The level control system in undergraduate teaching

Author

Cocota, J.A.N.J. ; Monteiro, P.M.B. ; Viana, L.M. ; Meireles, L.V. ; Costa, Ramon R. ; Peixoto, A.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. de Eng. de Controle e Automacao (DECAT), Univ. Fed. de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Brazil

fYear

2014

fDate

11-13 June 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Nowadays the dropout of engineering courses occurs almost in every university in the world. Over the past few years, active learning has been known by the education community as the most effective learning method. In this paper it is discussed the educational experience associated to the design and development of a low cost tank level control system to motivate students of Control and Automation Engineering, who enrolled in the subject of Applied Control to Thermal and Fluid Mechanics Systems from 2012 to 2013. The main objectives of learning and the resources used to achieve them as well as the results of the students evaluation of this experience will be detailed in this paper.

Keywords

control engineering education; educational courses; further education; level control; teaching; active learning method; applied control to thermal and fluid mechanics systems; control and automation engineering; educational experience; engineering courses; student evaluation; tank level control system; undergraduate teaching; university; Data models; Level control; MATLAB; MIMO; Mathematical model; Process control; Sensors; active learning; control engineering education; parameters identification; process modeling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Tecnologias Aplicadas a la Ensenanza de la Electronica (Technologies Applied to Electronics Teaching) (TAEE), 2014 XI

Conference_Location

Bilbao

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TAEE.2014.6900174

Filename

6900174