On August 11, the 2019 Annual Conference on Automation Education of China was held at Shenyang Aerospace University.
Four outstanding projects stood out from 31 general projects of the research program on automation education and teaching reform initiated by the National Advisory Committee on Automation in Higher Education under the Ministry of Education. Entitled “The CDIO-OBE Based Reform of ‘Analog Electronic Technology’ Towards a Theory-Practice Integration”, the research project run by Associate Professor Xiao Jin from the School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering was one of the four selections.
Other members of the projects include Tang Yao, Zhang Xiulei, Zhang Jing, Huang Yaling, Hu Xiaoguang, Sun Dan, Fan Changbo, Wu Xingming and Ou Pan.
Besides, the conference also witnessed an award ceremony of the 2nd Experimental Equipment Design “Maker Competition” for Youth Teachers of Automation in Chinese Universities. 2 Gold Awards, 14 Silver Awards and 22 Bronze Awards were bestowed to the prize-winners in the battle among 39 projects from 30 universities including Zhejiang University, Nankai University, University of Science and Technology of China, Beihang University, etc.
“The Rapid Control Algorithm Development Platform for Multiple Rotors Based on PixHawk and Matlab”, a project from Beihang, received the highest honor of the competition—the Gold Award in the Motion Control Group. Associate Professor Quan Quan from the School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering is in charge of the project, collaborating with other members including Dai Xunhua, Wang Shuai, Ma Yaofei and Yin Beibei.
The competition was hosted by the National Advisory Committee on Automation in Higher Education under the Ministry of Education and co-organized by Zhejiang University and Shenyang Aerospace University.
Being held every two years, the Annual Conference on Automation Education of China provides a platform for learning and exchanging in the field of automation. The conference this year is attended by more than 600 participants including Prof. Zhou Jie, Director of the National Advisory Committee on Automation in Higher Education under the Ministry of Education, Prof. Zhang Tao, Chair of Education Committee of Chinese Association of Automation, Academician Zheng Nanning, President of Chinese Association of Automation and Academician Chai Tianyou from Northeastern University.
Reported by Zhang Jing
Edited by Shi Yue
Reviewed by Hu Xiaoguang
Translated by Xiong Ting
