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Title | ||
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A Training Tool and Methodology to Allow Concurrent Multidisciplinary Experimental Projects in Engineering Education |
Abstract | ||
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This paper describes a novel Electrical Machine and Power Electronic Training Tool (EM&PE$_{\\rm TT}$), a methodology for using it, and associated experimental educational activities. The training tool is implemented by recreating a whole power electronics system, divided into modular blocks. This process is similar to that applied when analyzing a piece of industrial equipment by the functions of its various parts. The EM&PE$_{\\rm TT}$ is divided into five areas: the power block, the electronic switch command, instrumentation, the control system, and the application environment. The training tool lets a user analyze each functional block and the relationships between functional blocks; it can be used either in local or remote mode, thus ensuring optimal effectiveness of the proposed learning methodology. The students can redesign the hardware and software blocks before reassembling them; this allows various different experimental projects to be run concurrently in the same training tool. The results presented here show that EM&PE$_{\\rm TT}$ improves engineering students' technical skills and their motivation in experimental work. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2012 | 10.1109/TE.2011.2178097 | IEEE Trans. Education |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
Training,Hardware,Software,Power electronics,Instruments,Computer architecture,Laboratories | Computer aided instruction,Multidisciplinary approach,Software engineering,Computer science,Engineering education,Software,Electronics,Computer Applications,Teaching method,Control system,Computer engineering | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
55 | 3 | 0018-9359 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
3 | 0.60 | 8 |
Authors | ||
3 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Francisco Javier Maseda | 1 | 6 | 3.40 |
| Itziar Martija | 2 | 3 | 0.60 |
| Irene Martija | 3 | 3 | 0.60 |