{"title":"Interdependence of booking and queuing in remote laboratory scheduling","authors":"D. Lowe, N. Orou","doi":"10.1109/REV.2012.6293100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/REV.2012.6293100","url":null,"abstract":"Optimized scheduling can significantly improve the utilization level of Remote Access Laboratories (RAL) resources and decrease the waiting time. Current RAL systems have typically supported either booking or queuing, though rarely both. In this paper we investigate issues that arise when a single RAL resource (or pool of resources) supports both modes for gaining access. This research analyses the scheduling algorithm utilized by the Sahara RAL system in order to investigate any limitations that affect the system utilization. We identify a number of current issues and propose specific modifications to address them. The proposed modifications should lead to increased utilization and improved student experience, and hence widen the scope of RAL usage.","PeriodicalId":166546,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV)","volume":"106 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125606864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Secondary school needs in remote experimentation and instrumentation","authors":"O. Dziabenko, J. Zubía","doi":"10.3991/ijoe.v8is3.2269","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v8is3.2269","url":null,"abstract":"The education in applied sciences, engineering, and technologies is one of the Key Competences for Lifelong Learning (2006/962/EC) and priority areas in the educational strategy in EU countries. It directly effects the industrial development. Recent surveys show that the occupational structure of EU employment of the engineering sector tends to shift towards knowledge- and skills-intensive jobs from 27.3%(2007) to 32.4%(2020) (CEDEFOP, Skills supply and demand in Europe. Medium-term forecast up to 2020 (2010)). Therefore, contemporary industry demands well-educated STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) graduates. Since students' motivation to learn depends upon the knowledge and skills of the teachers, teachers should have access to high quality and real-life-based resources to build their competence, to support student's improvement, to familiarize with up-to-date research, development and industrial needs in STEM. This paper presents the study results on secondary school needs in development of remote experimentation and ICT competences in several EU countries. The survey was executed in frame of the project “OLAREX: Open learning approach with remote experiments” supported by EU Lifelong Learning Programme.","PeriodicalId":166546,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV)","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122409072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Embedded system for mini solar vehicle","authors":"F. Corciovă, D. T. Cofas, P. Cotfas","doi":"10.1109/REV.2012.6293140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/REV.2012.6293140","url":null,"abstract":"This paper contains improvements brought to a mini vehicle propelled by solar energy. These consist in monitoring the following: battery level whilst charging via solar panel or electricity grid, solar panel temperature, mileage and speed. The performance of the mini vehicle consists in minimizing of costs and, of course, resources and development of a new mini vehicle control system that can monitor and store information on consumption and technical state.","PeriodicalId":166546,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV)","volume":"99 9","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131745878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Cardoso, M. T. Restivo, P. Cioga, M. Delgado, J. N. Monsanto, J. Bicker, E. Nunes, P. Gil
{"title":"Demonstration of online educational modules with online experiments","authors":"A. Cardoso, M. T. Restivo, P. Cioga, M. Delgado, J. N. Monsanto, J. Bicker, E. Nunes, P. Gil","doi":"10.1109/REV.2012.6293180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/REV.2012.6293180","url":null,"abstract":"Emerging technologies provide the necessary support to develop online educational modules with online experiments through web platforms for educational and training frameworks. Combining design techniques and virtual and augmented reality, templates, contents and interfaces could improve users' analytical capabilities of perception and cognition, and allowing the development of more attractive online courses, while promoting the learning process. This paper briefly describes some relevant aspects of the platform flock.uc.pt under development, including some application examples. The authors intend to demonstrate the main characteristics of this platform, presenting some online educational modules with online experiments, including interaction through haptic devices.","PeriodicalId":166546,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV)","volume":"79 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127623219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Common interface platform for development of remote laboratories","authors":"A. Maiti, S. Mahata, C. Maiti","doi":"10.1109/REV.2012.6293144","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/REV.2012.6293144","url":null,"abstract":"Hardware based remote laboratories are becoming essential for enhancing engineering education. Laboratory courses are being offered to remote students on a global scale with an added benefit the technology offers students; the opportunity to work with sophisticated equipment which may be too expensive for most schools to purchase. In this work, an interface platform is reported which is built to increase the efficiency of the instrument usage. The developed software makes addition of new instruments to an existing remote laboratory easier and quicker.","PeriodicalId":166546,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123299141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Garofano, J. Gallardo, A. Guasch, B. Sanchez, R. Bragós
{"title":"iLabRS: A remote laboratory for science & technology in secondary education","authors":"F. Garofano, J. Gallardo, A. Guasch, B. Sanchez, R. Bragós","doi":"10.1109/REV.2012.6293162","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/REV.2012.6293162","url":null,"abstract":"This communication describes the second wave of improvements of the remote laboratory for secondary education iLabRS. The laboratory is intended to provide experimental activities to high school students using the University facilities. A secondary goal is to promote the interaction between both education levels. The new features include the control software which dynamically manages the LabView virtual instruments and remote panels and which assigns resources to up to 20 simultaneous users of the same experiment. Also new experiments have been added, including the measurement of light sources efficiency and spectrum, a robotic arm or the control of DC motors. An evaluation campaign has been carried out with students from 15 high schools. Also a training course, followed by 35 high school and professional training teachers has been performed.","PeriodicalId":166546,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV)","volume":"os-36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127778579","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integrating immersive 3D worlds and real lab equipment for teaching mechatronics","authors":"D. Muller, A. Chilliischi, S. Langer","doi":"10.1109/REV.2012.6293117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/REV.2012.6293117","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a learning environment for mechatronics training is proposed, which combines immersive 3D worlds and real lab equipment. A key feature of the system is the tight coupling between virtual and real mechatronics by implementing a system, which allows interfacing an immersive 3D World with physical sensors and actuators. A communication link between a microcontroller and a virtual mechatronics device is available. The virtual system is modeled in OpenSimulator and users are able to control mechatronics hardware via a 3D virtual environment and vice versa. The proposed solution opens interoperability both with local and remote lab devices. This includes remote experimentation in which all lab equipment is real and accessible via the Internet, but also examples in which real devices interact with simulation models created in a 3D virtual world. The concept is open for further enhancements.","PeriodicalId":166546,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV)","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127888583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“Feeling” young modulus of materials","authors":"M. T. Restivo, A. Lopes, P. Xia","doi":"10.1109/REV.2012.6293173","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/REV.2012.6293173","url":null,"abstract":"Stiffness is a structural property to be considered in product design and optimization, operations that are, at present, the industry's universal goals. The stiffness of a body is associated with the Young modulus of its material. Therefore, the Young modulus is of great relevance and the evaluation of this material property is important at education or at training levels. A flexible material is associated to a low Young modulus and a stiff material to a high Young modulus. So, in the first case, low loads are able to cause an elastic deformation and in the second case, higher loads are needed for inducing it. The association of tactile information to a bending test using similar specimens of different materials will provide to the user sensorial information on their Young modulus. A virtual reality software application with haptic interaction has been developed for training users “to feel the Young modulus of materials”. The virtual reality application and its structure will be described in this work. Finally, perspectives on future work will be presented.","PeriodicalId":166546,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV)","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129566036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}