Naval Communication Solutions Conclusions While our experience was fun and fulfilling it was also a great learning experience with plenty of information that was soaked in. We would like to thank Southwestern College and SPAWAR Systems Center for giving me the opportunity to work with our mentor's, Along with Dr. Raga Bakhiet, Dean Kathy Tyner, Kathy Gassaway and the whole MESA family for their support. Eric Oliver. Southwestern College, Major in Computer Engineering Victor Zuniga. Southwestern College, Major in physics minor in applied mathematics. LASER COMMUNICATIONS As mentioned before newer technologies have opened the door for faster safer communications. Laser communications is that type of technology. While in the lab, we tested how we can modulate an LED light source to send information through different mediums. While working on the communications systems I got to work with several individuals including my mentor, a new professional and a graduate intern. My tasks were to customize noise filters, take data and help with configuration of laser communications systems Conclusion : We re very grateful to have been able to put what we’ve learned studying to use. In just over a month I have learned more than I would have expected outside of a classroom. We now have more respect and admiration for the work done by Engineers and Scientists. This experience has been a major reinforcement in our goals to become an Engineer ourselves. The most important notion to us is being able to use a scientific education and talents to serve the United States. learned that this is one of the many ways someone can serve their country. SPAWAR At SPAWAR, the research center is looking for new efficient ways to better their clients performance. As the information age progresses and the amount that needs to be transferred becomes and larger and the time that it needs to be transferred needs to be cut down. While regular communications have been adequate, newer technologies have opened the doors to faster and safer communications. At SPAWAR, the research center is looking for new efficient ways to better their clients performance. As the information age progresses and the amount that needs to be transferred becomes larger and larger and the time that it needs to be transferred needs to be cut down. While regular communications have been adequate, newer technologies have opened the doors to faster and safer communications. The methods and equipment we used were very basic yet very important. The information was sent by either a Laser (above) or by focused LEDs (below left) the light is then received by a Photomultiplier Tube (below right) that then sends the information to a oscilloscope (right) so the information can be measured. The information that was sent was a simple sinusoidal wave or a square wave so we can easily distinguish if the proper information was sent. The view Introduction: The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center San Diego is the U.S. Navy’s research, development, test and evaluations facility. Specifically the Electromagnetics and Advanced Development Facility residing on SPAWAR’s beautiful sea side location deliver shipboard high frequency and satellite communications solutions. Scientists and engineers research practical antenna placement and new forms of antenna here. This is done with the aide of a model range testing ships and antenna at one forty eighth scale of actual size. Working at the facility my job was to test and evaluate antenna measurement hardware and help debug the program that virtualizes antenna testing. I worked with two other interns in evaluating the antenna measurement hardware but worked alone with a Computer Engineer debugging code. Victor and I both worked with our mentors to help SPAWAR meet its goal of providing communications solutions for the Navy. Methods: I had excellent time learning about antenna properties and functions by testing and evaluating the VIA ECHO 2500 network analyzer. Left to my own devices and with little guidance after a few demonstrations I had to use a combination of trial, error, and study to grasp the operation of this device. I began by breaking out the unit’s manual and spending a long time reading about operations and procedures. Comfortable enough I began by using the ECHO PC Vision software to control the unit with a laptop. I would hook the device up to an antenna, choose a frequency range, and save the data to an excel spread sheet. With the data in hand I would review it and make plots of frequency vs. impedance. After becoming familiar with the network analyzer’s operation on testing a single antenna I moved onto isolation testing. This test determines the effects on antennas by near by antennas. Using a bit of math to determine the proper frequency to test on I began taking measurements of one antenna’s impedance and the other’s voltage gain. All of this was done in my mentor Daniel Tam’s office. All of this was to be replicated out on the model range. The goal of this project was to determine the usefulness and capabilities of this small inexpensive analyzer compared to a more bulky expensive model used on the model range. Along with this project I worked on an Intel quad-core workstation with a Computer Engineer. The task at hand was to debug a parallel program that virtualizes model range testing. Code written specifically for a Hewlett- Packard supercomputer called Longview does not transfer directly to the IBM supercomputer Washington. Without the aide of a debugger we used print statements to reveal where problems were in the code. A method of brute force trial and error was utilized accented with leaps of inspiration to solve the long list of problems. We also were in contact with a Software Engineer at HP to help give us clues on troubleshooting the execution of the program. I began to learn a lot about Fortran code and more about how writing parallel code works. NSF Grant number: