Conference Session

Modern Software Measurement Techniques

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Neuman, Queensborough Community College; David Lieberman, Queensborough Community College; Don Engelberg, Queensborough Community College; Alex Flamholz, Queensborough Community College; Paul Marchese, Queensborough Community College; George Tremberger, Queensborough Community College; Tak Cheung, Queensborough Community College

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Instrumentation

feature is not taught in this introductory course, its deployment as a softwareinterface certainly streamlines the data collection procedure for the students and adds remotecontrol capability. Furthermore, our campus has student clubs such as the Robotics Club.LabVIEW can serve as an integral part of this kind of extracurricular activity that combinesmechanical, electrical and optical engineering principles. Due to the low cost of purchasing astudent version, LabVIEW is cost effective in a teaching environment.I. IntroductionOne of the major utilities of an introductory course is to provide for the prerequisite foradvancement to advanced courses. The use of LabVIEW in the engineering curriculum for dataacquisition and virtual instrument has been

Conference Session

Contemporary Instrumentation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Rajai, Northern Kentucky University; Hank Javan, University of Memphis; Seyed Allameh, Northern Kentucky University; Horold Wiebe, Northern Kentucky University

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Instrumentation

2006-2105: DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTER-UNIVERSITY ADVANCEDINSTRUMENTATION COURSE FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS IN ENGINEERINGTECHNOLOGYMark Rajai, Northern Kentucky UniversityHank Javan, University of MemphisSeyed Allameh, Northern Kentucky UniversityHorold Wiebe, Northern Kentucky University Page 11.471.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Advanced Instrumentation for Graduate Students in Engineering TechnologyAbstractInstrumentation is one of the most important courses of engineering curriculum. Almost allprograms in engineering technology at undergraduate level offer labs and instrumentation.Also, most of the textbooks on instrumentation

Conference Session

Developing New Instrumentation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bobbie Meredith, Middle Tennessee State University; Saleh Sbenaty, Middle Tennessee State University; Jason Thurmond, Schneider Electric, Power Monitoring and Control

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Instrumentation

2006-2307: DESIGNING, BUILDING, AND TESTING AN ADVANCEDINDUSTRIAL-GRADE THREE-PHASE DIGITAL POWER METERBobbie Meredith, Middle Tennessee State University BOBBIE JO MEREDITH, Mrs. Meredith is currently a graduate student, Computer Engineering Technology major in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies at Middle Tennessee State University. She earned her BS degree in Computer Engineering Technology with minor in Computer Science from MTSU in 2005. She is currently working as an Electronics Test Engineer for Schneider Electric, Power Monitoring and Control Division. Her interests include the design, building, programming, and testing of microprocessor and microcontroller based

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Farrow, University of Tennessee-Martin

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Instrumentation

, No. 4, American Society for Engineering Education, October, 2002, pp. 367-368.2. Wilczynski, Vincent, “A Virtual Instrumentation Based Engineering Experimentation Course,” Proceedings of the 2000 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exhibition, St. Louis, MS, 2000.3. McStravick, D., and O’Malley, M., “Virtual Labs in the Engineering Curriculum,” Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exhibition, Salt Lake City, UT, 2004.4. Akins, Robert E., and Nelson, Jr., James K., “Integration of Engineering Measurement and Analysis Into Civil Engineering Programs,” Proceedings of the 2000 ASEE Southeast Section Conference, Roanoke, VA

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sri Kolla, Bowling Green State University; Joseph Mainoo, Bowling Green State University

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Instrumentation

fieldbus networks with linksto official web sites of each fieldbus organization [4]. Integration of fieldbus topics intoundergraduate curriculum is slowly taking places at various institutions. For example, Franz [5]reported the development of a National Center for Digital and Fieldbus Technology (NCDFT)under an NSF grant at Lee College, Texas. Also in Reference [6], Müller and Max Felserdescribed how fieldbus concepts are adopted in control technology curriculum in Switzerland. Aweather station instrumentation experiment that uses digital and wireless communicationconcepts was adopted in a Computer Engineering curriculum at University of Oviedo, Spain [7].The concept of fieldbus networks such as Devicenet are also introduced in PLC courses

Conference Session

Developing New Instrumentation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Radian Belu, Wayne State University

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Instrumentation

theprogramming, operation, maintenance, and repair of manufacturing equipment,interdisciplinary study of pertinent mathematics, science, engineering, business, andgeneral education courses, within an production environment.The undergraduate ET programs at Wayne State University include a required three-credit laboratory-based course in Measurement and Instrumentation (EET3010). TheEET3010 course includes three hours per week of lecture and laboratory to exploremeasurements, instrumentation, and data analysis. The FH curriculum includes twocourses, Measurement Fundamentals and Instrumentation and Control, designed to givethe students a background in measurement, instrumentation and PLC controllers, as wellas error and data analysis. Both are the

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Beams, University of Texas-Tyler

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Instrumentation

Project TUNA II –Bode Analyzer and Teaching ToolAbstractStudents measuring the frequency response of a linear circuit (e.g., an active filter) by manualmethods find the task mind-numbing and repetitive, and the purpose was frequently lost in theminutiae of data-taking. Project TUNA (Texas Universal Network Analyzer), a Bode analyzerfor low to moderate frequencies, was conceived as an answer to this problem. The prototype ofProject TUNA was developed as a project in Electronics II (EENG 4409) in 1999, andpermanent copies were constructed in 2000. Project TUNA has been integrated into theelectronics curriculum of UT-Tyler since that time. It is used as both a laboratory instrument andas a teaching tool, particularly to illustrate the principles of

Conference Session

Novel Measurement Experiments

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Hoehn, Middle Tennessee State University; Saleh Sbenaty, Middle Tennessee State University; William Day, Middle Tennessee State University

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Instrumentation

. Sbenaty is currently a Professor of Engineering Technology at Middle Tennessee State University. He received the BS degree in EE from Damascus University and the MS and Ph.D. degrees in EE from Tennessee Technological University. He is actively engaged in curriculum development for technology education. He has written and co-authored several industry-based case studies. He is also conducting research in the area of mass spectrometry, power electronics, lasers, and instrumentation.William Day, Middle Tennessee State University WILLIAM DAY, Dr. Day is currently an Assistant Professor of Equine Science in the Department of Agribusiness Agriscience at Middle Tennessee State University. He