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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Tony Kerzmann; Gavin Buxton; Maria V. Kalevitch

University, Marcellus Shale drilling haslead to 44,000 jobs in the Pittsburgh region and has generated about $3.9 billion dollars ineconomic activity in 2009 [2]. The increased emphasis in energy has lead to substantialindustry activity and an emphasis on green jobs in the region. According to the 2010Milken Institute Best-Performing Cities Index, which ranks U.S. metropolitan areas by howwell they are creating and sustaining jobs and economic growth, Pittsburgh was ranked32nd in 2010, up 77 spots from 2009 [3]. Pittsburgh’s emphasis is not only on creating jobs,but creating green communities and cleaning up the city. Pittsburgh is the home of the firstgreen Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified convention center(David

Collection

2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Hossein Rahemi; Shouling He

/torques so that the mechanicalsystems (or physical systems) can behave as desired. Actuators: Microcontroller DC/AC motors Pneumatic Mechanical s Actuators Systems PLC controllers Hydraulic Actuators Electronic Sensors (Digital/Analog) Mechanical SensorsThe courses start fromFigure2: A Mechatronic System programming and PLC programming. Since the review of microcontrollerstudents have learned the working

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Wael Mokhtar

was a design only with no building. It offered a good semi-open-ended problem for asophomore course. It helped to increase the students’ interest in the subject and teach themfurther skills. The size of the project and the requirements were set to match the time available ofthe course as a supporting tool. 507The author used this project for several courses and with right choice of the requirements, itshowed success.References1. Mokhtar, W., “Introducing a Two-Semesters Research Course in the Freshman Year”, 2009 ASEE AnnualConference, ASEE no. AC 2009-2416, June 14 - 17, 2009.2. Chaphalkar, P., Mokhtar, W. and Pawloski, J., “Using Guided Project and Reverse Engineering to DevelopCritical