As
regular readers of this blog know, Quanser has just introduced the QUBE™-Servo, our new, low cost, integrated rotary servo experiment that gives
professors a cost-effective way to teach introductory controls. But
with the compact QUBE-Servo, we are also introducing a brand new way of
delivering the Quanser courseware that accompanies our experiments.
This new
way involves a modular and
topic-oriented approach that acknowledges that every professor’s controls
course is different. It allows a professor to select any experiment within the
provided courseware that they find relevant to the control topic they’re
teaching, and insert it anywhere within their existing controls course. Instead
of tying a professor to a prescribed path where one experiment must follow
another in a predetermined sequence, the QUBE-Servo’s modular courseware gives
professors the opportunity to enhance their courseware to best suit their
individual course and their students. Of course, professors still have the
option of teaching the experiments in sequence pre-defined by Quanser if they
wish.
New Application Lab Improves the
Learning Experience
A special
feature of the courseware is an application lab, a segment that applies a
control topic students have learned to a real-life control application. In this
way the theory they studied will come to life as a real-world system they can
relate to. For example, once students have progressed through a lab sequence
centred around speed control, they can apply their new skills to the problem of
automotive cruise control. This application gives students an immediate
appreciation for the relevance of the topics and methods that they are studying.
Diverse Teaching Materials and Rich
Media Enhance Courses and Reduce Prep Time
The
ABET-aligned courseware includes a wealth of teaching material: QUBE-Servo control
experiments with theoretical and practical hands-on components, mathematical system models, lecture slides, ABET
assessment and a courseware outline, to assist professors in adapting the
courseware to professors’ syllabuses and additional content related to
engineering education and research.
To
save professors prep time and make the QUBE-Servo teaching materials even more
convenient to use, we developed a comprehensive textbook mapping guide. It allows professors to match topics within the QUBE-Servo
courseware to specific chapters from the most popular control engineering
textbooks in use today, such as Control Systems Engineering by Norman S. Nise
and Modern Control Engineering by K. Ogata.
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| The mix and match, rich media QUBE-Servo courseware can be easily accessed and adapted to professors' individual controls courses. |
QUBE-Servo
courseware is offered in many popular digital formats such as PDFs, Powerpoint
files, Rich Text Format (RTF) files, and LaTeX files. The RTF, LaTeX and
Powerpoint files are open, so instructors can simply copy and paste content into
their own course notes and lectures.
The
low cost QUBE-Servo rotary servo experiment offers engineering educators a
smart, cost-effective way to teach controls to undergraduates. Its mix and
match, rich media courseware adds to its value. They work together to enhance a
professors’ effectiveness, and at the same time demonstrate
Quanser’s continuing commitment to offering engineering educators the
comprehensive controls solutions their students need.
Download
the courseware sample to learn what topics you can teach using the
QUBE-Servo experiment.
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