scholarly journals Exploring the Knowledge and Attitude of Engineering Students in the Imitation of Theoretical Knowledge

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 74
Author(s):  
Wael A. Salah ◽  
Anees Abu Sneineh
Keyword(s):  
Power Electronics ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Electrical Measurement ◽  
Theoretical Knowledge ◽  
Personal Interview ◽  
Simulation Tools ◽  
Virtual Tools ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

In this paper an exploration of the engineering student’s knowledge in different engineering simulation tools to validate the theoretical knowledge leaned were conducted. The study cover students from different courses taught at different degree levels. A survey was conducted among the students in the academic years of 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 for students attending the class of Electronics (second year level), power electronics class (third year level) and Electrical measurement class (fourth year level). A personal interview was also conducted to capture the feedback from the learners under interest. The main aim is to accrue the attitude of engineering students to apply the knowledge throughout the Imitation of theoretical knowledge using modern virtual tools.

scholarly journals IMPROVEMENTS IN A CROSS-COHORT MECHANCICAL ENGINEERING COURSE PROJECT

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Homeyra Pourmohammadali ◽  
Kamyar Ghavam ◽  
Lucas Botelho
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Core Curriculum ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Simulation Tools ◽  
Dynamic Motion ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Pick And Place ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Project Structure

A cross-cohort project was created and implemented as part of the core curriculum for mechanical engineering students. A team of second-year students in “Dynamics” course was grouped with a team of third-year students in “Kinematics and Dynamics of Machines” course where they designed, prototyped and conducted dynamic motion analysis of a pick and place mechanism. Each cohort was tasked to create a sub-mechanism, combining these two mechanisms created the final machine. The teaching and learning activities are defined towards accomplishing four main interrelated objectives: (1) To provide a design challenge to guide students to implement creative potential solutions. (2) To allow second-year and third-year teams to analyze the dynamic motion of their mechanism while considering the design of the other group’s mechanism. (3) To introduce industrial dynamic simulation tools and hands on prototyping skills. (4) To facilitate cross-cohort collaboration within teams with more emphasis on students’ peer exchange of knowledge and experience.  With the experience gained from conducting the project, evaluating the students’ reports, and student feedback, several modifications can be implemented in future iterations to allow the students to benefit more from this kind of project structure. This research discusses improvements based on the lessons learned. 

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

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.

Simulation Tools for Power Electronics Courses Based on Java Technologies

2010 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 580-586 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos A. Canesin ◽  
Flávio A. S. Goncalves ◽  
Leonardo P. Sampaio
Keyword(s):  
Power Electronics ◽  
Simulation Tools

Student understanding of phase shifts, frequency and Bode plots

2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pieter Coppens ◽  
Johan Van den Bossche ◽  
Mieke De Cock
Keyword(s):  
Phase Shift ◽  
Time Domain ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Phase Shifts ◽  
Student Understanding ◽  
Bode Plots ◽  
Second Year ◽  
The Time Domain

In a series of interviews with second year electronics engineering students, several of them showed problems with signal properties. In a questionnaire administered to over 150 students in Belgium, these problems were further explored to verify how widespread they are. The questions asked about different aspects of signals. Students showed that they understand the concept of a phase shift, although they have problems with the direction. However, they generally have no idea what a signal with two frequencies looks like in the time domain. Bode plots also proved to be a problem for students, who are not able to construct one from a set of (dummy) measurements. Most of these issues persist after lab instruction.

scholarly journals Simulation Tools For Power Electronics Courses, Based In Java Technologies

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Alberto Canesin ◽  
Flávio Alessandro Serrão Gonçalves ◽  
Leonardo Poltronieri Sampaio
Keyword(s):  
Power Electronics ◽  
Simulation Tools

Emotional Tools Design: A Project to Increase Empathy, Engagement and Interest in Industrial Design Students

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan-Carlos Rojas ◽  
Gerardo Muniz ◽  
Juan Luis Higuera-Trujillo
Keyword(s):  
Design Education ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Fundamental Aspect ◽  
Positive Perception ◽  
Wide Acceptance ◽  
Emotional Aspects ◽  
Design Students ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Second Period ◽  
Project Dynamics

Abstract Empathy is the ability of people to identify emotional aspects of others. A fundamental aspect to teaching in design education must be empathy. This paper presents the design process of an emotional tools using emoticons or emojis for evaluated products as educational exercise. The dynamics behind of the tool is the empathy experimented during the develop of the emojis characters. The project was implemented in the second period of the second year, with an execution time of 5 weeks. A series of surveys were conducted to assess perception of aspects such as utility, novelty, sensitivity and relevance of the project, in addition to knowing the progress of empathy evoked by the students dynamic. The results revealed the following findings: The opinion of 25 students describe their wide acceptance of this project methodology. Students considered the relevance of assessment processes, their recommendation to use those processes, and invited other students to develop it. Also, student’s positive perception about utility, novelty, sensibility and relevance of project dynamics are not determined by acceptance of this type of project. The preliminary results suggest that this educational exercise has the potential to cultivate or train empathy and other skills in design and engineering students.

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