Engineering Design for Mechatronics—A Pedagogical Perspective

Since the introduction of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Mechatronics and related subjects in the mid-1980s, there has been a near continuous debate as to the nature and standing of Mechatronics both as an Engineering discipline and in relation to its role within Engineering Design. In the case of Mechatronics education, what has emerged is a wide variety and range of courses structured around the basic tenets of integration concentrated around the core disciplines of Electronics, Mechanical Engineering and Information Systems or Computing but with a wide range of variation and variety to accommodate local requirements and conditions. In the chapter, we examine how innovative and challenging Mechatronics programmes structured to meet future needs must still incorporate the basic principles of Engineering Design.

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