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Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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the guidance of faculties from these departments. In thismultidisciplinary project, the students designed and built an easy-to-use yet versatilesurface robot that can autonomously cruise on the surface of water and take underwaterdata in real time. In less than two years, the robot has evolved from a proof-of-conceptprototype to a functioning robot that can autonomously pilot itself and test water qualityas deep as 30m. Extensive field tests have been performed at various locations withdifferent water qualities and weather conditions. Currently, the multidisciplinary group isgearing up to develop a third generation amphibious robot that can launch itself andreturn to the land. This robot, also called IMAPS2, will also be applied to the

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Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Heun, Calvin College

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Web-based Instrumentation Design ProjectsAbstractAn engineering instrumentation design project assignment has been enhanced and improvedusing distributed internet-based data acquisition systems and web-based data dissemination.Students design, develop, and install an instrumentation system to collect data on an aspect of theoperation of an on-campus building. Past instrumentation systems have included measurementsof airflow through ducts, power consumed by vending machines, and energy waste in anoverheated room. Measurement data is collected by National Instruments FieldPoint® dataacquisition systems, analyzed by National Instruments LabVIEW® software, and published tothe World Wide Web by a customized publishing

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Beams, University of Texas-Tyler

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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

Novel Measurement Experiments

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic, U.S. Department of Defense; Kevin Liu, USNA; Bryan Waltrip, NIST; Andrew Koffman, NIST

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AC 2007-649: A STUDENT PROJECT: DEVELOPING LABVIEW DRIVERS FOR AMEASUREMENT BRIDGESvetlana Avramov-Zamurovic, U.S. Department of DefenseKevin Liu, USNABryan Waltrip, NISTAndrew Koffman, NIST Page 12.124.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 A Student Project: Developing LabView Drivers for a Measurement Bridge SVETLANA AVRAMOV-ZAMUROVIC Weapons and Systems Engineering Department, U.S. Naval Academy Annapolis MD, 21412, USA KAITIAN LIU U.S. Naval Academy

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Developing New Instrumentation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sean Brennan, Pennsylvania State University

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sufficientsupport to hire a controls lab developer that assists with research deployment19. This very uniqueand successful approach requires interdepartmental coordination at a level beyond the feasibleeffort level of an individual faculty member, especially one just starting at a new institution. Page 12.1051.2This article presents a methodology employed at Penn State University starting in 2004 andcontinuing to the present employed to integrate research, graduate education, and undergraduateeducation. The situation at the start of the project was that the author, as a new faculty hire, wasfaced with the simultaneous challenge of developing a research

Conference Session

Developing New Instrumentation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford; Greg Cloutier, University of Hartford; Matthew Brown, University of Hartford

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the University of Hartford with a Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering Technology. He enjoys experimenting with electronics and microcontrollers.Matthew Brown, University of Hartford Matt Brown is a senior at the University of Hartford. He is expected to Graduate in the Summer of 2007 with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering Technology. He is currently working on his senior project involving designing a control system for a robotic arm. Page 12.469.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Determining Surface Roughness by Laser Light BackscatterAbstractThe University of

Conference Session

Modern Software Measurement Techniques

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Birdsong, California Polytechnic State University

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Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo in the Department of Mechanical Engineering teaching dynamics, vibrations and controls and is involved in several undergraduate and master’s level multidisciplinary projects. Page 12.478.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007Developing a MATLAB/Simulink RTWT Based HydraulicServo Control Design ExperimentAbstractWhile one of the stated goals of the Mechanical Engineering Controls course is todevelop the tools to design a controller, previous lab experiences did not include anexperimental exercise in controller design. This was primarily due to the difficulty

Conference Session

Modern Software Measurement Techniques

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Mike Englert, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; cody ross, TAMUCC

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userin operating the boat wirelessly through a laptop. The system provides information tofacilitate tracking and controlling the boat when it is not easily seen by the operator. Theselected compass, Dinsmore R1655 analog compass sensor, was used in conjunction ofan 8051 microcontroller to provide the necessary data. The system was able to read ananalog value from the sensor and convert it to digital direction. The paper will describethe system design and present test results.IntroductionDuring the design and construction phase of a remotely operated vessel (ROV), it wasdetermined that a compass onboard would benefit the project by providing usefuldirectional information. As a result, an analog sensor, a Dinsmore R1655 analogcompass, was selected

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Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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extracurricular activities, not just instruction in academic subjects. Formal education is consuming a smaller percentage of their time. Additionally, project-based courses require a great deal of out-of-class team meeting time, often late at night. • A Shortage of Hands-on Exploration: Pre-exposure to technical concepts is far less uniform among students from increasingly diverse educational and cultural backgrounds than it was a decade ago. Gone are the days when the majority of STEM-inclined students Page 12.862.3 were ham radio operators, played with Erector/LEGO sets and had tinkered extensively

Conference Session

Novel Measurement Experiments

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Seyed Allameh, Northern Kentucky University; Tom Ogonek Ogonek, Northern Kentucky University; Paul Cooper, Northern Kentucky University

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. Crack was also observed to initiate at one side andpropagate to the other side (Figure 5-a). Crack branching, as well as multiple cracks wereobserved. One instance of crack bridging is seen in Figure 5(b). (a) (b) Figure 4 - Fracture of the monolithic and composite structures: (a) Monolithic, (b) QG: concrete with Gorilla GlueEducational ImplicationsThe Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Technology (MMET) courses taught atNorthern Kentucky University include EGT-116: Introduction to Materials and ManufacturingProcesses, EGT-261: Engineering Materials, EGT-317: Senior Research in Technology andEGT-417: Senior Design Project. All deal with materials and manufacturing. Other

Conference Session

Modern Software Measurement Techniques

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Ingerman Å. “Lab on the Web – Looking at Different Ways of Experiencing Electronic Experiments,” International Journal of Engineering Education, 2006, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 308-314.8. Mo, Y.L. and Song, G., “A Smart Model Building for Teaching Structures, Dynamics, and Control Related Courses.” NSF Project Report, 2005.9. Nedic, Z., Machotka, J and Nafalski, A. "Remote Laboratories vs. Virtual and Real Laboratories,” Proceedings of the 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Nov. 5-8, 2004, Boulder, Colorado. Page 12.677.1610. Patrascoiu, N. “Modeling and Simulation of the DC Motor Using MatLab and LabView

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Developing New Instrumentation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chad Lloyd, Middle Tennessee State University; Saleh Sbenaty, Middle Tennessee State University

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Electronics began workingon the X10 project (the project was their tenth project).2 Using Power Line Carrier Technology,or PLC, this technique is easy to implement for the installer, but the reliability of the system isoften much less than desired. In recent years wired and wireless devices have been developed tocompete with the X10 lineup, many with little success.Reinventing Home AutomationThe proposed home automation system is comprised of modules: a Master Control Module(MCM), one or more General Purpose Input Modules (GPIMs), one or more User Input Module(UIMs), and one or more Lighting Control Modules (LCMs). A programming module is alsoavailable which allows for plug-in firmware upgrades from a PC. An example of all modulesinterconnected is

Conference Session

Novel Measurement Experiments

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claudio Campana, University of Hartford; Brian Derynioski, University of Hartford; Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford

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Probe V-Block Page 12.1107.2 Figure 1. Surface Roughness Inspection system setupOne of the variations of this setup is to make it more self contained (and very low cost), hencethis project. Of course more flexibility could be added by using an embedded processor.Measurement of Surface RoughnessA traditionally machined surface consists of many components from different sources generatedduring the manufacturing process. It is the combination of these components that comprisesurface texture. Figure 2 illustrates these components of a turned surface [2]. They are roughness,waviness

Conference Session

Modern Software Measurement Techniques

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Akram Hossain, Purdue University-Calumet; Masoud Fathizadeh, Purdue University-Calumet

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authored more than 25 refereed journal and conference publications. From 2003 through 2006, he was involved with Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL in developing direct computer control for hydrogen powered automotives. He is also involved in several direct computer control and wireless process control related research projects. His interests are in the area of industrial transducer, industrial process control, wireless controls, statistical process control, computer aided design and fabrication of printed circuit board, programmable logic controllers, programmable logic devices and renewable energy related projects.Masoud Fathizadeh, Purdue University-Calumet Masoud Fathizadeh received his B.S.E.E

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Modern Software Measurement Techniques

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jonathan Hill, University of Hartford; Devdas Shetty, University of Hartford; Jun Kondo, University of Hartford

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surface at an angle θ1. The scattering surface wherethe light is projected may have either one or two-dimensional roughness. Machined surfacestend to exhibit a grating structure on account of tool marks made during the machiningprocess. In the case of periodic roughness on a machined surface, the scattering is made up ofa specular component, at an angle predicted by ray tracing optics, and discrete components atangles predicted by the grating equation as shown in (1). θ2m = Sin −1(Sin θ1 + m λ/T) (1) where: m = 0, ±1, ±2, T = Surface period

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Contemporary Instrumentation Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott Shepard, University of Central Florida

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themaximum key transmission rate at these distances? Do the experiments confirm thesecalculations or are there other real-world effects that we didn’t account for? The students alsowill do readings in (the more applied) technical journals to keep abreast of progress in siliconphotonics – what are the projections? How does detector cost play a roll in making choicesamong the current states-of-the-art, etc.? Thus, even within this seemingly esoteric application,the interplay of: industry; cost; technology; and materials, becomes an important part of thelaboratory component.Regarding sources: in order for QKD to work, within each pulse (of chosen polarization) thereshould only be one photon – otherwise Eve could steal one! So single-photon sources