Undergraduate RF Microwave Engineering Laboratory Project

工程-电气（55）该项目正在开发一个本科生实验室环境，将合作学习与结构化问题解决相结合。 PI正在创建十个利用RF和微波设备的实验室练习，以支持两个现有的讲座课程。 合作学习是一种让学生参与主动学习过程的众所周知的方法，可以提高学生解决问题的能力，个人责任感和团队合作。 这些课程的改革不仅应加强学生的学习，而且还应增加参加这些课程的学生人数，从而增加在射频和微波领域有经验的毕业生，特别是非洲裔美国人毕业生的人数，以满足工业界的严重短缺。 评价工作包括利用多种评估战略收集定量和定性数据。传播活动的基础是在适当的工程教育期刊上公布项目的方法和数据，以及针对HBCU的重点推广工作，包括为感兴趣的教师举办讲习班。 更广泛的影响包括材料的传播，特别是对HBCU的传播，以及非洲裔美国学生在该领域的参与增加。

Engineering - Electrical (55)This project is developing an undergraduate laboratory environment that incorporates cooperative learning with structured problem solving. The PI is creating ten laboratory exercises for utilizing RF and microwave equipment to support two existing lecture courses. Cooperative learning is a well-known method for engaging students in an active learning process that can improve a student's problem solving skills, individual accountability, and team work. The changes in these courses should not only enhance student learning but also increase the number of students enrolling in these courses and hence the number of graduates, particularly African-American graduates, with experience in the RF and microwaves area to meet important shortages in industry. The evaluation effort includes the collection of both quantitative and qualitative data using multiple assessment strategies. Dissemination activities are based on publishing the project's methods and data in appropriate engineering education journals and on a focused outreach effort for HBCUs involving a workshop for interested faculty. Broader impacts include the dissemination of the material, particularlyto HBCUs and the increased participation of African-American students in the field.