电 & 计算机工程研究

This laboratory is used to design and develop instruments for studying and characterizing space plasmas found in the earth's ionosphere and magnetosphere. 这些仪器 are integrated into sounding rocket payloads or satellites built for space weather 实验. Dr. 斯宾塞 is currently funded by NSF to develop RF instruments for 空间等离子体测量. He is also funded by NASA under the Undergraduate Student Instrument Program to build a complete Cubesat to launch and test a new Time Domain Impedance Probe (TDIP) to measure plasma properties in Low Earth Orbit. 实验室 运营着一个 licensed 70cm two-way satellite ground station.

研究 in this laboratory includes investigation of high-voltage/high-frequency breakdown in sub-atmospheric pressures applied to space and aerospace power systems. The characteristics of plasma generated during breakdown 正在接受调查 to understand breakdown events and the effects of high frequency on breakdown. 设备 available includes a variety of high voltage power supplies, function generators, oscilloscopes, vacuum chambers in varying sizes and shapes, and vacuum pumps. Dr. Kirkici’s research has been funded by NASA, AFRL, NSF, AFOSR, and private companies.

This laboratory is used to conduct research and development of next generation antennas, design antennas and associated sub-systems, evaluate their performance, and suggest 细化. The lab acquired full wave electromagnetic analysis tools, such as Ansys HFSS and CST Microwave Studio, to model and characterize antennas. 实验室 has an Anritsu vector network analyzer for measurements up to 40 GHz, and several 其他仪器及制造工具. 研究项目包括毫米波 and microwave antennas for wireless communications and biomedical applications, circularly polarized antennas for satellite communications, adaptive antennas for future 5G wireless systems, reflect/transmit arrays, and frequency selective surfaces. Dr. 拉蒂夫的研究 是由NIH, NASA和NSF资助的.

This research is in the field of high-speed computer networking, cloud computing and 物联网.

This laboratory is currently being used by graduate students to build robots. 它包含 several full size robots and some robot arms. 执行工具和仪器 robotics research is included in the laboratory. 广泛的动态和控制领域 research with applications relating to robots (aerial and water-surface unmanned vehicle) 正在接受调查.