DocumentCode
615362
Title
Introducing agriculture electronics to engineering undergraduates
Author
Maxworth, Ashanthi S. ; Jayasinghe, J.A.K.S.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron. & Telecommun. Eng., Univ. of Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
fYear
2013
fDate
26-28 April 2013
Firstpage
737
Lastpage
740
Abstract
For the development in the agricultural sector in Sri Lanka, it is a well accepted fact that technology should be introduced to the field of agriculture. Here Electronic Engineers can play a major role. As the first step of this process the multi-disciplinary module Agricultural Electronics was formed and introduced to the undergraduates of the specialized field Electronic and Telecommunication. The necessity, content and the outcomes of the module were demonstrated in this paper as a new trend in Engineering Education; therefore any nation would be able to adopt this multi-disciplinary approach for the benefit of their country.
Keywords
agricultural engineering; electronic engineering education; telecommunication engineering education; Sri Lanka; agricultural sector; agriculture electronics; electronic engineering; engineering undergraduates; telecommunication engineering; Computers; Indexes; Instruments; Manuals; Moisture; Optical variables measurement; Soil measurements; Agricultural Electronics; Agriculture; Electronics; Engineering Education; Multi-disciplinary module; Technology;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Computer Science & Education (ICCSE), 2013 8th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Colombo
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-4464-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICCSE.2013.6554005
Filename
6554005
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