Ac 2007-1477: Integrating Recent Advances in Sensor Network into Undergraduate Curriculum via Hybrid Deliveries of Lecture and Laboratory

The current human resources development has been marked by learning new and improved methods to develop, implement and operate new and complex equipment of our times. To meet those changing technological needs, the Engineering Technology Department at the University of Houston is expanding the Intelligent Sensor GRid and INformatics (ISGRIN) Research Lab to integrate modern sensors, sensor networks and their applications in courses and laboratories for its undergraduate students. In this paper, we present the results of the curriculum development; including course setup, lecture and laboratory design, and research result in hybrid delivery methods of the lecture and laboratory, as well as student assessment design and preliminary feedback from voluntary student group.