Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Farrow, University of Tennessee-Martin

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Instrumentation

concentration,Vibrations, Kinematics and Dynamics, and Machine Design for the mechanical concentration,and Automated Productions Systems for the mechanical and industrial concentrations. TheENGR 317 Instrumentation and Experimental Methods course described in this paper is intendedto be taken in the junior year, is the highest level common course in the program with alaboratory component, and is intended to help prepare students to specify, design, instrument,take data, and otherwise conduct their own experiments in much of their upper divisioncoursework, labs, and required senior capstone design projects. The prerequisites for the ENGR317 course are: ENGR 311 Engineering Probability and Statistics, and ENGR 232 CircuitAnalysis I. ENGR 315 Engineering

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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Instrumentation

operator.PLCs are used in almost every factory setting where there is assembly line technologyand automated processes. They are also used to control such things as dishwashers,lighting systems and computer peripherals.3In 1968 General Motors issued a request for proposals for an electronic replacement forhard-wired relay system. The winning proposal came from Bedford Associates 4 whostarted a new company dedicated to developing, manufacturing, selling, and servicingthis new product: Modicon, which stood for MOdular DIgital CONtroller. One of thepeople who worked on that project was Richard E. Morely, who is considered to be the"father" of the PLC.5PLCs are a form of computer that has the specific job of sequencing the steps in a processor the

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luis Alberto Rodriguez, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Daniel Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Michael D. Cook, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Instrumentation

the summer of 2018 and ran for thefirst time during the fall of the 2018-19 academic school year. The lab will help students staycurrent with the advances in fluid power technology and support capstone senior projects,elective courses, and undergraduate research. Additionally, it will reinforce the fundamentals ofautomatic control systems in the associated required senior level course. The main objectives ofthe lab pertaining to the automatic controls course are to: 1. Prepare students to work on real-world motion control applications by providing them with hands-on experiences applying control system design ideas and concepts. 2. Expose students to electromechanical and fluid power hardware. 3. Educate students about the benefits

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lash B. Mapa, Purdue University Northwest; Feroja Goni, Purdue University Northwest; Sadia Alam; Gokarna Aryal, Purdue University Northwest

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Instrumentation

understand theinfluences of positions and other critical factors and their interaction effects. Due to the variedapplication of RFID, the authors have incorporated the experimental set up in undergraduate,Senior Project capstone course with team members drawn from both Mechanical andMechatronics Engineering technology.IntroductionRadio frequency identification (RFID) is a broad term that is used to describe a system thattransmits the identity (in the form of a unique serial number) of an object wirelessly, using radiowaves and categorized as an automatic identification technology. RFID is designed to enablereaders to capture to capture data on tags and transmit it to a computer system- without needing aperson to be involved. The different components

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bob Brennan, University of Calgary; Simon Li P.Eng., University of Calgary

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

mechanical engineering students. In Concordia University, he has offered courses in Quality and Systems Engineer- ing for graduate students with different engineering backgrounds. In University of Calgary, Dr. Li is one instructor of the final-year design course and offers a new technical elective ”Design for Sustainabil- ity”. Currently, he is the capstone design instructor in the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Assessing the Efficacy of Supplemental Online Lecture Modules in a Core Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate CourseAbstractIn this paper, we report on a study performed in a core, 2nd year mechanical