Undergraduate Mechatronics Laboratory

该项目的目标是创建一个机电一体化实验室，支持两个本科课程。 这些课程是（1）机电一体化介绍，机械工程师的必修本科课程，每年约有400名学生，以及（2）高级机电一体化，工程师的选修课程，每年预计招收80名学生。 虽然这两门课程的大部分学生都是机械工程师，但预计约有100名学生将成为对微机控制的机电系统感兴趣的电气工程师。 所有的实验室体验都安排在每个部分每周3小时。 机械工程课程中机电一体化的新要求是以前的电力转换和电机实验室的更现代化版本。 新的机电一体化实验室位于机械工程学院。 该设备包括测量仪器，嵌入式微型计算机程序，控制实验和显示结果;用于构建智能机器嵌入式控制设备的微型计算机套件;提供运动的致动器套件;在智能机器中进行测量的传感器套件;以及两个示例机电系统，例如机器人。 一个机电一体化工程教育研讨会正在举行，以促进通过类似的机电一体化课程作为机械工程课程的一部分。 *

The objective of this project is to create a Mechatronics Laboratory that supports two undergraduate courses. The courses are (1) an Introduction to Mechatronics, a required undergraduate course for mechanical engineers with an ultimate enrollment of approximately 400 students per year, and (2) Advanced Mechatronics, an elective course for engineers with an expected enrollment of 80 students per year. Although most students in both courses are mechanical engineers, approximately 100 students are expected to be electrical engineers who have an interest in microcomputer-controlled electrical-mechanical systems. All laboratory experiences are scheduled for 3 hours per week per section. The new requirement for mechatronics in the mechanical engineering curriculum is a more modern version of the previous electric power conversion and motors laboratory. The new Mechatronics Laboratory is located in the School of Mechanical Engineering. The equipment consists of instrumentation to make measurement, program embedded microcomputers, control experiments, and display result; microcomputer kits for building embedded control devices for smart machines; actuator kits to provide motion; sensor kits to make measurements in smart machines; and a two-example mechatronic systems, e.g. robots. A Mechatronics in Engineering Education workshop is being held to promote the adoption of similar mechatronics courses as part of the mechanical engineering curriculum. *