March 14, 1997
Cubic Corporation helps launch Communications Systems and Signal Processing Institute at SDSU
Contact: Louise Snider (619)594-5204
Thanks to the generosity of one local business, SDSU will be able to meet
the needs of the emerging wireless industry. Cubic Corporation has contributed
$100,000 to the University to help establish the Communications Systems
and Signal Processing Institute in the College of Engineering.
The need for such an institute has grown with the emergence of San Diego
as a primary center for wireless and cellular communications providers
and manufacturers in California and the United States, according to Pieter
Frick, dean of SDSU's College of Engineering.
Walter J. Zable, chairman and chief executive officer of Cubic Corporation,
said his firm is pleased to be part of the new Institute and to help in
its formation.
"Cubic Corporation is proud of the many San Diego State University
graduates who have joined our organization and are part of it today,"
Zable says. "They have made substantial contributions to our success.
This is our way of expressing our gratitude to the University for its important
contributions to us and to our community."
"We are grateful to Cubic Corporation for its support," says
Stephen L. Weber, president of SDSU. "San Diego State is committed
to serving our city and region. As part of that effort, we are eager to
make what contributions we can to the health of our local business and
industry. This generous gift from Cubic will advance that effort."
"The Institute," explains Dean Frick, "will provide hands-on
design experience and an educational environment that prepares students
for careers in communications and signal processing. The Institute will
interact with Cubic and other industrial partners in developing cores of
expertise in areas meaningful to the technical community."
The focus will be on radio frequency circuitry, modems, receivers, transmitters,
analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters, digital signal processing,
algorithms and hardware, antennae, and networks. Activities for participating
members will include an on-going lecture series by world class experts
in communication systems, tutorials, testing, design review, product development,
and other research and development activities.
Fred Harris, SDSU professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, has been awarded the Institute's Signal Processing Chair and
appointed acting director.
Cubic Corporation was founded in San Diego in 1951 as a small electronics
firm. Today, the company is a multinational organization that employs more
than 3,700 people throughout the world. Its Defense Group produces instrumented
training systems for the U.S. Army, Air Force and Navy, as well as avionics,
data links, aerospace systems and product logistical support. Its Revenue
Collection Group designs and manufactures automatic revenue collection
systems for public mass transit projects throughout the world.