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Developing New Instrumentation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College; Yakov Cherner, ATeL, LLC; Edward Bigos, Springfield Technical Community College; Ted Sussmann, Springfield Technical Community College

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context for science, engineering and technology investigations. He also proposed and implemented the pioneering concept of integrated adjustable virtual laboratories and designed easy-to-use authoring tools to create such labs. Dr. Cherner holds an MS in Experimental Physics, and Ph.D. in Physics and Materials Science. He has published over 80 papers in national and international journals and made dozens of presentations at various national and international conferences and workshops. Dr. Cherner has served as a Principal Investigator for several government-funded educational projects.Edward Bigos, Springfield Technical Community College Edward Bigos, a professor of Electronics/Computer Systems

Conference Session

Novel Measurement Experiments

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dale Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University, Berks; Barbara Lombardi, Universidad Simón Bolívar

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investigated. These gases were chosen for thiswork because of the materials used in the sensors and their importance in environmental testingand monitoring applications, both indoor and outdoor. The work was performed in an electricalengineering laboratory facility which lacked sophisticated chambers for testing gas sensors.Homemade chambers were constructed from readily available components. Commerciallyavailable probes for the measurement of CO and CO2 were purchased and used as the referencedevices for the testing and calibration of the sensors under test. Gases for testing each sensorwere obtained from common sources. Conditioning electronics for each sensor were constructedper the manufacturer’s datasheets and applications notes. Data acquisition

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurement Innovation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angel Gonzalez-Lizardo, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico; Carlos Serrano-Salvat, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico

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AC 2009-530: AUTOMATED DATA ACQUISITION AND DATA ANALYSIS FORPLASMA DIAGNOSTICS IN PUPR-MC PLASMA MACHINE WITH WEBCAPABILITIESAngel Gonzalez-Lizardo, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico Born in Maracaibo Venezuela in January, 1958. Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from Universidad del Zulia in 1984. Master in Science in Electrical Engineering from University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus, 1994. PhD in Engineering, University of Dayton, 2003. Assistant Professor at Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico from 1995 to 1999. Associate Professor at Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico from 2004 to present. Director of the Plasma Engineering Laboratory since 2007. Director of the Sponsored

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Instrumentation and Measurement Innovation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Farid Farahmand; Leela Mohan Kesireddy, Central Connecticut State University; Mark Lynch, Central Connecticut State University

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AC 2009-386: A LOW-COST APPROACH TO INTEGRATING SENSORTECHNOLOGY IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY COURSESFarid Farahmand, FARID FARAHMAND is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Science at Sonoma State University, CA, where he teaches Advanced Networking and Digital Systems. He is also the director of Advanced Internet Technology in the Interests of Society Laboratory. Farid's research interests are optical networks, applications of wireless sensor network technology to medical fields, delay tolerant networks. He is also interested in educational technologies and authored many papers focusing on eLearning and Active Learning models.Leela Mohan Kesireddy , Central Connecticut State

Conference Session

Novel Measurement Experiments

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amit Nimunkar, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Silas Bernardoni, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Tyler Lark, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Andrew Watchorn, National Instruments; John Webster, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Industry–Student Partnerships in Development and Sharing of Educational Content Involving LabVIEWAbstractThe biomedical engineering (BME) students at our university often need hardware and softwarefor data acquisition, automation and data analysis for their instrumentation laboratory classes andopen-ended design projects every semester. We have teamed with the Education Division atNational Instruments to form a collaborative partnership for the necessary resources and to createteaching material to facilitate students with their design projects. National Instruments havedonated NI ELVIS system instrumentation equipment during the 2007–2008 academic year aswell as continuous support to help students with their learning objectives

Conference Session

Modern Software Measurement Techniques

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Saleh Sbenaty, Middle Tennessee State University; Stan Mitchell, LogicForce Consulting, LLC; Hugh Berryman, Middle Tennessee State University

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Advanced Technological Education grants over an eight-year period. He also served as the Coordinator of the Computer Engineering Technology program for more than six years. Dr. Sbenaty published and presented over 30-refereed national and international articles and attended/conducted over 60 workshops. He is also conducting research in the area of mass spectrometry, biosensors, electrical characteristics of concrete, and instrumentation. Dr. Sbenaty has several years of industrial and research experiences with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Lockheed-Martin, and TVA. Dr. Sbenaty served as a Guest Editor and on the Editorial Board, Journal of SMET Education: Innovations and Research. He is

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Novel Measurement Experiments

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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assessments that enhance students’ critical thinking capabilities. Page 14.255.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Assessment of Engineering Experimentation and Laboratory InstrumentationAbstractThe artistic science of measurement and control is normally referred to asInstrumentation. The varied attributes of physical systems are usually measured usingwell designed instruments. A small list may include voltage, current, resistance,inductance, capacitance, frequency, pressure, stress, strain, viscosity, flow, radiation, etc.Instruments are normally modeled as simple input-output devices. The

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Novel Measurement Experiments

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carmine Polito, Valparaiso University

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in soils during seismic loading. While most frequently associated withcohesionless soils such as sands and silts and the dynamic loadings due to earthquakes, it hasbeen reported in many types of soils under both dynamic and static loadings.Liquefaction of soils in the field is evaluated either by in situ testing or by laboratory testing.Both liquefaction evaluation and parametric studies of the factors affecting liquefaction areperformed in the lab using cyclic triaxial tests.Cyclic triaxial tests are used to model the loads applied to a soil mass by an earthquake. Theliquefaction resistance of a soil is often measured in the laboratory using reconstituted specimenstested in cyclic triaxial tests. The specimen is formed within a latex

Conference Session

Modern Software Measurement Techniques

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gurinder Singh, Future Technology Devices International Ltd. (USA); Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

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. USB_READ - Reads data from the VNC1L chip 4. USB_WRITE - Sends known length Command/Data to the VNC1L chip 5. USB_WRITECMD - Sends null terminated data to VNC1L chip 6. USB_PARSE - Processes the data received from VNC1L chip and determines the action to take 7. GET_DEVICE_TYPE - Determines which device is connected to the VNC1L USB port 8. RUNSPI - Sends the data through SPI interface by loading the data in register “REG A” 9. INIT_PRINTER - Selects and sets up the printer connected to VNC1L USB port 10. USB_PRINT - Sends the VNC1L “DSD” command with the data string to the printer for printing 7. Classroom/Laboratory ProjectIt is important that technical students learn about USB and perform USB based

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Instrumentation in Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jimmy DiTraglia, Middle Tennessee State University; Xiaojing Yuan, University of Houston; Mequanint Moges, University of Houston

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such excitement and involvement inundergraduate research motivates the classroom and is a major step forward in the improvementof the curriculum for quality instruction eventually.References 1. Arpaia, P., Baccigalupi, A., Cennamo, F. and Daponte, P. “A measurement laboratory on geographic network for remote test experiments, IEEE Trans. Inst. Meas., 49, (5) 2000, 992-997. 2. Fortino, G., Grimald, D., Nigro, L. “ An agent based measurement laboratory over internet, Proc. of the IEEE Automated Test Conference, San Antonio, TX, USA, 1999, pp 61-71. 3. Thiriet, J., Robert, M., Martins, M. and Hoffmann, M. “Pedagogical resources reachable via internet for teaching intelligent instruments: developments within a

Conference Session

Developing New Instrumentation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kamala Mahanta, State University of New York, Oneonta

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AC 2009-1859: A NANOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION EFFORTAT SUNY-ONEONTAKamala Mahanta, State University of New York, Oneonta Dr. Monisha Kamala Mahanta is an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the State University of New York College at Oneonta which offers a baccalaureate degree in Physics with emphasis on undergraduate research and a three two engineering cooperative program. Dr. Mahanta has been pursuing research in the fields of Quantum Information Processing(QIP) and Nanotechnology for several years. The QIP research was carried out at the US Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, NY through several summer fellowships and a two year (2004-2006)Senior

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Developing New Instrumentation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Akram Hossain, Purdue University, Calumet; Vijay Mahajan, Influx Software Solutions

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Applications Department of IEEE/IAS. He 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.Vijay Mahajan, Influx Software Solutions

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Modern Software Measurement Techniques

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohamad Mustafa, Savannah State University; Rossmery Alva, Savannah State University; Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University

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Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Montreal, Canada Page 14.894.1210. Hibbeler, R.C., “Structural Analysis,” 7th ed., Prentice Hall, 200911. Yousuf , A., “Data Acquisition Laboratory,” Proceedings of the 2001American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Page 14.894.13