TY - GEN
T1 - An interdisciplinary unmanned aerial vehicles course with practical applications
AU - Abarca, Monica
AU - Saito, Carlos
AU - Cerna, Javier
AU - Paredes, Renato
AU - Cuellar, Francisco
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/6/7
Y1 - 2017/6/7
N2 - This paper presents a basic course to teach the basic concepts and applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to undergraduate students. Using the design thinking methodology, the objective is to design and implement a UAV to solve a real problem. This course intends to match engineering and business by designing UAVs for significant applications. This proposal aims to initiate the students into basic concepts of aeronautics, mechatronics and human - centered design. First, students learn about current UAVs applications worldwide and they are introduced to the methodology of design thinking in order to properly design solutions with UAVs for real problems in the national context of Peru. Then, students acquire basic theoretical and practical knowledge on aerodynamics, mechanics, electronics and sensors, systems integration, basic control algorithms and programming to design, implement and test a UAV. This course encourages students to interact as an interdisciplinary team, think outside the box and design to solve problems that affect Peru and the entire world. The participants are evaluated before and after the course to determine how their knowledge about UAVs and design thinking has changed.
AB - This paper presents a basic course to teach the basic concepts and applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to undergraduate students. Using the design thinking methodology, the objective is to design and implement a UAV to solve a real problem. This course intends to match engineering and business by designing UAVs for significant applications. This proposal aims to initiate the students into basic concepts of aeronautics, mechatronics and human - centered design. First, students learn about current UAVs applications worldwide and they are introduced to the methodology of design thinking in order to properly design solutions with UAVs for real problems in the national context of Peru. Then, students acquire basic theoretical and practical knowledge on aerodynamics, mechanics, electronics and sensors, systems integration, basic control algorithms and programming to design, implement and test a UAV. This course encourages students to interact as an interdisciplinary team, think outside the box and design to solve problems that affect Peru and the entire world. The participants are evaluated before and after the course to determine how their knowledge about UAVs and design thinking has changed.
KW - Engineering education
KW - Entrepreneurship
KW - Human centered design
KW - Interdisciplinary
KW - Technology applications
KW - Unmanned aerial vehicles
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85023623968&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/EDUCON.2017.7942856
DO - 10.1109/EDUCON.2017.7942856
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85023623968
T3 - IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON
SP - 255
EP - 261
BT - Proceedings of 2017 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2017
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 8th IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2017
Y2 - 25 April 2017 through 28 April 2017
ER -