Improving the Curriculum of Electrical and Computer Engineering through A Wireless Network Testbed: A Vertical Integration Approach

工程-电气（55）这个项目的目标是通过无线网络的活动来改进电气和计算机工程课程。特别是，调查人员正在采用垂直整合的方法，在整个课程的一系列课程中开发讲习班、研讨会和项目。在课程的前两个学期，工作坊和研讨会通过向学生展示真实的无线网络，将理论与实践联系起来，并进行动手实验来激励学生。这种接触将通过通信领域的核心课程持续到大四，学生将参与与无线网络试验台相关的工程设计项目。一个工业合作伙伴正在支持和参与实现无线网络测试平台。在一名社会科学评价专家的帮助下，正在利用调查和特殊测试来评价该项目，以检查学生的理解和态度的变化。传播工作包括建立一个网站，并通过适当的工程教育会议和期刊介绍和出版材料和数据。更广泛的影响包括材料和结果的传播以及对西班牙裔学生的关注。

Engineering - Electrical (55)The goal of this project is to improve the electrical and computer engineering curriculum through activities on wireless networks. In particular, the investigators are applying a vertical integration approach, in which workshops, seminars, and projects are being developed in a sequence of courses across the curriculum. In the first two semesters of the curriculum, workshops and seminars are used to motivate students by showing them real wireless networks, by relating theory to practice and by performing hands-on experiments. This exposure continues through the core course in the communications area and into the senior year, where students participate in engineering design projects related to a wireless network testbed. An industrial partner is supporting and participating in implementing the wireless network testbed. The project is being evaluated using surveys and special tests to examine changes in the students' understanding and attitudes with the help of an evaluation expert from the social sciences. Dissemination efforts involve the establishment of a website and the presentation and publication of material and data through appropriate engineering education conferences and journals. Broader impacts include the dissemination of the materials and results and the focus on Hispanic students.