systems play an integral role in large-scale processes for interfacing with transducers and machinery for real time control and dataacquisition. The increasing demand to integrate SCADA systems with remote networks andInternet of Things (IoT) technologies has raised concerns for information security specialists.These systems are thought to have notable security vulnerabilities and may be subject to anincreasing number of cyber threats. In this paper/project, several students from Sam Houston StateUniversity design and deploy a SCADA laboratory to better understand these systems and theinherent security threats that go with them. The details including system infrastructure, challengesfaced during the establishment of the laboratory, student and
Paper ID #25787Development of a Motion Control Laboratory Focusing on Control Designand Fluid Power EducationDr. Luis Alberto Rodriguez, Milwaukee School of Engineering Dr. Luis A. Rodriguez is an assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Milwau- kee School of Engineering (MSOE). He completed his doctoral training at the University of California- Irvine where he was a National Science Foundation Bridge to the Doctorate Fellow. He completed his master’s degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he was a GEM fellow and Graduate Engi- neering Research Scholar. He also holds a bachelor’s
recent work is to build a control Panel of Designing and Assembling of a Programmable Logic Controls (PLC) Laboratory Trainer and Advanced Research Setup.He has done his B.S. In American international University of Bangladesh(AIUB) his interests are in the area of programmable logic controlled devices, FPGA system design by Verilog programming, Appli- cation of process control in industrial works, Robot programming. Email:priomchk@gmail.com Linked In:linkedin.com/in/priomchk/Dr. Akram Hossain, Purdue University - Calumet Akram Hossain, Purdue University Calumet Akram Hossain is a professor in the department of Engi- neering Technology and Director of the Center for Packaging Machinery Industry at Purdue University
Paper ID #13903The ”Minty Boost R ” as an Exciting Laboratory Experience in Learning PowerElectronics and InstrumentationDr. Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow Herb Hess is Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Idaho, where he teaches subjects in He received the PhD Degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1993. His research and teaching interests are in power electronics, electric machines and drives, electrical power systems, and analog/mixed signal electronics. He has taught senior capstone design since 1985 at several universities
Paper ID #11868Simultaneous Tracking and Reconstruction of Objects and its Application inEducational Robotics LaboratoriesMr. Mingshao Zhang, Stevens Institute of Technology Mingshao Zhang is currently a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering Department, Stevens Institute of Technology. Before joining Stevens, he received bachelor’s degrees from University of Science and Tech- nology of China. His Current research interests include Microsoft Kinect, Computer Vision, Educational Laboratories, Desktop Virtual Reality and etc.Mr. Zhou Zhang, Stevens Institute of Technology Ph.D Candidate, Mechanical Engineering Department
AC 2010-1508: INSTRUMENTATION BASED MOBILE LABORATORIES FOR ANELECTROMECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY DISTANCEEDUCATION PROGRAMDavid Hergert, Miami University Page 15.754.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010` Instrumentation Based Mobile Laboratories for an Electromechanical Engineering Technology Distance Education ProgramIntroductionThe TAC/ABET accredited B.S. Electromechanical Engineering Technology program describedin this paper includes a distance education component that connects with ten community collegeswithin a 300 mile radius of the host institution. This paper begins with a brief overview ofdistance education lab structures. Then a
experience in curriculum development. Page 25.447.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Development and Implementation of i-Laboratory for Instrumentation, Sensors, Measurements and Controls CoursesAbstractComputing, information and communication technologies have strong impacts on education, bysignificantly improving the distance and online collaborative learning, via the virtual or remoteexperiments and simulations. One of the distinguishing features of engineering technologyeducation is the laboratory work and hands-on experience as an integral part of the
AC 2011-2361: EFFECTIVELY UTILIZING LOCAL AND REMOTE THERMO-FLUIDS LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS TO ENHANCE STUDENT LEARN-ING.Ms. Meghan Marie RockMr. Harry Marx, Rochester Institute of Technology Harry Marx graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology in March 2011 with a B.S. in Mechan- ical Engineering Technology. He is currently an employee of Micron Technology.Mr. Seth M Kane, Rochester Institute of Technology 5th year Mechanical Engineering Technology Major. Actively pursuing Bachelors degree. Worked at Johnson and Johnson as a Project Management Co op. Also worked at Fisher-Price as a Product Devel- opment Intern.Robert Garrick, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE) Rochester Institute of Technology
Paper ID #17376Experience and Reflection on an Industry-College Partnership to Develop aNew Instrumentation and Measurement Laboratory CourseDr. Bob Brennan, University of Calgary Robert W. Brennan has been actively involved in a wide range of national and international design ed- ucation initiatives over the past 12 years. He has served on the Canadian Design Engineering Network (CDEN) steering committee, chaired the organizing committee for the second CDEN conference (2004), chaired the Schulich School of Engineering’s first Engineering Education Summit (2007), served as an or- ganizing committee member for the CIRP
Paper ID #12906A Hardware Enclosure to Increase Access to, and Reliability of, Data Acqui-sition Hardware while Enhancing the Student Laboratory ExperienceDr. Ventzislav Karaivanov, Colorado School of Mines • Ventzi Karaivanov, Teaching Associate Professor, PhD, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Col- orado School of Mines. Education • PhD – Mechanical Engineering, Swanson School of Engineering at University of Pittsburgh, 2009. ”Life prediction modeling of thermal barrier coated turbine airfoils” Teaching and Professional societies • Teaching Interests: Mechanics of Materials, Computer Aided En- gineering, Dynamics
activities. Table 1shows various topics and their corresponding laboratory activities. The hydraulic laboratoryactivities are already completed and available; however, the pneumatic laboratory activitiesare in the process of development. Table below shows the outline of a typical Fluid PowerCourse. Table 1. The contents of fluid power. Lecture Lab Principles and Laws No lab Pumps Labs 1 - 4 Cylinders Labs 6, 7, 9, and 10Hydraulics Valves Motors Labs 5 and 8
-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
technology education pathway from high school through the B.S. in engineering technology and the providing the state colleges recruitment and retention support for students within this career pathway. Page 25.264.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Bioelectrical Instrumentation: Connections Within Interdisciplinary Engineering EducationAbstractDirect learning laboratory experiences are important to the future development of engineeringstudent’s capabilities. This work explores the implementation of bio-potential signal acquisitionby students
vibration analysis.Ingvar Gustavsson, Blekinge Institute of Technology Ingvar Gustavsson is Associate Professor of Electronics and Measurement Technology at Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH), Sweden.Johan Zackrisson, Blekinge Institute of Technology Johan Zackrisson is a Software Engineer, responsible for realizing all the software used in the remote laboratories at Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH), Sweden.Ingvar Claesson, Blekinge Institute of Technology Ingvar Claesson is professor in applied signal processing at the dept. of applied signal processing, Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH), Sweden. His research are in Speech Enhancement in Noisy Environments, Mechanical Application
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
disciplines. He is a senior member of IEEE and he served in IEEE/Industry Application Society for 15 years at various capacities. He served as chair of Manufacturing Systems Development Applications Department (MSDAD) of IEEE/IAS. Currently, he is serving a two-year term as the chair of the Instrumentation of ASEE (American Society of Engineering Education). He authored over 29 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 Mechatronics Tech- nicians. From 2003 through 2006, he was involved with Argonne National Laboratory
c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Teaching Digital Communication using LabVIEWAbstractIn response to the needs of the power industry, the Electronics Engineering Technology programat Texas A&M University has been revamping the instrumentation course to focus on digitalinstrumentation, in particular, digital communication protocols. Modbus was selected for itssimplicity, open architecture, and wide use in industry as the communication protocol for twocourse projects in an instrumentation course.LabVIEW was extensively used in the laboratory sessions, which better prepared students for thecourse projects. Two course projects were designed to familiarize the students with virtualinstrumentation, data
].Exposure to relevant technologies is most often accomplished through the laboratory portion ofapplicable courses2; yet while many technologies may be easily adopted for use in laboratorydemonstration (e.g. DNA purification, gel electrophoresis, etc.), some are too cost-prohibitive tobe feasible.Flow cytometry and cell sorting are powerful technologies that are currently being employed byin both industrial and academic research settings. Both technologies allow single cells to beisolated from a population and individually analyzed, revealing characteristics about complexsamples at the cellular and sub-cellular levels. Flow cytometry and cell sorting assays can revealimportant information describing gene and protein expression, cell cycle, and
lack of adequate IT support in many cases prohibit utilizing andincorporating these tools in the discipline-based classes.Another major issue with many of the existing content management educational tools is that theycannot be easily customized such that existing lectures, simulation applets, and laboratoryactivities can be utilized. For example, popular tools such as WebCT or Centra, don’t evensupport remote laboratory capabilities. In fact, to the best of our knowledge, there is nocommercially available tool that offers a unified platform to support diverse learning tools, suchas video conferencing and chatting, configurable remote laboratory, simulation modules, anddownloadable course lectures with different formats.Motivated by such
2006-863: DEMONSTRATING ELECTROMAGNETIC NOISE IN ANUNDERGRADUATE MEASUREMENT AND INSTRUMENTATION COURSEDavid Muff, Iowa State University At the time of this laboratory development, David J. Muff was a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University. He graduated with an MS degree in May 2005 and is current employed as a Design Engineer with Vemeer Manufacturing in Pella, Iowa.Theodore Heindel, Iowa State University Ted Heindel is the William and Virginia Binger Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University. He taught ME 370 at ISU from spring 2003 through spring 2005 and was responsible for major course modifications, including development of several new
AC 2009-530: AUTOMATED DATA ACQUISITION AND DATA ANALYSIS FORPLASMA DIAGNOSTICS IN PUPR-MC PLASMA MACHINE WITH WEBCAPABILITIESAngel Gonzalez-Lizardo, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico Born in Maracaibo Venezuela in January, 1958. Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from Universidad del Zulia in 1984. Master in Science in Electrical Engineering from University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus, 1994. PhD in Engineering, University of Dayton, 2003. Assistant Professor at Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico from 1995 to 1999. Associate Professor at Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico from 2004 to present. Director of the Plasma Engineering Laboratory since 2007. Director of the Sponsored
ElectricalEngineering and Mechanical Engineering Plans of Study. An overview of the course and it’splacement within a vehicle system option in electrical and mechanical engineering is outlined asa context for the data acquisition and control laboratory activities. Course instruction presentsvehicle data acquisition applications while including discussions on the operation and testing of ageneric electric vehicle drive train. An internal combustion vehicle and a vehicle chassisdynamometer are also used in the laboratory experience.A sample laboratory project and assessment discussion is presented. An assessment datasummary is also provided for the previous offering of the course along with the larger setting ofengineering professionalism data in electrical and
AC 2009-386: A LOW-COST APPROACH TO INTEGRATING SENSORTECHNOLOGY IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY COURSESFarid Farahmand, FARID FARAHMAND is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Science at Sonoma State University, CA, where he teaches Advanced Networking and Digital Systems. He is also the director of Advanced Internet Technology in the Interests of Society Laboratory. Farid's research interests are optical networks, applications of wireless sensor network technology to medical fields, delay tolerant networks. He is also interested in educational technologies and authored many papers focusing on eLearning and Active Learning models.Leela Mohan Kesireddy , Central Connecticut State
AbstractThis paper reports the results of the development and implementation of hands-on laboratoryexperiments in a newly developed laboratory for a two-semester undergraduate course inInstrumentation and Measurements in Mechanical Engineering. The course, designed for theundergraduate junior level, was a two-semester course for a total of four credits, and it took placein conjunction with a one-hour classroom lecture in mechanical engineering. A modified versionof this approach, however, can easily be used at all levels of the mechanical engineeringcurriculum. An important component to the process involves the utilization of a two-semesterlong, open-ended project (OEP) that required the students to come up with creative approaches toproblem solving
Project TUNA II –Bode Analyzer and Teaching ToolAbstractStudents measuring the frequency response of a linear circuit (e.g., an active filter) by manualmethods find the task mind-numbing and repetitive, and the purpose was frequently lost in theminutiae of data-taking. Project TUNA (Texas Universal Network Analyzer), a Bode analyzerfor low to moderate frequencies, was conceived as an answer to this problem. The prototype ofProject TUNA was developed as a project in Electronics II (EENG 4409) in 1999, andpermanent copies were constructed in 2000. Project TUNA has been integrated into theelectronics curriculum of UT-Tyler since that time. It is used as both a laboratory instrument andas a teaching tool, particularly to illustrate the principles of
Nebraska - Lincoln c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Instrumentation and Controls Instruction for Agricultural and Biological Engineering StudentsAbstractModern agricultural and biological systems use electronic sensors, instrumentation, and computersfor acquisition of scientific data and process control. Instrumentation is used for commercialproduct development, testing, and for basic research. An instrumentation and controls course foragricultural and biological engineering pre-professionals addresses sensors, measurementprinciples, software, and limitations of such systems with hands-on laboratory activities will bediscussed. This is a core course for two ABET
, Instrumentation, software development, and automation design. Page 26.271.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015Automated Bode-Magnitude and Bode-Phase Frequency Response Testing ofAnalog Systems and Electronic Circuits Using Standard USB interfaced Test Instruments AbstractThis paper describes the design, operation and use of a PC controlled automated frequencyresponse measurement system using the standard USB-interface-enabled bench-top testinstruments which are now available in most undergraduate electronics laboratories
his role as one of the developers of the bachelor’s of wireless engineering program at Auburn University, which is the first of its kind in the U.S.Mr. Clint S. Cole, Digilent, Inc.Mr. Alex Wong Page 25.788.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Instrumentation for an Embedded Control Systems Design Course Incorporating the Digilent Electronics Explorer Board ABSTRACTAuburn University’s Electrical and Computer Engineering curricula include a junior-year,laboratory-intensive course on embedded control systems design.[1
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
research assistant at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. From 2002 to 2005, he was a postdoctoral research associate at the Electromagnetics Laboratory in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was an assistant professor with the Department of Elec- trical Engineering, the University of Texas at Arlington from 2005 to 2012. He joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, West Virginia University Institute of Technology in 2012, and he is currently an associate professor. His current research interests include wireless power transmission, radar systems, microwave remote sensing, antenna design, and computational