SMPC: a problem based approach to enhance student's learning on instrumentation and measurements

S. C. Mukhopadhyay

SMPC: a problem based approach to enhance student's learning on instrumentation and measurements

S. C. Mukhopadhyay^*

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Abstract

Towards the enhancement of students ' learning of the topic of Switched Mode Power Converter (SMPC) as a subset of bigger picture on Instrumentation and Measurements, a part of the paper is kept as project work and fabrication. The students were formed into groups and each group was asked to design, fabricate a SMPC with given specification and conduct experiment on it. This was done to develop their familiarity with design and implementation of a electronic problem and to enhance their knowledge of problem thinking and solving. The projects were closely linked with practical real-life applications to make them more interesting to the students. The students were instructed to use PROTEL and MATLAB to formulate and solve the problem. At the end of the project they were asked to produce their own written report. The students' opinion has been surveyed and it shows the project based approach has enhanced their learning of the subject.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2007 IEEE Instrumentation and measurement technology, IMTC 2007 - Conference proceedings - Synergy of science and technology in instrumentation and measurement
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	1-6
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	1424410800, 9781424410804
Publication status	Published - 2007
Externally published	Yes
Event	2007 IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology, IMTC 2007 - Synergy of Science and Technology in Instrumentation and Measurement - Warsaw, Poland Duration: 1 May 2007 → 3 May 2007

Other

Other	2007 IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology, IMTC 2007 - Synergy of Science and Technology in Instrumentation and Measurement
Country/Territory	Poland
City	Warsaw
Period	1/05/07 → 3/05/07

Keywords

Assessment
Boost-converter
Closed-loop control
Electronics education
Matlab
Problem based learning (PBL)
Protel
Stability
Switched Mode Power Converter (SMPC)

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Mukhopadhyay, S. C. / SMPC : a problem based approach to enhance student's learning on instrumentation and measurements. 2007 IEEE Instrumentation and measurement technology, IMTC 2007 - Conference proceedings - Synergy of science and technology in instrumentation and measurement. Piscataway, NJ : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2007. pp. 1-6

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Mukhopadhyay, SC 2007, SMPC: a problem based approach to enhance student's learning on instrumentation and measurements. in 2007 IEEE Instrumentation and measurement technology, IMTC 2007 - Conference proceedings - Synergy of science and technology in instrumentation and measurement., 4258371, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, NJ, pp. 1-6, 2007 IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology, IMTC 2007 - Synergy of Science and Technology in Instrumentation and Measurement, Warsaw, Poland, 1/05/07.

SMPC : a problem based approach to enhance student's learning on instrumentation and measurements. / Mukhopadhyay, S. C.

2007 IEEE Instrumentation and measurement technology, IMTC 2007 - Conference proceedings - Synergy of science and technology in instrumentation and measurement. Piscataway, NJ : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2007. p. 1-6 4258371.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review

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Mukhopadhyay SC. SMPC: a problem based approach to enhance student's learning on instrumentation and measurements. In 2007 IEEE Instrumentation and measurement technology, IMTC 2007 - Conference proceedings - Synergy of science and technology in instrumentation and measurement. Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). 2007. p. 1-6. 4258371

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