Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session III

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow

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Instrumentation

Simple Laboratory Exercise Introducing PhotovoltaicsAbstractA simple laboratory exercise teaches students important behavior of four different photovoltaictechnologies and inspires debate on pertinent issues for designing solar panel arrays. Studentsperform experiments on monocrystalline, polycrystalline, thin film flexible, and folding flexiblephotovoltaic panels. They find practical influence of azimuth on performance, identifying asubstantial tolerance in angle from normal. They use their laboratory skills and managementinstruction to gain quick but remarkably valid estimates of solar panel performance: relativeenergy efficiency and relative cost of each of the four technologies. Assessed results showedimproved performance on exam questions

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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Instrumentation

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

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session III

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Instrumentation

the price of a textbook,students can purchase a low-cost analog hardware development platform and components, withaccess to downloadable teaching materials, reference designs and lab projects to design andimplement analog circuits as a supplement to their regular laboratory exercises.Colleges have traditionally had to build and maintain centralized teaching labs. These labs, withtheir specialized equipment and trained lab assistants, are expensive and hard to maintain. Withthe Analog Discovery design kit, can help to build distributed labs - labs that can be found indorm rooms, cafeterias, and libraries - anywhere students want to work. However, theimportance of working with real laboratory equipment cannot be ignored. The Digital

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona; Robert Alfaro

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Instrumentation

isawake will receive the packet. The packet is retransmitted three times by each device, thusthese types of broadcasts should only be used when necessary. The other broadcast addressis the use of endpoint number 0xFF to send a message to all of the endpoints on thespecified device. For group addressing, an application can assign multiple devices andspecific endpoints on those devices to a single group address. The source node would needto provide the cluster ID, profile ID and source endpoint.Course Protocol and Zigbee MethodsA low cost, 68HC12 microprocessor module based, laboratory intensive instructionprogram was developed for common use in the newer microprocessor course ECET365. The overall objectives of this teaching module were to

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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Instrumentation

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

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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Instrumentation

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