Title :
On the use of a 3D printer in mechatronics projects
Author :
Abreu, Paulo ; Restivo, Maria Teresa ; Rodrigues Quintas, Manuel ; de Fatima Chouzal, Maria ; Santos, Bruno Filipe ; Rodrigues, Jose ; Andrade, Tiago Faustino
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng., Inst. of Mech. Eng., Univ. of Porto branch, Porto, Portugal
Abstract :
The present paper describes the authors personal commitment in providing an education, research and development lab with a 3D printer. This facility has been an incentive to students´ activities. It has been possible to benefit from production functional prototypes timely. The use of the 3D printer technologies in promoting research and development activities at undergraduate level is reported. The work describes the context of the students´ work, the selection process of a 3D printer and provides some description of the ongoing works.
Keywords :
engineering education; further education; mechatronics; three-dimensional printing; 3D printer technologies; mechatronics projects; research and development activities; undergraduate level; Collaborative work; Conferences; Decision support systems; Education; Mechatronics; Printers; Three-dimensional displays; 3D printers; engineering education; mechanical modeling; mechatronics; project based learning;
Conference_Titel :
Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL), 2014 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dubai
DOI :
10.1109/ICL.2014.7017915
