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: 0855182
• 负责人: Saad Biaz
• 金额: $ 18.93万
• 依托单位: Auburn 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=0855182&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.

该奖项是根据2009年《美国复苏与再投资法》（公法111-5）资助的。该项目的目的是通过邀请他们邀请他们为一个盛大的项目做出贡献：在有限的空间中，在有限的空间中启用了一支自主无人机的机队，可以在数学，航空科学工程和网络上激发学生的数学，航空科学工程和网络的学生的灵感。德克萨斯大学奥斯汀大学（UT）的Sriram Vishwanath博士团队将提供六个Proteus模块（陆地车辆），并将协助Tuskegee University（TU）和Auburn University（AU）的团队为该项目建立六个其他Proteus模块，以适应该项目的最终目标。 Biaz博士和他的学生将在奥本大学开发和实施网络协议，这将使所有陆地和航空车都可以相互交流。该实施将通过在塔斯基吉大学和奥本大学合作进行的一系列实验室演习和研究项目进行。知识分子的优点：该项目将建立一个研究基础设施，以实验数学，航空航天和计算机网络的实验室练习。对于每个学科，学生将为解决具有挑战性的问题做出贡献。直到今天，大多数有关移动临时网络的研究都是通过模拟进行的。该研究基础架构将允许学生使用硬件在循环中测试和评估最有希望的网络协议。在数学中，学生将意识到例如，解决方程式不仅可以明显地确定车辆的位置，而且还可以直接用于启用网络编码和提高通信效率。更广泛的影响力：塔斯基吉大学是唯一一家拥有辅助的航空航天工程计划的HBCU，毕业于美国的非裔美国航空航天工程师数量最多。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的STEM领域的学生，尤其是代表性不足的少数民族。 Tuskegee University，UT Austin和Auburn University之间的多学科合作将使这些机构的学生受益于在多学科环境中工作，并将使他们接触到最先进的教育和研究。协作努力的结果将通过工程教育和其他专业会议的演讲来传播。