Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thiruparan Balachandran, Middle Tennessee State University; Saleh M. Sbenaty, Middle Tennessee State University; Jeffrey Walck, Middle Tennessee State University

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containers.11. References1. Wilson, J. S. (editor), Sensor Technology Handbook, pp 1, Elsevier (UK)., 2005.2. Dhananjay, G. V., Programming and Customizing AVR Microcontroller, pp 22, McGraw-Hill (USA)., 2001.3. Kwong, J., Ramadass,Y. K., Verma, N., Chandrakasan, A. P., “A 65 nm Sub-Vt Microcontroller With Integrated SRAM and Switched Capacitor DC-DC Converter”, IEEE Journal of solid-state circuits, 2009, 44, 115-126.4. Brennan, T.M., Ernst, J. M., Day, C. M., Bullock, D. M., Krogmeier, J.V., Martchouk, M., “Influence of Vertical Sensor Placement on Data Collection Efficiency from Bluetooth MAC Address Collection”, ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, 2009, 136, 1104-1109.5. Jasemian, Y., Nielsen, L. A

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mingshao Zhang, Stevens Institute of Technology; ZHOU ZHANG, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Sven K. Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Annual Conference of IEEE, November 6-10, 2005.[4] Costas-Pérez, L., Lago, D. & Fariña, J., 2008, “Optimization of an industrial sensor and data acquisition laboratory through time sharing and remote access,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 55(6), 2396-2404.[5] Blais, F., 2004, “Review of 20 years of range sensor development,” Journal of Electronic Imaging, 13(1), 231-243.[6] Karayev, S., Jia, Y., Barron, J., Fritz, M., Saenko, K. & Darrell, T., 2011, “A category-level 3-D object dataset: putting the Kinect to work,” IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision Workshops, November 6-13, 2011, Barcelona, Spain, pp. 1167-1174.[7] Kinect Sensor, http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh438998.aspx, accessed

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M International University; Sofía Carolina Maldonado, Texas A&M International University; Fernando Garcia Gonzalez, Texas A&M International University

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valve performed opened as expected with satisfactoryresults.Data Acquisition Board (DAQ):The NI USB-6211 DAQ was used with the LabVIEW™ software. This DAQ offers 16 analoginputs; 250 kS/s single-channel sampling rate; two analog outputs; four digital input lines; four Page 23.528.5digital output lines; four programmable input ranges (±0.2 to ±10 V) per channel; digitaltriggering; and two counter/timers10. Figure 4 shows a table of the connections. Figure 4. DAQ IntegrationWhen testing the DAQ with the ignition mechanism, the SignalExpress icon in LabVIEW™ wasemployed to automatically read the DAQ Board and

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona; Furqan Muqri, UT Southwestern Medical School; Shih Ek Chng, DeVry University

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theimportant biological information is contained in the small fluctuating voltages associated withsynaptic events rather than absolute potential distance from ground. To allow sufficientamplification to see these fluctuating potentials without magnifying the absolute potentials onwhich they ride, the logical choice is to use a low-frequency filter to eliminate the direct currentpotentials. With low frequency filters, one can select Low Frequency Filter (LFF) cutofffrequencies of 0.1, 0.3, 1, 3, or 10 Hz, corresponding to time constants of 1.6, 5.3, 0.16, 0.05, or0.016 second. Even with modern digital equipment, the same LFF values work well withstandard scalp EEG frequencies. The most common setting is 1 Hz (τ = 0.16 s), which nicelypreserves most low

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaojing Yuan, University of Houston (CoT); Xiaohui Yuan, University of North Texas; David Adam Harden; Yang Lu

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/Microsoft_Speech_API[6] S.W. Arms, C.P.Townsend, D.L. Churchill, J.H.Galbreath,S.W. Mundell. “Power Management forEnergy Harvesting Wireless Sensors,” SPIE Int’l Symposium on Smart Structures & Smart Materials, SanDiego, CA, March 2005, pp.1-9.[7] D. Rakhmatov and S. Vrudhula, Energy Management for Battery-Powered Embedded Systems, ACMTransactions on Embedded Computing systems, 2, August 2003[8] Philip Levis, David Gay, TinyOS Programming, Cambridge University Press, 2009.[9] Chris Merlin, “A Tutorial for Programming in TinyOS,” 2009, accessed on Dec. 20, 2012 viahttp://www.ece.rochester.edu/projects/wcng/code/Tutorial/TinyOs_Tutorial.pdf .[10] TinyOS community: http://www.tinyos.net

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth E. Dudeck, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton Campus; Wieslaw Grebski, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton Campus

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conservation as well asdevelopment of renewable energy resources must be vigorously pursued in order to find asolution to this dilemma. The entire public must be vested towards making a transition from afossil fuel based society to one that utilizes a far greater amount of renewable energy resources.According to Elder (2009) “Higher education has a critical role to play in this transition, much asit did during the space race of the 1960s. Our colleges can - and must - help students understandthe complex connections and interdependencies among our environment, energy sources, andeconomy - all of which underpin the green movement.”[1]The present situation is very similar to the 1960’s when the entire country was unified towardsplacing a man on the moon

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona; Robert Alfaro

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){ // displays hex integer as decimal to lcd int valcopy; // abbreviations: R. = remainder, Q. = quotient char dig[5] = {0}; // storage for R.'s int i = 0; // index into array called dig[ ] if(val == 0) lcd_putchar('0'); // statements below do nothing if val==0 if(val < 0){ val = ((~val)+1); // get hex magnitude if negative and... lcd_putchar('-'); // ...display minus sign in front } Page 23.263.13 valcopy = val; // successive /10 to generate R.'s while(val){ // keep looping until Q. drops to 0 val /= 10; // 1st Q., next Q., etc. dig[i++] = (char)(valcopy % 10); // 1st R., store it, next R.. etc. valcopy = val; // copy of

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akram Hossain, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech); Mohammad A. Zahraee, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech)

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), JPEG compression, 360º camera movement coupled with PTZ (Pan, Tilt and Zoom) features.2) Wired or wireless router with gigabit through-port capability, preferably NETGEAR. For our prototype we used a NETGEAR – RangeMax Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router with 4- Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch, Model WNDR3700.3) High Resolution Monitor(s), at least 27” Full HD 1080p widescreen LCD Monitor for the host computer. Views in distant computer monitor will depend on the resolution of the host computer monitor. For our prototype we used two Viewsonic Model VA2703 monitors, one for the host computer and one for the distant computer. These computers are used to control the machine.In addition, a high resolution large (at least 40” to 52

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Jarvis Brewer T, Savannah State University; Mohamad A. Mustafa, Savannah State University; Alberto G De La Cruz, Savannah State University; Faraz Muhammad Yousuf, 3D Imaging Developer

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deviceconsists of push buttons and displays, chances are it also contains a programmablemicrocontroller3. The PIC is a popular, inexpensive single chip microcontroller for a lowpowered, complex embedded system. A design project by enlarge is focused on developinga product that is robust, reliable, and economical. Keeping this in mind, our project teamdecided to incorporate Parallax Inc.’s BASIC Stamp2 module, in the wireless robot project.This compact BASIC Stamp2 module plugs into Parallax Inc.’s board of education carrierboard4. The basic BOE-BOT was used as a base model for the wireless robot. The Boe-Botrobot is a Basic Stamp 2 microcontroller integrated with a circuit board (board of education)which allow for multiple functions to be performed

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session III

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

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Instrumentation

=base&utm_campaign=jos, viewed Jan. 2013.14. Arduino Wikipedia page, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino, viewed Jan. 2013.15. Raspberry Pi, http://www.raspberrypi.org/, viewed Jan. 2013.16. Propeller General Information, http://www.parallax.com/propeller, viewed Jan. 2013.17. Fraser, S., “A Community College Perspective of How Ocean Applications Can Enhance Technical ProgramCourse Offerings and Expand Student Opportunities”, ASEE Annual Meeting, June 2011.18. Propeller Object Exchange Library. http://obex.parallax.com/19. EGR 345 Dynamic System Modeling and Control course web site,https://sites.google.com/site/engineeronadisk/home/egr345, viewed Jan. 201320. Jack, H., “Dynamic System Modeling and Control”, Lulu Press, 2012. http