Opportunities

A variety of research, study and learning experiences are available for undergraduate and gradate students.

These can be

  1. paid positions
  2. independent research for interest and learning
  3. independent study for academic credit

and can involve

  1. modeling and simulation
  2. analysis
  3. laboratory work

or combinations thereof.  The selection of students for these positions will be determined by the students’ interest and experience.

Opportunities for Students

Multi-antenna Wireless Communications

Opportunities exist for students to demonstrate the construction of a testbed for “MIMO” (multi-input, multi-output) wireless communications using software-designed radio (SDR) methods.   Work can involve wireless channel measurements, C++ programming, and building a large SDR software package.  This is a paid position that begins immediately and extends through December, 2012.

Reliable Wireless Communications

Opportunities exist for students to investigate methods for encoding information to reduce the errors caused by noise in a mobile, wireless, digital communications channel. Students will learn about the important field of Error Control Coding and will design and evaluate actual codes for a real wireless application.

Optical Fiber Communications Simulation Lab

A student is needed to use and evaluate a proposed simulation laboratory to be used in coursework on digital fiber optic communications systems.  The student will conduct and evaluate simulation experiments on the components of a fiber optic communications system and will help to design a comprehensive student project that uses these components. This is a two-semester, paid position.

Multiple Access Communications over Optical Fiber

In multiple access communications over wireless and fiber channels, many independent signals occupy the same bandwidth at the same time and in the same region of space.   The receiver can extract a single signal from the set of received signals by recognizing the unique code embedded in the signal.  Opportunities exist for students to analyze and evaluate encoding sequences in order to select those that provide the lowest bit error rate.   Students should be comfortable with mathematical methods and should have significant experience with Matlab. These are two-semester, paid positions.