The worldwide technical education curriculum has

1. The worldwide technical education curriculum has been a reverse pyramid structure, in contrast to traditional teaching methodology

2. 100% 60% Productivity WID ID ID= Engineers with interdisciplinary degrees WID = Without Synergistic integration is solitarily logic-based integration. Combined action and cooperation increases effectiveness and productivity. The productivity of an industry can increase up to 40% by employing engineers with interdisciplinary degrees at the basic level.

3. Mechatronics Engineering and Technology Manufacturing Manufacturing Strategy Total Quality Management (TQM) Just-in-Time (JIT) Cellular Manufacturing (CM) Group Technology (GT) Concurrent Engineering Performance Measurement and Costing (PMC) Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS) (Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) Holonic Manufacturing Systems (HMS) Digital Plant Technology (DPT) Open Manufacturing Standards Marketing Market search User need Information Product specification DESIGN Electronics design (Analog and Digital) Microelectronics SPECIFICATION Safety, Intrinsic safety Control engineering Mechanical design Law, regulation Software engineering Open System Analog, Digital Testing, Failure analysis Industrial design Embedded systems Electronics Mechanical Simulation Actuation System response System study Integration Real-time, On-line Data storage and Management Information Systems Sensing, feedback, Artificial intelligence Control DCS, SCADA, Throughput, Response time Diagnostics, Tools, techniques System description Concepts System identification The scope of mechatronics is vast There is no specific window through which the discipline of mechatronics is visible in toto. Thus the definition of mechatronics is elusive as is the definition of a computer.

4. Electrical and Electronic Devices Mathematical Tool Digital technology Transducers Signal conditioning circuits Equipment Actuators Mechanism Microprocessors System identification System description System Response Development tools And Communication Feedback and intelligent control Data Acquisition And Control Integration This figure shows an abstract view of the mechatronics discipline. The square like blocks represent the subject areas the discipline includes and the semi-circular projections represent that there exist interaction among the subjects emphasizing multidisciplinary scenario. The projections have been shown and put into place arbitrarily only for illustration but in practice, all the blocks are synergistically integrated.

5. Distributed Control Systems Centralized Control Systems Parallel connection W Networking connection W o o r r k k b b e e Control network n n c c h h Central Controller Distributed Controllers Signal processing interfacings (microelectronics); Clock, A/D, D/A, Ampfr, Filter, Etc. Field devices Sensors Actuators Switches Drives Valves Transducers Mechanical interfacing (Components and Mechanisms) Mechanical structure (Body of the Plant) One way of classifying the control systems is based on their architectural design. Under this classifications control systems are of two types, they are Centralized Control Systems (CCS) and Distributed Control Systems (DCS). In CCS all the field devices are directly wired back to a central controller requiring individual point-to-point links. On the other hand DCS is considered as a network of controllers.