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By Erin Fennessy On Wednesday (August 6), the doors of the new Wideband Test Facility at the University of Notre Dame (South Bend, Indiana, USA) were officially opened to researchers […]

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Collaboration and broadening participation are two core elements of the SpectrumX center’s activities. Member institutions of SpectrumX, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Center for Spectrum Innovation, have opportunities to work with one another in ways that may not have been possible before the center was established. This summer, a graduate student from the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez (UPRM) and member of the Center for Advanced Radio Sciences and Engineering (CARSE), traveled to the University of Virginia (UVA) to continue research on radio frequency (RF) engineering, addressing challenges in the electromagnetic spectrum that support 5G cellular and broadband communications

Members of the Center for Advanced Radio Sciences and Engineering (CARSE) at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez (UPRM), and SpectrumX, the U.S. National Science Foundation Spectrum Innovation Center, traveled to Italy this week to present their research.

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have been awarded a three-year, $1.5 million, grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop a data platform to enable measurements and experiments in the electromagnetic spectrum. These measurements will contribute to academic and industry stakeholders’ research to drive spectrum sharing policy in existing bands, such as 3-4 GHz, as well as potential new bands, such as 7-8 GHz.

Spectrum Innovation Centers SMART Hub (https://spectrumsmart.org) and SpectrumX (https://spectrumx.org) are teaming up to present a workshop entitled “Radio Spectrum for Microwave Practitioners” at the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium in Washington, D.C., on Monday, June 17. Organizers are Charles Baylis, Ph.D., Director of SMART Hub, Baylor University, and Andy Clegg, Spectrum Engineering Lead, Google.

On Thursday, April 25, Sethuraman Panchanathan, director of U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), joined U.S. Senator Todd Young in a visit to the campus of the University of Notre Dame. The pair met with faculty, students, and University leaders and discussed how research and innovation can drive better policymaking, grow the local economy, and contribute to national security. Senator Young explained, "As I travel around the state, I am inspired by the quality of students and the quality of research at our universities—and we have that at Notre Dame. Some of the best research in the country is happening here.

Every day, people use mobile devices to communicate, stream video, check the weather, navigate, play games, and use thousands of other apps. Only in the most recent decades have these technologies become more accessible. Wireless technology also underlies radio astronomy, satellites, television and radio broadcasting, geolocation and navigational services, and remote sensing. The original experiments that made the wireless services used every day are not as old as some might think. In fact, it was just 125 years ago that the first known long-range wireless transmission in the United States was made on the campus of the University of Notre