Communications, Signal Processing and VLSI: Education Under a Common Framework

工程-电气（55）电气和计算机工程系在罗文大学正在配置一种新的教学方法的初级通信（COMM），数字信号处理（DSP）和超大规模集成电路（VLSI）课程下的一个共同的框架。这三门课程在大三的春季学期同时进行。主要开发的原型是一个实验室手册。长期的目标是利用这个原型开发一个面向实验室的教科书。在电气工程教育中，通信，DSP和VLSI领域一直是历史性的划分和分离。这种分离已经蔓延到工业界和大学的高级专业界。专注于一个领域的工程师发现很难与同事合作，部门内开始形成独立的派系。这种类型的隔离不再是可以接受的，因为我们必须在本科阶段提供一个综合的经验。这种综合性的经验使学生能够更好地理解COMM，DSP和VLSI的概念关系。这对进入工业或继续研究生院的本科生非常有益。正在开发12个跨学科的实验，这些实验跨越了各个课程的界限，并将实践经验和软件模拟相结合。前四个实验涉及非常基本的概念。接下来的四个实验让学生接触到工业界认可的多媒体标准。最后四个实验涉及各种应用程序，链接COMM，DSP和VLSI。通过MATLAB和SIMULINK，C/C++和Mentor Graphics将软件与实验集成在一起。我们的新实验室通过与传统实验进行比较来评估，传统实验只是展示课堂上教授的理论。区域工业合作伙伴帮助评估我们的项目。传播计划包括期刊和会议论文、编写新的实验室手册、使用万维网以及以光盘和录像带形式分发材料。

Engineering - Electrical (55) The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rowan University is configuring a novel method of teaching the junior level Communications (COMM), Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) courses under a common framework. These three courses are taken concurrently during the spring semester of the junior year. The main developed prototype is a laboratory manual. A long term goal is to use this prototype to develop a laboratory oriented textbook.There has been a historical division and separation of the fields of Communications, DSP and VLSI in electrical engineering education. This separation has crept up to the very high professional circles in both industry and university. Engineers specialized in one area find it hard to collaborate with their colleagues, and separate cliques within the department start to form. This type of segregation is no longer acceptable as we must provide an integrative experience at the undergraduate level. This integrative experience enables the students to better comprehend the conceptual relationships of COMM, DSP and VLSI. This is highly beneficial for undergraduate students that enter industry or go on to graduate school.Twelve interdisciplinary experiments that cut across individual course boundariesand that integrate hands-on experience and software simulation are being developed. The first four experiments deal with the very basic concepts. The next four experiments expose the students to multimedia standards approved by industry. The last four experiments deal with various applications that link COMM, DSP and VLSI. Software is integrated with the experiments through MATLAB and SIMULINK, C/C++ and Mentor Graphics.Our new laboratory is assessed by comparison with conventional experiments that merely demonstrate the theory taught in the classroom. The regional industrial partners help in assessing our project. The dissemination plan includes journal and conference papers, the creation of a new laboratory manual, use of the World Wide Web and the distribution of material in the form of CD-ROMs and videotapes.