An optical communication design laboratory

Author

Buck, John A. ; Owen, Henry W L, III ; Uyemura, John P. ; Verber, Carl M. ; Blumenthal, Daniel J.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

Volume

42

Issue

2

fYear

1999

fDate

5/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

138

Lastpage

143

Abstract

A senior-level design laboratory course is described, in which an optical fiber communication network is expanded or improved by successive generations of students. In this evolutionary approach, student teams base their work on the final written reports of students in previous course offerings. In addition to its primary goal of providing a high-level technical experience, the course requires multidisciplinary teamwork and provides incentive for the development of effective oral and written communication skills. Results of four offerings of the course are presented

Keywords

educational courses; laboratories; optical fibre networks; student experiments; telecommunication engineering education; evolutionary approach; final written reports; high-level technical experience; multidisciplinary teamwork; optical communication design laboratory; optical fiber communication network; oral communication skills; senior-level design laboratory course; student teams; written communication skills; Documentation; Force measurement; Helium; Laboratories; Logistics; Meeting planning; Optical design; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Teamwork;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Education, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9359

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/13.762949

Filename

762949