Implementing a remote laboratory experience into a joint engineering degree program: Aerodynamic levitation of a beach ball

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 205-213

  Jernigan, Shaphan R ^a   Fahmy, Yusef ^b   Buckner, Gregory D ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Distance education; E learning; Joint degree program; Levitation; Remote laboratory

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC LEVITATION; CONTROL OBJECTIVES; DESIGN PROJECTS; DISTANCE CONTROL; DISTANCE STUDENTS; DISTANCE-LEARNING; ENGINEERING DEGREES; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; JOINT DEGREE PROGRAM; LABORATORY EQUIPMENTS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LEVITATION; LOCAL STUDENTS; MATLAB /SIMULINK; MICROSOFT; NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY; PHYSICAL EXPERIMENTS; REFERENCE TRAJECTORIES; REMOTE LABORATORIES; REMOTE LABORATORY; STUDENT SURVEYS; UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA; XPC TARGET;

BEACHES; BLOWERS; CONTROLLERS; CURRICULA; E-LEARNING; INTERNET; LABORATORIES; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; VIDEO CONFERENCING;

DISTANCE EDUCATION;

EID: 67249154334     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2008.924217     Document Type: Article

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