Abstract:

This paper shows very sporty way of how to give students an understanding of why defining an appropriate methodology is important in the early stages of the beginning of research tasks. The term “sporty” in this topic refers to applications that are typical for sport events. Sport competitions with a large number of participants provide very extensive test cases that can be used to collect large sets of measurement data. In addition, sport events give a feeling of effort and the best performance possible. This may encourage students to use their own knowledge of analyzing measurement data and increase their interest in defining the structure of measurement settings within the framework of the basic research methodology.

The authors analyze and discuss the lessons learned from the training of students in Communication Engineering. The focus of the training material is on sports timing systems with radio frequency identification (RFID). With this technology, athletes can be identified on distances up to several meters between the reader and the start number.

Students are expected to propose a suitable methodology for determining the reliability of various RFID setups. During this collaboration, students and faculty members gained valuable cooperation experience on tight schedules during the sporting events at which they worked.

Keywords:

Sport Events, RFID, Research Methodology, Research Competences, Teacher-Student Collaboration.