Internet-based teaching and experiment system for control engineering course

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2386-2396

  Wu, Min ^a   She, Jin Hua ^b   Zeng, Gui Xui ^a,c   Ohyama, Yasuhiro ^b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Shenzhen Clou Electronics Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Browser server (B S) architecture; Control engineering; Database; E learning; Java applet; Java database connectivity (JDBC); Multithreading; Online experiment; Real time control

Indexed keywords

BROWSER/SERVER (B/S) ARCHITECTURE; CONTROL ENGINEERING; DATABASE; JAVA APPLET; JAVA DATABASE CONNECTIVITY (JDBC); MULTITHREADING; ONLINE EXPERIMENT;

CONTROL THEORY; E-LEARNING; ENGINEERING; INTERNET; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; REAL TIME CONTROL; RETAIL STORES; SERVERS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 65449176135     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2008.921229     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. F. J. Lozano García, K. Kevany, and D. Huisingh, "Sustainability in higher education: What is happening?" J. Clean. Prod., vol. 14, no. 9-11, pp. 757-760, 2006. Editorial.
2. E. Kyriakides and S. Suryanarayanan, "Surveys-based assessment of international power engineering education programs," in Proc. IEEE Power Eng. Soc. General Meeting, 2006, pp. 18-22.
3. H. Akiyama and A. Teramoto, "Education activity discerned through presentation at the frontier in education," IEEJ Trans. Fundam. Mater., vol. 126, no. 1, pp. 3-4, 2006.
4. R. E. Barr, "Current status of engineering education in America," J. Jpn. Soc. Eng. Educ., vol. 54, no. 6, pp. 6/36-6/43, 2006.
5. E. de Graaff and C. Borri, "Research and innovation of engineering education in Europe the contribution of SEFI," J. Jpn. Soc. Eng. Educ., vol. 54, no. 6, pp. 6/44-6/49, 2006.
6. S.-G. Kang, T.-C. Rho, S.-Y. Hahm, and C.-S. Kim, "The present situations of engineering education and accreditation system in Korea," J. Jpn. Soc. Eng. Educ., vol. 54, no. 6, pp. 6/50-6/54, 2006.
7. C. Feng, "Exploration of ways to improve the quality of Chinese CE providers," J. Jpn. Soc. Eng. Educ., vol. 54, no. 6, pp. 6/55-6/60, 2006.
8. H. Fujita, "Current status of engineering education in Japan and the role of JSEE," J. Jpn. Soc. Eng. Educ., vol. 54, no. 6, pp. 6/67-6/72, 2006.
9. E. Guizzo, "The OLIN experiment," IEEE Spectr., vol. 43, no. 5, pp. 30-36, May 2006.
10. S. Thrun, "Teaching challenge," IEEE Robot. Autom. Mag., vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 12-14, Dec. 2006.
11. J. Tiberghien, N. Deblauwe, and A. Barel, "A water tower to introduce electronic engineering and computer science," Measurement, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 192-201, Feb. 2006.
12. M. Grimheden and M. Hanson, "Mechatronics - The evolution of an academic discipline in engineering education," Mechatronics, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 179-192, Mar. 2005.
13. K. Ohyama, T. Kajiwara, K. Ikeda, K. Kudou, T. Yamaguti, K. Matsuo, M. Imamura, H. Kasiwazaki, K. Takahara, K. Takeda, T. Tujino, M. Toyohuku, M. Noguti, M. Morooka, and T. Yamane, "Introduction to electrical engineering with aim of education for generating and motivating at Department of Electrical Engineering, Fukukoka Institute of Technology," IEEJ Trans. Fundam. Mater., vol. 126, no. 7, pp. 612-622, 2006.
14. N. Abdul Rahim and S. Mohd Said, "Sustainability issues of the association for engineering education in Southeast Asia, East Asia and the Pacific 'AEESEAP' activities," J. Jpn. Soc. Eng. Educ., vol. 54, no. 6, pp. 6/61-6/66, 2006.
15. A. Sano, "University education for transdisciplinary science and technology," in Proc. 1st TFST Conf., 2005, pp. 467-470.
16. S. Mehta and J. Chiasson, "Nonlinear control of a series DC motor: Theory and experiment," IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 134-141, Feb. 1998.
17. M. Ghone, M. Schubert, and J. R. Wagner, "Development of a mechatronics laboratory-eliminating barriers to manufacturing instrumentation and control," IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 394-397, Apr. 2003.
18. M.-Y. Chow and Y. Tipsuwan, "Gain adaptation of networked DC motor controllers based on QoS variations," IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., vol. 50, no. 5, pp. 936-943, Oct. 2003.
19. S. R. Bowes, A. Sevinc, and D. Holliday, "New natural observer applied to speed-sensorless DC servo and induction motors," IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., vol. 51, no. 5, pp. 1025-1032, Oct. 2004.
20. A. Damiano, G. L. Gatto, I. Marongiu, and A. Pisano, "Second-order sliding-mode control of DC drives," IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 364-373, Apr. 2004.
21. C. Baltes, "The e-learning balancing act: Training and education with multimedia," IEEE Multimedia, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 16-19, Oct.-Dec. 2001.
22. K. Curran, "A Web-based collaboration teaching environment," IEEE Multimedia, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 72-76, Jul.-Sep. 2002.
23. Y. Ohyama, J.-H. She, H. Hashimoto, T. Yamaura, K. Oishi, "A Web based lecture note on feedback control with remote lab," in Proc. Advances Control Educ., J. Lindfors, Ed., 2003, pp. 113-118.
24. M. Casini, D. Prattichizzo, and A. Vicino, "A student control competition through a remote robotics lab," IEEE Control Syst. Mag. vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 56-59, Feb. 2005.
25. A. Dollar and P. S. Steif, "Work in progress: An interactive cognitively-informed on-line statics course," in Proc. 36th Annu. Frontiers Educ. Conf., 2006, pp. 3-4.
26. S. H. Patel and T. Sobh, "Online automation and control," IEEE Robot. Autom. Mag., vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 91-98, Dec. 2006.
27. R. E. Mayer, Multi-media learning. New York: Cambridge Univ. Press, 2001.
28. A. Holzinger, "Rapid prototyping for a virtual medical campus interface," IEEE Softw., vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 92-99, Jan./Feb. 2004.
29. W. W. Lee and D. L. Owens, Multimedia-based Instructional Design: Computer-Based Training; Web-Based Training; Distance Broadcast Training; Performance-Based Solutions, 2nd ed. San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer, 2004.
30. B. Wilamowski, A. Malinowski, and J. Regnier, "Internet as a new graphical user interface for the SPICE circuit simulator," IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., vol. 48, no. 6, pp. 1266-1268, Dec. 2001.
31. N. Swamy, O. Kuljaca, and F. L. Lewis, "Internet-based educational control systems lab using NetMeeting," IEEE Trans. Educ., vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 145-151, May 2002.
32. D. Srinivasagupta and B. Joseph, "An Internet-mediated process control laboratory," IEEE Control Syst. Mag., vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 11-18, Feb. 2003.
33. J. Sanchez, S. Dormido, R. Pastor, and F. Morilla, "A Java/Matlab-based environment for remote control system laboratories: Illustrated with an inverted pendulum," IEEE Trans. Educ., vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 321-329, Aug. 2004.
34. M. M. Albu, K. E. Holbert, G. T. Heydt, S. D. Grigorescu, and V. Trusca, "Embedding remote experimentation in power engineering education," IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 139-143, Feb. 2004.
35. M. Chirico, A. M. Scapolla, and A. Bagnasco, "A new and open model to share laboratories on the Internet," IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas., vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 1111-1117, Jun. 2005.
36. D. Hercog, B. Gergiè, S. Uran, and K. Jezernik, "A DSP-based remote control laboratory," IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., vol. 54, no. 6, pp. 3057-3068, Dec. 2007.
37. M. Casini, D. Prattichizzo, and A. Vicino, "Operating remote laboratories through a bootable device," IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron. vol. 54, no. 6, pp. 3134-3140, Dec. 2007.
38. R. B. Sepe, Jr. and N. Short, "Web-based virtual engineering laboratory (VE-LAB) for collaborative experimentation on a hybrid electric vehicle starter/alternator," IEEE Trans. Ind. Appl., vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 1143-1150, Jul./Aug. 2000.
39. R. Šafriè, M. Debevc, R. M. Parkin, and S. Uran, "Telerobotics experiments via Internet," IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 424-431, Apr. 2001.
40. R. Marín, P. J. Sanz, P. Nebot, and R. Wirz, "A multimodal interface to control a robot arm via the Web: A case study on remote programming," IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., vol. 52, no. 6, pp. 1506-1520, Dec. 2005.
41. Y. Yan, Y. Liang, X. Du, H. S. Hassane, and A. Ghorbani, "Putting labs online with Web services," IEEE IT Prof., vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 27-34, Mar./Apr. 2006.
42. NUS Internet Remote Experimentation. [Online]. Available: http:// vlab.ee.nus.edu.sg/
43. K. Cheng, D.Webb, and R.Marsh, Advances in E-engineering and Digital Enterprise Technology. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2004.
44. S. Oaks and H. Wong, Java Threads, 3rd ed. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly Media Inc., 2004.
45. S. Gong, J. Xu, and X. Liao, "A remote video surveillance system based on embedded Web video server," Electrotech. Appl., vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 13-15, 2003.
46. D. Iseminger, Networking Services-Developer's Reference Library. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press, 2001.
47. "CodeGear," InterBase. [Online]. Available: http:// www.codegear.com/products/interbase
48. D. Bales, Java Programming With Oracle JDBC. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly Media Inc., 2001.
49. J.-C. Li and W.-N. Zhang, "Design of interface between parallel port of PC and data acquisition system," Int. Electron. Elements, vol. 15, no. 8, pp. 53-56, 2000.
50. P. S. Hong, D. V. Anderson, D. B. Williams, J. R. Jackson, T. P. Barnwell, M. H. Hayes, R. W. Schafer, and J. D. Echard, "TDSP for practicing engineers: A case study in Internet course delivery," IEEE Trans. Educ., vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 301-310, Aug. 2004.