Development of Mechatronics Courses for Undergraduates Program (DMCUP)

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Arab Republic of EgyptMinistry of Higher
EducationHigher  Education Enhancement Project
Fund (HEEPF)
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• Development of Mechatronics Courses for
  Undergraduates Program (DMCUP)
• A-085-I0

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Project Basic Information

• Duration 24 month
• (1st April 2004- 31st March 2006)
• Budget 114500
• Window Academic

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Project Team

• Ahmed A. Abo-Ismail
• Project Manger, Professor of Automatic Control
• Mohamed Eltaib
• Project Co-Manager, Assessment and quality
  control
• coordinator, Assistant Professor, Mech. Eng. Dept
• Moumen El-Melegy
• Courses Developments Coordinator,
• Assistant Professor, Elect. Eng. Dept.
• Amer Noureldin
• Implementation Team Member,
• Assistant Professor, Elect. Eng. Dept

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International Experts

• Prof. Herman MANN
• Research Manager of Computing and Information
  Center, Czech Technical University in Prague.
• Prof. Memis Acar
• Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
  Loughborough University, UK

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What is Mechatronics?
The synergistic combination of precision
mechanical engineering, electronics control, and
system thinking in the design of products and
manufacturing process.
Electronics
Mechanics
Mechatronics
System thinking
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Examples of Mechatronic Products

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• Hard disk drive
• Camcorder
• Mobil Robot
• MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems)
• Anti-lock Braking System (ABS )

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• Mechatronics Education at Assiut University
• Mechatronics Program has been introduced
• in 1997 Curricula as the first mechatronics
• UG program in national Egyptian Universities.
• The program is designed to fill the gap
• between practicing mechanical, electronics,
• and control engineers in industry as realized
• during training programs and consultation in
• various industrial companies in Egypt.

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• The program started in the year 2000/2001 with 22
  senior mechanical engineering students.
• In the current year (2004/2005) the number of
  students is 45.
• The program includes subjects (courses) from
  mechanical and electrical engineering programs.

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Summary of the Project

• This project is concerned with the development of
  five mechatronics core courses for undergraduate
  students enrolled in mechatronics program as a
  part of mechanical engineering program, Faculty
  of engineering, Assiut University.

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• The courses include
• Introduction to Mechatronics
• Mechatronics system design
• Programmable logic controller (PLC)
• Mechatronics laboratory
• Graduation project

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Objectives

• Provide students with better understanding of the
  philosophy, design approach and applications of
  Mechatronics.
• Improve the students practical skills.

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• Maximize the use of educational resources by
  publishing the developed material on the www and
  in multimedia forms
• Enhance the process of teaching and learning for
  both staff members and students at Assiut and
  other Egyptian universities.

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Expected Output/ Outcomes

• Syllabuses of the developed courses.
• Teaching materials of the five courses
• Courses in multimedia forms published on the
  www
• Mechatronics laboratory with new experiments
• Qualified staff in mechatronics

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Expected Output/ Outcomes

• Qualified students with good practical skills and
  better understanding of Mechatronics.
•  Educational resources that enhance the process
  of teaching and learning for both staff members
  and students at Assiut and other Egyptian
  Universities.

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Main Activities

• Management (preparing the detailed implementation
  plan of the project and managing the project
  activities,..)
• Implementation (developing the syllabi, the
  teaching materials and the experiments of the
  five courses)

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Main Activities

• Quality control and monitoring (Assessing the
  developed courses by experts in mechatronics, and
  arranging two workshops)
• Dissemination and sustainability (publishing the
  developed courses on the WWW)

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The Achieved output/outcomes

• A meeting room assigned to the Project team at
  the mechanical Eng Dept., equipped with computer,
  printer and connection to the Internet.
• A web page for the project http//www.aun.edu/mech
  atronics/mecha.htm

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• Syllabi of the five courses
• First workshop on mechatronic education at
  Assiut University
• http//www.aun.edu/mechatronics/mech w.htm
• Experts reports before and after the meetings
  and the workshop
• Revised syllabi of the five courses
• Specifications of the required equipment

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• List of the revised software packages required
  for the developed courses
• Purchase of the references related to the
  developed courses
• Implementation of the developed courses
  (selection of seven Graduation Projects started
  on October 2004)
• Purchase orders of the required software packages
• Mechatronic class room equipped with computer,
  multimedia projector and connection with the
  Internet

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• Equip the Mechatronics Lab with computers, Local
  area network and Connections to the Internet
• Installation of the DYNAST software
• Draft of the teaching material of some parts of
  the developed Courses

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• Total Expenditure (LE in LE) from 1st April
  2004 to 31st December 2004

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Evaluation by the management team

• Most of the planned activities were achieved
  properly on time.
• The impact of the international experts on the
  project activities forms a corner stone on the
  target of the project
• Reports, and paper works consumes a lot of time
  which hinderers the technical progress of the
  project

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Evaluation by the foreign expert

• Overall the course proposal forms a sound
  foundation of a Mechatronics engineering degree
  programme
• I congratulate the people who initiated this
  programme at the Assuit University and wish them
  every success in this project.
• Dr Memis Acar
• Loughborough University, UK

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• Thank You for Your Attention