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

协作研究：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: 0855155
• 负责人: Chadia Affane Aji
• 金额: $ 34.82万
• 依托单位: Tuskegee University
• 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 2013-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0855155&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.

该奖项由2009年美国复苏和再投资法案(公法111-5)资助。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，激励他们在数学、航空航天科学工程和网络方面做出贡献：在有限的空间安全有效地飞行，一支自动无人机机队与地面飞行器合作执行任务。德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的Sriram Vishwanath博士团队将交付六个Proteus模块(地面飞行器)，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六个Proteus模块，以适应该项目的最终目标。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，使所有地面和空中飞行器能够相互通信。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：这个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。对于每一门学科，学生都将为解决具有挑战性的问题做出贡献。到目前为止，对移动自组网的研究大多是通过仿真来进行的。此研究基础设施将允许学生使用硬件在环中测试和评估最有前景的网络协议。例如，在数学中，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，还可以直接用于实现联网编码和提高通信效率。更广泛的影响：塔斯基吉大学是唯一一所拥有经教唆认可的航空航天工程项目的HBCU，也是美国毕业人数最多的非裔美国航空航天工程师。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，特别是代表不足的少数群体。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。合作努力的结果将通过在工程教育和其他专业会议上的发言来传播。