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

参与组织：奥本大学、北方新墨西哥州学院和塔斯基吉大学项目描述：虽然已经取得了相当大的进展，但软件定义无线电（SDR）一直被认为是一个非常先进的课题，通常在研究生阶段提供。本项目将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。这种动手实践的方法激发了学生的学习热情，并极大地增强了现有的无线工程课程。该项目的具体目标是：1）为初级和高级无线工程学生开发新的SDR实验室课程; 2）开发和整合无线通信实验和项目; 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这样的课程相关的问题和要素，该项目涉及与北方新墨西哥州学院（少数民族服务机构）和塔斯基吉大学（历史上的黑人学院和大学之一）的合作。更广泛的意义：该项目是暴露本科生在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性不足的少数民族的教育。该项目通过参加由奥本大学工程学院主办的年度工程资源指导团队和个人（TIGERS）营地，向K-12学生伸出援手。特别提款权实验室的实验被用作未来老虎营地的示范，其产品被贡献给特别提款权开放源码储存库。开发的课程模块已提供给其他大学，特别侧重于HBCUs和少数群体服务机构。涉及实验室实施的课程将在弗吉尼亚理工大学在弗吉尼亚州布莱克斯堡举办的年度无线研讨会无线暑期学校上提供。PI还计划在ICST《新兴互联网架构汇刊》中出版一份关于可编程无线平台在课堂上使用的特刊。

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.