Modernization of Instrumentation in a Physical Measurements Course

本项目的目的是扩大机械工程技术物理测量课程的实验练习并使之现代化。课程主要是讲授（60小时中有42小时）。虽然课程材料涉及50多种传感器，但实验室实验只允许使用12种传感器进行练习，并且数据是手动采集的，因此学生没有计算机数据采集的经验。这个项目的目标是获得更多的传感器用于额外的练习，让学生获得实践经验和熟悉传感器；包括现代计算机数据采集设备和技术；尽可能将课程的重点从被动的课堂体验转向主动的实验体验，同时利用电气工程技术专业和机械工程技术专业多学科团队的优势，拓宽各学科学生的知识面。从这个实验室发展中得出的文章可以帮助其他类似的项目选择用于此类升级的实验室设备，并证明和促进主动与被动学习的使用，特别是在多学科团队中。＊

The aim of this project is to expand and modernize the laboratory exercises in the Mechanical Engineering Technology course in Physical Measurements. The course has been predominantly lecture (42 out of 60 hours). Although the course material deals with more than 50 types of sensors, laboratory experiments allow practice with only 12 sensors, and data are taken manually, giving students no experience with computer data acquisition. The objectives of this project are to acquire a larger number of sensors for use in additional exercises, so students gain practical experience and familiarity with the sensors; to include modern computerized data acquisition equipment and techniques; and to shift the course emphasis as much as possible from passive lecture experience to active experimental experience, while using the strengths of multidisciplinary teams of Electrical Engineering Technology students and Mechanical Engineering Technology students to broaden the knowledge of students from each discipline. Articles resulting from this laboratory development can aid other similar programs in choosing laboratory equipment for such upgrades and justify and promote the use of active, versus passive, learning, particularly with multidisciplinary teams. *