January
2007 MRI: MRI:
“Acquisition
of Infrastructure to Enhance
Research in Computer Science and
Engineering in HPC in Puerto Rico”,
$160,000.00. Awarded.
Principal
Investigator:
Dr. Alfredo
Cruz
January
2007: DoD-HBCU:
“Establishment
of a Virtual Wireless Information
Assurance Laboratory for Research
and Education in the Caribbean”,
$ 176,985.00. Awarded.
Principal
Investigator:
Dr. Alfredo
Cruz
"Simulation
of Very Large Antenna Arrays"
(DoD
Grant, Awarded: Dec. 15, 2005, PI: Dr.
Marvi Teixeira)
The
$204,000.00 award is for a
three year term to do
research in the area of : "Simulation
of Very Large Antenna Arrays".
Part of this work involves parallel
processing, which will be carried
out using the 64 Processor Cluster
housed at the High Performance
Computing Laboratory and a new High
Performance Cluster will be
purchased and installed at the
Computational Electromagnetics
Laboratory. The award also
provides three students Graduate
Research Assistantships in the
amount of $15,000 per year for two
years for each student.
Window
to the Caribbean: Focus in Complex
Multi-dimensional Distributed
Scenarios
(DoD
Grant, Awarded: July 2005, PI: Dr.
Alfredo Cruz)
Dr.
Alfredo Cruz
was awarded
a second DoD infrastructure grant.
Prof. Cruz (PI) and Dr. Kay
Berkling (CoPI) will
receive close to $200, 000.00
in funds from the DoD. Previous
awards to Dr. Cruz have included
DoD funds for the development of a
High Performance Computing Facility.
Networking
Laboratory
(NSF
Grant, Awarded: 12/2003, P.I.: Dr.
Othoniel Rodriguez)
(DoD
Grant, Awarded: 05/2004, P.I.: Dr.
Alfredo Cruz)
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.
Center
of Excellence in Automatic Controls
(PRIDCO
Grant, Start Date: 03/2004, P.I.:
Prof. Wence Lopez)
Connect
to Learn
(PRIDCO
Grant, Start Date: 04/2004, P.I.:
Prof. Othoniel Rodriguez)
(PRIDCO
Grant, Start Date: 05/2004, P.I.:
Dr. Alfredo Cruz)
The
Polytechnic University of Puerto
Rico obtained $329,327 of PRRCA CITI
funds to continue its efforts to
increase the number of women and
minorities prepared for graduate
studies or careers in Computer
Science and Computer Engineering.
Thereby, it seeks to assist in the
scientific, technological, and
economic transformation of Puerto
Rico and in meeting national unmet
needs in scientific areas. The funds
will be used to 1) assist PUPR in
establishing two graduate programs
at the master level: Computer
Engineering (Cp Eng) and Computer
Science (CS); 2) assist PUPR in
sustaining and enhancing current
faculty member’s research
projects; 3) assist in attracting
four research-oriented faculties for
the graduate programs; 4)
development of joint research
projects and software development
between university and industry
partnerships; and 5) acquisition of
25 workstations to support the two
new graduate programs for student
use.
(PRIDCO
Grant, Start Date: 04/2004, P.I.:
Dr. Viktor Zaharov)
"The
project to develop expertise
and infrastructure at PUPR with the ultimate goal of
establishing a center for DSP based Telecommunication
Algorithm research and development with a high
commercialization potential. At the
same time the institutional infrastructure and expertise
in the area will be further developed through the
involvement in the project of several faculty members,
graduate students and undergraduate students. Some of
the courses that will be impacted through this project
will be Master Thesis, Graduate Projects, Undergraduate
Research, Undergraduate Capstone Design and Special
Topics Courses in addition to the regular communication
and DSP courses."
Reflector
antennas are widely used in a
variety of applications including
communication, radar and astronomy.Computer modeling of these
antennas is highly desired in order
to predict their radiation
performance. In this research group
we will develop computational tools
(programs in Fortran, C and Visual
Basic) necessary for studying the
entire antenna system from the
electromagnetics standpoint. We will
then address the practical issues
arising in the application of these
antennas such as depolarization and
gain loss due to the blockage of the
support system and sub- reflector,
deterioration of the reflector
surface due to the gravity and its
effects on the pattern etc.
