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This article presents a laboratory stand that enables one to test properties of temperature sensors over Internet. The measuring system lets determine dynamic characteristics of the sensor. It was designed for didactic applications, which can be used by extra-mural or ill students although some solutions may be used by industry.
The article gives a review of reasons for developing and adopting a new web-based model of studies by Warsaw University of Technology. That is followed by a description of the Internet and multimedia - based educational model, known as SPrINT. The article presents also a structure of the four-year engineering studies offered by Electrical Engineering Faculty, Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology and Faculty of Mechatronics for given specialization. Then follows a description of the structure and tools of the electronic books. One of the subjects common for all students of the...
Since 1999 the Faculty of Automatic Control, Electronics and Computer Science offers studies in English in: Automatic Control and Robotics, Electronics and Telecommunication, Computer Science, with various specializations. Lectures and laboratory classes are in English. The idea of this paper is to present our contribution in this new programme as the Measurement Systems Group, which is a part of the Institute of Automatic Control. We started with our lectures, untitled "Measurement Systems", in the last year (2001), for students which have completed three half-year semesters. After the...
After couple years of discussions, on different levels, at different academic centres and academic institutions, the very important decision was undertaken concerning the Teaching Quality Assessment. As a result of the act of July 20th 2001, regarding changes to the act of higher education and the act of polytechnic school, the National Accreditation Commission was created – the statutory organ of higher education working for the quality of education. According to the expectations and demands of the academic community the whole higher educational system is evaluated by equal set of...
The paper presents arguments for the place of physical science in the teaching of measurement and instrumentation as a systematic discipline. It is argued that the discipline should be taught as general transferable concepts and principles, based on the science of information and systems. It is shown, however, on the basis of a model of the architecture of a measurement system that the concepts of information and systems alone are inadequate to treat sensors, the observed system, the interaction between them, and also the problems of inferential measurement. It is argued that these...
A completely new engineering curriculum has been introduced in 2000-2001 at our University with a modern pedagogical approach, the keywords of which are problem-based learning, project-based learning, active learning. The lecture will, as an introductory part, present the why’s, what’s and how’s of this revolution. This new context of teaching, which privileges the knowledge acquisition through practice better than theory, certainly favours creativity and especially motivation. But consequently, the place for formal, traditional courses is reduced to a small portion of the curriculum. It is...
Training class concerning "Human body temperature measurement" supports adequate part of lectures on Medical Measurements led by author on IX semester of speciality Metrology and Measurement Systems, faculty of Electrotechnics and Computer Science at Technical University of Rzeszow. Author established the program of class with the aim of familiarising students with IR radiation thermometers (pyrometers): their basic principles (infrared theory), construction and basic metrological problems (spectral range, field of view, resolution, accuracy and errors). Recently the infra-red ( IR)...
One can notice a great need of improvement in designing quality. This problem concerns also a specific branch of factories that produce electronic measuring instruments. We are using new generation electronic circuit, for example: the microprocessor system. They are further called "functors". Their application to get unified functional scheme of measuring instruments. Their use simplifies assembling. A short term "measuring means" is proposed in order to search uniformity of terminology. It describes technical means for measurement purposes. The MM's is created as a result of realisation of...
Software ASSISTANT enabling calculation of uncertainty of measurements is presented in this paper. Mathematical algorithm used by Assistant was developed according to recommendations of European Co-operation for Accreditation. Assistant is equipped with a user friendly interface and offers its users a series of examples of uncertainty calculations. Reports generated by Assistant can be saved, printed or exported to popular formats: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excell or RTF. All these features make Assistant a useful tool in centres that implemented quality systems, in scientific laboratories...
Ability to prepare, perform and process data obtained during an experiment is essential skill for engineers. At Measurement System Group at the Silesian University of Technology run the speciality Measurement Systems. At this speciality there is a course on Measurement Procedures. The course is performed for students of the 8 th semester. The half-year lecture course is supported by classes and laboratory classes at the same semester. The lecture shows the procedures and fields of their applications. It is intended to show variety of procedures and complexity of process of choosing a proper...