High Speed System Engineering

0306007Mani MinaIowa州立大学高速系统工程$500,096该项目包括建立一套累积的、集成的四门课程，以培养初级和高级工程学生在高速系统工程领域工作。当代工程从业者需要对高速系统工程有一个综合的理解，这可能会超越传统的本科课程。典型的工科学生专注于既定的学科，如电力、VLSI、材料、电子器件、光电子、网络、通信、嵌入式系统和编程。这个项目提出了一套课程（在一个叫做高速系统工程的轨道上）作为工程专业学生课程的一部分来训练他们在工作中所需要的基本知识。该课程为本科生提供了一个了解网络和高速互连问题的机会，让他们接触设计和实际问题，并将研究成果融入课堂。研究转移是通过案例研究来完成的，这些案例研究既揭示了基本原理，也为学生提供了令人兴奋的应用来学习。该项目建立在该机构两项相关活动的成功基础上：高速电子和VLSI实验室（卡弗实验室）和可靠的计算和网络实验室（DCNL）。本计画所开设的课程，教授基础知识及相关课题之间的关系，并整合研究成果，以激发学生对基础知识的了解，并强调该课题的重要性。此外，学生接受测量技术培训，并要求他们自己进行典型的测量。该计划有一个强大的实验室组成部分，以提高学生对当前测量技术的理解。高速系统工程方向的课程包括：1)测量与仪器基础：电子、数字、射频、微波和光学测量与仪器实验室，涵盖测量的基础知识，已知的数字和模拟系统的测量方法，以及在微波到光学领域测量所需的详细要求；在太赫兹及以上的未来系统设计中使用的问题、技术和工具，以及依赖于鲁棒性、容错性和安全系统的当前和未来系统考虑。3)高速混合系统：光学/电子混合互连系统，包括与光学和电子系统相关的兼容性问题以及EM兼容性和抗扰度。4)高速系统特性：高速系统集成与测量中应用的概念。高速系统的设计和表征标准不同于直流和低频系统。本课程的目标是让学生熟悉高速问题。这个项目有可能成为本科阶段高速系统工程领域课程的国家原型。

0306007Mani MinaIowa State UniversityHigh Speed System Engineering$500,096This project involves building a cumulative, integrated set of four classes to train engineering students at the junior and senior level to work in the field of high-speed systems engineering. Contemporary engineering practitioners require an integrated understanding of high-speed system engineering that may surpass the traditional focus developed in undergraduate curricula. Typical engineering students focus on well-established subjects such as power, VLSI, materials, electronic devices, opto-electronics, networking, communication, embedded systems and programming. This project proposes that a set of courses (presented in a track called High-Speed System Engineering) be offered as a part of engineering students' curriculum to train them in essentials needed in the workforce. The curriculum track offers undergraduate students an opportunity to understand the issues of networking and high-speed interconnections by exposing them to design and practical issues and by infusing the results of research into their classes. Research transfer is done using case studies that both shed light on basic principles and also provide students with exciting applications to learn from. This project builds on the successes of two related activities at this institution: a high-speed electronics and VLSI laboratory (Carver Lab) and the dependable computing and networking laboratory (DCNL). The classes developed for this project teach the fundamentals and relationships between the related topics, and also integrate research findings to motivate students' understanding of the fundamentals and emphasize the importance of the subject. In addition, students are trained in measurement techniques and are required to conduct typical measurements themselves. The program has a strong laboratory component to enhance students' understanding of current measurement technology. The courses in the High Speed System Engineering track include: 1) Fundamentals of Measurements and Instrumentation: Electronics, digital, RF, microwave, and optical measurement and instrumentation laboratory covering the basics of measurement, the known measurement methodologies for digital and analog systems, and the details of the requirements needed to measure in the microwave to the optical domain, 2) Advanced Robust: Issues, techniques and tools used in design of future systems in the terahertz range and beyond and current and future system considerations relying on robustness, fault tolerance, and secure systems. 3) High-speed Hybrid Systems: Optical/electronics hybrid-interconnect systems including compatibility problems associated with optical and electronic based systems and EM compatibility and immunity. 4) High-speed System Characterization: Concepts applied in high-speed system integration and measurement. The design and characterization criteria for high-speed systems are different from those of DC and low frequencies systems. The goal of this class is to get students familiar with high-speed issues. This project has the potential to serve as a national prototype for curricula in the area of high-speed system engineering at the undergraduate level.