Short-term project on microwave passive planar circuits: an educational approach

A problem-based introduction to microwave technology for undergraduates

“…[1][2][3][4] In this context, many universities around the world have formed good teaching traditions about microwave technology. The University of Massachusetts has established excellent schemes; [5][6][7][8] Pozar's Microwave Engineering 9 has been translated into Chinese; Georgia Institute of Technology, Cornell University and many others have made great progress in curriculum and experiment design; [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] while in the UK most microwave-related courses are generally arranged in the Masters training period, such as at the University of Birmingham. 20 In China, there are two basic courses related to electromagnetic theory for undergraduate students in the Departments or Schools of Electronics and Information Engineering.…”

Application of active learning in microwave circuit design courses

“…We will use the following working definition of active learning 2 : "any class activity that involves students in doing things and thinking about the things they are doing". Other authors have reported on various approaches on bringing hands-on and project-based learning into similar courses [5][6][7][8] . From our own experience we were also aware of the fact that students prefer to produce something tangible as a "product" of their work.…”

“…• Design, build and test active circuits (low-noise amplifier, mixer, power amplifier) The existing literature on design and assessment of microwave courses addresses some of the issues related to hands-on and project-based activities [5][6][7][8] but it is short on assessment data and rationale for introduction of various teaching techniques. One useful conceptual framework for discussing microwave education was provided by Gupta 9 .…”