Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George E. Meyer, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Yufeng Ge, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

instrumentation books are available, either as monographs 3,4,5, textbooks 6,7 , andsmall, but significant paperbacks 8,9. Many currently available text books depend on the student’sdiscipline or background. There has been a recent proliferation of instrumentation monographs,many of which are included in the reference list. Monographs are best used as library reserveresource materials. Some books feature a programming language for instrumentation andcontrols10,11,12,13. Refereed instrumentation papers are certainly of interest to senior agriculturaland biological engineers, but may not provide the necessary practice problems needed. If onesearches the internet, students will find numerous commercial sensors and instrumentation sites,and possibly be

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