An Exemplary Design Framework: A Small-scale Prototype of Home Area Network in a Smart Grid

In this paper, with a specific application to a Smart Grid system in mind, we present a small-scale prototype system of wireless networks and design details of the prototype system. From the perspective of undergraduate engineering education and learning, we describe how the project team of undergraduate students has overcome technical obstacles and challenges in successfully completing the prototype system. For an outcome of this project, we also derive a set of laboratory experiments for integration into a laboratory-based course for improvement in learning effectiveness and overall undergraduate engineering education.