Purchase of scientific instrumentations to perform laboratory measurements for research applications in solid state electronics, electromagnetics, communications and radar systems.

This purchase is exempt from the usual selection processes of the Procurement Code because the procurement expenditure is for performing sponsored research and other sponsored activities under grants and contracts funded by the sponsor or by sources other than State appropriations. (30 ILCS 500 / 1-13(b)(8)) The new instrumentation will dramatically advance, with experimental activities, multiple existing research projects and collaborations among the investigators in 3 major areas of electrical engineering: semiconductor devices, communications, and radar systems. The research activities will heavily involve Ph.D., M.S, and undergraduate students. Minority students will be attracted through various forms of advertisement, including announcements in the courses taught by the investigators.