Integrated Approach for Mechatronics Education Using Industrial Motion Control Technology and Active Learning

工程-机械（56）这个CCLI类型1项目正在开发一系列的十个讲座和八个实验室模块，将工业运动控制纳入自动化高级机械工程课程。 运动控制被定义为自动化的一个子领域，其中以同步方式控制机器中多个轴的位置和/或速度。 这一努力的动机来自于运动控制在包装、装配、纺织、造纸、印刷、食品加工和半导体制造行业的广泛应用，这些行业雇佣了许多机械工程专业的毕业生。 十个模块是路径生成，传动元件，反馈装置和电机，运动控制器，基本和高级反馈控制，调谐，运动控制器编程，可编程逻辑控制器和运动控制的应用，最后八个模块有相应的实验室模块。 一个工业咨询委员会正在通报和审查材料开发计划。 正在使用先进的教学方法开发讲座模块，包括协作学习和及时教学。 教材的模块格式使其他机构能够只采用适合其课程的教材。 该项目还正在开发一个“数学在哪里？“为初中和高中学生和教师举办的外联研讨会，旨在说明数学在日常生活中的重要性，并激发对STEM教育的兴趣。 该项目包括由一名独立评估员协调的项目所有方面的形成性和总结性评估计划。

Engineering - Mechanical (56)This CCLI Type 1 project is developing a sequence of ten lecture and eight laboratory modules to incorporate industrial motion control into a senior level mechanical engineering course in automation. Motion control is defined as a subfield of automation in which the position and/or velocity of multiple axes in a machine are controlled in a synchronized fashion. The motivation for this effort comes from the extensive use of motion control in the packaging, assembly, textile, paper, printing, food processing and semiconductor manufacturing industries that employ many mechanical engineering graduates. The ten modules are path generation, transmission elements, feedback devices and motors, motion controllers, basic and advanced feedback control, tuning, motion controller programming, programmable logic controllers, and applications of motion control, and the last eight modules have corresponding laboratory modules. The materials development plan is being informed and reviewed by an industrial advisory board. The lecture modules are being developed using advanced pedagogies including collaborative learning and just-in-time teaching. The modular format of the materials enables other institutions to adopt only materials appropriate for their curriculum. The project is also developing a "Where is Math?" outreach workshop for middle and high school students and teachers that is designed to illustrate the importance of mathematics in everyday life and to stimulate interest in STEM education. The project includes formative and summative evaluation plans for all aspects of the project coordinated by an independent evaluator.