The large Continent of America has in its territory besides overseas regions, dependencies and colonies 35 sovereign countries, 25 in North America and 12 in South America. Among them there are two big countries Brazil, which official language is Portuguese and Argentina, which official language is Spanish. Both are of political and economical importance in South America. They both belong to th...

The paper treats MATLAB and SIMULINK courseware for education of the first two subjects in control engineering curriculum. The courses are based on simple SISO control using classical controllers, including simple nonlinear elements. Description of basic functions and programs and several examples of their use comprise the main part of the paper. The software is freely available on the Czech Te...

The remote laboratory experiments in engineering education became a useful tool as a great challenge for specialists. Setting up a new educational platform with remote laboratory experiments, many students from many countries can access them in order to complete, enhance their education in engineering. This paper presents a new and full functionally remote laboratory in electronic engineering f...

1 Ola Røyrvik, Gjøvik College, Department of Technology, POBox 191, 2801 Gjøvik, Norway [email protected] Abstract  Many electrical engineering (EE) students have difficulty in learning technical subjects because they lack sufficient competence in mathematical modeling and in algebra. Maple is a powerful program for doing symbolic algebra, numerical calculation, and plotting of graphs, so using this...

The paper describes a strategic objective of the Foundation Coalition: systemic improvement. First, a definition for systemic improvement is proposed. Second, a brief overview of change is described to promote the idea that curriculum change is a very complex process. Third, a list of tasks that can lead to systemic improvement is offered.

This paper presents elements of the experiential learning in engineering education through a real-life project case. The project included a team of university students from Hong Kong traveling to Sichuan, China and implementing various engineering systems from solar energy to e-learning systems for a reconstructed school in Sichuan, which was destroyed by the 5.12 Sichuan earthquake in 2008. So...