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The Jerusalem College of Technology has
prioritized scientific research and development as a cornerstone of our
academic programming. Pure and applied research acts an important step to
training our student scientists and encourages the continued work of our
professors, graduate students and research scientists. This research is
essential for nourishing the expansion of the students’ knowledge. It further
stimulates new ways of thinking about scientific principles and problem
solving that have the potential to dramatically improve how our students deal
with a scientific dilemma.
The Jerusalem College of Technology is committed
to achieving a high level of academic excellence. The trained engineers and
scientists that graduate from our programs are sought after and play a key
role in setting high technological, scientific and industrial standards in
Israel. Our graduates are recruited for the local high tech industry and
internationally for their knowledge and this same academic excellence. In
order for us to continue to promote JCT’s standing at the forefront of
scientific and technological advancement, we wish to establish a Science
Research and Learning Center. The Center will be built in the Jack Weiler Building of Applied Physics. Presently the building consists of three
floors and it is our intention to build an additional floor to house the Center.
The Science
Research and Learning Center will encompass the totality of the additional
fourth floor an area of 650 sq. meters.
The Center will house the offices of the Research Authority, which
oversees all research activity at JCT. It assists faculty members in
arranging partnerships and seeking funding as well as with commercialization
of projects. In addition it promotes student research through the Student Excellence
Program in which students are involved in faculty research. The Center will
also consist of seven rooms for 15 faculty researchers and two lecture
auditoriums that will each seat 56 students. There will also be a
telecommunications research laboratory with 32 workstations each where
students will be able to carry out advanced research as part of their Masters
program in telecommunications systems engineering. The laboratory will
include sophisticated equipment to teach
the scientific and mathematical approach
to information technology and its
applications; notably computer software,
hardware and practical techniques for its implementation and application
in complex computer networking
systems. Current research
is focusing on remote video transmission where video signals are carried over
several cell phone signals working in concert. Various aspects of this research project has
military applications including solving the problem of how to keep wireless
transmission active, streamlined and clear in tunnels and underground
bunkers.
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