Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Beams, University of Texas-Tyler

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Instrumentation

filter designed as asenior capstone design project in 2005.Project TUNA and Project TUNA II have been used as teaching tools to explain the principles ofphase-sensitive demodulation in both EENG 4309 (Electronic Circuits Analysis II) and EENG4302 (Measurement and Instrumentation Systems). Resources created in conjunction withTUNA II include an introductory tutorial on phase-sensitive demodulation and an Excelspreadsheet to automate the design process for quadrature networks.Schematic diagrams, parts lists, circuit-board layouts (in AutoCAD form) and the LabVIEWvirtual instrument code are available from http://ee.uttyler.edu/David_Beams/project_page.htm.Conclusion

Conference Session

Contemporary Instrumentation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seyed Allameh, Northern Kentucky University; Morteza Sadat-Hossieny, Northern Kentucky University; Paul Cooper, Northern Kentucky University

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Instrumentation

build bio-mimicked layered composites. Labview™ virtualinstruments (VIs) were developed to guide the robots, to actuate injectors, and to analyzeimages. The implications of this work for the projects assigned at the undergraduate levelas well as students’ capstone project will also be discussed.IntroductionIn the aftermath of the major disasters that claimed human lives and caused extensivefinancial losses, it is necessary to develop materials that resistant to powerful forces ofnature. Most buildings, especially in the third world countries are built from manuallylaid clay bricks (unfired or fired) in layered structures with mud or gypsum mortarinterlayers. In the event of an earthquake or other disasters that exert dynamic shearforces on

Conference Session

Developing New Instrumentation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian Belu, Wayne State University

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Instrumentation

ofmeasurement and instrumentation, and also knowledge of data analysis and processing,introduction to basic transducers and sensors, and basic circuits, etc.; 2) Advancedexercises - which present examples of experimentation techniques and procedures invarious fields of mechanical, electrical engineering, etc.; and 3) Computer-basedmeasurement problems- related to the automation of measurements, virtual instrumentsand applications, basic interface standards, used in measuring systems, softwareapplications, etc. The multi-function distributed laboratory for teaching instrumentationand measurement systems that is proposed to provide training in measuring systemdesign, will also be used for student senior capstone design projects or Masters Degreeprojects2

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Farrow, University of Tennessee-Martin

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

concentration,Vibrations, Kinematics and Dynamics, and Machine Design for the mechanical concentration,and Automated Productions Systems for the mechanical and industrial concentrations. TheENGR 317 Instrumentation and Experimental Methods course described in this paper is intendedto be taken in the junior year, is the highest level common course in the program with alaboratory component, and is intended to help prepare students to specify, design, instrument,take data, and otherwise conduct their own experiments in much of their upper divisioncoursework, labs, and required senior capstone design projects. The prerequisites for the ENGR317 course are: ENGR 311 Engineering Probability and Statistics, and ENGR 232 CircuitAnalysis I. ENGR 315 Engineering