Collaborative Research: CRI-RUI: II-NEW: ATTRACT: Aerial and Terrestrial Testbed for Research in Aerospace, Computing, and maThematics

合作研究：CRI-RUI：II-新：ATTRACT：用于航空航天、计算和数学研究的空中和地面测试平台

• 批准号: 0855025
• 负责人: Sriram Vishwanath
• 金额: $ 12.22万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at Austin
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-08-01 至 2011-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0855025&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; CRI; RUI; II

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). The objective of this project is to inspire students at Tuskegee University and Auburn University in mathematics, aerospace science engineering, and networking by inviting them to contribute to a grand project: fly safely and efficiently, in a limited space, a fleet of autonomous UAVs on a cooperative mission with terrestrial vehicles. The team of Dr. Sriram Vishwanath at the University of Texas (UT) Austin will deliver six Proteus modules (terrestrial vehicles) and will assist the team at Tuskegee University (TU) and Auburn University (AU) to build for this project six other Proteus modules adapted to the ultimate objective of this project. Dr. Biaz and his students will develop and implement at Auburn University the networking protocols that will allow all terrestrial and aerial vehicles to communicate with each other. The implementation will be made through series of laboratory exercises and research projects collaboratively conducted at Tuskegee University and Auburn University. Intellectual Merit: This project will set up a research infrastructure that enables laboratory exercises in mathematics, aerospace and computer networking. For each discipline, students will contribute to the solution of challenging problems. To this day, most research on mobile ad hoc networks is conducted through simulation. This research infrastructure will allow students to test and evaluate the most promising networking protocols with hardware-in-the-loop. In mathematics, students will realize for example that solving a system of equations not only can obviously determine the position of a vehicle but also can be directly used to enable networking coding and improve communications efficiency. Broader Impacts: Tuskegee University is the only HBCU with an ABET-accredited Aerospace Engineering program and graduates the largest number of African-American aerospace engineers in the US. This research infrastructure will contribute to attract and retain students in STEM fields at Auburn University and Tuskegee University in general and under-represented minorities in particular. The multidisciplinary collaboration between Tuskegee University, UT Austin and Auburn University will benefit students from these institutions to work in a multi-disciplinary environment and will expose them to state of the art education and research. The results of the collaborative effort will be disseminated through presentations at engineering education and other professional conferences.

该奖项根据 2009 年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法 111-5）提供资金。该项目的目标是通过邀请塔斯基吉大学和奥本大学的学生为一个宏伟的项目做出贡献，激发他们在数学、航空航天科学工程和网络方面的兴趣：在有限的空间内安全、高效地飞行，由自主无人机机队与地面车辆合作执行任务。德克萨斯大学 (UT) 奥斯汀分校的 Sriram Vishwanath 博士团队将交付六个 Proteus 模块（陆地车辆），并将协助塔斯基吉大学 (TU) 和奥本大学 (AU) 的团队为此项目构建另外六个适应该项目最终目标的 Proteus 模块。比亚兹博士和他的学生将在奥本大学开发和实施网络协议，使所有地面和空中交通工具能够相互通信。该实施将通过塔斯基吉大学和奥本大学合作开展的一系列实验室练习和研究项目来实施。智力优势：该项目将建立一个研究基础设施，支持数学、航空航天和计算机网络方面的实验室练习。对于每个学科，学生都将为解决具有挑战性的问题做出贡献。迄今为止，大多数关于移动自组织网络的研究都是通过模拟进行的。该研究基础设施将使学生能够通过硬件在环测试和评估最有前途的网络协议。在数学方面，学生将认识到，例如，求解方程组不仅可以明显地确定车辆的位置，还可以直接用于实现网络编码并提高通信效率。更广泛的影响：塔斯基吉大学是唯一一所拥有 ABET 认证的航空航天工程课程的 HBCU，其毕业的非裔美国航空航天工程师数量为美国最多。该研究基础设施将有助于吸引和留住奥本大学和塔斯基吉大学 STEM 领域的学生，特别是代表性不足的少数族裔学生。塔斯基吉大学、德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校和奥本大学之间的多学科合作将使这些机构的学生有利于在多学科环境中工作，并使他们接触到最先进的教育和研究。合作成果将通过在工程教育和其他专业会议上的演讲来传播。