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Instrumentation Technical Session III

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow

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Paper ID #6737A Simple Laboratory Exercise Introducing PhotovoltaicsDr. Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow Herb Hess received the PhD degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1993. He then joined the Uni- versity of Idaho where he is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His interests are in power electronics, broadly construed, to benefit the people of the Inland Pacific Northwest. Page 23.104.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 A

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Paper ID #5846Portable Photovoltaic Laboratory for In-Service Teacher WorkshopsProf. Kenneth E. Dudeck, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton Campus Kenneth Dudeck is an associate professor of Electrical Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University located in Hazleton, Pa. He has been teaching Electrical, Computer, and Electrical Technology Engineer- ing Courses for the past 25 years.Dr. Wieslaw Grebski, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton Campus Page 23.971.1 c American Society

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Instrumentation Technical Session II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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Paper ID #6364Universal Range Data Acquisition for Educational Laboratories Using Mi-crosoft KinectMr. Mingshao Zhang, Stevens Institute of TechnologyMr. ZHOU ZHANGDr. Sven K. Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology Page 23.1282.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Universal Range Data Acquisition for Educational Laboratories Using Microsoft KinectAbstractMany experiments conducted in engineering and science laboratories involve the acquisition ofrange data such as linear or angular position

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Instrumentation Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Hoff, University of South Florida; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida

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-potential signals from skin that were coming from deep withinthe body. Commercially available instrumentation facilitates these processes by providing aflexible interface to acquire, visualize, and analyze bio-signals. Anonymous assessment resultsof student attitudes and opinions regarding posed statements concerning bio-potential signals arepresented. All students agreed that the laboratory experience provided insights into bioelectricitythat they did not gather from text or lecture alone.IntroductionActive learning is a well-studied approach to promote student understanding and problemsolving. The laboratory component of a course on the engineering aspects of the operation ofnerve and muscle extends this approach by employing an advanced computer

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Instrumentation Technical Session III

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Alex Wong, Digilent Inc.; Derek W. Edens

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designs spontaneously using their own remote lab. They can assemble andtest various analog, digital, or mixed signal circuits including those from classroom textbooks.This paper will show that students can now set up a convenient remote laboratory to design andtest low-power circuits. This lab environment is the newly launched Analog Discovery fromDigilent. Analog Discovery is a low cost and portable test and measurement device, whichprovides various instruments including two oscilloscope probes, two arbitrary waveformgenerator, two power supplies, a voltmeter, a logic analyzer, and a pattern generator in a singlemodule. This unit communicates with the WaveForms software and receives power from astandard USB port. This paper will introduce the

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Instrumentation Technical Session III

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

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Instrumentation

EducationAbstractMicrocontrollers have become a mainstay of mechatronics laboratories. For example, theArduino boards, and shields, are low cost flexible hardware that can provide substantialcapabilities. At Grand Valley State University all engineering students learn to programmicrocontrollers using Atmel ATMega processors, the same processors used on the Arduinoboards. In the mechatronics course, EGR 345 - Dynamic System Modeling and Control, thestudents use Parallax Propeller based hardware. The alternate, Parallax Propeller, hardwareplatform broadens the students’ knowledge and gives them access to a multiprocessingenvironment.The paper objectively outlines the hardware/software platform and how it can be used in amechatronics course for Manufacturing Engineering

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Instrumentation Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona; Robert Alfaro

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computing tend to be difficult for beginning freshman and sophomorestudents. This difficulty is reinforced by the use of cheap simulators as opposed to hands-onmicroprocessor development tools. The faculty at DeVry University is developing new hands onapplication-oriented laboratory exercises which can actively engage students. These laboratoryexercises will also be helpful to students who will take capstone senior project coursework.The use of carefully crafted laboratory exercises is very important in exposing engineeringtechnology students to microprocessor projects. The previous assembly language laboratoryexercises were used in a two-course microprocessor sequence taught over a fourteen weeksemester. The newer three-course microprocessor

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Instrumentation Technical Session II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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the individualcomponents and fabricate the PLC modules themselves.This manuscript discusses the need for including PLCs into the curriculum, and how thePLC modus modules discussed here are used in a course entitled Applied Process ControlEngineering which can briefly be described as a study of the fundamental concepts,devices, and applications of electronic components and controllers utilized on industrialequipment. Laboratory sessions focus on instrumentation, programming, downloading,and wiring discrete input / output devices.Specific Course Competencies of the course include the ability to: 1. Identify major applications of programmable logic controllers in industry, transportation, construction, and environmental

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Instrumentation Technical Session I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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. He served as chair of manufacturing Systems Development Applications Department of IEEE/IAS. He authored more than 25 refereed journal and conference publications. In 2009 he as PI received NSF-CCLI grant entitled A Mechatronics Curriculum and Packaging Automation Laboratory Facility. In 2010 he as Co-PI received NSF-ATE grant entitled Meeting Workforce Needs for Mechatron- ics Technicians. From 2003 through 2006, he was involved with Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL in developing direct computer control for hydrogen-powered automotive. 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

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Akram Hossain, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech); Tanima Zaman, Ivy Tech Community College, Northwest

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- ious capacities. He served as chair of manufacturing Systems Development Applications Department of IEEE/IAS. He authored more than 25 refereed journal and conference publications. In 2009 he as PI received NSF-CCLI grant entitled A Mechatronics Curriculum and Packaging Automation Laboratory Fa- cility. In 2010 he as Co-PI received NSF-ATE grant entitled Meeting Workforce Needs for Mechatronics Technicians. 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

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Instrumentation Technical Session I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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Department of the University of Central Florida. Before joining Texas A&M International University he was a Researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Page 23.528.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Enhancements to a Propulsion DemonstratorAbstractThis paper presents enhancements to a propulsion demonstrator that illustrates how a rocketworks. The operation of the original system is manual and collection and display of useful datais not possible. The updated system consists of the following major components: (1) a computer

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Page 23.886.2traditional books on EEG, this paper will attempt to concentrate on pattern recognition,identification of rhythms and waveforms. It also explains the laboratory setup of a conventional10-20 electrode based EEG monitoring station using modern data acquisition tool and softwarefor EEG feature extraction. Students will begin their analysis by looking at frequency, amplitude,distribution or location, symmetry, synchrony, reactivity, morphology, rhythmicity, andregulation and correlate the characteristic appearance on the EEG with existing conditions,certain pathology, and drug or electrolyte effects.A diagnostic tool using Java programming has been developed. The graphical user interface willbe used in conjunction with EEG monitoring