In this paper, we develop a three-stage stochastic network-based optimization model for the provision of 5G services with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in the disaster management phases of: preparedness, response and recover/reconstruction. Users or devices on the ground request services of a fleet of controller UAVs in flight and the requested services are executed by a fleet of UAVs organized as a Flying Ad-Hoc Network and interconnected via 5G technology. A disaster scenario can create difficulties for the provision of services by service providers. For this reason, in the first stage, service providers make predictions about possible scenarios in the second stage. Therefore, the first stage represents the preparedness phase, the second stage represents the response phase, followed by the recovery/reconstruction phase, represented by the third stage. In each of the three stages, service providers seek to maximize the amount of services to be performed, assigning each service a priority. They also aim to, simultaneously, minimize the total management costs of requests, the transmission and execution costs of services, the costs to increase the resources of the pre-existing network and, if need be, to reduce them in the recovery/reconstruction phase. For the proposed multi-stage stochastic optimization model, we provide variational formulations for which we investigate the existence and uniqueness of the solution. Finally, a detailed numerical example is solved in order underline some of the key aspects of the model. This paper adds to the literature on the rigorous mathematical modeling of advanced technologies for disaster management.

Software Defined Radio (SDR) has evolved in the past decade from a topic that was only briefly mentioned in passing in graduate special topics courses to one that is now accessible to students at all levels. The rapid proliferation of cost effective SDR hardware has allowed not only the development of undergraduate SDR communication labs, but affordable test instrumentation that may be used in a variety of courses. This paper will outline a series of hardware choices and exercises that make SDR not just a topic for advanced communications, but a topic that can enhance undergraduate and graduate courses in communications, analog and digital signal processing, and instrumentation.

The use of eReaders, and Tablets is increasing dramatically by engineering students. As engineering and science textbooks become more available for these devices at costs significantly below the costs of traditional printed textbooks, even more students will uses these devices. In addition to the text, students often use a professor's slides, handouts, assignments, laboratory exercises, and supplemental material as part of their studies. While some is prepared by the publisher, the material is more often locally prepared by the professor. Having this material available on the students' eReader or Tablet would significantly enhance the students' use of their device. During the past academic year, we have begun to develop supplementary materials for several courses for use with a Kindle or Tablet. In this paper, we will describe the techniques needed, beginning from the straightforward transfer of purely textual materials, to developing materials will highly mathematical and graphical content for display on the devices. In addition, we will describe how these techniques can be used to produce material for these multiple uses without placing a significant additional burden the faculty member. The paper will report the results of a pilot project where students in several Fall 2011 and Spring 2012 Electrical and Biomedical Engineering courses were loaned Kindles and all material beyond the texts for the courses was produced for the devices. The results of the students' surveys on their use of the material and the eReaders will be presented and discussed.

The Engineering and Legal professions are regularly portrayed as diametrically opposite. This portrayal is based upon the perception that attorneys deal mostly with words and engineers with numbers. However, the skills necessary for success in either profession are actually quite similar. Both professions require the ability to synthesize information and make decisions among multiple feasible outcomes with uncertain information. The Briggs-Myers Type Indicator, INTJ, is the same for Engineers and Lawyers. This paper is to look at the synergies and opportunities between the professions, their preparation, accreditation and outcomes. It will compare the American Bar Association Core Skills and Values to the ABET Program Outcomes. It will identify of legal topics that might be included in an engineering curriculum and suggest an implementation.

The development of low bit rate terminals for use with wide bandwidth Ka band transponders, such as ACTS, has forced a reconsideration of phase noise and how it effects low bit rate systems. In this paper we initially calculate the cumulative effect of the phase noise contributions from the oscillators in the ground based transmitter, satellite transponder, and the ground based receiver. We will discuss the cases where the carrier power-to-phase noise power ratio is much larger and much smaller than the carrier power-to-noise/interference power ratio. We extend our results to the case of non-white phase noise spectrum and compare with actual oscillator spectra. We also will discuss complications arising from the fact that one cannot change the phase noise characteristics of the spacecraft. We conclude by illustrating how these analyses can be used to predict the increase in error probability due to phase noise.>