Conference Session

Modern Software Measurement Techniques

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gangbing Song, University of Houston; Claudio Olmi, University of Houston; Richard Bannerot, University of Houston

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Instrumentation

AC 2007-954: ENHANCING VIBRATION AND CONTROLS TEACHING WITHREMOTE LABORATORY EXPERIMENTSGangbing Song, University of Houston Gangbing Song is an Associate Professor in the the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Houston and Director of the Smart Materials and Structures Laboratory.Claudio Olmi, University of Houston Claudio Olmi is a Graduate Student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of HoustonRichard Bannerot, University of Houston Richard Bannerot is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Houston. He is a registered engineer in the state of Texas

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Beams, University of Texas-Tyler

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Instrumentation

AC 2007-598: PROJECT GUISE: CURRICULAR INTRODUCTION ANDRESOURCES FOR TEACHING INSTRUMENTATIONDavid Beams, University of Texas-Tyler Page 12.1201.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Project GUISE: Curricular Introduction and Resources for Teaching InstrumentationAbstractProject GUISE (General-purpose, Universal Instrumentation System for Education) is acomputer-based laboratory instrument combining LabVIEW virtual-instrumentationsoftware and custom external hardware developed with support of the National ScienceFoundation under grant DUE 9952292. Descriptions of its development have beenpreviously published. However, an opportunity to

Conference Session

Developing New Instrumentation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean Brennan, Pennsylvania State University

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Instrumentation

education, graduate education, and graduate-level research. Ananalysis is offered of the different operational and educational requirements across thesedifferent levels of instruction. In many cases, these educational tiers present non-complementaryrequirements including different expectations on ease of use, durability, compatibility, softwarecomplexity, and performance. This work presents a laboratory development strategy that assistsin balancing research and teaching while simultaneously fostering new activity in both areas.IntroductionWhen faced with developing laboratory or research hardware across undergraduate, graduate,and research level applications, the historical solution at many educational institutes is simply topurchase and support

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don Millard, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Frederick Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mohamed Chouikha, Howard University

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Instrumentation

,physicists recognize problems of river currents and problems of headwinds and tailwinds inairplanes as involving similar mathematical principles, such as relative velocities.4 Gone are thedays when students were ham radio operators, played with Erector/LEGO sets, tinkered withelectronic kits or simply taken things apart for fun. As a result, students have less “gut intuition”and expert skills than prior generations possessed when entering the job market.5STUDIO PEDAGOGY The defining characteristics of studio classes are an integrated lecture-laboratory format, areduced amount of time allotted to lecture; a technology-enhanced learning environment,collaborative group work and a high level of faculty-student interaction. The studio

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Heun, Calvin College

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Instrumentation

development of the instrumentation projects. John Niedzielski at the Teaching andLearning Digital Studio developed the weblog infrastructure and website authoring system. MattJeltema developed the upload scripts. Physical Plant personnel assisted students with hardwareinstallations. Chuck Holwerda in the Electronics Shop assisted students with sensor installation,and laboratory manager Robert DeKraker assisted with hardware procurement.Finally, the author thanks past and present students of ENGR 382 for their eagerness to learn andtheir willingness to try new things.References1. National Instruments. LabVIEW® software. http://www.ni.com/labview2. National Instruments. FieldPoint® data acquisition system. http://www.ni.com/fieldpoint3. Teaching

Conference Session

Contemporary Instrumentation Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Shepard, University of Central Florida

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Instrumentation

AC 2007-1864: ENTANGLED PHOTON EXPERIMENTS FOR ENGINEERINGTECHNOLOGYScott Shepard, University of Central Florida Dr. Shepard received a Ph.D. from MIT and worked at Bell Labs for six years. He has been teaching in Engineering Technology for five years and is currently at the University of Central Florida. His research interests include: innovative laboratory components for undergraduates; telecommunications; sensors; and solar energy. Page 12.678.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Entangled Photon Experiments for Engineering TechnologyAbstractThe fact that a Quantum Computer

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hong Zhang, Rowan University; Ying Tang, Rowan University; Courtney Richmond, Rowan University; Patricia Mosto, Rowan University

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Instrumentation

the College of Engineering at Rowan University, we have developed a curricularcomponent, “Engineering Clinics” [3], to address this challenge in engineering education.Based upon the medical school model, students and faculty work side-by-side inEngineering Clinics on multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary laboratory experiments,design projects, applied researches, and product developments. While each clinic coursehas a specific theme, the underlying concept of engineering design permeates all clinics.The progression through clinics systematically develops our students as collaborativedesigners. This begins with the Freshmen Engineering Clinic, which introduces designthrough reverse engineering [9]. At the sophomore level, students experience