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  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,418 Views
17 Pages

Virtual Environment in Engineering Education: The Role of Guidance, Knowledge and Skills Development in Electronic Circuits Teaching

  • Christos Tokatlidis,
  • Sophia Rapti,
  • Sokratis Tselegkaridis,
  • Theodosios Sapounidis and
  • Dimitrios Papakostas

6 December 2024

Information and Communication Technologies can create effective learning experiences and might enhance students’ knowledge and skills. In particular, virtual technologies are emerging as a transformative tool in education, in areas such as elec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,635 Views
13 Pages

20 August 2024

This article examines the comprehensive changes and adjustments made to the Bachelor’s degree program in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (BSc) to align with the growing need for sustainable energy solutions. The primary objective of thes...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,536 Views
29 Pages

A Global Program-Educational-Objectives Comparative Study for Malaysian Electrical and Electronic Engineering Graduates

  • Mohammad Syuhaimi Ab-Rahman,
  • I-Shyan Hwang,
  • Abdul Rahman Mohd Yusoff,
  • Abdul Wahab Mohamad,
  • Ahmad Kamal Ariffin Mohd Ihsan,
  • Juwairiyyah Abdul Rahman,
  • Mohd Jailani Mohd Nor and
  • Iszan Hana Kaharudin

24 January 2022

Outstanding academic achievement in the field of higher education is a source of pride for the university. The success of the university is measured not only by academic performance but also by the quality of graduates produced. In Malaysia, three ma...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,630 Views
20 Pages

Emulation of Circuits under Test Using Low-Cost Embedded Platforms

  • José-María Guerrero-Rodríguez,
  • Clemente Cobos Sánchez,
  • Ángel Quirós-Olozábal and
  • Juan A. Leñero-Bardallo

18 August 2021

Electrical engineering education requires the development of the specific ability and skills to address the design and assembly of practical electronic circuits, as well as the use of advanced electronic instrumentation. However, for electronic instr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,716 Views
22 Pages

1 November 2018

Engineering education and, particularly, control engineering, has shown growth in research and development activities during last years. Currently, proportional–integral (PI) and proportional–integral–derivative (PID) controllers ar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
659 Views
20 Pages

3 December 2025

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) is essential for the development of 21st-century skills, particularly in a world driven by technological innovation. However, in vulnerable school contexts, access to meaningful STEM experience...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,294 Views
16 Pages

17 September 2021

In the science and engineering fields of study, a hands-on learning experience is as crucial a part of the learning process for the student as the theoretical aspect of a given subject. With the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, educational institutions wer...

  • Technical Note
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,712 Views
10 Pages

Reconfigurable Electronic Platforms: A Top-Down Approach to Learn about Design and Integration of Electronic Systems

  • Almudena Rivadeneyra,
  • Francisco J. Romero,
  • Michael Haider,
  • Vijay D. Bhatt,
  • Jose F. Salmeron,
  • Noel Rodriguez,
  • Diego P. Morales and
  • Markus Becherer

15 March 2022

This case report presents a real example of a study which introduces the use of reconfigurable platforms in the teaching of electronics engineering to establish a bridge between theory and practice. This gap is one of the major concerns of the electr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,059 Views
18 Pages

Improving the Learning of Superheterodyne Demodulation of Frequency-Division Multiplexing Signals via the Educational Software Tool DOSHER

  • Domingo Pardo-Quiles,
  • José-Víctor Rodríguez,
  • Leandro Juan-Llácer,
  • Juan Morales-Sánchez and
  • Ignacio Rodríguez-Rodríguez

The knowledge of signal demodulation processes using superheterodyne receivers is of great importance in the field of telecommunications. Superheterodyne receivers receive the current focus of many scientists in a wide variety of applications. This t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,836 Views
14 Pages

On the Use of Augmented Reality to Reinforce the Learning of Power Electronics for Beginners

  • Sergio Sandoval Pérez,
  • Juan Miguel Gonzalez Lopez,
  • Miguel Angel Villa Barba,
  • Ramon O. Jimenez Betancourt,
  • Jesús Ezequiel Molinar Solís,
  • Juan Luis Rosas Ornelas,
  • Gustavo Israel Riberth García and
  • Fernando Rodriguez Haro

This study aims to develop and evaluate an Augmented Reality (AR) application to teach power electronics to beginners. For this purpose, two topics were presented: The first was the design of a series-connected Resistance–Inductor–Capacit...

  • Opinion
  • Open Access
1,313 Views
6 Pages
Electronics2024, 13(24), 4906;https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13244906 
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12 December 2024

Understanding the behavior of p-n junctions is fundamental in semiconductor physics and electronics engineering. Traditional teaching methods often focus on material-based definitions of p-type and n-type semiconductors by discussing doping. However,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
7,700 Views
12 Pages

20 June 2022

College education, especially engineering education, is facing big challenges nowadays. Somehow, the gap between quickly developed modern technology used in every field and fundamental theories may discourage some students from continuing their studi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,468 Views
11 Pages

Lab@Home: The Open University of Catalonia Hands-on Electronics Laboratory for Online Engineering Education

  • Carlos Monzo,
  • Germán Cobo,
  • José Antonio Morán,
  • Eugènia Santamaría and
  • David García-Solórzano

Practical experimentation is essential for electronics learning. As the acquisition of practical and professional competences in full online scenario is concerned, it is very relevant the use of technology that allows students to carry out hands-on e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,031 Views
26 Pages

26 July 2023

Most educators agree that essays are the best way to evaluate students’ understanding, guide their studies, and track their growth as learners. Manually grading student essays is a tedious but necessary part of the learning process. Automated E...

  • Article
  • Open Access
850 Views
13 Pages

10 September 2025

The growing demand for electronics engineers is one of the cornerstones of STEM education. Recent trends in education show an extension of the STEM principle into STEAM by mixing Arts with the traditional Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math di...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
8,868 Views
14 Pages

28 February 2017

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has been used extensively in nanoscience research since its invention. Recently, many teaching laboratories in colleges, undergraduate institutions, and even high schools incorporate AFM as an effective teaching tool for...

  • Article
  • Open Access
69 Citations
10,964 Views
22 Pages

5 September 2020

In this paper, we strive to provide a primer for students on how to thrive and learn effectively in engineering education in the volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) times following the onset of the COVID-19 global pandemic, which has d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
7,886 Views
12 Pages

Exploring the Current Practices and Future Needs of Marine Engineering Education in Bangladesh

  • Hasan Mahbub Tusher,
  • Amit Sharma,
  • Salman Nazir and
  • Ziaul Haque Munim

5 October 2021

Developing countries, despite being the major suppliers of maritime manpower, lag in their future-proof competence development. This study explores whether the current maritime education and training (MET) practices for marine engineering education i...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,877 Views
5 Pages

Educational videos have become an important part of higher education. Thus, it is necessary to discuss practical tips for creating high-yield educational videos. The electronic medium is integrated into traditional courses and serves as the cornersto...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,788 Views
15 Pages

26 February 2025

This paper presents an innovative approach to teaching mechatronics at the bachelor’s level, using the design and construction of an Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) as a comprehensive example of a mechatronic system. The course, titled Laborator...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,674 Views
18 Pages

17 October 2023

Early engineering experiences can provide young people with experiences that can contribute to developing longer-term interest in the field and addressing dropout issues faced in engineering internationally. One way to engage young people with engine...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,234 Views
31 Pages

24 August 2025

STEM education is constantly seeking innovative methods to enhance student learning. Virtual Reality technology can represent a critical tool for effectively teaching complex engineering subjects. This study evaluates an original Virtual Reality soft...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,011 Views
22 Pages

This paper investigates the impact of digital reading during educational disruption on science and engineering students’ learning experience. Before the pandemic, some studies explored whether university students preferred using printed or digi...

  • Technical Note
  • Open Access
893 Views
31 Pages

The VISIR Remote Laboratory: Analysis of Limitations and Proposals for Improvement

  • Frederico Lázaro Jacob,
  • Maria Arcelina Marques,
  • Gustavo R. Alves,
  • André Vaz Fidalgo,
  • Felix Garcia Loro and
  • Elio San Cristóbal Ruiz

Engineering education depends on hands-on experimentation, but laboratory access is often limited by time, availability, and resources. Remote laboratories mitigate these barriers by enabling online access to real experiments, with the Virtual Instru...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,691 Views
16 Pages

2 February 2023

This article presents an analysis and methodology for designing resonant inverters with energy dosing for induction heating applications. These power topologies are characterized by the fact that the power consumption of the DC power source does not...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,661 Views
25 Pages

A Challenge-Based Learning Intensive Course for Competency Development in Undergraduate Engineering Students: Case Study on UAVs

  • Luis C. Félix-Herrán,
  • Carlos Izaguirre-Espinosa,
  • Vicente Parra-Vega,
  • Anand Sánchez-Orta,
  • Victor H. Benitez and
  • Jorge de-J. Lozoya-Santos

Accelerated advances in science and technology drive the need for professionals with flexible problem-solving abilities towards a collaborative working environment. The advances pose a challenge to educational institutions about how to develop learni...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
10,905 Views
46 Pages

To face contemporary problems, international engineers must be trained in advanced learning environments and with professional skills and knowledge. Sponsored by USAID (US Agency for International Development), the Build-IT (Building University-Indus...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,470 Views
23 Pages

Educational Workshop on STM32 Digital Control in Buck Converters: Design, Development, and Online Resources

  • Fabio Corti,
  • VipinKumar Shriram Meshram,
  • Inmaculada Casaucao,
  • Alicia Triviño-Cabrera,
  • Alberto Reatti and
  • Francisco Javier López-Alcolea

13 August 2024

This paper presents a comprehensive guide for the design and development of a power electronic converter, specifically focusing on the Buck converter. The guide aims to bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical application, providing...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
10,255 Views
14 Pages

IDC Robocon: A Transnational Teaming Competition for Project-Based Design Education in Undergraduate Robotics

  • Ning Tan,
  • Rajesh Elara Mohan,
  • Shaohui Foong,
  • Masaki Yamakita,
  • Masami Iwase,
  • Shoshiro Hatakeyama,
  • Norihiro Kamamichi,
  • Libo Song,
  • You Wang and
  • Qiuguo Zhu

This paper presents a robot design competition called ‘IDC Robocon’ as an effective tool for engineering education. The International Design Contest (IDC) Robocon competition has several benefits in creating a meaningful design experience for undergr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,213 Views
12 Pages

15 December 2019

Telecom operators and companies ask for graduates with a specific education on the standards of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) or the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), and the University curricula must consider t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,678 Views
19 Pages

Hands-on Learning: Assessing the Impact of a Mobile Robot Platform in Engineering Learning Environments

  • Adrian Suarez,
  • Daniel García-Costa,
  • Joaquin Perez,
  • Emilia López-Iñesta,
  • Francisco Grimaldo and
  • Jose Torres

14 September 2023

As the world continues to change and evolve, students must acquire a diverse set of competencies and skills that focus on sustainability. This term extends beyond environmental matters, encompassing educational aspects, such as critical thinking, com...

  • Article
  • Open Access
447 Citations
88,864 Views
36 Pages

Gamification in Science Education. A Systematic Review of the Literature

  • Michail Kalogiannakis,
  • Stamatios Papadakis and
  • Alkinoos-Ioannis Zourmpakis

6 January 2021

The implementation of gamification in education has attracted many researchers to increase engagement and achieve learning more effectively. Implementing technology in science curricula has seen a massive influx over the past years to stop the declin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,411 Views
22 Pages

27 September 2024

The presented work provides a comprehensive evaluation of the current availability of education programs and courses related to of AI the field of Information Technologies and Computer Science in higher education institutions (HIEs) in the Republic o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
121 Citations
17,491 Views
20 Pages

20 October 2020

The blended learning method with its supporting electronic tools is a very well-known approach in academic education. In most of its practical applications, direct face to face contacts between students and the teacher as well as students with each o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,003 Views
14 Pages

Semi-Active Magnetic Levitation System for Education

  • Gisela Pujol-Vázquez,
  • Alessandro N. Vargas,
  • Saleh Mobayen and
  • Leonardo Acho

8 June 2021

This paper describes how to construct a low-cost magnetic levitation system (MagLev). The MagLev has been intensively used in engineering education, allowing instructors and students to learn through hands-on experiences of essential concepts, such a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,611 Views
11 Pages

22 August 2024

Gamification is being incorporated into university classrooms due to its educational benefits for students learning, including encouraging student behavior and engagement, and consequently improving learning outcomes. Despite gamification being incre...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,779 Views
20 Pages

Education is a constantly evolving field that encompasses various approaches to teaching and learning. In our paper, we focused on qualitative research conducted with future primary level teachers using a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,655 Views
24 Pages

Teaching Digital Electronics during the COVID-19 Pandemic via a Remote Lab

  • Felipe Valencia de Almeida,
  • Victor Takashi Hayashi,
  • Reginaldo Arakaki,
  • Edson Midorikawa,
  • Sérgio de Mello Canovas,
  • Paulo Sergio Cugnasca and
  • Pedro Luiz Pizzigatti Corrêa

14 September 2022

Practical knowledge is essential for engineering education. With the COVID-19 pandemic, new challenges have arisen for remote practical learning (e.g., collaborations/experimentations with real equipment when face-to-face offerings are not possible)....

  • Article
  • Open Access
101 Citations
23,995 Views
24 Pages

31 August 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a drastic shift of face-to-face teaching and learning to remote/online teaching and learning at all levels of education worldwide. Active student engagement is always a challenging task for educators regardless of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
7,645 Views
28 Pages

27 September 2021

This study assessed the “creation of technological solutions for electronic devices” competencies evaluation when faculty–industry liaison is available. This experience at Tecnológico de Monterrey (TEC) was developed with challenge-based learning pro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
10,230 Views
17 Pages

Determining Symptomatic Factors of Nomophobia in Peruvian Students from the National University of Engineering

  • Jimmy Aurelio Rosales-Huamani,
  • Rita Rocio Guzman-Lopez,
  • Eder Eliseo Aroni-Vilca,
  • Carmen Rosalia Matos-Avalos and
  • Jose Luis Castillo-Sequera

1 May 2019

The use of cell phones has increased worldwide in the past few decades, particularly in children and adolescents. Using these electronic devices provides personal benefits. Communicating through cell phones was a very important factor in the socioeco...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,351 Views
14 Pages

What’s in the Box: Design of an Open Didactic Robot Environment

  • Dejan Jokić,
  • Slobodan Lubura,
  • Milica Ristović,
  • Stevan Stankovski,
  • Vladimir Rajs and
  • Harun Šiljak

8 December 2020

We present a realization of a didactic robot environment for robot PUMA 560 for educational and research purposes. Robot PUMA 560 is probably the mathematically best-described robot, and therefore it is frequently used for research and educational pu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,906 Views
19 Pages

Content Curation in E-Learning: A Case of Study with Spanish Engineering Students

  • Juan D. Aguilar-Peña,
  • Catalina Rus-Casas,
  • Dolores Eliche-Quesada,
  • Francisco José Muñoz-Rodríguez and
  • M. Dolores La Rubia

21 March 2022

Over the last decade, e-learning and the use of digital tools have received a great boost in higher education. This paper presents a content curation methodology to assess the acquisition of specific content and soft skills during the attainment of a...

  • Review
  • Open Access
49 Citations
8,214 Views
18 Pages

A Systematic Review of Augmented Reality in Health Sciences: A Guide to Decision-Making in Higher Education

  • Carlos Rodríguez-Abad,
  • Josefa-del-Carmen Fernández-de-la-Iglesia,
  • Alba-Elena Martínez-Santos and
  • Raquel Rodríguez-González

The objective of this study was to investigate the usability of the augmented reality (AR) in higher education in the area of health sciences to describe what type of interventions have been developed, their impact on various psychopedagogical aspect...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,029 Views
16 Pages

The potential influence of the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the status of school education and further accelerated the revolution of regular teaching method. This study compared the learning effectiveness and learning strategies of vocational high s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,976 Views
14 Pages

26 January 2023

The everchanging higher education landscape dictates the need for innovative, engaging, and efficient teaching methods along with promoting soft skills among the students. Scrum’s framework for effective group work and its methodology tools is...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
14,650 Views
42 Pages

Mechatronics: A Study on Its Scientific Constitution and Association with Innovative Products

  • Ana Carolina Cintra Faria and
  • Sanderson César Macêdo Barbalho

Mechatronics as a science is a synergic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic control, and software design in product development and manufacturing processes. To understand how the field of knowledge that incorporates mechatronics in inno...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,160 Views
16 Pages

As technology advances, the field of electrical and computer engineering continuously demands the introduction of innovative new tools and methodologies to facilitate the effective learning and comprehension of fundamental concepts. This research add...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,160 Views
26 Pages

A Methodology to Introduce Sustainable Development Goals in Engineering Degrees by Means of Multidisciplinary Projects

  • Isidro Calvo,
  • Edorta Carrascal,
  • José Manuel González,
  • Aintzane Armentia,
  • José Miguel Gil-García,
  • Oscar Barambones,
  • Xabier Basogain,
  • Inmaculada Tazo-Herran and
  • Estibaliz Apiñaniz

The sustainable development goals (SDGs) reflect the relevance that sustainability is gaining in our societies. Including sustainability-related topics in university curricula requires the revision of the contents, teaching/learning strategies and as...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,855 Views
21 Pages

A Holistic Approach to Use Educational Robots for Supporting Computer Science Courses

  • Zhumaniyaz Mamatnabiyev,
  • Christos Chronis,
  • Iraklis Varlamis,
  • Yassine Himeur and
  • Meirambek Zhaparov

Robots are intelligent machines that are capable of autonomously performing intricate sequences of actions, with their functionality being primarily driven by computer programs and machine learning models. Educational robots are specifically designed...

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