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The
first group of activities of the ATMC Telecommunications Lab will be focused
on research and development aimed at supporting antenna/RF and wireless
communication industries. Wireless technology is exploding! The Telecommunications
lab anticipates its business to come from economically most viable wireless
technology markets, such as
- Mobile telephony
- Wireless Internet
- Bluetooth technology
- Digital audio radio
- GPS
- RF identification
- Vehicular communication and tracking systems
- Satellite communications
The
Lab core team members, together with graduate and undergraduate students,
will design antennas, circuits, and RF components for wireless systems.
The primary areas of interest are:
- Antenna analysis and design
- Development of new antennas
- Antennas on vehicles
- Mobile-phone antennas (near human bodies)
- Near-field coupling and interactions in real environments
- Adaptive antennas and smart antennas
The second
group of activities of the ATMC Telecommunications Lab will include theoretical
and experimental studies and applications of various aspects of electromagnetic
scattering, such as
- Polarimetric characterization of targets and clutter
- Wideband scattering from rough surfaces (ocean surface)
- Detection of buried objects (mines)
- Radar cross-section (RCS) analysis of complex objects (aircraft
and missiles)
- Microwave radiometer development
- Interaction of electromagnetic radiation with humans
- Indoor and outdoor propagation for wireless applications
In addition
to considerable industry interest and needs, it is anticipated that this
work will be of great potential for government funding, including NSF,
DOD (ARO, AFOSR, NRL), NASA, NOAA, and NIH. This
lab also includes an Anechoic Chamber, which is used for measuring RF
beam patterns such as the testing of various antennas.
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