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

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。该项目的目标是通过邀请塔斯基吉大学和奥本大学的数学、航空航天科学工程和网络专业的学生为一个宏伟的项目做出贡献：在有限的空间内安全高效地飞行，与地面车辆合作执行任务的自主无人机舰队。德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的Sriram Vishwanath博士团队将交付6个Proteus模块（地面车辆），并将协助塔斯基吉大学（TU）和奥本大学（AU）的团队为该项目建造另外6个适应该项目的最终目标的Proteus模块。Biaz博士和他的学生将在奥本大学开发并实施网络协议，使所有地面和空中交通工具能够相互通信。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完成。智力优势：该项目将建立一个研究基础设施，使数学、航空航天和计算机网络方面的实验室练习成为可能。对于每个学科，学生将有助于解决具有挑战性的问题。目前，对移动自组织网络的研究大多是通过仿真进行的。这个研究基础设施将允许学生测试和评估最有前途的网络协议与硬件在环。在数学方面，例如，学生将认识到，求解方程组不仅可以明显地确定车辆的位置，而且可以直接用于实现网络编码，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项目的HBCU，也是美国非洲裔航空航天工程师毕业生最多的大学。这一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，尤其是代表性不足的少数族裔。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。合作成果将在工程教育和其他专业会议上发表。

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.