Special Issue on Education Based on Practical Exercise on Sensing and Control

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 375-375
Author(s):  
Shoichiro Fujisawa ◽  
Kazuo Kawada ◽  
Yoshihiro Ohnishi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Data Processing ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Fiscal Year ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Control Engineering ◽  
And Control ◽  
Measurement And Control

Control engineering and sensing engineering improve productivity and save resources and energy in industry, and they are also deeply related to the solving greater societal, economic, and environmental problems. Control engineering and sensing engineering have become dynamic forces that enrich various phases of life through interdisciplinary or cross-sectional study. Furthermore, in recent years, due to the development of information technology, as symbolized by terms such as “big data” or “AI,” “sensing and control at a higher level” has become possible, premised by big data processing that is faster by orders of magnitude than conventional data processing. All this has increased the importance of control engineering and sensing engineering. In response to the development of the fields of control engineering and sensing engineering associated with the advance of the “information society,” education in these fields has also needed to be enhanced. On the national scale, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology will introduce Japanese elementary school computational thinking education into elementary school in fiscal year 2020, and the new Courses of Study for High School Information Education in fiscal year 2022. At the same time, individual companies, educational institutions, etc. have also been experimenting with various forms of education in control engineering and sensing engineering. During these changing times, the most advanced studies related to the development of instruction and evaluation methods for educational materials on control engineering, sensing engineering, and control technology have been collected, and the present special issue was planned. This special issue is a collection of practical papers related to measurement and control education, including one paper on Model-Based Development education in a company and eight papers on education in an educational institution. These eight papers include two on education using a robot contest in a university, one on introducing measurement and control engineering education in a national institute of technology college, three on introducing it in a junior high school, and two on introducing it in an elementary school. We hope that this special issue serves to support the readers’ future efforts in control engineering and sensing engineering education, and we thank the authors and reviewers of the papers.

Effect of Engineering Education by Science Classroom for High School, Junior High School and Elementary School Students

2010 ◽  
Vol 130 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuto Yukita ◽  
Tokimasa Goto ◽  
Katsunori Mizuno ◽  
Hiroyuki Nakano ◽  
Katsuhiro Ichiyanagi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Elementary School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Science Classroom ◽  
School Students

Call for Special Issue Papers: Multimedia Big Data Analytics for Engineering Education

Big Data ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-88
Author(s):  
Priyan Malarvizhi Kumar ◽  
Hari Mohan Pandey ◽  
Gautam Srivastava
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Data Analytics ◽  
Big Data Analytics ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Multimedia Big Data

Introducing Temperature Measurement and Control Techniques to Engineering Undergraduate Students in the Gulf Region

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Rodgers ◽  
Arman Molki
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Temperature Measurement ◽  
Temperature Control ◽  
Instrumentation Amplifier ◽  
Gulf Region ◽  
Linear Temperature ◽  
Control Techniques ◽  
The Third ◽  
And Control ◽  
Measurement And Control

Hands-on laboratory skills play a vital role in providing students with a sound understanding of the scientific fundamentals and their application in solving real-life engineering problems. One of the essential laboratory based courses taught at our Institute is Introduction to Measurements and Instrumentation. The design and implementation of such a course has been well documented in Western engineering education, but presents specific challenges in the Gulf region due to economical, social and cultural factors. This paper discusses the adaptation of corresponding Western courses to undergraduate mechanical engineering studies in the Gulf region. Laboratory exercises for temperature measurement and control are described, which consist of four modules, each building upon the other. In each module, students learn how to design an accurate measuring system, and process and interpret collected data. In the first module, the students are required to build a thermocouple reader using an AD620 instrumentation amplifier and to compare measurements with NIST reference tables. The second module is an introduction to LabVIEW, a graphical data acquisition programming language. The students are required to write a LabVIEW program to record multiple thermocouple signals from a heated plate under varying convective cooling conditions, using a high resolution temperature logger with on-board signal conditioning. The third and fourth modules focus on temperature control techniques. In the third laboratory exercise, the students are required to construct an electrical circuit using a low-power PCB relay and NPN bipolar transistor to develop a bang-bang linear temperature controller. The program created in module two is modified to have the heater operation automatically controlled for a fixed temperature set point. In module four, the students replace the bang-bang controller built in the previous lab with a commercially available PID controller and explore the differences between PID and linear temperature control systems. For each module, students are required to submit a formal report covering the theoretical background, the experimental procedure employed, uncertainty analysis, and conclusions and recommendations. An effective teaching strategy is outlined that covers the fundamental concepts of temperature measurement and control through carefully designed experiments, with sample results presented. Emphasis is placed on the tailoring of the course topics to engineering education in the Gulf region.

Data Analysis Services Related to the IoT and Big Data

Web Services ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 882-903
Author(s):  
Izabella V. Lokshina ◽  
Barbara J. Durkin ◽  
Cees J.M. Lanting
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Provision Of Services ◽  
And Control ◽  
Measurement And Control ◽  
The Internet Of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT) provides the tools for the development of a major, global data-driven ecosystem. When accessible to people and businesses, this information can make every area of life, including business, more data-driven. In this ecosystem, with its emphasis on Big Data, there has been a focus on building business models for the provision of services, the so-called Internet of Services (IoS). These models assume the existence and development of the necessary IoT measurement and control instruments, communications infrastructure, and easy access to the data collected and information generated by any party. Different business models may support opportunities that generate revenue and value for various types of customers. This paper contributes to the literature by considering business models and opportunities for third-party data analysis services and discusses access to information generated by third parties in relation to Big Data techniques and potential business opportunities.

scholarly journals Design of Tracked Model Vehicle Measurement and Control System Based on VeriStand and Simulink

2018 ◽  
Vol 175 ◽  
pp. 03047
Author(s):  
Hao Chang ◽  
Dafang Wang ◽  
Hui Wei ◽  
Qi Zhang ◽  
GuangLi Dong
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Data Processing ◽  
Vehicle Control ◽  
Logic Model ◽  
Motor Speed ◽  
Control Logic ◽  
Measurement And Control System ◽  
Working Principle ◽  
And Control ◽  
Measurement And Control

This paper presents the composition and working principle of the hardware and software of the measurement and control system based on VeriStand and Simulink for a tracked model vehicle. The hardware of the system is composed of a CompactRIO controller and acquisition cards, torque/speed sensors and a gyroscope. The vehicle control logic model and data processing model are built in Matlab/Simulink. VeriStand is adopted to manage models and interact with people. The system can control motor speed on both sides of the vehicle and collect data such as sprocket torque and speed, vehicle attitude on real-time. At last, we test and verify the system can work successfully.

Implement a Program with Contents of Measurement and Control for Elementary School Science Classes

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 434-440
Author(s):  
Shinichi Imai ◽  
Youichirou Ueno ◽  
Kazunori Kajihara ◽  
◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
School Science ◽  
Smooth Transition ◽  
The Government ◽  
Science Classes ◽  
And Control ◽  
Measurement And Control

In today’s day and age, we encounter a wide array of electronic devices such as personal computers, game machines, mobile phones, etc. in our daily life. Such devices are controlled through invisible sites. The measurement and control of these devices constitute such an essential technology for the modern society that they have to be formally studied at junior high school and beyond. To facilitate the smooth transition of students into the process of learning about such devices, education about them should preferably be introduced at the early stage of elementary school. However, that will make the elementary school’s curriculum too restrictive, as activities not described in the government course of studies cannot be implemented. In this study, therefore, we have implemented graduation work activities (teaching for measurement and control) in accordance with the government course of studies to teach science at elementary schools and have verified its effectiveness.

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