Integration of virtual instrumentation in marine electrical engineering education

Abstract

Virtual instruments have wide application and they are used not only for measurements and control but also as an excellent tool in engineering education. They can be utilized in real and actual labor-atories. They present huge support for individual learning and distance learning. This paper presents an example of using virtual instruments in the education of future Electro Technical Officers, actually the present students enrolled in the study program of Marine Electrical Engineering at Faculty of Maritime Studies Kotor, University of Montenegro. With the aim of promoting practical exercises for the subject Ship's Measurements as a part of the undergraduate study of Marine Electrical Engineering, the paper proposes examples of laboratory exercises with belonging schemes of connection and experimental set up.