TY - JOUR A1 - Fuhrmann, Thomas A1 - Mandl, Roland A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail T1 - Analysis of learning improvement on changing lab course from single experiments to projects JF - International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education N2 - During recent years, there has been a trend to replace traditional lab courses by project-based learning activities. However, there is currently little scientific evidence for educational improvements through such changes. Some years ago, a lab course on electrical measurements in our bachelor Electrical Engineering and Information Technology was modified from single experiments to projects. This change led to a significant increase in the necessary manpower and lab costs. To justify these higher efforts, it is important to investigate if the learning success increased. We carried out the surveys and collected the statistical data from the students who attended this course. In order to see if the students appreciated this lab course and if there was an objective increase of the students' knowledge, these results were evaluated. Evaluation of the grades in the lecture and lab courses shows that the increase of the students' theoretical and practical knowledge is statistically significant. KW - Electrical engineering education KW - project-based learning KW - student experiments Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/0020720915583863 VL - 52 IS - 4 SP - 287 EP - 297 PB - SAGE ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Altmann, Andreas A1 - Birkner, Wolfgang A1 - Häckl, Franz-Xaver A1 - Hanner, Christopher A1 - Liebhart, Peter A1 - Metschl, Samuel A1 - Weck, Florian A1 - Farmbauer, Michael A1 - Heiß, Manfred A1 - Cuno, H.-H. A1 - Fuhrmann, Thomas A1 - Mandl, Roland A1 - Mottok, Jürgen A1 - Niemetz, Michael T1 - Payload development and launch of a stratosphere balloon mission T2 - IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON 2014), 3-5 April 2014, Istanbul, Turkey N2 - During a student project a stratosphere balloon was developed and launched. This project included the definition of the balloon parameters and the scientific instruments for performing atmospheric measurements, the development of all mechanical and electronic parts, the administration of the project as well as the management tasks related to the balloon launch. The main challenge for the students was the high complexity of the project due to tasks involving many different knowledge domains and the long project duration from the initial definition to the launch. Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2014.6826065 ER -