Real-Time Power Electronics Laboratory to Strengthen Distance Learning Engineering Education on Smart Grids and Microgrids
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 were forced to migrate to digital platforms to ensure...
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| description | 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 were forced to migrate to digital platforms to ensure the continuity of the imparted lectures. The online approach can be challenging for engineering programs, especially in courses that employ practical laboratory methods as the primary teaching strategies. Laboratory courses that include specialized hardware and software cannot migrate to a virtual environment without compromising the advantages that a hands-on method provides to the engineering student. This work assesses different approaches in the virtualization process of a laboratory facility, diving these into key factors such as required communication infrastructure and available technologies; it opens a discussion on the trends and possible obstacles in the virtualization of a Real-Time (RT) laboratory intended for Microgrid education in a power electronics laboratory course, exposing the main simulation strategies that can be used in an RT environment and how these have different effects on the learning process of student, as well as addressing the main competencies an engineering student can strengthen through interaction with RT simulation technologies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-00194bb271c04ba6b471d44d79a06f5e2023-11-22T13:10:26ZengMDPI AGFuture Internet1999-59032021-09-0113923710.3390/fi13090237Real-Time Power Electronics Laboratory to Strengthen Distance Learning Engineering Education on Smart Grids and MicrogridsJuan Roberto López Gutiérrez0Pedro Ponce1Arturo Molina2Tecnologico de Monterrey National Department of Research, Puente 222, Del. Tlalpan, Mexico City 14380, MexicoTecnologico de Monterrey National Department of Research, Puente 222, Del. Tlalpan, Mexico City 14380, MexicoTecnologico de Monterrey National Department of Research, Puente 222, Del. Tlalpan, Mexico City 14380, MexicoIn 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 were forced to migrate to digital platforms to ensure the continuity of the imparted lectures. The online approach can be challenging for engineering programs, especially in courses that employ practical laboratory methods as the primary teaching strategies. Laboratory courses that include specialized hardware and software cannot migrate to a virtual environment without compromising the advantages that a hands-on method provides to the engineering student. This work assesses different approaches in the virtualization process of a laboratory facility, diving these into key factors such as required communication infrastructure and available technologies; it opens a discussion on the trends and possible obstacles in the virtualization of a Real-Time (RT) laboratory intended for Microgrid education in a power electronics laboratory course, exposing the main simulation strategies that can be used in an RT environment and how these have different effects on the learning process of student, as well as addressing the main competencies an engineering student can strengthen through interaction with RT simulation technologies.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/13/9/237RT laboratoryvirtualizationvirtual laboratorymicrogrid educationdistance learning |
| spellingShingle | Juan Roberto López Gutiérrez Pedro Ponce Arturo Molina Real-Time Power Electronics Laboratory to Strengthen Distance Learning Engineering Education on Smart Grids and Microgrids Future Internet RT laboratory virtualization virtual laboratory microgrid education distance learning |
| title | Real-Time Power Electronics Laboratory to Strengthen Distance Learning Engineering Education on Smart Grids and Microgrids |
| title_full | Real-Time Power Electronics Laboratory to Strengthen Distance Learning Engineering Education on Smart Grids and Microgrids |
| title_fullStr | Real-Time Power Electronics Laboratory to Strengthen Distance Learning Engineering Education on Smart Grids and Microgrids |
| title_full_unstemmed | Real-Time Power Electronics Laboratory to Strengthen Distance Learning Engineering Education on Smart Grids and Microgrids |
| title_short | Real-Time Power Electronics Laboratory to Strengthen Distance Learning Engineering Education on Smart Grids and Microgrids |
| title_sort | real time power electronics laboratory to strengthen distance learning engineering education on smart grids and microgrids |
| topic | RT laboratory virtualization virtual laboratory microgrid education distance learning |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/13/9/237 |
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