Modernization of the Educational Demonstration Stand as A Way to Improve the Quality of Practical Training of Future Engineers
Authors: Sidorov V. G. , Grinberg G. M. , Barkhatova D. A. 
Published: November 2023

Practical training for future engineers is an important and integral part of their education, in which students gain real professional experience. Improving the quality of such training, of course, requires improving laboratory equipment and teaching tools that meet the current level of development of the engineering industry. In these conditions, the modernization of educational stands as prototypes of objects of professional activity is of interest. Analysis and updating of educational demonstration stands will make it possible to bring the learning process closer to the real conditions of the future profession, without leaving the walls of the educational institution.

The purpose of the study is to describe the process of modernizing the educational and demonstration stand (using the example of the “8K-14 rocket model” stand) as a way to improve the quality of practical training of future engineering personnel.

Materials and methods. The research was carried out as part of a project supported by the Vladimir Potanin scholarship program, starting in 2021. The study involved lecturers and students of the Department of Automatic Control Systems of the Reshetnev Siberian State University of Science and Technology. The 8K-14 rocket model was chosen as the subject of modernization, as the most popular and, at the same time, outdated model.

The research methods included analysis of psychological, pedagogical and specialized literature, study of the experience of modernizing the stand, and generalization of the results.

The main result of the study is to enrich the practice of training future engineering personnel, including the development of several engineering design technologies, and aimed at achieving a single result, in the context of modernization of educational and demonstration stands. Therefore, in the process of updating the “8K-14 rocket model” stand, students use modern material and technical means (LED strips, LEDs, electric motor, color TFT touch display, matrix keyboard, rotary encoder, etc.) and various technologies. One of the microcontrollers of the Arduino platform is used as a control device. The user using a touch screen display, mechanical keyboard, encoder and joystick controls the stand. The display, acting not only as an information display organ, but also as a control element, allows you to introduce additional functionality into the work of the stand related to the capabilities of the programming language, better known as GUI (Graphical User Interface). In addition, in the process of modernizing a stand, students often require additional parts, the implementation of which is realized using 3D printing technology.

In conclusion, the experience of the process of modernizing the educational stand “8K-14 rocket model” is summarized as a way to strengthen the practical training of future engineering personnel. The joint work of students and lecturers to modernize educational demonstration means will allow to strengthen the practical training of students, to deepen students into independent engineering and design activities, and make the learning process, in general, more exciting and interesting. This approach can be implemented using any educational and demonstration stand.