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Developing New Instrumentation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akram Hossain, Purdue University, Calumet; Vijay Mahajan, Influx Software Solutions

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Applications Department of IEEE/IAS. He authored more than 25 refereed journal and conference publications. From 2003 through 2006, he was involved with Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL in developing direct computer control for hydrogen powered automotives. He is also involved in several direct computer control and wireless process control related research projects. His interests are in the area of industrial transducer, industrial process control, wireless controls, statistical process control, computer aided design and fabrication of printed circuit board, programmable logic controllers, programmable logic devices and renewable energy related projects.Vijay Mahajan, Influx Software Solutions

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tae-Hoon Kim, Purdue University Northwest; Lash B. Mapa, Purdue University Northwest; Min Hye Jun, Dongduk Women's University

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Paper ID #21765Framework to Develop the Customized Tool for RFID ExperimentDr. Tae-Hoon Kim, Purdue University NorthwestDr. Lash B. Mapa, Purdue University Northwest Lash Mapa is a Professor in Industrial/Mechanical Engineering Technology at Purdue University North- west (PNW). His undergraduate and graduate degrees are in Chemical Engineering. He has several years’ experience as a Chemical Engineer, Process and Project manager with European and U.S. manufacturing organizations. Currently, he is involved in the MS Technology program at PUC and has managed over thirty lean six sigma projects with manufacturing, service

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Mohamad A. Mustafa, Savannah State University; Alberto G. De La Cruz; Alfredo Villanueva; Mir M. Hayder, Savannah State University

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VillanuevaDr. Mir M. Hayder, Savannah State University Dr. Hayder is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at savannah State Uni- versity, GA. He received PhD in Mechanical Engineering from McGill University, Canada. His research interest lies in the areas of fluid-structure interaction, flow-induced vibrations, syngas and blended fuel combustion, and flow and structural simulations, robotics and STEM education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Robotics in Electronics Engineering TechnologyAbstractOver the last several years we have developed curriculum to support Electronic EngineeringTechnology (EET) students using Robotics in projects. We have

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Mohamad A. Mustafa, Savannah State University; Mir M. Hayder, Savannah State University; Kisha Renee Cunningham, Savannah State University; Noel Thomas, Flyskywrd Aviation Inc.

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toprogram Quad-Copter Drone by using the software called scratch developed by Massachusetts Instituteof Technology (MIT). This paper will also discuss the student group projects presented on the last dayof the summer session and performance based on attainment of learning outcomes are evaluated by thefaculty members. Some the items that were evaluated during the labs were how to follow FederalAviation Administration Part 107 Regulations including pilot certification and drone safety, dronesystem components, aerodynamics, programming, flight preparation and planning and lastly summaryreporting. In addition, the paper will also present the results of the survey given to the participants todetermine the effectiveness of the five-week summer

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priom Chakraborty, Purdue University - Calumet; Akram Hossain, Purdue University - Calumet; Vivek Pillarisetty P.E., Purdue University - Calumet

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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, Argonne, IL in developing direct computer control for hydrogen powered automotives. He is also involved in several direct computer control and wireless process control related research projects. His current interests are in the area of packaging machinery system design & control, industrial transducers, industrial process control systems, modeling and simulation of Mechatronics devices and systems in virtual environment, programmable logic controllers, programmable logic

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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

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preserved in thescaled IST. The core region, heat transfer, flow patterns, and coolant inventory in the downcomer, coreand the riser above the core were all kept in similitude with an actual reactor. The steam generatorpreserved the heat transfer and boiling effects and the condensation with and without non-condensablegases [2]. Outside of these, the design of the IST included features to support its adaptation for otherdesign or research missions. While testing in support of the mPower SMR ended in 2014, the facility has been maintained tosupport other projects. The facility is still in use by several companies and Liberty University for thepurposes of furthering nuclear engineering research on multiple fronts.Description of Thermal Hydraulic

Conference Session

Computer-based Measurements

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona; Shih Ek Chng, DeVry University, Pomona; Furqan Muqri, University of Texas; Aceela Muqri, VCU School of Medicine

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project, we must choose a platform SDK. The platform SDK contains everything that isrequired for developing software for a given platform and operating-system release. The SDK foriOS (like MAC OS X SDK) consists of frameworks, libraries, header files and system tools butincludes a platform-specific compiler and other tools. There is also a separate SDK for iOSSimulator. All SDKs include build settings and project templates appropriate to their platform.Xcode is the engine that powers Apple’s integrated development environment (IDE) for Mac OSX and iOS. It allows us to create and manage projects; and specify platforms, targetrequirements, dependencies, and build configurations. Xcode 5 allows us to write source code ineditors with features such as

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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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

Novel Measurement Experiments

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlin Shaodong Song, USNA; Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic, U.S. Department of Defense

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AC 2008-1869: EVALUATION OF A PREASURE SENSOR FOR A TSUNAMIWARNING SYSTEMCarlin Shaodong Song, USNASvetlana Avramov-Zamurovic, U.S. Department of Defense Page 13.579.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 EVALUATION OF A PREASURE SENSOR FOR A TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEMINTRODUCTION The goal of this project is to develop a low-cost tsunami warning system for use inimpoverished regions where tsunamis pose a threat. This paper details the designprocess of a pressure sensor used for tsunami detection. We begin by first consideringthe desired sensor parameter and range of depth in which the experiment will beconducted. The signal conditioning circuit is incorporated

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurement Innovation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angel Gonzalez-Lizardo, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico; Carlos Serrano-Salvat, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico

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technology and innovation, he specialized in electronics, communications and control system. Carlos participated in three summer work experiences with Abbott Laboratories as part of his professional development. Because of his contribution to the company he was allowed to participate for three consecutive summers, when one was the established rule. During his last year of college he was offered the opportunity to work at the Plasma Engineering Laboratory at Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico. His capstone design final project in the electrical engineering program, was to create a computer program to perform the processes for measuring and analyzing plasma parameters. This application

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lash B. Mapa, Purdue University - Calumet; Suraiya Jannat Khan, Purdue University - Calumet

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Paper ID #15252RFID Tag Detection in 3-D SpaceDr. Lash B. Mapa, Purdue University - Calumet Lash Mapa is a Professor in Industrial/Mechanical Engineering Technology at Purdue University Calumet (PUC). His undergraduate and graduate degrees are in Chemical Engineering. He has several years’ experience as a Chemical Engineer, Process and Project manager with European and U.S. manufacturing organizations. Currently, he is involved in the MS Technology program at PUC and has managed over thirty lean six sigma projects with manufacturing, service industry and educational institutions. He is a certified six sigma black belt

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session III

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wesley B. Williams P.E., University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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LabVIEW. The Arduino skills of addressing inputs and outputs and documenting codewere also reemphasized as was a focus on program/logic flow. Allen Bradley PLCsprogrammed with RSLogix 5000 software were the final platform introduced to the students,applying their acquired knowledge of ladder logic from i-TRiLOGI to industry grade hardwareand software. Throughout Arduino, i-TRiLOGI, and RS Logix 5000, a common exercise wasused to highlight the similarities, differences, and capabilities of each platform.IntroductionProgrammable logic controllers are a common solution to automation and control projects forengineers. Despite their frequent application, PLC instruction is limited to a single upperdivision course for Mechanical Engineering Technology

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Programs Using New Instrumentation Concepts

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerry Keska, University of Louisiana, Lafayette

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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

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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. Page 23.1033.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Remote Circuit Design Labs with Analog DiscoveryAbstractThe limited resources in the traditional labs have restricted the effective and innovative circuitdesign projects from freshmen Circuits 1 class to Capstone ideas. The limited number ofmeasuring and signal-generating instruments makes it difficult for students to engage in theseprojects when they need to share these instruments or schedule to use them at a specific time.Furthermore, it is a challenge for students to learn how to use various instruments includingpower supplies, multi-meters, oscilloscopes, and function-generators if not used in conjunctionwith each other. Likewise

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Avimanyu Sahoo, Oklahoma State University; Young Chang, Oklahoma State University

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Instrumentation and Data Acquisition course offed by the MET and EETprogram, respectively. This course focuses on interfacing of the sensors and actuators withmicro-controllers, electrical wiring and programming with fundamental understanding of sensorsand actuators.A number of different approaches are suggested in the literature for the mechatronics course, e.g.,project-based approach [9] and competition based approach [10], to name a few. Keeping in mindthe diverse background of students enrolling in the course, i.e., EET and MET, and basicknowledge of electric circuits as the prerequisite, the course reviews fundamental analog anddigital circuits to bring the students to a level where they can learn programming concepts. Toemphasize on the hands-on

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Ali Alavizadeh, Purdue University Northwest; Maged Mikhail, Purdue University Northwest

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based on the existingtrainers. The discussion includes design steps, and material and component selection andspecification. A series of lab activities will be proposed which will be used in teaching the labsection of the two undergraduate courses in Mechanical Engineering Technology andMechatronics Engineering Technology. The ultimate goal of this project, which will be asecondary study, is to seek students input on the use of these trainers in teaching the labactivities.About the coursesThe Department of Engineering Technology offers three undergraduate degrees includingElectrical and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET), Mechanical Engineering Technology(MET), and Mechatronics Engineering Technology (MCET). The authors teach in MET andMCET

Conference Session

Novel Measurement Experiments

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jun Kondo, University of Hartford; Santiago Noriega, University of Hartford; Devdas Shetty, University of Hartford

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performed. These tests tend to be expensive and timeconsuming. With customers pushing for lower cost and products been developedat very fast pace; companies in many cases can not afford the cost or timeassociated with these test.This has forced companies to look elsewhere to find other types of tests that canprovide them with the necessary accuracy to measure vibration at a lower costwithin a shorter period of time. These test methods include the use ofpiezoelectric accelerometers, strain gauges and laser measuring equipment.ANALYSIS:Of all methods used to measure vibration; the use of lasers is the most appealingsince the equipment has minimum or no contact with the object to be measured.The purpose of this project is to develop a non contact

Conference Session

Instrumentation in Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jimmy DiTraglia, Middle Tennessee State University; Xiaojing Yuan, University of Houston; Mequanint Moges, University of Houston

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students forfuture engineering and technology development. Such new modules will allow students to haveimproved learning experience through more involvement in research and hands-on activities andbetter outcome. This paper presents the experience of undergraduate research during summer2008 supported by NSF REU program at the University of Houston on “Sensor Networks andsecurity Infrastructure”. The project also serves to upgrade existing upper level design projectsthat aim at introducing research components into the curriculum of the computer engineeringtechnology program.IntroductionWireless smart sensor networks have the ability to integrate sensing, communication andcomputation and are being implemented in a wide range of data gathering and

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David M. Beams P.E., University of Texas, Tyler

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to the principles ofoperation and electrical behavior of a number of electronic devices (principally the p-n junctiondiode, the MOSFET, and the BJT). An understanding of the I-V characteristics of these devicesis indispensable to understanding their use in circuits exploiting them as either linear or nonlineardevices. While simulation is valuable, it is arguably not a replacement of the demonstration ofthe I-V characteristics of real devices. A brief survey of ASEE literature on educational use ofcurve tracers is summarized below.Shwehdi et al [1] described a senior design project to build an instrument for measurement of thecurrent gain of NPN BJTs. This was not a curve tracer per se.Beams [2] described curve tracers that used an ad hoc

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Claire Cynthia Lehman

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right or left to reduce the horizontalposition error to a low range acceptable for a locked on target condition. If the rotation constant wastoo high the Drone could gyrate left and right never locking onto target. If the rotation constant was toolow the Drone would take a long time to lock onto the target.In addition to the above the students also needed to understand the Blue Green Red (BGR) and the HueSaturation Value (HSV) color model. The shape of the object or marker did not matter, so long as thecolor was within the HSV high/low limits set in the track/follow code. The students had to insure thoseacceptable HSL colors were not in the area where the Drone was operating.The students did not know how to program coming into the REAP project

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maged Mikhail, Purdue University Northwest; Athula Kulatunga, Purdue University Northwest

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Mechanical Engineering Technology,Electrical Engineering Technology or Mechatronics Engineering Technology majors.The mission of the Robotics concentration is to conduct world-class research and teaching to trainfuture generations of thinkers and creators.Robotics concentration students at [University Name] will be a part of an intellectually stimulatingenvironment where they will participate in project-based courses and are encouraged to make high-impact contributions to research.The undergraduate Robotics concentration is designed to help students meet their professionalobjectives. Each course in this concentration contains a significant level of robotics and automationprinciples for high-demand occupational areas. Students choose to use this

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maged Mikhail, Purdue University - Calumet; Ali Alavizadeh, Purdue University - Calumet

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software will be implemented in MATLAB and in addition, the image andsignal processing toolboxes available in MATLAB were used as functions in the software. Theco-ordinate position of the object in the image and the actual distance of the object from thecamera are to be determined. A camera calibration technique was developed to convert objectpixels to real co-ordinations. Finally, the robotics arm attached to the mobile robot picks theobject(s) of interest that is/are present in the vicinity. A set of robotics behaviors was developedto help the mobile robot navigate in a crowded environment to avoid detected obstacles. Themobile robot used in this project is Pioneer 3-DX which is a small but very durable and robustrobot. Pioneer 3-DX comes with a

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Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sri Kolla, Bowling Green State University; Joseph Mainoo, Bowling Green State University

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alsooffered in the Master of Industrial Technology program of the College of Technology. All ofthese courses have a laboratory component integrated with the lectures. The laboratory activitiesin these courses emphasize industrial sensors, actuators and data acquisition to investigate thebehavior of the measurement and control systems. National Instrument’s NI-ELVIS station withLabVIEW software is used in these laboratory activities. Students do mini-projects using thePC-based laboratory workstations that integrate NI-ELVIS shown in Figure 1. These projectsenable the students to analyze, design, build and test complete instrumentation and processcontrol systems. Through this approach, students obtain exposure to many real problemsassociated with

Conference Session

Developing New Instrumentation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narciso Macia, Arizona State University

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Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology department. He has served as the Associate Chair in charge of electronics-related academic programs. He organized two technical sessions for ASME’s IMECE (formerly known as the Winter Annual Meeting): one on fluidic sensors and the other one on respiratory mechanics. For several years he was the secretary and newsletter editor of the Fluid Control Panel (a technical panel of the Dynamics Systems and Control Division of ASME). He has also served as a reviewer for several ASME journals. He participated in an interdisciplinary, project whose goal was to design and build a cart that would autonomously paint the stripes in a

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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member of an engineering team. • Awareness of professional ethics in engineering practice. • Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written forms.The primary assessment objects are the students’ written reports and oral presentations. Toeffectively communicate their work outcomes, students need laboratory instrumentation that notonly supports electronic measurements, but also records data and eases integration with thepreviously described analysis and reporting tools. In the next section, the authors present atypical course project having multiple options for analog and digital subsystems. These designoptions create several instrumentation needs that will be further described in Section III.II. A Typical Embedded System

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Embedded Control and Instrumentation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale H. Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University, Berks

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interconnections. The students designed their own assembly code to read the systemsensors and control the water level to a variable, user-determined set point. The required codecomponents were developed throughout the semester as each peripheral of the microcontrollerwas discussed. The process control served as a culminating project for the course. This paperpresents the system hardware and example student software. Course curriculum is also presentedand discussed.IntroductionMicrocontrollers are used extensively in process control applications. Courses in process controloften use microcontrollers to implement various control techniques. 1 Low-cost custom-builtprocess control trainers can be utilized to demonstrate many processes. 2,3 The

Conference Session

Instrumentation in Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seema Khan, Sonoma State University; Farid Farahmand, Sonoma State University; Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford

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students to chat in real-time and participate in virtual face-to-face communication with the instructor. We emphasize that IVLP is still in its prototype stageand requires further testing and enhancements and this paper only reflects our initial results.The rest of this paper is organized as follow. In Section 2 we briefly describe the basic coursedelivery model used in IVLP. In Section 3 we describe the architecture and then we go over thelayout and implementation of IVLP and provide details about individual modules of the system. Page 15.45.22. IVLP Delivery MethodologyThe Integrated Virtual Learning Platform is a pilot project developed by the

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akram Hossain, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech); Mohammad A. Zahraee, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech)

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. He served as chair of manufacturing Systems Development Applications Department of IEEE/IAS. He authored more than 25 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 Mechatron- ics Technicians. From 2003 through 2006, he was involved with Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL in developing direct computer control for hydrogen-powered automotive. He is also involved in several direct computer control and wireless process control related research projects. His interests are in the area of industrial transducer

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Patrick McGuire P.E., Lafayette College; Jeffrey David Helm, Lafayette College

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well as advises undergraduate students participating in research projects and independent studies. His research interests include column-supported embank- ments, mechanically-stabilized earth walls, and flood protection infrastructure. He is also interested in the application of terrestrial LIDAR to performance monitoring of geotechnical structures.Dr. Jeffrey David Helm, Lafayette College Page 26.1709.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Visualizing soil deformation in the undergraduate classroom using Digital Image Correlation (DIC

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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

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Paper ID #21896Developing a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) as a Decision SupportSystem in Horticulture IndustryDr. Lash B. Mapa, Purdue University Northwest Lash Mapa is a Professor in Industrial/Mechanical Engineering Technology at Purdue University North- west (PNW). His undergraduate and graduate degrees are in Chemical Engineering. He has several years’ experience as a Chemical Engineer, Process and Project manager with European and U.S. manufacturing organizations. Currently, he is involved in the MS Technology program at PUC and has managed over thirty lean six sigma projects with manufacturing, service