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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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technology under Professor Akram Hossain in Purdue University, Calumet. After seeing his insight, the Professor offered him a Teaching Assistant position in the laboratory for guiding the students in the subject of Mechatronics. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Page 1 of 14 Designing and Assembling of a Programmable Logic Controls (PLC) Laboratory Trainer and Advanced Research SetupAbstract:A Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) is an industrialized computer control system thatconstantly monitors the state of input devices and makes

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 3

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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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

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Collins Adetu, Florida A&M University; Camilo Ordonez, Florida State University; Nikhil Gupta, Florida State University

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. Weitzen, Jay; Webster, Erin; and Alan Rux. "University of Massachusetts Lowell “Laboratory in a Box” For First Year ECE Students." Proceedings American Society of Engineering Education, 2013.6. “User guide and specification NI myRIO-1900.” http://www.ni.com/pdf/manuals/376047a.pdf7. Mosteo, A.R.; Tardioli, D.; Montijano, E., "The LEGO Pardo Experience: Motivational Control Demonstrations for Cadets [Focus on Education]," in IEEE Transactions on Control Systems, vol.34, no.6, pp.78-126, Dec. 2014.8. Alisa Gilmore, P. E. "Design Elements of a Mobile Robotics Course Based on Student Feedback." American Society of Engineering Education, 2015.9. Liu, Cheng Chih. "Teaching Digital Designs by Building Small Autonomous Robotic Vehicles Using an

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Grace Altimus, Syracuse University; Dacheng Ren, Syracuse University

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also the home of many classrooms. This setting allows the facility to be accessible withconvenience for both research and teaching applications. Thus, this facility provides a uniqueopportunity to allow students to observe and integrate their use into student laboratories tofacilitate not only a greater understanding of the principles of the coursework, but also acommand of the technology that translates these principles beyond the classroom. This modelwas applied to the course Biological Principles for Engineers (BEN 301) and included surveys, alecture, and a laboratory portion. Materials and MethodsStudent evaluations. In order to gauge student learning outcomes related to the knowledge offunction and

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 3

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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identification and enumeration of plant species for field and greenhouse production. Winter-time greenhouse strawberry and herb production are recent funded research activities. YUFENG GE, Assistant Professor of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska. Dr. Ge obtained his PhD in Biological and Agricultural Engineering at Texas A&M University. He started as a teaching assistant for the sensor and instrumentation class there in 2005, and gradually increased his teaching responsibility for the class to become a co-instructor (since 2010) and instructor (2013). He was the faculty advisor for the student robotics teams who competed for the ASABE robotics competitions in 2012 and 2013.Dr. Yufeng Ge, University of

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maged Mikhail, Purdue University - Calumet; Gregory P. Neff, Purdue University - Northwest

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industrial partners neededmore pneumatics and PLC control than local manufacturing employers in the steel, automotive,and rail industries. The principles of pneumatics and control of pneumatic circuits lends itselfparticularly well to productive laboratory experiences in an instrumentation & control ormechatronics context to serve as a first introduction to PLC control.Pneumatic actuators and solenoid valves are relatively inexpensive and can provide fast motionthat catches the eye in lab when incorporated into an appropriate trainer. However commercialpneumatics trainers or PLC trainers are expensive and limited in what they can demonstrate. Fig. 1 Final 80/20 Cart without Components InstalledWe have prototyped a PLC

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Instrumentation Technical Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mustafa G. Guvench, University of Southern Maine; mao ye

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extreme values rather than the midrange operation where most applicationsoperate the device at. This is particularly relevant when such a power MOSFET is driven at 0-5VTTL level the gate voltages provided by microprocessors in digital control applications andPWM based DC motor driver circuits, examples of which were mentioned above. That is why anin-house capability is needed to measure the I-V characteristics of these devices. Unfortunatelythe high cost of power semiconductor test equipment comprised of multiple units of PowerSMUs [8, 9] is prohibitively high to have in a small design company, an R&D laboratory, or auniversity teaching/design laboratory. This paper reports perhaps the first demonstration of using USB interfaced affordable

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dale H. Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University - Berks

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Exposition, 2015.2. Radian G. Belu, Eric Carr, Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, and Michael G Mauk P.E.. "A New Approach in Teaching “Measurement Laboratory” Courses Based on TRIZ". 2011 Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC, 2011, June.3. Jerry Keska. "Instrumentation Emphasis In Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Programs". 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition, Louisville, Kentucky, 2010, June.4. Doebelin, E. O., Measurement Systems: Application and Design, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill, Boston, MA, 1990, pp. 720-722.5. Haladay, D., and Resnick, R., Fundamentals of Physics, 2nd ed., John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, 1981, pp. 485-488.6. http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/lm555.pdf7

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Instrumentation Technical Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow

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Paper ID #16899Designing Communications and Power for an Instrumentation System forNatural Resources Research in a Remote Mountainous LocationDr. 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. c

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 3

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Masoud Fathizadeh P.E., Purdue University - Calumet; Uditha Sudheera Navaratne, Purdue University - West Lafayette; Venkatateja Koppaku

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Paper ID #16118Effect of Electrical Alternative Energy Sources on Power GridDr. Masoud Fathizadeh P.E., Purdue University - Calumet Masoud Fathizadeh – PhD, PE Professor Fathizadeh has been with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Purdue University Calumet since 2001. He has worked over 15 years both for private industries and national research laboratories such as NASA, Argonne and Fermi National Laboratories. Dr. Fathizadeh has established his own consulting and engineering company in 1995 spe- cializing in power system, energy management and automation systems. During last twenty years