1. Experiences from developing a new course in mechatronics
- Author
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Ole Ravn and Søren Hansen
- Subjects
Engineering ,Computing and Processing ,Plan (drawing) ,Robot kinematics ,Education ,Course (navigation) ,ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION ,Mathematics education ,Proposals ,Engineering Profession ,Engineering profession ,business.industry ,Robotics and Control Systems ,Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems ,Mechatronics ,Computer engineering ,General Topics for Engineers ,Signal Processing and Analysis ,Course evaluation ,Electrical engineering ,Technical university ,Bachelor degree ,Three-dimensional displays ,business ,Electrical engineering technology - Abstract
Experiences from a new course in mechatronics at Technical University of Denmark are conveyed in this paper. The course is supposed to teach students enrolled in the bachelor degree in electrical engineering some fundamental knowledge about mechanics and to teach students enrolled in the bachelor degree in mechanical engineering fundamentals about electronics. Furthermore the course uses project work as a method to keep the students actively participating and in part have them teach each other the subjects. The general course plan is presented and the reasoning behind the course structure is discussed in the paper, together with a brief look at the student's reactions in form of data from the course evaluation.
- Published
- 2015