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The finest in education related to wireless and communications systems will
be featured on Friday, May 1, at the Global Wireless Education Consortium (GWEC)
Summit, being hosted for the second year by Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
and its Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
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National Collaborations:
Educators and students from
colleges and universities
throughout North American
will be coming to Rose-Hulman
Institute of Technology to
participate in the GWEC
Summit on May 1. |
Approximately 75 educators and students from throughout the country are expected
to participate in sessions from 9 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. in the Kahn Rooms of the
Hulman Union.Conducted through Rose-Hulman, GWEC is focused on expanding wireless technology
curriculum in academic institutions worldwide. Many companies and colleges and
universities develop the curriculum.
That material is then shared among all GWEC
educational members, a group of 30 North American colleges and universities
which includes Auburn University, Oklahoma State University, Texas A&M
University, University of Colorado, University of Houston, North Carolina A&T
State University, DePaul University and University of New Mexico.
The ubiquity of wireless devices and new wireless applications is the result of
unprecedented growth in the wireless industry. Hoping to meet current and future
product and service demands, it is imperative that there is growth in the
wireless workforce so that companies have a pool of highly-qualified workers
with the skills and knowledge base that is current and fully recognized by the
wireless industry, according to Fred Berry, chair of Rose-Hulman's Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering and GWEC director.
“New employees become productive members of the team quicker after experiencing
undergraduate curriculum that incorporates wireless technology,
wireless-oriented lab exercises and projects, teamwork, communication and
problem-solving skills, and wireless-related practical work experience,” stated
Berry.
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Exchanging Ideas: Speakers from colleges and industry will help expand wireless
technology curriculum in academic institutions worldwide at the GWEC Summit,
being hosted on May 1 at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. |
The GWEC Summit will feature sessions by Dale Hatfield of the University of
Colorado, former chief of the Federal Communications Commission's Office of
Engineering and Technology; William Hohl, Worldwide University Relations Manager
for ARM, the industry's leading provider of 32-bit embedded RISC
microprocessors; and Andreas Molisch of the University of Southern California,
who has done research on SAW filters, radiative transfer in atomic vapors,
atomic line filters, smart antennas and wideband systems.Other presentations will be made by Eric Wandel of the Institute of Electrical
and Electronic Engineers’ Broadcast Technology Society, who is president and
principal engineer of Wavepoint Research Inc.; and Satyajit Doctor, vice
president of Award Solutions Inc., a Texas-based that specializes in advanced
wireless and Internet technologies.
Rose-Hulman electrical and computer engineering faculty making presentations are
Wayne Padgett, on adaptive filtering; Mario Simoni, on teaching RF integrated
circuit design; and Bruce Black, on laboratory experiments for communications.
Brandon Finan and Russell Jackson, senior electrical engineering majors, will
make a presentation on electromagnetic compatibility and signal integrity.
"GWEC helps to equip educators and trainers who, in turn, provide students with
the core knowledge, language and practical skills necessary for them to excel in
generic wireless work environments," says Susan Sauer Sloan, GWEC’s former
executive director. "GWEC is a tried and true model for successful relations
between industry and education."
Industry mentors include Verizon Wireless, National Instruments, Award Solutions
Inc., IEEE, Emona Instruments, General Communications Inc., IEEE Broadcast
Technology Society and Outlook4Mobility. Tellabs Foundation is also joining the
IEEE Broadcast Technology Society and Rose-Hulman in sponsoring the GWEC Summit.
Information about GWEC and the GWEC Summit can be found at
http://ece-2.rose-hulman.edu/gwec. |
