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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Science & Education (ICCSE), 2013 8th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Colombo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4464-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICCSE.2013.6554005