Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akram Hossain, Purdue University Northwest; Mohammad A. Zahraee, Purdue University Northwest

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what they are made of and the effect and characteristics of each part. Therefore, if later in their career, they need to design one, they are better prepared with deeper understanding of concepts about the PID Controllers.References: [1]. Vivek Pillarisetty P.E., Purdue University Northwest; Akram Hossain, Purdue University Northwest, Modelling and Designing a Mechatronics System for High Speed Packaging Operations Using Mechatronics Methodology, 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition [2]. Virtual Instrumentation Tools: Challenges and Successes for Engineering Technology Programs, Moderator and Organizer of Panel Session, on behalf of Instrumentation Division, Session No: T431A, TWO Panelists, Dr

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow

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improvements. Students get realistic design and applicationopportunities and experience that lead to no shortage of the best job offers, giving their careers agreat start.Electrical Demand ChallengeElectrical demand is a means for public utilities to charge customers more fairly for their use ofthe utilities’ infrastructure. Utilities plan and build their electrical distribution systems to belarge enough to provide enough power to meet the demands of their customers. The more that autility expects its customers to demand, the larger must be the utility’s investment in equipment.Equipment has a capital cost and a maintenance cost. To help meet these costs, most publicutilities have demand charges in their billing structure for commercial and industrial

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

David R. Loker, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Stephen A. Strom, Pennsylvania State University, Erie

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, Behrend College Stephen Strom is a lecturer in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology department of Penn State Behrend, and holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. His career includes over thirty years experience in designing and programming embedded systems and has multiple patents for both hardware designs and software algorithms c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Programmable System-On-Chip (PSoC) Usage in Embedded Programming CoursesAbstractPart of the requirements for an Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET) programincludes the ability for students to design and implement

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Hector E. Medina, Liberty University; Jonathan Tristan Polk, Liberty University

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school year.The current LUSE approach to engineering education consists of a traditional lecture/laboratoryresidential-based program conducted at the campus of LU in Lynchburg, Virginia. Students in theprogram have the option of taking their general education courses through LU Online to help provideflexibility in their scheduling. Continuing with the LU founder's vision, LUSE is committed to an ethicalbased philosophy producing men and women with the values, knowledge, and skills necessary to impacttomorrow's technology-related disciplines. Students have access to modern facilities and technology andqualified faculty seek to know their students personally and to provide them with opportunities foreducation, research, and a professional career

Conference Session

Modern Software Measurement Techniques

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University-Berks

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Instrumentation

AC 2008-522: WIND TUNNEL EVALUATION AND CALIBRATION OF MODELROCKET NOSECONE PITOT-STATIC PROBESDale Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University-Berks Dale H. Litwhiler is an Assistant Professor at Penn State Berks-Lehigh Valley College in Reading, PA. He received his B.S. from Penn State University (1984), his M.S. from Syracuse University (1989) and his Ph.D. from Lehigh University (2000) all in electrical engineering. Prior to beginning his academic career in 2002, he worked with IBM Federal Systems and Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems as a hardware and software design engineer. Page

Conference Session

Modern Software Measurement Techniques

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Birdsong, California Polytechnic State University

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Instrumentation

of real world systems, modeling and controllerimplementation. There are currently four experiments: a two week analog DC servoposition control experiment, a two week LabVIEW based two tank water level regulator Page 12.478.2experiment, a two week LabVIEW based hydraulic servo control experiment and a oneweek frequency response experiment using the DC servo apparatus.An important goal is to periodically update the experiments to present hardware andsoftware that is state of the art so that students get exposure to tools that will benefit themin their careers as engineers. In the last decade hardware has been updated from analogcompensators to PLC

Conference Session

Contemporary Instrumentation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Rajai, Northern Kentucky University; Hank Javan, University of Memphis; Seyed Allameh, Northern Kentucky University; Horold Wiebe, Northern Kentucky University

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Instrumentation

fact, the majority of thegraduate students enrolled in this program are from industry. The structure of the program issuch that any individual with an undergraduate degree in technology can enter the program andselect a concentration that matches his/her career goals.The core courses required for the electronic concentration are shown in Fig.1. Page 11.471.2 Electronic Concentration Industrial Control Communications Advanced Electronics EETH 7801 EETH7811 EETH 7821

Conference Session

Embedded Control and Instrumentation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Y. Hung, Auburn University; Victor P. Nelson, Auburn University; Clint S. Cole, Digilent, Inc.; Alex Wong, Digilent, Inc.

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Instrumentation

AC 2012-3936: INSTRUMENTATION FOR AN EMBEDDED CONTROLSYSTEMS DESIGN COURSE INCORPORATING THE DIGILENT ELEC-TRONICS EXPLORER BOARDProf. John Y. Hung, Auburn University John Y. Hung is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Auburn University, where he has been on the faculty since 1989. Prior to his academic career, he worked for Johnson Controls, Inc., in the field of digital controllers for commercial building automation systems, and also worked as a consultant in control systems design. Hung is a Fellow of IEEE, and is President-elect of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES). Previously, he served IES as Treasurer and Vice President for Conference Activities. He served as General Co

Conference Session

Embedded Control and Instrumentation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale H. Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University, Berks

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Instrumentation

AC 2012-4211: NEW LIFE FOR PROCESS CONTROL TRAINERS IN AMICROCONTROLLER COURSEDr. Dale H. Litwhiler P.E., Pennsylvania State University, Berks Dale H. Litwhiler is an Associate Professor at Penn State, Berks, in Reading, Penn. He received his B.S. from Penn State University, his M.S. from Syracuse University, and his Ph.D. from Lehigh University, all in electrical engineering. Prior to beginning his academic career, he worked with IBM Federal Systems and Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems as a Hardware and Software Design Engineer. Page 25.974.1 c American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona; Robert Alfaro

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:  Expose students to the engineering career field by showing them what an engineer does, the skills required, and the exciting projects engineers work on.  Emphasize hands-on, learn by doing exercises.  Provide students engineering design, prototyping and testing skills.  Demonstrate how wireless networking is routinely used in engineering design projects.  Provide hands-on laboratory exercises using commonly available, low cost sensors and Zigbee-capable boards with the appropriate RF module firmware module and encourage students to independently continue their studies beyond the course.For initial testing of Zigbees, an X-CTU, a Windows-based application provided by Digi,was used. This

Conference Session

Embedded Control and Instrumentation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald Thomas Ruch, University of Saint Thomas

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actuallycontrol the telescope and have ownership of the resulting data, both of which motivate thestudents, and their response has been very positive. Engineering students in particular benefitfrom seeing and using remote controlled robotic equipment, experience that they will find usefulin their careers. The new laboratory exercises are designed to mimic professional observationalastronomy by leading the student through the design, data acquisition, and data analysis phasesof an investigation. Each exercise takes place over two lab periods. Period one is dedicated toexploring the principles underlying the experiment and developing an observing plan. Periodtwo is dedicated to performing the data analysis and reporting the results. During

Conference Session

Great Ideas for Projects that Teach Instrumentation

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meghan Marie Rock, Rochester Institute of Technology; Harry Marx, Rochester Institute of Technology; Seth M. Kane, Rochester Institute of Technology; Robert Garrick, Rochester Institute of Technology; Larry Villasmil, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Applied Science and Technology; James H. Lee, Rochester Institute of Technology

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may havebeen initially overlooked.5 Another advantage of performing remote experiments is theincreased accessibility and opportunity for those students who are unable to attend laboratorieslocally.6 This provides online colleges the ability to offer these science oriented activities whichmay have previously been available.One goal of our student experience was to gain a varied exposure to different technologies andsystems. With this exposure to different applications we feel that we are better able to adapt tochanges in our future careers. Utilizing remote laboratory experiments allows the University toexpose students to different applications without the need to purchase extensive equipment. Inaddition, with the ever increasing growth of

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Peter Mark Jansson, Bucknell University; Peter Sawirs Kaladius, Bucknell University

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over their summer experience are at the foundation of the scientific methodand discovery and more importantly invaluable in their holistic engineering education. Theylearned to understand experimental protocol (and to revise it as needed) and to use and revise newscientific equipment; these skills are applicable to life beyond university in industry, academe orconsultancy. Their design and application of new data capture technologies and the significant dataanalysis and interpretation associated with real world investigations will serve them well in theirremaining years as students and their careers beyond. During this research, the student teamworked independently, provided regular communications of status and progress and learned howexciting

Conference Session

Developing New Instrumentation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian Belu, Wayne State University

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Instrumentation

, Page 11.448.10competent graduates will become technologists and technicians that manufacturing,automotive and other industries’ need. Hence, exposures to challenges in this field willresult in drawing more student attention to take careers in I&M, quality control,manufacturing fields, etc.5. Evaluations and Assessment PlanThe evaluation plan will be twofold: (1) A quantifiable measure of completions of theobjectives as stated in the proposed plan; (2) measure of student learning and outcome.Table 6 summarizes the deliverables and measures to be used for the evaluation of thecompletion of project objectives. A team formed by recent graduates of the DET and FH,industry representatives (among others the members of DET and FH Joint

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Nicholas Tallos, ThermOmegaTech, Inc.

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Diversity

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example, the outcomes of this study created several lab activities forthe students. During their research, students get to see firsthand the relative merits of the projectand get to use some of the new technologies one-on-one.Instrumentation and energy knowledge and projects are important to prepare students to becompetitive for careers in the growing fields of instrumentation, automation & control, energy-related engineering, science, and technology. Preliminary projections from the Bureau of LaborStatistics state that the number of expected energy related green jobs is expected to increase by11% by 2016, and most of it in environmental or energy-related sectors [23-24] . Edgar Dale’scone of learning shows that participating in discussions

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don Millard, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Frederick Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mohamed Chouikha, Howard University

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Instrumentation

. This is about the cost of a textbook. It is a device that the students would own throughout their entire undergraduate career, and have applications beyond that of a particular class. For instance, the device could be used as a multimeter, scope or a controller (using the digital I/O in conjunction with the analog I/O); providing a highly useful project tool (signal processor/controller) for any individual studying to become a scientist or engineer.EVALUATION The following research questions are currently being tested and evaluated in diversesituations in the Circuits (for majors), and Electronics & Instrumentation (for non-majors) coursesat each of the partnering schools to study the resulting impact on student

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gholam Ali Shaykhian, Florida Institute of Technology; Jinan Ziade; Mohd Abdelgadir Khairi, Najran University

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securingviable new international markets including opportunities in MENA. The organization hasassisted American investors to solve critical development challenges and provide financialservices, political risk insurance, and support for private equity investment funds. United Statescorporations can obtain cross-border deals that catalyze earnings and profits, stimulate jobcreation, careers, and growth opportunities to obtain important concessions for investments inMENA. To date, OPIC invested in projects that reached an estimated $76 billion in United Statesexports and supported more than 278,000 American jobs both at home and abroad (OPIC, 2015).In 2011, the United States government addressed some concerns for deeper economic integrationand global

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Jeffrey ZurSchmiede, Federal Screw Works; Jeffrey Ward, Grand Valley State University

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Instrumentation

Paper ID #13796Design of a Modular Cloud Storage Gaging System for Automotive Manufac-turingMr. Mark Jeffrey ZurSchmiede, Federal Screw Works I am a Computer Engineering Graduate Student at Grand Valley State University and a practicing software engineer at Federal Screw Works. I spent the first four years of my career designing embedded software for the Aerospace and Medical industries and took a new job at an Automotive manufacturing facility. This latest project seeks to merge the automotive manufacturing world with embedded systems world by designing custom gaging solutions for the companies automotive parts.Dr. Jeffrey

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

courses in electronics, power systems, control and power electron- ics, electric machines, instrumentation, radar and remote sensing, numerical methods and data analysis, space and atmosphere physics, and physics. His research interests included power system stability, control and protection, renewable energy system analysis, assessment and design, power electronics and electric machines for wind energy conversion, radar and remote sensing, wave and turbulence simulation, mea- surement and modeling, numerical modeling, electromagnetic compatibility, and engineering education. During his career, Belu published several papers in referred journals and in conference proceedings in his areas of the research interests. He

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

76 17 7 66 29 5 Interesting and engaging 54 36 10 88 9 4 Frustrating and confusing 7 25 68 18 23 59 Supported by lecture 93 7 0 74 23 4 Can apply to other problems 74 21 5 70 21 9DiscussionThe grades in this course have historically been rather high. This can be attributed to the fact thatat this point in their academic careers students have seen many of these topics, either in otherclasses or on co-op. However, it is interesting to note that even with greater

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

Conference Session

Programs Using New Instrumentation Concepts

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Thomas Adams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Instrumentation

and visualization, and engineering system dynamics. His work has been recognized with multiple best-paper awards. He conducts workshops in student team-building, team-formation and peer evaluation, in laboratory assessment, and in effective teaching. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Layton worked for twelve years in consulting engineering, culminating as a group head and a project manager. He is a guitarist and songwriter and a member of the rock band “Whisper Down”.Thomas Adams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Thomas M. Adams is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rose-Hulman