Undergraduate RF Microwave Engineering Laboratory Project

工程-电气（55）本项目旨在开发一个将合作学习与结构化问题解决相结合的本科生实验室环境。PI正在创建10个利用射频和微波设备的实验室练习，以支持两个现有的讲座课程。合作学习是一种众所周知的让学生参与到主动学习过程中的方法，它可以提高学生解决问题的能力、个人责任感和团队合作精神。这些课程的变化不仅应该加强学生的学习，而且应该增加参加这些课程的学生人数，从而增加具有射频和微波领域经验的毕业生，特别是非洲裔美国毕业生的人数，以满足工业方面的重大短缺。评估工作包括使用多种评估策略收集定量和定性数据。传播活动的基础是在适当的工程教育期刊上发表该项目的方法和数据，并重点向hbcu推广，包括为感兴趣的教师举办讲习班。更广泛的影响包括材料的传播，特别是对hbcu的传播，以及非洲裔美国学生在该领域的参与度增加。

Engineering - Electrical (55)This project is developing an undergraduate laboratory environment that incorporates cooperative learning with structured problem solving. The PI is creating ten laboratory exercises for utilizing RF and microwave equipment to support two existing lecture courses. Cooperative learning is a well-known method for engaging students in an active learning process that can improve a student's problem solving skills, individual accountability, and team work. The changes in these courses should not only enhance student learning but also increase the number of students enrolling in these courses and hence the number of graduates, particularly African-American graduates, with experience in the RF and microwaves area to meet important shortages in industry. The evaluation effort includes the collection of both quantitative and qualitative data using multiple assessment strategies. Dissemination activities are based on publishing the project's methods and data in appropriate engineering education journals and on a focused outreach effort for HBCUs involving a workshop for interested faculty. Broader impacts include the dissemination of the material, particularlyto HBCUs and the increased participation of African-American students in the field.