The goal of this course is to provide Purdue undergraduate students with a rewarding design experience focused on exploring and developing real-world applications of mobile communications technologies. These technologies are rapidly transforming the way in which we go about our everyday lives. They offer heretofore un-conceived ways to do things differently and more effectively. Companies must embrace these technologies and use them to transform their business and manufacturing processes, or they will not remain competitive in the marketplace. Because mobile technologies are so tightly coupled to the applications that they enable, and to the end-user who holds the mobile device, development of effective mobile solutions poses unique challenges in terms of preparing students to work in this domain.


Students enrolled in this course learn the fundamentals of mobile communications technology devices that support mobile communications, as well as the essential elements of applications that have the potential to benefit from mobile technologies. Moreover, they learn formal design processes for meeting project goals successfully and on-time. Finally, they understand the importance of working as a team in which each individual provides their own unique part of the total solution. Because mobile technologies have such a broad scope of applicability and are so tightly integrated with the end-user experience, all three of these elements are essential to successful development of solutions in the workplace.