A Hands-on, Interdisciplinary Laboratory Program and Educational Model to Strengthen a Radar Curriculum for Broad Distribution
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-College Senior |
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Astronomy Design Earth Sciences Electrical Engineering Engineering Education Research Surveying and Geomatics Engineering |
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Reference - Educational Research Paper |
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Carolyn Ahern Dee Fink Kell Tarp Mark Yeary Michael Biggerstaff Robert Palmer Tian-You Yu |
| Description: | Online paper with video: Viewing the radar that serves as the point of data collection for our hands-on radar laboratory. Abstract: "This paper describes the details of a National Science Foundation multi-year educational project at the University of Oklahoma (OU). The goal of this comprehensive active-learning and hands-on laboratory program is to develop an interdisciplinary program, in which engineering, geoscience, and meteorology students participate, which forms a community of university scholars. The program is intended to generate a unique, interdisciplinary research oriented learning environment that will train future engineers and meteorologists in the full set of competencies needed to take raw radar data to detect weather and aircraft. The program involves new coursework and is oriented around other successful programs to ensure wide distribution by many students and scientists. Supported by the Division of Undergraduate at the NSF, the project began with a Phase II grant in the fall of 2004, which also recently received a Phase II grant to refine the project through 2010. In keeping with the global movement of electronic knowledge delivery via written, as well as visual media, several weblinks have been established for this paper." Citation: Advances in Engineering Education, 1 (1) Fall 2007, ASEE. |
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| Keywords: | interdisciplinary broad distribution multi-function radar AEE Advances in Engineering Education |
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Advances in Engineering Education - Inaugural Issue - Volume 1 - Issue I |
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(b) Design and conduct experiments, analyze and interpret data (c) Design a system, component, or process |
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Summary: "The combination of high-performance computing and emerging radar systems provide a new window through which researchers can observe the natural world at a fidelity that could only be imagined a few years ago. As the future unfolds, the team will focus on these issues, as encouraged by the Boyer Report mentioned earlier. For instance, enhancements to storm tracking and short-time prediction will leverage the efficiency of real-time spectral moment calculations, in-depth raw data analysis, and innovative tracking techniques. It is anticipated that this trifecta can be gauged against contributions to these problems, which include [74, 75, 76], with an eye to the future of advanced nowcasting [77, 78, 79]. These activities will form the basis of MS/PhD projects and are excellent extensions of undergraduate programs. Before students can address these issues, new learning materials that can be quickly absorbed must be developed, whose development is guided by research on teaching. The educational taxonomy provides an excellent, balanced structure for this portfolio of diverse needs. The glue that holds this rich tapestry together is this taxonomy and our learning community. In a broader sense, the community involves university, federal, and industrial fellowship." |
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| Publication Date: | September 2007 |
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WWW |
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Free |
| Download URL: | http://advances.asee.org/vol01/issue01/05.cfm |
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IEEE LOM Record |
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Advances in Engineering Education
NEEDS
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