which the support base is developing; 3) the extent to which a robust research program is developing. If the review is satisfactory, the Program Manager will recommend support for the next period of this continuing award.