2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Mechatronics Engineering Integrate Project: An Approach in Project-Based Learning with the Subjects of Instrumentation, Control Systems, and Microcontrollers

Presented at Project-Based Learning Enhanced through Instrumentation

Abstract: When we talk about using integrated projects in classes, we often applying Project-Based Learning (PBL) techniques. With the aim of promoting skills, the PBL methodology subjects’ students to tasks and challenges to develop a project that connects with their lives outside the classroom or the environment of work and, during this process, students deal with interdisciplinary issues and take decisions acting alone and in teams. This work aims to present the details of the integrated and multidisciplinary project, applied from 2019 to 2022 in the Control and Automation Engineering course at Institute Mauá of Technology. During this period, around 40 students per year were analyzed, always from the 4th period of the course, divided into approximately 10 teams per year. The projects were carried out within the subjects of Instrumentation, Microcontrollers, Programming and Control Systems. The presented results allow verifying the evolution of the methods as well as the skills developed.

Authors

Prof. Fernando Silveira Madani http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5576-1494 Centro Universitário Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia [biography]

Fernando Silveira Madani received the B.S (1998) in Mechatronics Engineering from the Univ. Paulista – Brazil, the M.S. (2002) and Ph.D. (2010) from the Aeronautical Institute of Technology (ITA) - Brazil. In 2002, he joined the faculty of the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Mauá Institute of Technology – Brazil, where he is currently as a full professor and Head of the Mechatronics Engineering program. His main research interests include, robotics, advanced manufacturing systems, embedded systems, and autonomous mobile robots. Since 2014 is an INEP (agency linked to the Ministry of Education) advisor, to promote the evaluation and improvement of undergraduate courses in mechatronics engineering in Brazil.
Prof. Andressa Corrente Martins Centro Universitário, Instituto Maua de Tecnologia [biography]

Andressa Martins is holds a master's degree in Aerospace Systems and Mechatronics with a focus on Robotics from the Aeronautics Institute of Technology and a degree in Control and Automation Engineering from the Universidade Paulista. Currently, she is a professor at the Mauá Institute of Technology. She has experience in the field of Control and Automation Engineering (Mechatronics), working mainly on the following topics: Intelligent Systems, Digital Twin, Industrial Automation, Instrumentation, Robotics, Mechanism Design, and Engineering Fundamentals.
Dr. Anderson Harayashiki Moreira http://orcid.org/https://0000-0002-3598-9504 Centro Universitário, Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia [biography]

Graduated in Control and Automation Engineering from Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia (IMT) (2008). Master in Mechatronics Engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA) (2011). PhD in Mechatronics Engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA) (2017). He is currently a professor at the Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia. He develops activities and research in the area of mobile autonomous robotics, control systems, industrial robotics and microcontroller systems.
Alexandre Harayashiki Moreira http://orcid.org/0009-0005-3876-9071 [biography]

Alexandre Harayashiki Moreira received M.S. (2017) in multirobot system from UFABC Univ., Brazil. Since 2016, he has been a Member of Control & Automation Research group at Maua Institute of Technology focused on autonomous robots and smart cities.

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