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- Classification of Experimental Errors Done in VISIR with Simple Alternated Current CircuitsPublication . Mendonca, Lucas Nascimento; Macaneiro, Mayara; Alves, Gustavo R.; Pires, Danubia Soares; Garcia-Zumbia, Javier; Cuadros, Jordi; Serrano, VanessaDuring experiments with electric circuits, students often make mistakes. To handle these situations, remote laboratories such as VISIR (Virtual Instruments Systems in Reality) rely on error-handling mechanisms, which do not always cover all errors. This article seeks to extend a previously published work when trying to assimilate all possible errors in alternated current circuits with a single power supply and a single passive component. The goal is to build an errors’ map with all possible errors, covering all circuits that can be assembled in VISIR, from the simplest to the most complex. This allows limiting misconceptions during theoretical and practical understanding are limited.
- A multi generational approach to project management: implications for engineering education in a smart worldPublication . Silva, Cláudia; Magano, José; Figueiredo, Cláudia; Vitoria, Andreia; Nogueira, TeresaIn a fast pace evolving smart world, underlined by technology change and market globalisation, project management is of paramount importance for companies to deliver competitive goods and services. To be effective, project teams should master processes, personal, technical and business competencies. The teaching of project management could be adapted in order to reduce the gap that seems to exist between the engineer graduate profile and the requirements that challenge professional engineers today, namely equipping new engineers with sound soft skills. Generation Z, currently studying in HEIs, has characteristics, needs and expectations that should be considered when discussing potential changes in project management education. This paper explores these topics. The literature review establishes the characteristics of generation Z, project management teaching trends, and draws implications for the teaching of project management within the scope of engineering education. A sample of 147 Generation Z undergraduate students filled a self-report questionnaire considering personality, resilience and emotional intelligence to assess their awareness about the traits that are relevant for project management. Through their self-assessment results, the participating students are aware of some of their characteristics, namely orientation towards results, high resilience and low neuroticism. Due to the high resilience indicators and low levels of neuroticism, Generation Z can be an important asset within a multigenerational project team. Also, some inconsistencies were identified as the participants displayed high levels of agreeableness and low levels of openness to experience. These results are discussed, linking personality traits of Generation Z with some important soft skills in project management, including teamwork and communication skills. Finally, recommendations and approaches for teaching project management in engineering education programs are presented.
- μLAB A remote laboratory to teach and learn the ATmega328p μCPublication . Costa, Ricardo; Perola, Francisco; Felgueiras, Manuel CarlosRemote laboratories, also known as weblabs, are presently widely adopted in engineering education, since they provide more flexibility to access a real laboratory. As a contribution to teach and learn Cs (microcontrollers), this paper presents a remote laboratory based on the ATmega328p C. The laboratory allows students and teachers to remotely program a hardware infrastructure based on the ATmega328p C and control/observe a set of attached experiments
- A demo platform to teach and learn the behaviour of a PI controllerPublication . Felgueiras, Carlos; Serradeiro, Kevin; Fidalgo, André; Costa, RicardoNowadays new demands are posed to engineering education. Students are becoming more autonomous and curious, which requires the use of new educational platforms to complement theory with practice. A well-designed engineering course should include ways to demonstrate evidence of specific theories, in order to involve students and to dissipate any mistrust that they may have when specific theories are presented. On the other hand, it is important to create sustainable solutions, i.e., low cost solutions that do not produce much waste to the environment. While traditional and/or remote labs can be considered for many situations, there are others where a simple demonstrative platform is enough. It was precisely based on this condition, that a simple PI controller platform was idealized and implemented. This allows a teacher to show the behaviour of a PI controller according to the definition of a set of parameters that will enable the displacement of a pointer with accurate and responsive corrections.