Abstract
The scientific literacy of the public contributes to the acceptance of new scientific concepts, technologies, and methods that may influence society as a whole [1]. Thus, increasing the public's awareness and knowledge in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields is not only essential for benefiting the economy in the long term [2]-[4] but also for improving society's capacity to make informed political decisions on pressing issues that are often rather convoluted [5]. To this end, mechatronicsbased outreach in informal settings has been shown to be an effective means to acquaint the public with established technical concepts and ongoing research questions [6]-[10].
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 6712090 |
Pages (from-to) | 60-64 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | IEEE Control Systems |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2014 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Control and Systems Engineering
- Modeling and Simulation
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering