Development of Mechatronics Courses for Undergraduates Program (DMCUP)

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Title: 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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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