Development of IoT applications in civil engineering classrooms using mobile devices

Chacón, Rolando; Posada, Hector; Toledo, Álvaro; Gouveia, M. A.

doi:10.1002/cae.21985

Cited by 25 publications

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“…For the former, students become acquainted with different experimental techniques in construction after a “hands‐on” introduction to the use of sensors, data acquisition systems, and graphical user interfaces. Furthermore, they can transfer the data into a graphical user‐interface, generating a connection from the physical to the virtual world [8,10,11]. For the latter, students treat TLS in manifold applications ranging from surveying to landslides.…”

Section: Proposal For the Use Of Tls In Aec Classroomsmentioning

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Open‐source terrestrial laser scanner for the virtualization of geometrical entities in AEC classrooms

Ramonell

Chacón

2022

Comp Applic In Engineering

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This paper depicts a case study that shows an open-source Terrestrial Laser Scanner (TLS) for use on the virtualization of simple yet precise geometrical entities in AEC classrooms. For bringing this technology to AEC classrooms, an open-source TLS was developed. The physical model was built using digital fabrication, its connectivity was established using accessible, affordable, opensource sensors and actuators and its digital representation was developed using generative design tools. All elements together are synchronized in realtime and the TLS becomes live, digitally twinned, geometry generator. The points that are generated by the TLS are gathered in a 3D virtual space in the form of virtual points. The present digitally twinned vision of laser scanning has thus three identified educational uses: (i) illustration of the measuring principle using open-source hardware together with mathematics and statistics, (ii) illustration of the generation and visualization of point clouds in realtime within a CAD environment, and (iii) perhaps with a vaster scope in AEC classrooms, illustration of the usage, analysis and identification of these point clouds. The development of this tool belongs to a vaster project for infusing Construction 4.0 technologies in AEC classrooms under development at the School of Civil Engineering of UPC-BarcelonaTech. The illustration to students of all these concepts with accessible technological tools is expected to enlarge their vision of more advanced constructional technologies such as cyber-physical systems for monitoring and surveying as well as digital technologies for reproducing "As-Built" models.

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Section: Proposal For the Use Of Tls In Aec Classroomsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Open‐source terrestrial laser scanner for the virtualization of geometrical entities in AEC classrooms

Ramonell

Chacón

2022

Comp Applic In Engineering

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“…Through giving students a possibility to communicate between devices in a classroom environment, it would be possible to create interesting projects and develop new ideas in the domain of IoT. The key concept is to give participants a variety of communication methods between a set of devices, for example, Bluetooth, Wi‐Fi, GSM or connectivity through commonly used platforms, such as mobile devices .…”

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Teaching programming using dedicated Arduino Educational Board

Perenc

Jaworski

Duch

2019

Comp Applic In Engineering

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This paper presents a new approach to teaching programming to undergraduate computer science students. A dedicated Arduino board along with custom application programming interface (API) was introduced into programming classes with a view to strengthen students’ engagement and improving the attractiveness of the course. The students were presented with basic functionalities of the board, which gave them a possibility to accomplish their own projects—typically video games—without any background in electronics. The level of engagement of the participants was observed by the tutors during classes and also reviewed based on questionnaires filled by 347 first‐, second‐, and third‐year undergraduates. The results indicated that the proposed approach was well received by nearly 80%, while nearly 75% of the participants expressed a wish to continue their Computer Science education using Arduino.

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“…For these reasons, student education must be more than just teaching how to use the tools of IoT systems. These should allow students to develop the ability to understand the general configuration of the IoT and to solve problems through the proper use of the tools [29]. In other words, tools for IoT education should be simple and easy to learn, support basic IoT functions, and at the same time ensure usability.…”

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confidence: 99%