Development of an Automated Process Control and Instrumentation Laboratory

作为综合、多层次课程改革的一部分，三县技术学院正在建立一个自动化过程控制和仪表实验室。最先进的实验室将由Hampden仪器和过程控制系统组成，包括四大仪器和控制功能：流量、液位、温度和压力；以及计算机接口、校准、气动实用程序和故障排除支持模块。这使得学院的工业与工程技术(I&amp；ET)部门能够从一系列专业知识孤岛转向综合方法，使学生能够获得当今高科技制造市场所需的开阔视野。该项目的课程改革包括：(1)在普通工程技术、电子工程技术和工业电子技术专业内开发和实施综合自动化过程控制和仪表课程；(2)重新配置现有I&AMP的课程内容；教育技术和业务部提供反映多学科/跨学科CIM方法的课程；以及(3)开发过程控制和仪器仪表课程模块，供其他专上和中学水平的学术学科在说明性和/或实践应用中借鉴。通过这个项目，理论和实际应用之间将实现清晰的联系。

Tri-County Technical College is establishing an automated process control and instrumentation laboratory as part of a integrated, multi-level curriculum reform. The state-of-the- art laboratory will consist of a Hampden Instrumentation and Process Control System to include the four major instrumentation and control functions: flow, level, temperature, and pressure; plus computer interface, calibration, pneumatic utilities, and troubleshooting support modules. This allows the College's Industrial & Engineering Technology (I&ET) Division to move from a series of islands of expertise to an integrated approach enabling students to gain the broadened perspective required in today's high tech manufacturing marketplace. Curriculum reforms for the project include: (1) to develop and implement comprehensive automatic process control and instrumentation curriculum courses within the General Engineering Technology, Electronics Engineering Technology, and Industrial Electronics Technology programs; (2) to reconfigure course content in current I&ET and Business division offerings to reflect a multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary CIM approach; and (3) to develop process control and instrumentation curriculum modules which other academic disciplines, at both the post-secondary and secondary levels, will be able to draw upon for illustrative and/or hands-on applications. A clear connectivity between theory and real-world application will be achieved through this project.