Efficient Practices on Teaching Modeling and Simulation for Engineers

Modeling and simulation (M&S) is characterized generally by mathematical equations and laws where students are requested to understand and apply for solving engineering problems. Mathematics, whether pure or applied, is rich in symbols, equations and formulae that may create a psychological barrier impeding some students from the understanding of the scientific concept. Thus, the teacher had to find an efficient approach to deliver such subjects. Based on accumulated years of experience, this paper proposes a novel approach in teaching M&S as a part of the Control System (CS) course. The techniques and practices presented in this paper can be easily adapted to other related engineering courses.