Data Communication Networks Laboratory

(NSF Grant, Awarded: 12/2003, P.I.: Dr. Othoniel Rodriguez)

Graduate / Undergraduate (currently under development)

This laboratory is equipped with a broad variety of networking appliances including repeaters, switches, routers, firewalls, and servers, plus  wireless access points, and wired interconnection panels housed in various cabinets and racks. There are also twenty (20) dual-processor hyper-threading workstations, where the student can configure a variety of protocol stacks and network management software.  

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High Performance Computing Laboratory

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(DoD Grant, Awarded: 05/2004, P.I.: Dr. Alfredo Cruz)

Research Laboratory (currently under development)

The Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico won $199,644.20 from the Department of Defense (DoD)  for the acquisition of computer hardware, software and workstations for the development of a high performance computing center utilizing Beowulf PC Clusters to be utilized for: (1) multi-disciplinary research and research training in chemical engineering, computer science and computer engineering (2) development of joint research projects and software development between university-industry partnerships. This will enable the institution to assist in the scientific, technological, and economic transformation of Puerto Rico and in meeting national unmet needs in scientific high performance computing.

Beowulf 32 node (2 x Xeon 2.8 Ghz) 2 GB/Node, 40 GB  HD/node. 1 Terabyte shared HD for Input - Outoput.

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Turing Laboratory for Graduate Studies

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(Funded by a PRIDCO Grant, 2004)

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E-Learning Research Laboratory

(Funded by a PRIDCO Grant, 2004)

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Computational Electromagnetics Laboratory

Graduate Research Laboratory

Smart Antenna Simulation Laboratory  

(Funded by a PRIDCO Grant, Awarded 04/13/04)

Graduate Research Laboratory

Plasma Laboratory

In this laboratory the students will study the principles of plasma engineering, covering the basic information on plasma physics and the physical processes that are important in industrial plasmas, sources of ion and electron beans and ionizing radiation used in industrial applications. In this Plasma Laboratory it is possible to create plasmas with a very wide range of plasma densities and plasma temperatures, and consequently many different plasma applications can be performed in this Laboratory. Students will acquire basic knowledge required to study more specialized areas of electrical engineering, especially the areas of potential, computer and electronics. As this Laboratory is the only plasma laboratory in all of Puerto Rico, and one of only 19 in all of the US it offers the students of PUPR a unique opportunity to study in this highly specialized field. The main device of this Plasma Laboratory is a Mirror/Cusp Plasma Machine of 3 meters of length with 40,000 Gauss of Magnetic field and a high Microwave frequency of 2.45 GHz with variable power from 50 watt to 5000 watt.

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