Developing a Student—Focused Undergraduate Laboratory

Laboratories are an essential component of our undergraduate curricula in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Manchester. In this paper we discuss the development of laboratories for one of our undergraduate control modules. Students have been involved at all sta...

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Published inInternational journal of electrical engineering & education Vol. 50; no. 3; pp. 268 - 278
Main Authors Heath, W. P., Onel, O., Green, P. M., Lennox, B., Gai, Zhenyu, He, Zhiwei, Liñan, M. C. Rodriguez
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.07.2013
Sage Publications Ltd. (UK)
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
College students
Computer Software
Data Analysis
Education
Electrical engineering
Engineering
Engineering schools
Engineering students
Feedback (Response)
Laboratories
Study and teaching
Systems Approach
Teaching Methods
United Kingdom
A/D and D/A conversion
PID control
laboratory development
control engineering
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Summary:Laboratories are an essential component of our undergraduate curricula in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Manchester. In this paper we discuss the development of laboratories for one of our undergraduate control modules. Students have been involved at all stages of the development and have directed the work. The result is a highly successful laboratory package that has been received with enthusiasm.
ISSN:0020-7209
2050-4578
DOI:10.7227/IJEEE.50.3.7