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

工程-电气（55）本项目的目标是通过无线网络活动改进电气和计算机工程课程。特别是，调查人员正在采用纵向一体化的方法，其中讲习班，研讨会和项目正在开发中的整个课程的课程序列。在课程的前两个学期，通过向学生展示真实的无线网络、将理论与实践相结合以及进行动手实验，使用讲习班和研讨会来激励学生。 这种接触继续通过通信领域的核心课程，并进入高年级，在那里学生参与相关的无线网络测试平台的工程设计项目。一个工业合作伙伴正在支持和参与实施无线网络测试平台。 在一名社会科学评估专家的帮助下，正在通过调查和特别测试对该项目进行评估，以检查学生在理解和态度方面的变化。 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.