Drafting software as a practicing tool for engineering drawing-based courses: Content planning to its evaluation in client–server environment

In under graduate engineering education, engineering drawing is a basic course offered to 1st semester engineering students. With the advent of computers, the traditional engineering drawing practice in both industry and academia is being extensively replaced with computer aided engineering drawing. The present scenario in Indian engineering educational institutions has been studied and based on it an approach is proposed in the present paper, which involves the integration of software-based practice with client–server architecture. The proposed approach has been implemented to practice in our institute for few years. The use of this approach is required proper planning of the course content, delivery, practice and evaluation. The detailed discussion on the approach and its implications are examined through results. All the stakeholders are benefited by adopting this approach. The present paper focuses on the use of drafting software for the practice of engineering drawing-based courses in a secured client–server environment. This proposed approach guarantees multiple cascading advantages of improved understanding and enhanced spatial visualization among students. The proposed approach has been implemented for the students who admitted in the academic year 2014–15. The end exam results of these students have been compared with results of the batch admitted in academic year 2013–14. It was observed that the number of failures in the proposed approach were reduced up to 85% compared to conventional mode. Further, it facilitates to modernize the conduct of courses, provides data security, optimizes the utilization of computing facilities and most importantly it tests the students for the understanding of the topic and not for their artistic skills. Ultimately, it makes the engineering students industry-ready by enhancing their employability skills.

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Implementation of the Second-year course in an Engineering Professional Spine

Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA) ◽

10.24908/pceea.v0i0.13070 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Umar Iqbal ◽

Deena Salem ◽

David Strong

Keyword(s):

Learning Outcomes ◽

Research University ◽

Engineering Students ◽

Employability Skills ◽

First Year ◽

Computer Engineering ◽

Core Courses ◽

Second Year ◽

First Time ◽

Academic Year

The objective of this paper is to document the experience of developing and implementing a second-year course in an engineering professional spine that was developed in a first-tier research university and relies on project-based core courses. The main objective of this spine is to develop the students’ cognitive and employability skills that will allow them to stand out from the crowd of other engineering graduates.The spine was developed and delivered for the first time in the academic year 2010-2011 for first-year general engineering students. In the year 2011-2012, those students joined different programs, and accordingly the second-year course was tailored to align with the different programs’ learning outcomes. This paper discusses the development and implementation of the course in the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department.

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PLC Trainer Kit Simulator: An Improvement for Automation Study in Polimas

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.786.367 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 786 ◽

pp. 367-371 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Muffili Mahadi ◽

Nasrul Amri Mohd Amin ◽

Muhajir Ab Rahim ◽

M.S. Abdul Majid

Keyword(s):

Teaching And Learning ◽

Engineering Students ◽

Essential Element ◽

Basic Knowledge ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

Programmable Logic ◽

Post Test ◽

Manufacturing Engineering ◽

Basic Course ◽

Student Ratios

Programmable logic controller (PLC) is a basic and essential element in the engineering of industrial automation. Therefore, basic knowledge of the early stages of PLC plays an important role, especially for mechatronics and manufacturing engineering students. However, due to limited equipment available, high cost equipment, high trainer student ratios, and low reliability of existing equipment, many educational institutions do cannot provide the sufficient resources necessary to help students to become proficient with PLC technology. To alleviate these main problems, the PLC Trainer Kit Simulator is to be developed and used in the Automation Lab at Polytechnic of Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah (POLIMAS). The PLC Trainer Kit Simulator will be used to help student on PLC applications for basic course in JF506 Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory. This study is a descriptive study with a quantitative approach. Evaluation will be determined based on pre-test and post-test. This paper reviews the necessity of the simulation kit prior to its implementation. It is expected that, the teaching and learning processes could become more effective thus contribute to positive impacts on students’ interest in learning PLC.

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Virtual Laboratory: A Boon to the Mechanical Engineering Education During Covid-19 Pandemic

Higher Education for the Future ◽

10.1177/2347631120970757 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 234763112097075

Author(s):

N. Kapilan ◽

P. Vidhya ◽

Xiao-Zhi Gao

Keyword(s):

Mechanical Engineering ◽

Laboratory Experiments ◽

Engineering Students ◽

Training Programme ◽

Virtual Laboratory ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

Laboratory Facilities ◽

Virtual Laboratories ◽

Laboratory Training ◽

Academic Year

The engineering students understand the engineering concepts effectively when they conduct the experiments in the laboratory. Hence, laboratory is as important as theory; however, the ill-equipped laboratory facilities affect the students’ learnability. The virtual laboratories may help the students overcome the problems faced by them in the conventional laboratory. In India, educational activities during the middle of the semester were affected due to lockdown related to COVID-19. However, the theory classes were conducted online, and educational institutions are finding it difficult to complete the laboratory experiments due to closure of colleges for the students due to COVID-19 pandemic. Hence, we have conducted a faculty development programme for the engineering college faculty members on mechanical engineering virtual laboratories. Similarly, we have trained the mechanical engineering students on fluid mechanics virtual laboratory. We have taken feedback from the participants of these virtual laboratory training programme and analysed it. From the analysis we have observed that more than 90 per cent of the participants were happy about the virtual laboratory and they expressed that their learning process improved with virtual laboratory experiments. Also, they felt that the virtual laboratories can be used till the COVID-19 pandemic issues are solved. Since the vaccine for COVID-19 is not available yet, the virtual laboratories will help the mechanical engineering students to conduct the laboratory experiments for the academic year 2020–2021.

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A NEED ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH LEARNING FOR DESIGNING ENGLISH CURRICULUM AND WORKSHEET ( A Case Study for the sixth semester of Electrical Engineering Students in the Academic Year of 2015/2016 at State Polytechnic of Cilacap)

Epigram ◽

10.32722/epi.v15i2.1247 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Betti Widianingsih ◽

Rostika Listyaningrum

Keyword(s):

English Learners ◽

Engineering Students ◽

Electrical Engineering ◽

Language Skill ◽

English Learning ◽

English Curriculum ◽

Need Analysis ◽

Engineering Department ◽

Basic Course ◽

Academic Year

AbstractThe purpose of english learning in higher education level is used as mean to develop the competence of language skill which includes listening, speaking, reading, and writing. English is one of basic course which being compulsory course followed by students. The way of english learning for engineering students differs from english learning for english department students. ESP is an english learning with specific purposes. It aims to make students able to master english skill based on their discipline. It is designed to prepare english learners in specific job and discipline for reaching specific goals. Therefore, this research aims to find out and describe student’s need for english learning, and also explain the importance of english in a workplace in the field of engineering. The research involved the sixth semester of Electrical Engineering students in the academic year 2015/2016, lectures in Electrical engineering department at State Polytechnic of Cilacap and stakeholders. The method of collecting data used questionnaire and direct interview. The finding of the research is becoming a reference to create the syllabus design or development of worksheet for ESP. From the research, it can be clearly concluded that english learning should be focused on the language skill and also adjusted to the student’s need for electrical engineering and preparation to work.Key words : need analysis, ESP, english learning, electrical engineering studentAbstrakDi tingkat perguruan tinggi, tujuan pembelajaran bahasa Inggris digunakan sebagai sarana mengembangkan kompetensi keterampilan berbahasa mahasiswa yang mencakup mendengarkan, berbicara, membaca, dan menulis. Bahasa Inggris merupakan Mata Kuliah Dasar Umum yang menjadi mata kuliah wajib yang diajarkan. Sebagai Mata Kuliah Dasar Umum pada non program studi bahasa Inggris, arah pembelajaran bahasa Inggris untuk non program studi bahasa Inggris berbeda dengan bahasa Inggris pada program studi bahasa Inggris. English for Specific Purposes (ESP) adalah bahasa Inggris untuk tujuan khusus. ESP bertujuan agar pembelajar mampu menguasai bahasa Inggris pada bidang yang mereka pelajari dan biasa dikenal sebagai mata kuliah Bahasa Inggris bagi mahasiswa non program studi bahasa Inggris. ESP didesain untuk menyiapkan pembelajar bahasa Inggris yang digunakan dalam disiplin ilmu dan pekerjaan tertentu demi mencapai tujuan tertentu. Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menemukan dan mendeskripsikan kebutuhan terhadap pembelajaran ESP pada mahasiswa dan pentingnya peranan bahasa Inggris pada dunia kerja dalam bidang keteknikan. Penelitian ini melibatkan mahasiswa semester enam tahun ajaran 2015/2016, Dosen Program studi Teknik Elektronika Politeknik Negeri Cilacap, dan juga stakeholders. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah kuesioner dan melakukan wawancara langsung. Hasil penelitian ini akan digunakan sebagai acuan untuk membuat silabus maupun pengembangan materi atau bahan ajar untuk bahasa Inggris ESP. Dari hasil penelitian dapat ditarik kesimpulan bahwa pengajaran bahasa lebih difokuskan pada keterampilan bahasa, topik bahan ajar dipilih sesuai dengan disiplin ilmu dan kebutuhan di dunia kerja.Kata Kunci : analisis kebutuhan , ESP, pembelajaran bahasa inggris, mahasisa teknik elektronika

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Compartmental Learning versus Joint Learning in Engineering Education

Mathematics ◽

10.3390/math9060662 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (6) ◽

pp. 662

Author(s):

María Jesús Santos ◽

Alejandro Medina ◽

José Miguel Mateos Roco ◽

Araceli Queiruga-Dios

Keyword(s):

Engineering Students ◽

Chemical Engineering ◽

Linear Equations ◽

Mathematical Software ◽

Mathematical Concepts ◽

Joint Learning ◽

The University ◽

Academic Year ◽

Non Linear Equations ◽

Mathematics And Physics

Sophomore students from the Chemical Engineering undergraduate Degree at the University of Salamanca are involved in a Mathematics course during the third semester and in an Engineering Thermodynamics course during the fourth one. When they participate in the latter they are already familiar with mathematical software and mathematical concepts about numerical methods, including non-linear equations, interpolation or differential equations. We have focused this study on the way engineering students learn Mathematics and Engineering Thermodynamics. As students use to learn each matter separately and do not associate Mathematics and Physics, they separate each matter into different and independent compartments. We have proposed an experience to increase the interrelationship between different subjects, to promote transversal skills, and to make the subjects closer to real work. The satisfactory results of the experience are exposed in this work. Moreover, we have analyzed the results obtained in both courses during the academic year 2018–2019. We found that there is a relation between both courses and student’s final marks do not depend on the course.

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Research and Design of Broadband Wireless Multimedia Trunking Communication Dispatch Client Based on B/S Architecture

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.556-562.5194 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 556-562 ◽

pp. 5194-5197

Author(s):

Lian Fen Huang ◽

Wei Huang ◽

Xian Long Yang ◽

Yu Liang Tang

Keyword(s):

Mobile Communication ◽

Public Transportation ◽

Wireless Multimedia ◽

Broadband Wireless ◽

Client Server ◽

Transportation Security ◽

Client Software ◽

Trunking Communication ◽

Research And Design ◽

Server Architecture

Broadband trunking communication system has been widely used with a variety of industries, such as public transportation security and navigation, etc. Trunking communication is a branch of mobile communication. Because the client of traditional dispatch services based on C/S (client/server) architecture need to install the client software, this paper studies and designs one dispatch client, which is based on B/S (browser/server) architecture.

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