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Cheng, Ka Wai Eric; Chan, Chung Lun – Education Sciences, 2019
A remote-controlled experiment for power electronics was developed for a virtual laboratory. Power converter experiments were set up, allowing students to conduct a remote-controlled experiment with special hardware and electric power. Students can activate parameter controls, connect wires, and tune electric load conditions with preset electronic…
Descriptors: Electronics, Engineering Education, Virtual Classrooms, Undergraduate Students
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Pickering, Miles; LaPrade, Joseph E. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1986
Describes a comparison of scale of laboratory with respect to time efficiency. Compared full scale and one-tenth scale Grignard reactions with full scale averaging 330 minutes to completion and scaled-down averaging 204. Savings are seen in air pollution, toxicity, solvent cost, and time. (JM)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Efficiency, Higher Education