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The term interactivity is becoming common in teaching and specially in engineering studies. Interactivity is associated with a set of graphical representations, elements, and parameters interconnecting each others, in such way that if some element is modified, the rest are updated immediately and only spending a short interval of time. Interactivity provides new possibilities in researching and teaching, making it possible to study problems at different complexity levels and using a new interactive philosophy relatively difficult some years ago.

Interactive tools are considered a great stimulus for developing the students intuition. They attempt to demystify abstract mathematical concepts through visualization for specifically chosen examples. The power of the interactive tools sometimes induces the user to play around with different dynamic objets while forgetting the real meaning of such graphical elements. Thus, users must understand that interactive tools are abstractions of theoretical concepts, and the full learning must be completed as a mixture of both. For this reason, interactive tools are recommended as support to consolidated theoretical books or lessons looking for this combination between theory and practice.

Videos

• Interactivity for Engineering Education: Automatic Control with Interactive Tools - Webinar (IFAC and IEEE control education series)

Educational resources

• Interactive tools link

• Virtual and Remote Labs link

• Books link

Publications

• C. Martin, A. Urquia, J. Sanchez, S. Dormido, F. Esquembre, J.L. Guzman, M. Berenguel. Interactive simulation by combined use of EJS, Matlab/Simulink and Modelica/Dymola. 18th European Simulation Multiconference ESM2004, Magdeburg, Germany, 2004.
• J.L. Guzman, M. Berenguel, S. Dormido. MIMO-GPCIT: Herramienta interactiva de control predictivo generalizado para sistemas multivariables com restricciones. Revista Iberoamericana de Automatica e Informatica Industrial, 1(1), 57-68, 2004
• J.L. Guzman, O. Lopez, M. Berenguel, F. Rodriguez, S. Dormido, Y. Piguet. MRIT: Mobile robotics interactive tool. 2nd IFAC Workshop on Internet-based Control Education, Grenoble, France, 2004.
• J.L. Guzman, M. Berenguel, S. Dormido. Interactive teaching of constrained predictive control. IEEE Control Systems Magazine, 25(2), 52-66, 2005
• J.L. Guzman, F. Rodriguez, M. Berenguel, S. Dormido. Laboratorio virtual para la enseñanza de control climatico de invernaderos. Revista Iberoamericana de Automatica e Informatica Industrial, 2(2), 82-92, 2005
• J.L. Guzman, M. Berenguel, F. Rodriguez, S. Dormido. Web-based remote control laboratory using a greenhouse scale model. Computer Applications in Engineering Education, 13(2), 111-123, 2005
• M. Pasamontes, J.L. Guzman, F. Rodriguez, M. Berenguel, S. Dormido. Easy mobile device pro- gramming for educational purposes. CDC-ECC’05, the Joint 44th Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference ECC’05, Seville, Spain, 2005.
• J.L. Guzman, F. Rodriguez, M. Berenguel, S. Dormido. Virtual lab for teaching greenhouse climatic control. 16th IFAC World Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, 2005.
• J.L. Guzman, P. Garcia, T. Hagglund, S. Dormido, P. Albertos, M. Berenguel. Interactive tool for analysis of time-delay systems with deadtime compensators. Proc. 7th IFAC Symposium on Advances in Control Education, Madrid, Spain, 2006
• F. Rodriguez, M. Berenguel, J.L. Guzman, S. Dormido. A virtual course on automation of agricultural systems. International Journal of Engineering Education, 22(6), 1197-1209, 2006
• J.L. Guzman, K. Astrom, S. Dormido,T. Hagglund, Y. Piguet. Interactive learning modules for PID control. Proc. 7th IFAC Symposium on Advances in Control Education, Madrid, Spain, 2006.
• A.A. Garcia, M. Berenguel, J.L. Guzman, S. Dormido, M. Dominguez. Remote laboratory for tea- ching multivariable control techniques. Proc. 7th IFAC Symposium on Advances in Control Education, Madrid, Spain, 2006.
• J.L. Guzman, K.J. Astrom, S. Dormido, T. Hagglund, Y. Piguet, M. Berenguel. Interactive learning module: basic modelling and identification concepts. IFAC World Congress 2008, Seoul, Korea, 2008.
• J.L. Guzman, M. Berenguel, F. Rodriguez, S. Dormido. Interactive tool for mobile robot motion planning. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 56, 396-409, 2008.
• J.L. Guzman, P. Garcia, T. Hagglund, S. Dormido, P. Albertos, M. Berenguel. Interactive tool for analysis of time-delay systems with dead-time compensators. Control Engineering Practice, 16(7), 824- 835, 2008
• J.L. Guzaán, K. Astrom, S. Dormido, T. Hagglund, Y. Piguet, M. Berenguel. Interactive learning modules for control for PID Control. IEEE Control Systems Magazine, 28(5), 118-134, 2008
• J. Munoz, J.L. Guzman, F. Rodriguez, M. Berenguel, A. Pawlowski. Virtual lab for programable logic controllers. 14th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation ETFA’09, Mallorca, Spain, 2009.
• M. Castilla, J.L. Guzman, J.C. Moreno, F. Rodríguez. Remote Laboratory for a Flexible Manu- facturing Cell. 8th IFAC Symposium on Advances in Control Education ACE’09, Kumamoto, Japan, 2009.
• J. Normey-Rico, J.L. Guzman, S. Dormido, M. Berenguel, E.F. Camacho. An unified approach for DTC design using interactive tools. Control Engineering Practice, 17, 1234-1244, 2009
• G. Martinez, J.L. Guzman, M. Berenguel, S. Dormido. An open-source graphical library for the development of Interactive Tools. 8th IFAC Symposium on Advances in Control Education ACE’09, Kumamoto, Japan, 2009.
• J.L. Guzman, D. Rivera, M. Berenguel, S. Dormido. Teaching system identification through interac- tivity. 8th IFAC Symposium on Advances in Control Education ACE’09, Kumamoto, Japan, 2009.
• J.L. Guzman, D. Rivera, S. Dormido, M. Berenguel. ITSIE: An interactive software tool for system identification education. 15th IFAC Symposium on System Identification SYSID’09, 752-757, Saint- Malo, France, 2009.
• J.L. Guzman, K. Astrom, S. Dormido, T. Hagglund, M. Berenguel, Y. Piguet. Interactive learning modules for control interaction understanding. European Control Conference ECC’09, Budapest, Hun- gary, 2009.
• .L. Guzman, M. Dominguez, M. Berenguel, J.J. Fuertes, F. Rodriguez, P. Reguera. Entornos de experimentacion para la enseñanza de conceptos básicos de modelado y control. Revista Iberoamericana de Automatica e Informatica Industrial, 7, 10-22, 2010
• R. Silva, M. Pasamontes, J.L. Guzman, M. Perez, M. Berenguel. Interactive tool to teach solar parabolic trough concepts. ISES Solar World Congress, Kassel, Germany, 2011.
• J.L. Guzman, R. Costa, S. Dormido, M. Berenguel. Study of fundamental control concepts through interactive learning objects. 18th IFAC World Congress, Milano, Italy, 2011.
• J.L. Guzman, T. Haggund, K. Astrom, S. Dormido, M. Berenguel, Y. Piguet. Feedforward control concepts through interactive tools. 18th IFAC World Congress, Milano, Italy, 2011
• J.D. Alvarez, J.L. Guzman, D. Rivera, M. Berenguel, S. Dormido. ITCRI: An interactive software tool for control-relevant identification education. 18th IFAC World Congress, Milano, Italy, 2011
• J.L. Guzman, R. Costa-Castello, S. Dormido, M. Berenguel. Interactive tools to learn basic concept son nonlinear systems linearization through a case study. 9th IFAC Symposium on Advances in Control Education, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 2012
• J.L. Rivas, J.L. Guzman, F. Rodriguez, M. Berenguel, S. Dormido. Integrated virtual and remote lab for greenhouse climate control. 9th IFAC Symposium on Advances in Control Education, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 2012
• J.L. Guzman, D. Rivera, M. Berenguel, S. Dormido. I-PIDtune: An interactive tool for integrated system identification and PID control. IFAC Conference on Advances in PID Control PID’12, Brescia, Italy, 2012
• J.C. Gonzalez, J.L. Guzman, M. Berenguel, S. Dormido. A new framework to develop web-based interactive tools for control education. 9th IFAC Symposium on Advances in Control Education, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 2012
• J.D. Alvarez, J.L. Guzman, D. Rivera, S. Dormido, M. Berenguel. ITCRI: An interactive softwa- re tool for evaluating control-relevant identification. 16th IFAC Symposium on System Identification SYSID’12, Brussels, Belgium, 2012
• S. Dormido, J. L. Guzman, R. Costa, M. Berenguel. Interactivity in Automatic Control: Foundations and Experiences. Automation, Control and Processes Conference (ARAP 2012), Prague, Czech Republic, 2012, (Plenary Lecture)
• M. Pasamontes, J.D. Alvarez, J.L. Guzman, M. Berenguel. Learning switching control: a tank level-control exercise. IEEE Transactions on Education, 55(2), 226-232, 2012.
• J.L. Guzman, D.E. Rivera, S. Dormido, M. Berenguel. An interactive software tool for system identification. Advances in Engineering Software, 45, 115-123, 2012
• R. Cosota-Castello, J.L. Guzman, M. Berenguel, S. Dormido. An interactive CAD tool to teach and learn Nyquist criterion. 10th IFAC Symposium on Advances in Control Education, Sheffield, UK, 2013
• J.D. Alvarez, J.L. Guzman, D.E. Rivera, M. Berenguel, S. Dormido. Perspectives on Control-Relevant Identification Through the Use of Interactive Tools. Control Engineering Practice, 21(2), 171-183, 2013.
• J.L. Guzman, S. Dormido, M. Berenguel. Interactivity in Education: an experience in the Automatic Control Field. Computer applications in Engineering Education, 21(2), 360-371, 2013
• J.C. Gonzalez, J.L. Guzman, M. Berenguel, S. Dormido. Development of interactive books for Control Education. 10th IFAC Symposium on Advances in Control Education, Sheffield, UK, 2013
• J.L. Guzman, D.E. Rivera, M. Berenguel, S. Dormido. TCLI: An Interactive Tool for Closed-Loop Identification. 19th IFAC World Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, 2014
• J.L. Guzman, T. Hagglund, K. Astrom, S. Dormido, M. Berenguel, Y. Piguet. Understanding PID design through interactive tools. 19th IFAC World Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, 201
• D.E. Rivera, J.L. Guzman, M. Berenguel, S. Dormido. Understanding Closed-Loop Identification with ITCLI. 17th IFAC Symposium on System Identification, Beijing, China, 2015
• A. Hoyo, J.L. Guzman, J.C. Moreno, M. Berenguel. Teaching Control Engineering Concepts using Open Source tools on a Raspberry Pi board. IFAC Workshop on Internet Based Control Education, Brescia, Italy, 2015
• M. Berenguel, F. Rodriguez, J.C. Moreno, J.L. Guzman, R. González. Tools and methodologies for teaching robotics in computer science & engineering studies. Computer applications in Engineering Education, 24(2), 202-214, 2016.
• J. L. Guzman, R. Costa-Castello, S. Dormido, M. Berenguel. An Interactivity-Based Methodology to Support Control Education: How to Teach and Learn Using Simple Interactive Tools. IEEE Control Systems Magazine, 36(1), 63-76, 2016.
• C. Rodriguez, M. Guinaldo, E. Aranda-Escolastico, J.L. Guzman, S. Dormido. An Object-Oriented Library for Process Control Simulations in MATLAB. 20th IFAC World Congress, Toulouse, France, 2017
• A. Hoyo, J.L. Guzman, M. Berenguel. Use of the benchmark for PID control in engineering studies at the University of Almería. IFAC Conference on Advances in Proportional-Integral-Derivative Control, Ghent, Belgium, 2018
• J.L. Guzman, Y. Piguet, S. Dormido, M. Berenguel, R. Costa-Castello. New Interactive Books for Control Education. IFAC Conference on Advances in Proportional-Integral-Derivative Control, Ghent, Belgium, 2018
• A. Hoyo, J.L. Guzman, F.G. Acien, M. Berenguel, J.C. Moreno. A graphical tool to simulate raceway photoreactors. 2nd IWA Conference on Algal Technologies for Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery, Valladolid, Spain, 2019
• J.L. Guzman, M. Berenguel A. Merchan, J.D. Gil, J.D. Alvarez. A virtual lab for modeling and control of a solar collector field. 21st IFAC World Congress. Berlin, Germany, 2020
• J.L. Guzman, B. Joseph. A Web-Based Unit Operations Lab for Enhancing Design, Control and Optimization in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Courses. AICHE Annual Meeting. Virtual, 2020
• R. Goncalves, M. V. Americano da Costa, B. Joseph, J. L. Guzman. Developing Professional and Entrepreneurship Skills of Engineering Students Through Problem-Based Learning: A Case Study in Brazil. International Journal of Engineering Education, 36(1), 155-169, 2020
• J. L. Guzman and B. Joseph. Web-based virtual lab for learning design, operation, control and optimization of an anaerobic digestion process. Journal of Science Education and Technology , 30(3), 319-330, 2021
• D. Rodriguez, E. Gualda, P. Soriano, J.L. Casas, J.L. Guzman, J.L. Garcia, J.A. Sanchez-Perez. Interactive tool for computational kinetics of microcontaminant removal by the solar photo-Fenton process. Young Water Profeesionals - IWA, Valencia, Spain, 2022
• A. Hoyo, F.J. Manas-Alvarez, E. Rodriguez-Miranda, J.D. Gil, M. Castilla, J.L. Guzman. Bringing Automatics and Robotics closer to pre-university students. 13th IFAC Symposium on Advances in Control Education, Hamburg Bergedorf, Germany, 2022
• J.L. Guzman, F. Garcia-Manas, A. Hoyo, J. Ramos-Teodoro, J.G. Donaire. Use of TCLab kits for control engineering curricula at the University of Almería. 13th IFAC Symposium on Advances in Control Education, Hamburg Bergedorf, Germany, 2022
• J.L. Guzman, K. Zakova, I.K. Craig, T. Hagglund, D.E. Rivera, J.E. Normey-Rico, P. Moura-Oliveira, L. Wang, A. Serbezov, T. Sato, M. Beschi. Teaching Control during the COVID-19 Pandemic. 13th IFAC Symposium on Advances in Control Education, Hamburg Bergedorf, Germany, 2022.

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Prof. José Luis Guzmán

Department of Informatics

System Engineering and Automatics area

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Building CITE III, Planta: 2, Office: 2.16.3
Phone: +34 950 21 4133
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