Conference Session

Projects in Instrumentation and Control

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G. Belu, Drexel University; Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University

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Instrumentation

planned to be used in our design and implementation: the use of proprietarylanguages like LabVIEW and MATLAB-Simulink and the use of standard programminglanguages. The success of this project in an education and research-oriented experimental facilitywill advance the state of art of education in the fields such as I&M, sensors and controls bycontributing to new experimental concepts, and simulations, and by creating a motivatingenvironment for the engineering practice. The i-Lab set-ups planned to be developed during thisproject are used in both ET undergraduate and graduate courses. They also may be used asmodels for the similar developments in other courses

Conference Session

Projects in Instrumentation and Control

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Mohamad A. Mustafa, Savannah State University

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Instrumentation

generalframework for project planning that can be used by students and faculty advisors to outline goalsand objectives of senior design Capstone projects that requires team members to organize anddesign/build the project with limited resources. This paper also describes a capstone projectwhich served as a pilot study for the capstone project course which will be implemented in theDepartment of Engineering Technology in spring 2012 for the Civil and Electronics EngineeringTechnology majors. Electronic Name Tag System project was carried out by the SummerUndergraduate Research Training (SURT) program student during the summer of 2011. Thebasic project requirement was to design and build an Electronic Name Tag using the PIC16C57microcontroller. The main

Conference Session

Computer-based Measurements

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University; Kevin McCue, Northeastern University

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Instrumentation

for Mechanical Engineering students at Northeastern University. The existingexperiments have become dated and in many cases have devolved to demonstrations by theteaching assistants, with little hands on experimentation by the students. This has resulted inseverely decreased student satisfaction with the labs. An extensive redesign was performed todevelop hands-on, open ended lab experiments that allowed students increased control over theoutcome of the experiments. Pre-lab homework assignments require students to develop labprocedures, research sensor specifications, and develop virtual instruments in NationalInstruments’ LabView. A term project required student groups to design and execute ameasurement experiment, presenting their findings

Conference Session

Instrumentation in Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Craig J. Scott, Morgan State University; Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Jumoke O. Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University

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Instrumentation

AC 2012-4732: ONLINE DELIVERY OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERINGLABORATORY COURSESDr. Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University Yacob Astatke completed both his doctorate of rngineering and B.S.E.E. degrees from Morgan State University (MSU) and his M.S.E.E. from Johns Hopkins University. He has been a full-time faculty member in the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department at MSU since Aug. 1994 and currently serves as the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies. He teaches courses in both analog and digital electronic circuit design and instrumentation. Dr. Astatke has more than 10 years of experience in the development and delivery of synchronous and asynchronous web-based ECE courses in the USA and abroad