Inspiring electrical engineering students through fully-engaged hands-on learning

Author

Bowman, Robert J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Microelectron. Eng., Rochester Inst. of Technol., Rochester, NY, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

4-7 Aug. 2013

Firstpage

574

Lastpage

577

Abstract

Hands-on learning has proven to be very effective in motivating electrical engineering students to study foundation courses. The advent of student-owned, functionally robust, portable test and measurement equipment, now offers fertile ground for developing innovative pedagogy to more fully engage and inspire students. In this paper we discuss two examples of how student-owned test and measurement instrumentation is impacting the electrical engineering curriculum at RIT: in a Freshman Practicum course with a flipped lab and in a Certificate Program in Mechatronics to enable the required laboratory content to be delivered online.

Keywords

educational courses; electrical engineering education; instrumentation; laboratories; measurement systems; Certificate Program in Mechatronics; RIT; electrical engineering curriculum; electrical engineering student; freshman practicum course; hands-on learning; laboratory content; measurement instrumentation equipment; portable testing; student-owned testing; Hands-on-Learning; Online Electrical Engineering Courses; Self-Exploration; Student-Owned Lab Instruments;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), 2013 IEEE 56th International Midwest Symposium on

Conference_Location

Columbus, OH

ISSN

1548-3746

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSCAS.2013.6674713

Filename

6674713