david yuen (me) project based2 (formatted)

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PROJECT BASED LEARNING 1

Academic & Professional Qualifications:

BSc (Eng), MPhil (H!)" MBA (#$H!)"

Ph%Pol'$ (H!), MemA#M" MemASME" MemEEE

*esearch nterests:

Mechatronics" com+utational intelligence" com+uter ision

-./02el:34//5//67E5mail: mmd8'uen9+ol'ueduh

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%aid ?$E>Department of Mechanical Engineering The !ong "ong Pol#technic $ni%er&it#

1. INTRODUCTION

2his su@ect is called Mechatronics 8here a continuous assessment

method is incor+orated 2his su@ect is mainl' offered in ?ear 3 of the

Higher %i+loma +rogram Since the class sie is Cuite @ig that 8e usuall'hae DF students, the 8hole class is s+lit u+ into 3 grou+s -urther, the'

hae to form small grou+s 350 students +er grou+ to 8or on the mini

+roects n this su@ect, students hae to com+lete a mini +roect in order to

+ass this su@ect

2his su@ect consists of +rinci+les of mechanics, electronics,

micro+rocessor, actuator, and sensor together f 'ou teach this su@ect in a

conentional 8a' that 'ou teach each com+onent se+aratel', the contents are

eas' to get loose Ho8eer, if 'ou use a +roect to integrate these

com+onents altogether, the contents are @onded closel' together

2he +roect5@ased learning a++roach aims at encouraging students tocreate, training them to @ecome more confident in +ro@lem soling,

im+roing their management and communication sills, encouraging them to

find information on their o8n, increasing their a8areness of the im+ortance

of integration conce+t and ena@ling them to integrate different +rinci+les and

sills

2. PREPARATION

Before using this a++roach, some final +roects of the same to+ic had

@een done 2hese +roects +roided a frame8or for this su@ect using the


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directl' =ater on, a certain amount of autonom' 8ill @e gien to the

students so as to gie them more s+ace to create

Since mostl' students 8or on their +roects outside classroom hours, the

lecturer 8ould @e ha++' to sta' in the la@orator' to hel+ the students to sole

an' +ro@lem related to their +roects

5. ASSESSMENT

Besides a num@er of +resentations, each grou+ has to su@mit a +roect

+roduct (ie, a ro@ot) and a 8ritten re+ort to +ass the su@ect

5.1 PRESENTATION

n the er' @eginning, each grou+ has to +resent their +ro+osed +roect

ideas and the ro@ot design =ater, all grou+s hae to +resent once again as amid5term oral re+ort on the +rogress of their +roects At the end of the

course, each grou+ mem@er in the final +resentation has to tae u+ at least

one +art so as to allo8 the lecturer to ealuate the +resentation sills of

indiidual student 2herefore, the final grade of the mem@ers of the same

grou+ ma' ar'

5.2 PROJECT PRODUCT

Each grou+ at the end needs to su@mit a small to' ro@ot as +artial

fulfillment of this su@ect 2he final +roduct should at least hae the @asic

functionalities set out in the su@ect f the ro@ot has these @asicfunctionalities, the grou+ 8ill +ass the su@ect 8ithout difficult' #ertainl',

students can add in some more functionalities to mae their +roducts more

outstanding 2hen, the' 8ill hae the chance to get higher mars ;ther

than functionalities, assessment criteria for the final +roduct also include

creatiit', com+leit' and a++earance

5.3 PROJECT REPORT

Each grou+ has to su@mit a 15+age final re+ort to la'out the structure of

the +roect and to gie detailed e+lanations a@out the +roduct design

.uidelines are +roided to the students to hel+ them 8rite u+ the re+ort

At the end, each grou+ has to fill out a form to e+lain the amount of

contri@ution of each grou+ mem@er amongst the grou+ t is difficult to find

out the truth @ut it is eas' for the lecturer to udge @' dail' o@seration

6. STUDENT FEEDBACK

Students are 8illing to s+end etra time on their +roects

2he Student -eed@ac Questionnaire sho8s that students

faor the +roect5@ased learning a++roach


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Students commented that the' gained a sense of success

from the +roect in 8hich the' had to create a ro@ot on

their o8n

2he e+erience gained from the +roect also maes the

students @ecome confident handling their o@ in to'industr'

7. A PIECE OF ADVICE

Should hae some e+erience of leading a similar +roect

@efore

2r' @est to get sufficient su++orts and resources from 'our

de+artment

#a+a@le of handling different t'+es of +ro@lems


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