Institute of Research in Integrative Systems and Engineering (I-RISE): A Proposal Dr. Shawn D. Hunt, Professor ECE Dr. Miguel Vélez-Reyes, Director University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez P.O. Box 9048, Mayagüez, PR UPRM & Industry Forum: April 21, 2005

Vision: Improving the competitiveness of the Puerto Rican Industry Pre-competitive research –Based on long-term research maps with focus on areas relevant to the Puerto Rican industry C&IT, Biomedical, Pharmaceutical, Energy Education and training –Graduate program (MS & Ph.D.), Workshops to industry, Certificate programs –K-12 outreach Technology transfer –Graduates, Knowledge, Prototypes

Research Areas Energy and the Environment Energy Efficient Systems for Information and Communication Technology Bioengineering and Biomedical Imaging Process Control Advanced Materials for Sensing and Communication Systems Radar and Remote Sensing for Meteorology Applications

I-RISE Research Funding Approximately $3.5M/year in sponsored research –NSF, NASA, DoD, Government, Industry Examples of Major Awards –1 Presidential Early Career Award Recipient - Dr. M.Vélez –4 NSF CAREER Program Recipients - Drs. R. Rodríguez,E. O’Neill & J. L. Cruz, M. Rodríguez –1 NASA FAR: Dr. Sandra Cruz-Pol –2 NSF MRI Grants Radiation Lab - Drs. J.Colom & R. Rodríguez Enhancement to EEPSYL – Drs. O’Neill, Vélez, Cedeño, Irizarry, Orama. –3 NSF ERC Award - (CPES, CenSSIS, & CASA) – Dr. M. Vélez & Dr. Cruz-Pol –1 NASA URC: Prof. R. Fernandez Sein and Dr. M. Velez- Reyes –TI – ICDL – Dr. Manuel Jiménez

Location of I-RISE Research Laboratories (over 3,000 sq ft) R&D Center Administration LARSIP EEPSyL SIL Power Quality Stefani Bldg Climmate Radiation ICDL Biomedical Power Elect.

Example of Industry and Government Sponsors and Collaborators

Competence Centers 1 NASA University Research Center –Tropical Center for Earth and Space Studies (TCESS) 3 National Science Foundation Engineering Research Centers –Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems (CenSSIS) NSF ERC –Center for Power Electronic Systems (CPES) NSF ERC –Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA) NSF ERC

Tropical Center for Earth and Space Studies (TCESS) NASA University Research Center established in –Largest NASA grant in UPRM $1.7M/year. Goal to conduct research and develop human resources in areas of interest to NASA enterprises. –Material Sciences, Image and Signal Processing, Bio-optical Oceanography, Biosystems Engineering Participation of 27 faculty, and nearly 100 students at the BS, MS and Ph.D. level from the Colleges of Engineering, Arts and Sciences, and Agriculture K-12 NASA Globe outreach program that has impacted over 30,000 students and 1,600 teachers in 8 years Over $20M leveraged in external funds to support research and develop infrastructure. Project Director: Dr. Miguel Vélez-Reyes Electrical and Computer Engineering

What is an ERC? Engineering Research Centers provide an integrated environment for academe and industry to focus on next-generation advances in complex engineered systems important for the Nation's future. This is NSF’s elite center program We are a core academic partner in 3 of them.

Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems (CenSSIS) Consortia of 4 Universities, 5 Strategic Partners, and 13 industrial partners. Mission: –To revolutionize the existing technology for detecting and imaging biomedical and environmental-civil objects or conditions that are underground, underwater, or embedded in the human body 8 faculty and 17 students from Engineering, and Arts and Science Faculties. UPRM research in sensing and modeling, signal processing and image understanding, data and image information management. Applications: biomedical imaging, environmental, and homeland security. Over 25 students per year, 10 peer reviewed publications per year, Hyperspectral image analysis toolbox Project Director: Dr. Miguel Vélez-Reyes Electrical and Computer Engineering

Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA) Goal is to significantly improve weather forecast models with dense sampling of the lower atmosphere Sampling is achieved with network of microwave radars Areas: antennas, radars, atmospheric science, meteorology, networking, social sciences. Researchers: J. Colom, S. Cruz-Pol, R. Rodríguez-Solís, W. Rivera, W. Díaz Radar network in Puerto Rico Proposed network overcomes problems with existent systems

Center for Power Electronic Systems The first NSF Engineering Research Center with UPRM participation Consortia of 5 Universities and 77 industrial partners lead by Virginia Polytechnic Institute Mision –Improve energy efficiency and reduce cost in electronic systems for electric energy processing. At UPRM 6 faculty and over 22 students from Electrical and Mechanical Engineering UPRM research in distributed control of distributed power systems, electro thermal modeling, design optimization, power converters, power quality, alternate energy sources, and electric drives. Comprehensive education program in electric energy processing systems Project Director: Dr. Miguel Vélez-Reyes Electrical and Computer Engineering

For more information TCESS/CenSSIS/CPES –Dr. Miguel Vélez-Reyes, CASA –Dr. Sandra Cruz-Pol, –Dr. José Colom-Ustáriz,

Strategy for I-RISE Building blocks in place Strategic Planning Meeting Submit proposal for UPR Institute –UPR and government support  Baseline European institute model Funding –Industry consortia General membership Mini-consortia in focus areas –Grants and contracts –Continuing education

Final Remarks ECE Involvement with ERCs for nearly 10 years have established the base for next step towards research to contribute to economic development of PR Leverage of external partnerships. –Faculty development –Student opportunities –Industry opportunities

Questions??? Suggestions, Advice, … Students are our main product Over 150 students participate in our programs per year