Syllabus of Wireless Sensing Labs for Engineering 5, Fall 2009

Fall 2009

Wireless Sensing Labs for Engineering 5 – Introduction to Engineering Practice

Lab Instructor:

Liang Cheng, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Office hours: 4-4:30 PM Tuesday through Friday, or by appointment
( Appointments other than office hours have to be requested by email with the subject of appointment explained. )
Packard Lab 326
Phone: (610) 758-5941
URL: http://www.cse.lehigh.edu/~cheng/
Email: cheng@cse.lehigh.edu

Lab Assistant:

Xiong Xiong, Teaching Assistant
Office hours: 3-4PM on Tuesdays, 9-10AM on both Wed. and Fridays; TA desk on the 6th floor of Packard Lab.
Ad hoc lab hours: By appointment or during office hours.
Email: xix209@lehigh.edu

Lab Time and Location:

Wednesday and Friday from 1:10 PM to 3:00 PM in Packard Lab 331.

Lab Objective:

Interested in studying Wii-game like systems for environment protection, healthcare, public safety, energy conservation, and social computing applications? This Engr5 lab will provide such opportunities via an intensive small-team computer engineering project experience. In five weeks, multi-person teams (about six to nine students per team) study how to use the Imote2.Builder kit, then design and implement applications using the Imote2 wireless sensing platform, and summarize the group projects in written reports and public oral presentations. The Imote2.Builder kit includes Crossbow Imote2 hardware modules with embedded computing and wireless communication capabilities, an ITS400 sensor board with a 3D accelerometer, temp/humidity sensor, and light sensor, and the Microsoft .NET Micro Framework software that programs the hardware platform.

Lab Prerequisites:

None. No prior computer or programming experience is required.

Lab Schedules:

Wednesday and Friday from 1:10 PM to 3:00 PM in Packard Lab 331.

Lab 1:	Details of the Imote2.Builder kit, Blink
Lab 2:	Send & Receive, Wireless network sensing
Lab 3:	Accelerometer & Sniffer, Wireless network sensing	Individual Homework#1 due
Lab 4:	ITS400, Wireless network sensing
Lab 5:	Wireless network sensing	Individual Homework#2 due
Lab 6:	Remote event sensing
Lab 7:	Remote event sensing	Team report due for project Part I - Wireless network sensing (1 report per team)
Lab 8:	Remote event sensing
Lab 9:	Remote event sensing	Team progress report due for project Part II - Remote event sensing (1 report per team)
Lab 10:	Remote event sensing
Lab 11:	Presentation rehearsals	Team final report due for the whole project (1 report per team)

Lab Manuals:

Imote2 Builder Kit Manual;

Imote2 Hardware Reference Manual; and

Papers and/or handouts by the instructor.

Lab Grading (proviosnal):

Attendance:	50%
Team Project:	30%
Individual Homework:	20%

Your absence may affect your final grade. If you know that you may be absent from classes, please report this beforehand. Email me as soon as you know that you are ill and will need to miss one or more class meetings.

Submitting Lab Work:

You should submit your work before its deadline in two steps: (1) handing in a hard copy to the instructor in a lab session and (2) submitting a soft copy to the Blackboard. No late submission will be accepted. Exceptions will only be granted if an extenuating circumstance can be proven to the instructor's satisfaction.

Collaboration / Academic Honesty:

All individual homework is expected to be your own. In particular, you are not allowed to ask anyone but the instructor and the TA for help with your individual homework assignments, unless the instructor has authorized collaboration in writing. However, you are free to discuss the topics and concepts of the course with your classmates, as long as you do not discuss the specifics of any individual homework assignment. Any violation of this policy could result in failure of the course.

Please visit the following two websites and read all details of the academic integrity policy: Academic Integrity at Lehigh University: http://www.lehigh.edu/~indost/integrity.html and Improper Collaboration Policy: http://www.lehigh.edu/~ejk0/cheating.html.

Academic Accommodations:

Accommodations for Students with Disabilities: If you have a disability for which you are or may be requesting accommodations, please contact both your instructor and the Office of Academic Support Services, University Center C212 (610-758-4152) as early as possible in the semester. You must have documentation from the Academic Support Services office before accommodations can be granted.

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