Course and Engineering Model Integration for Teaching Automation

By changing environment of engineering activities to extensive and highly integrated models in unlimited computer systems, more and more expert consider integration of product modeling, higher education, and industrial practice in a common environment in which recent shortage of problem solving based education of engineers can be decreased. Joining to the efforts in order to achieve this, the authors of this chapter revised and applied their earlier concepts and approaches and prepared a new approach to the above integration. This chapter starts with an opinion for the future of integration of engineering higher education processes and practice. Relevant works are cited to introduce important concepts and approaches. Following this, the three computer system based technologies are proposed to integrate in advanced higher education courses, communication of processes in the proposed integrated modeling is discussed, and computer model description of higher education system including information for the related areas is explained. Finally, Possibility for implementation in teaching-learning environment, where understanding of real industrial problems motivates problem solving is outlined as future plan.