Yao, J. (2015, June), Modeling and Control of a Tungsten–Bulb Heated Incubator: Teaching Controls Theory in a General Engineering Program  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.24500

\bibitem{asee_peer_24500}
  Yao, J. (2015, June), \emph{Modeling and Control of a Tungsten–Bulb Heated Incubator: Teaching Controls Theory in a General Engineering Program}
  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington.
  10.18260/p.24500

Jason Yao.  "Modeling and Control of a Tungsten–Bulb Heated Incubator: Teaching Controls Theory in a General Engineering Program".  2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2015.  https://peer.asee.org/24500 Internet.  30 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_24500}
  Jason Yao.
  "Modeling and Control of a Tungsten–Bulb Heated Incubator: Teaching Controls Theory in a General Engineering Program".
  \emph{2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2015.
  https://peer.asee.org/24500 Internet.  30 Dec, 2024

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AB  -           Modeling and Control of a Tungsten-Bulb Heated Incubator:          Teaching Controls Theory in a General Engineering ProgramMost engineering students consider control theory challenging because of its mathematicalintensity. Frequency domain controls concepts (Nyquist criterion, magnitude/phase margin, etc.)are often perceived harder by many students because the connection between these theoreticalconcepts and their physical significance is distant. In the general engineering program at XXXUniversity, a comprehensive project, Using the Frequency Method to Design an IncubatorTemperature Control System for a Waterfowl Park, is developed to address this issue.During the course of the five-week project, students are required to model the thermal dynamicsof Tungsten bulbs and a glass incubator in MATLAB; characterize the frequency response of theincubator; design a compensator with SIMULINK based on the plant’s frequency response; andevaluate the system performance. Having a sense of real application, the students weremotivated and enthusiastic to tackle difficulty theory that they otherwise would be reluctant toattack. Most of them were able to actively seek answers to challenging questions in the projectand successfully completed the design task.Learning outcomes were measured by analyzing student project reports and responses to surveyquestions. Assessment results from the first two trails of the project show that this integrativeproject worked well for the general engineering students: not only they were able to connectabstract control theory to tangible applications and design control systems to meet requirements;they also observed how other subject knowledge (in this case thermal and heat transfer) isapplied to model processes, gaining a greater level of enthusiasm towards the generalengineering curriculum. Their ability to use MATLAB and SIMULINK was also considerablyimproved via the project.
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