Online Automation & Control: An Experiment in Distance Engineering Education

Authors

  • Sarosh H Patel University of Bridgeport
  • Tarek m Sobh University of Bridgeport

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v2i3.343

Abstract


Online distance education is the latest trend in the education industry. Even though most of the courses offered today are non-technical, there is a large market for online technical education leading to graduate and undergraduate accredited degrees. This paper studies the current state of the online education industry and proposes ways and means for providing comprehensive laboratory based technical degrees through online distance education. The paper also presents innovative approaches and coursework developed at the University of Bridgeport, to provide laboratory-based accredited programs.

Author Biographies

Sarosh H Patel, University of Bridgeport

Sarosh Patel received his B.E. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering with Distinction from the Faculty of Engineering Osmania University, India. He is currently pursuing M.S. in Electrical Engineering at the School of Engineering, University of Bridgeport, CT. Currently working as a Research Assistant at the Interdisciplinary RISC (Robotics and Intelligent Systems Control) Lab, under Dr. Tarek Sobh, Dean School of Engineering, University of Bridgeport, and receives a full tuition wavier for the same. He had been nominated for inclusion in 2005 & 2006 edition of Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Phi Kappa Phi honor society. He is currently pursuing Masters in Electrical Engineering and Technology Management at University of Bridgeport. Sarosh has also published Journal and Conference papers in the field of Robot Prototyping, Dynamic Control and Autonomous Mobile Robots. His current research interests include Robotics, Non-Linear Control Systems, Artificial Intelligence and Ethical Hacking

Tarek m Sobh, University of Bridgeport

Dr. Tarek M. Sobh received the B.Sc. in Engineering degree with honors in Computer Science and Automatic Control from the Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt in 1988, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer and Information Science from the School of Engineering, University of Pennsylvania in 1989 and 1991, respectively. He is currently the Dean of the School of Engineering; a Professor of Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering and the Founding Director of the interdisciplinary Robotics, Intelligent Sensing, and Control (RISC) laboratory at the University of Bridgeport, Connecticut. He was a Research Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the Department of Computer Science, University of Utah from 1992 --1995, and a Research Fellow at the General Robotics and Active Sensory Perception (GRASP) Laboratory of the University of Pennsylvania during 1989 - 1991. Dr. Sobh's current research interests include reverse engineering and industrial inspection, CAD/CAM and active sensing under uncertainty, robots and electromechanical systems prototyping, sensor-based distributed control schemes, unifying tolerances across sensing, design, and manufacturing, hybrid and discrete event control, modeling, and applications, and mobile robotic manipulation. He has published over 120 refereed journal and conference papers, and book chapters in these and other areas. Dr. Sobh is a Licensed Professional Electrical Engineer (P.E.), a Certified Manufacturing Engineer (CMfgE) by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and a Certified Reliability Engineer (C.R.E.) by the American Society for Quality, a member of Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Delta, and Upsilon Pi Epsilon. Dr. Sobh was the recipient of the Best Paper Award at the World Automation Congress Conference (WAC 98). Dr. Sobh is a member or senior member of several professional organizations including; ACM, IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME).

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Published

2006-08-07

How to Cite

Patel, S. H., & Sobh, T. m. (2006). Online Automation & Control: An Experiment in Distance Engineering Education. International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering (iJOE), 2(3). https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v2i3.343

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 3 (2006): Special Issue REV2006

Section

Papers