Collaborative Research: THz Application Center Planning Grant

太赫兹应用I/UCRC规划拨款0832302伦斯勒理工学院；张喜成0832304俄克拉荷马州立大学；张伟立伦斯勒理工学院和俄克拉荷马州立大学提议建立一个研究太赫兹辐射应用的合作中心。拟建的中心“太赫兹技术和应用中心”(THz-TAC)将专注于开发用于工业和安全应用的太赫兹波无损检测和距离传感所需的新知识、工具、硬件和人员。该中心将利用行业支持，增强学术校园基础研究对行业成员推动的应用驱动任务的影响。拟在该中心开展的研究将涉及0.3至10太赫兹电磁频谱的前沿领域，涉及一些具有挑战性的课题。调查员的经验和设施似乎与这个项目很好地结合在一起。太赫兹-TAC将为跨学科研究提供一个极好的平台，具有广泛的适用性。通过学术项目开发和技术转让应该会有显著的好处，这将导致太赫兹技术更快地在工业中使用，并提高工业竞争力。太赫兹-TAC将对非破坏性分析产生立竿见影的影响，对国土安全的短期应用(3至5年)，以及对生物医学的长期兴趣(5至10年)。THZ-TAC的绩效计划明确解决了与代表人数不足的学生的互动问题。RPI在招收女性和少数民族学生方面有着良好的记录。多样性在这份规划拨款提案中得到了很好的解决。该技术的非侵入性在许多领域具有潜在的应用潜力。

Planning Grant for an I/UCRC for THz Application 0832302 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Xi-Cheng Zhang 0832304 Oklahoma State University; Weili Zhang Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and Oklahoma State University propose a planning grant for a collaborative center to investigate applications of Terahertz radiation. The proposed center "Terahertz Technology and Applications Center" (THz-TAC) will focus on developing new knowledge, tools, hardware, and personnel required for THz wave non-destructive testing and stand-off sensing for industrial and security applications. The center will leverage industry support and enhance the impact of the fundamental research at academic campuses to the application-driven tasks promoted by the industry members. The research to be pursued at the proposed center will address frontier areas of the electromagnetic spectrum from 0.3 to 10 THz in a number of challenging topics. The investigator experience and facilities appear to be well aligned with this project. THz-TAC will present an excellent platform for interdisciplinary research with broad applicability. There should be significant benefits through academic program development and technology transfer is highly likely, leading to more rapid utilization of terahertz technologies in industry and improved industrial competitiveness. THz-TAC will have an immediate impact on non-destructive analysis, a short term application (3 to 5 years) for homeland security and a longer term interest (5 to 10 years) in biomedicine. The THz-TAC's performance plan clearly addresses the interaction with underrepresented students. RPI has excellent track records on the enrollment of female and minority students. Diversity is well addressed in this planning grant proposal. The non-invasive nature of the technology holds potential for many areas of application in numerous fields.