Wireless Communication Systems Lab - A Laboratory Course

该项目正在开发一个最先进的无线通信系统实验室设施和课程，使学生能够使用现代仪器和CAD/CAE软件设计、测试和模拟无线系统和电路。该实验室用于所有各级无线系统课程，并在该领域的课程与RF电路和设备等相关领域的课程之间建立桥梁。此外，该实验室还为本科生项目提供资源，并作为与当地社区联系的工具。评估工作在大学卓越教学中心的支持下进行，利用学生和员工调查以及专门指定的学生评估小组。调查人员正在利用一个长期存在的工业咨询委员会来指导他们的工作，他们正在通过在他们的网站上张贴，在教育会议和教育期刊上发表论文，在一个特殊的无线和微波技术会议上发表演讲，以及设备制造商的促销活动来传播他们的材料和结果。拟议活动的更广泛影响包括传播课程材料；面向两年制大学生、高中教师和当地工程师的暑期讲习班；并通过参与一个成功的正在进行的项目，向当地高中伸出援手。

Engineering - Electrical (55)The project is developing a state-of-the-art wireless communication systems laboratory facility and course that enables students to design, test, and simulate wireless systems and circuits using modern instrumentation and CAD/CAE software. The laboratory is utilized in all wireless systems courses at all levels, and it is building a bridge between courses in this area and those in related areas such as RF circuits and devices. In addition, the laboratory is serving as a resource for undergraduate projects and as a tool for outreach to the local community. The evaluation effort, which is being conducted with support from the University's center for teaching excellence, is utilizing student and employee surveys and a specially designated student evaluation team. The investigators are using a long standing industrial advisory committee to guide their efforts and they are disseminating their materials and results though postings on their website, papers at educational conferences and in educational journals, presentations at a special wireless and microwave technology conference, and promotions by the equipment manufacturer. The broader impacts of the proposed activity include dissemination of the course material; summer workshops for two-year college students, high school teachers and local engineers; and outreach to the local high schools through participation in a successful ongoing program.