TUES: Introducing Software Defined Radio into Undergraduate Wireless Engineering Curriculum Through a Hands-on Approach

参与组织：奥本大学、新墨西哥北部学院和塔斯基吉大学项目描述：尽管取得了很大进展，但软件无线电(SDR)一直被认为是研究生阶段通常提供的一个非常高级的主题。该项目将SDR引入本科无线工程课程。该团队正在利用现有的可编程无线平台，通过动手实验和项目让本科生接触先进的SDR技术。这种实践方法激发了学生的学习积极性，并极大地增强了现有的无线工程课程。这个项目的具体目标是：1)为初级和高级无线工程专业学生开发新的SDR实验室课程；2)开发和整合无线通信实验和项目；以及3)配置新的SDR课程和项目，以便在其他大学采用。为了探索与其他机构采用和提供此类课程相关的问题和要素，该项目与新墨西哥州北部学院(一所为少数族裔服务的机构)和塔斯基吉大学(历史上的黑人学院和大学之一)合作。更深远的意义：该项目让本科生接触到无线通信的最新进展，并为未来的无线工程师提供非常有价值的培训。该小组特别注重妇女和代表人数不足的少数群体的教育。该项目通过参加由奥本大学工程学院主办的由工程资源(老虎)指导的年度团队和个人夏令营，接触到K-12年级的学生。特别提款权实验室实验正被用作未来老虎队训练营的演示，产品正被捐赠给特别提款权开放源码库。开发的课程单元被提供给其他大学，特别侧重于HBCU和为少数群体服务的机构。一年一度的无线研讨会和无线暑期学校由弗吉尼亚理工大学主办，弗吉尼亚理工大学位于弗吉尼亚州布莱克斯堡，提供有关实验室实施的教程。PI还计划出版一期特刊，内容是在新兴互联网基础设施上的ICST交易中课堂使用可编程无线平台。

Participating Organizations: Auburn University, Northern New Mexico College and Tuskegee UniversityProject Description:Although considerable advances have been made, software defined radio (SDR) has been regarded as a highly advanced topic that is typically offered at the graduate level. This project is introducing SDR into the undergraduate wireless engineering curriculum. The team is utilizing existing programmable wireless platforms to expose undergraduate students to advanced SDR technology through hands-on experiments and projects. The hands-on approach is motivating student learning and greatly enhancing existing wireless engineering courses. The specific objectives of this project are to: 1) develop a new SDR laboratory course for junior and senior wireless engineering students; 2) develop and integrate wireless communications experiments and projects; and 3) configure the new SDR course and projects for easy adoption at other universities. To explore the issues and elements associated with other institutions adopting and offering such a course, the project involves collaboration with Northern New Mexico College (a minority-serving institution) and Tuskegee University (one of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities).Broader Significance:The project is exposing undergraduate students to the latest advances in wireless communication and offers highly valuable training for future wireless engineers. The team is particularly focusing on the education of women and underrepresented minorities. The project is reaching out to K-12 students through participating in the annual Teams and Individuals Guided by Engineering Resources (TIGERs) camp that is hosted by the College of Engineering at Auburn University. The SDR laboratory experiments are being used as demonstrations for future TIGERs camps and the products are being contributed to the SDR open-source repositories. The developed course modules are offered and provided to other universities, with a specific focus on HBCUs and minority-serving institutions. Tutorials involving the implementation of the labs are being offered at the annual Wireless Symposium & Wireless Summer School which is being hosted by Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg, VA. The PI also plans to publish a special issue on classroom use of programmable wireless platforms in ICST Transactions on Emerging Internet Infrastructures.