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Comparative analysis of remote, hands-on, and human-remote laboratories in manufacturing education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Baltimore , Maryland

Publication Date

June 25, 2023

Start Date

June 25, 2023

End Date

June 28, 2023

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS) Technical Session 6: Online, Remote, and VIrtual Labs

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

Page Count

15

DOI

10.18260/1-2--43262

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https://peer.asee.org/43262

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86

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Joshua Grodotzki Technical University Dortmund, Institute of Forming Technology and Leightweight Components

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Joshua Grodotzki manages the group of Profile and Sheet Metal Forming at the Institute of Forming Technology and Lightweight Components, Department of Mechanical Engineering, at the Technical University of Dortmund. Since six years, his research activities center on engineering education topics with a particular focus on the use of digital technologies, such as apps, augmented and virtual reality, and non-classical laboratory formats. Other areas cover non-digital topics, including misconceptions and curriculum development.

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A. Erman Tekkaya TU Dortmund University, Institute of Forming Technology and Lightweight Construction

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Since 2007, A. Erman Tekkaya is Professor at the TU Dortmund University and Head of the Institute of Forming Technology and Lightweight Construction (IUL). Since 2011 he is senior coordinator of the MMT degree program, the Master of Science in Manufacturing Technology. Since October 2014 he is also Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.
A. Erman Tekkaya studied mechanical engineering at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara. He finished his PhD in 1985, at the Institute for Metal Forming Technology at University of Stuttgart, with honors. In 1988, the Habilitation (Üniversite docenti) at the TC Üniversite-ler Arası Kurul in Ankara followed. From 1986 to 2005 he worked at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara. After his time as Assistant and Associate Professor he became Full Professor in 1993. From 2005 to 2009 A. Erman Tekkaya was Professor and Head of the Manufacturing Engineering Department at the ATILIM University in Ankara. Until September 2013 he was the founding director of the Center of Excellence on Metal Forming in Ankara.
His research interests are metal forming technologies as bulk metal forming, sheet metal forming, bending and high speed forming, as also the modeling of metal forming processes and material characterization. In recognition of his contributions in the field of metal forming he was awarded the honorary degree Doktor-Ingenieur Ehren halber (Dr.-Ing. E.h.) by the Faculty of Engineering of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität in Erlangen-Nürnberg in 2012. In October 2014 he was awarded the International Prize for Research & Development in Precision Forging of the Japanese Society of Technology of Plasticity for process innovation, process characterization and international Leadership.
A. Erman Tekkaya is member of numerous national and international committees and cherishes memberships to national and international scientific academies and associations. A. Erman Tekkaya is "Editor-in-Chief" of the Journal of Materials Processing Technology of Elsevier for 9 years.

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Abstract

In the years 2020 - 2023, different concepts of material characterization laboratories as part of a forming technology course in the third bachelor year at the department of mechanical engineering, TU Dortmund University, Germany, have been implemented and evaluated. With the remote experiment, students were able to perform a standard tensile test for steel and aluminum fully autonomously. A so-called human-remote type experiment was used for the in-plane torsion test, where the instructor was equipped with cameras, microphone and head-set, such that students could control the instructor via web and observe the results of their actions in real-time. With the ability to go back to campus, additional experiments, such as the Nakajima test, which is used to characterize the formability in metals, was performed hands-on by the students in the lab. Through a comparative analysis of students’ self-assessment regarding different learning outcomes prior and after the course, it was found that given a choice, students usually prefer hands-on labs over human-remote ones. For digital laboratories, the human-remote lab is the preferred choice over the remote experiment. Analyzing the students’ overall course performance, it was shown that all types of laboratories provide a sufficient teaching input to perform well regarding several metrics tested in the course.

Grodotzki, J., & Tekkaya, A. E. (2023, June), Comparative analysis of remote, hands-on, and human-remote laboratories in manufacturing education Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--43262

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