| NSF Org: |
EEC Division of Engineering Education and Centers |
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| Initial Amendment Date: | August 16, 2018 |
| Latest Amendment Date: | August 31, 2023 |
| Award Number: | 1822213 |
| Award Instrument: | Continuing Grant |
| Program Manager: |
Prakash Balan
pbalan@nsf.gov (703)292-5341 EEC Division of Engineering Education and Centers ENG Directorate for Engineering |
| Start Date: | August 15, 2018 |
| End Date: | July 31, 2023 (Estimated) |
| Total Intended Award Amount: | $200,064.00 |
| Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $200,064.00 |
| Funds Obligated to Date: |
FY 2019 = $100,032.00 |
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| Recipient Sponsored Research Office: |
2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1 HONOLULU HI US 96822-2247 (808)956-7800 |
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| Primary Place of Performance: |
HI US 96822-2234 |
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Performance Congressional District: |
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| NSF Program(s): | IUCRC-Indust-Univ Coop Res Ctr |
| Primary Program Source: |
01001920DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT |
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| Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.041 |
ABSTRACT
Electromagnetics (EM) technologies have been a backbone for monumental global economic growth and development in numerous key industries with applications in communications, radar, space exploration, remote sensing, biomedical diagnosis, and environmental monitoring. Advances in EM have enabled phenomenal growth in wireless technologies with more recent applications in mobile biomedical monitoring/diagnosis, Internet of Things, and smart grids. The University of Hawaii has a long standing distinguished research reputation in the area of communications, with recent expansion of research activities in the broader area of wireless technologies. Available laboratory facilities include wireless testbed, indoor antenna range, multiple microwave network analysis laboratories, and a physical electronics lab for device fabrication and characterization. With this project, the University of Hawaii Team will be joining the highly successful Phase II IUCRC Center for Electromagnetic Compatibility (CEMC) at Missouri S&T and the University of Houston. The University of Hawaii EM technologies site brings research innovation and laboratory facilities that complement ongoing activities in CEMC. Together, the joint CEMC will provide broader EM expertise and will be able to address a wide range of projects with applications in national defense, smart communities and healthcare, smart grids, and in the Internet of Things research and applications.
The University of Hawaii IUCRC site has several faculty members, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students, working on a variety of EM-based projects. Example projects include advanced antenna arrays design with beam steering and beamforming capabilities, reconfigurable RF devices, liquid metals, Terahertz sensors, metamaterials/smart materials technologies, propagation modeling, and RF sensors for remote biomedical and environmental monitoring applications. Digital signal processing, advanced optimization, and reinforcement learning algorithms have also been collaboratively integrated in EM research projects to provide affordable and reliable wireless access in rural areas, noninvasive and remote monitoring of vital signs and changes in lung water content, and in the monitoring, control, and optimization of future smart grids with large penetration of distributed renewable energy sources. Besides the significant research benefits from the collaborative and expanded capabilities of the joint center, the Hawaii site of CEMC will also have a significant impact on developing a highly qualified workforce with EM expertise for both the military and commercial sectors. The joint teams intend to exchange distance learning courses to enrich and grow their graduate programs. The Hawaii experience with STEM education and the NSF RET program will also be enriched through this collaboration between the three participating universities.
This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.
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Electromagnetics (EM) technologies have been the backbone for global economic growth and development in numerous key industries such as in communications, radar, space exploration, remote sensing, biomedical diagnosis, environmental monitoring, and smart grids. In this project, the University of Hawaii (UH) team joined the highly successful Phase II IUCRC Center for Electromagnetic Compatibility (CEMC) at Missouri S&T and the University of Houston. The UH site brings research innovation and laboratory facilities that complement ongoing research in CEMC and expand the research in areas of antenna design, wireless propagation modeling, wireless power transmission, wireless healthcare, smart grids, and artificial intelligence.
The UH site has several faculty members, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students working on a variety of EM-related research projects. Example projects include (1) design of advanced antenna arrays with beam steering and beamforming capabilities, (2) design of metamaterials and smart materials using genetic programming, (3) wireless power transmission for implantable devices,(4) development of wireless cardio-pulmonary stethoscopes for non-invasive monitoring of lung water and COVID, and (5) integration of renewable energy in smart grids using reinforcement learning. Our research findings contributed to providing low-cost and reliable wireless access in rural areas, improving the quality of affordable healthcare, advancing the design of metamaterials and smart materials for wireless technologies, and optimizing the integration of renewable energy in smart grids.
Through this project, we have developed a highly qualified STEM workforce with EM expertisefor both the military and commercial sectors. We have provided training for postdoctoral fellows, guided research for graduate students, and developed new courses in our institute.
Last Modified: 10/17/2023
Modified by: Yuanzhang Xiao
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