Engineering Education Development using Advanced Systems and Equipment for Assessment and Evaluation in Egyptian Universities

Abstract

Assessment and Evaluation are important processes to ensure education quality and development. Assessment has many different techniques such as computational, electronic, mechanical, and traditional written tests. The research objectives are to demonstrate both short-term strategies and long-term strategies, which have been early started in Egyptian universities (EUs), and to investigate the opportunities of development in assessment and evaluation for engineering education. This article focuses on the importance of building up more centers and units for assessment and evaluation in the EUs. The research methodology consists of demonstrating how to insert new systems and equipment either in assessment or in evaluation using both short-term and long-term strategies. Most of these presented methods and tools are depending on newly engineering technologies such as optical marking recognition, user-friendly software, communication networks either wired or wireless, and mechanical engineering systems to ensure better and more safe working conditions. The results present these engineering technologies. The results also compare the initial cost and the execution time for each of the proposed systems. The analysis of results indicates the effectiveness of currently used methodologies to ensure rapid development in engineering education generally and in mechanical engineering education specifically.