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

工程-机械(56)这个CCLI类型1项目正在开发十个讲座和八个实验模块的序列，以将工业运动控制纳入自动化的高级机械工程课程。运动控制被定义为以同步方式控制机器中多个轴的位置和/或速度的自动化的子领域。这一努力的动机来自于运动控制在包装、组装、纺织、造纸、印刷、食品加工和半导体制造行业的广泛使用，这些行业雇用了许多机械工程毕业生。这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应用，最后八个模块有相应的实验室模块。材料开发计划正由一个工业咨询委员会通报和审查。正在使用包括协作学习和即时教学在内的先进教学方法开发授课单元。教材的模块化格式使其他机构能够只采用适合其课程的教材。该项目还开发了一本名为“数学在哪里？”为初中生和教师举办的外展讲习班，旨在说明数学在日常生活中的重要性，并激发人们对STEM教育的兴趣。该项目包括对项目所有方面的形成性和总结性评价计划，由一名独立评价员协调。

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.