Reengineering Electrical Engineering Undergraduate Laboratories at Escola Politecnica, University of Sao Paulo.

a) electronic mail: acseabra@lsi.usp.br b) eletronic mail: dconsoni@lme.usp.br Abstract Brazilian Engineering Schools are under a strong program to re-engineer their courses with the financial support of Federal Agencies. At our Department, this process started by modifying the Basic Electricity and Electronic Laboratories. In this work, we describe the new structure of these labs and the approaches taken in order to improve our experimental engineering courses. After one year, various benefits resulting from these actions could already be observed: higher level reports, higher marks, less failures, and above all, a great enthusiasm and interest that the new equipments and methodologies have risen in our students.