EMC education with environmental and electronics technology orientation

Abstract

This paper proposes a didactical strategy accordingly with some of the current challenges of the higher engineering education. In the attempt to stem the decrease of students' motivation in pursuing the study of technological disciplines, the system's response was to organize outdoor laboratories or to locate them in spaces dedicated to scientific research along with applying the PBL (Project Based Learning) method. This paper analyzes the impact produced by this strategy on the course of EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility) taught at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, for the study programmes Electrical Engineering and Applied Electronics. The details of the implemented strategy are also presented. The presentation comprises the new types of laboratories, which are described in the study, along with an analysis of the obtained results based on objective statistical data (course attendance and marks obtained by the students) as well as on subjective data (collected from questionnaires applied to students). The results of the study confirmed the positive impact of the implemented strategy; the number of students who completed the proposed elective project increased along with the average of the marks obtained by them.