Modernization of Instrumentation in a Physical Measurements Course

这个项目的目的是扩大和现代化物理测量方面的机械工程技术课程的实验室练习。这门课程主要是讲授(60个小时中有42个)。尽管课程材料涉及50多种传感器，但实验室实验只允许使用12个传感器进行练习，数据都是手动获取的，没有给学生提供计算机数据采集的经验。这个项目的目标是获取更多的传感器用于额外的练习，以便学生获得实践经验和对传感器的熟悉；包括现代计算机化的数据采集设备和技术；并尽可能将课程重点从被动的讲授体验转变为主动的实验体验，同时利用电气工程技术专业和机械工程技术专业的多学科团队的优势来拓宽每个学科的学生的知识。该实验室开发所产生的文章可以帮助其他类似项目选择用于此类升级的实验室设备，并证明和促进使用主动学习而不是被动学习，尤其是在多学科团队中。*

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. *