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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Mohamad A. Mustafa, Savannah State University; Keenya G. Mosley, Savannah State University; Mir M. Hayder, Savannah State University

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specific lesson plans, hands-on activities selected to encourage interest in teachingScience, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). At XXX University four weeksummer program was conducted for teaching STEM activities and lessons plans geared towardsMiddle/High School Teaching. The main focus of the summer enrichment program was toencourage students to enter the STEM teaching profession as Middle/High School teachers.Three primary areas selected to build enthusiasm for teaching STEM were ElectronicsEngineering Technology, Civil Engineering Technology and Mathematics.IntroductionThe demand for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) is expected togrow at a phenomenal rate as compared to the non-STEM (17% from 2008 to 2018

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Elliott Bryner, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Daniel Dannelley, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott

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derived quantities such as volumetric ormass flow rate. Students work with a number of types of probes (Kiel probes, pitot-static tubes),measurement systems (square edge orifice plate, venture tube), and experimental equipment tomake these measurements. The students use National Instruments data acquisition and controlhardware and LabVIEW software extensively in the lab portion of the course.This two credit course, one credit lecture and one credit lab, places a high level of emphasis oncritical thinking and originality through several open-ended laboratory assignments and a groupproject. These activates focus on planning an experimental program, designing the measurementsystem, reducing the data, and interpreting the results. Students will

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 3

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Claire Cynthia Lehman, Bill's Robotic Solutions; Mohamad A. Mustafa, Savannah State University; Mir M. Hayder, Savannah State University

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down. A serial interface was also implemented for the arm controller so the arm could becontrolled from a PC. The students had a mentor from industry to guide them in the design of theirrobot arm and controller. The mentor also evaluated the robot arm and similar designs for use with theRobotic Operating System (ROS) and Moveit software, for possible use of Moveit on future studentprojects.ROS and Moveit bring interesting functions for control of robot arms. The Open Motion PlanningLibrary (OMPL) is used by the Moveit, providing a variety of motion planning algorithms to controlthe students arm. A 3D Camera can be directly used by Moveit to provide obstacle avoidance functionsfor the robot arm. The results of the evaluation of Moveit were

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Mohamad A. Mustafa, Savannah State University; Keenya Mosley, Savannah State University; Mir M. Hayder, Savannah State University; Christopher S. Stronen, Savannah Technical College

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of the program include the following: 1. Launching an aggressive recruitment plan for talented math and engineering majors to pursue teaching careers in 6 -12 secondary schools; 2. Implementing a comprehensive STEM teacher training program; 3. Providing Summer Educational Internship Program (SEIP) to rising sophomores; 4. Providing Field Observation Experiences for sophomores; 5. Providing $10,000 scholarships to talented math and engineering juniors and seniors to pursue teaching career by acquiring education training through SSU teacher education math, civil, and electronics engineering technology programs; 6. Providing $10,000 stipends for STEM professionals or recent STEM graduates to become

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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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

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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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. in Electronics Engineering from Pontificia Bolivariana University in 2003. He obtained his M.S and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Florida State University in 2006 and 2010. Currently, Camilo is a Teaching Faculty at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. His research interests include dynamic modeling of legged and wheeled vehicles, terrain identification, motion planning, and low level control.Dr. Nikhil Gupta, Florida State University Nikhil Gupta received his Bachelor of Technology degree from Y.M.C.A. Institute of Technology, Haryana, India in 2008, Master of Science degree from North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, in 2010, and Ph.D from Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, in 2014, all

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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-house using 1/8-inch aluminum sheet. Figures 3 show thecomplete trainer in the lab. Figure 2. The complete trainer. Figure 3. The working trainer in the lab.ComponentsThe trainers have several features such as 2 analog outputs (0 - 10V), Over temperature display,1 Ethernet port 10/100 Base-T, to name a few. Appendix A includes a list of all the features. Asmentioned before, the software installed on the trainers are B&R, which is an open-sourcesoftware. Figure 4 shows step-by-step instruction to assemle the trainer. All the electroniccomponents were provided by B&R [1]. The authors are planning to complete all the 22 trainersin near future.Lab Activity OutlineThe trainers

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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for the usersto plan their tracking system.Tag readability depends on many variables, such as type of tag and antenna, distance from tag toantenna, tag orientation and tag placement. Also interferences with the surroundings due to otherwireless devices might have some effects on tag readability. The major interest in this research isto obtain a foot print depending on the tag readability in 3-D space in real time.EQUIPMENTResearches performed with RFID system requires a specific Antenna, Tag and Receiver. There aretwo types of tags, active and passive tags. Active tags require a continuous source of power. Theyare either connected to a power infrastructure or they use energy from an integrated battery. Onthe other hand, passive tags do not

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xavier Shastri Domnique Henry, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Lei Zhang, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra Ph.D., University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Christopher E Hartman, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Christopher Alan Toney II, University of Maryland Eastern Shore ; Ayokunle Adeyemi Akangbe, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

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Shore graduating in Spring 2015. He enjoys the technical aspect of putting a system together to solve engineering problems. When he graduates he hopes to work for a research company as a systems engineer.Mr. Ayokunle Adeyemi Akangbe A, University of Maryland Eastern Shore I was born and raised in Nigeria, but came to the United States when I was twelve years old. I am currently a Sophomore at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore majoring in Mechanical Engineering. After obtaining my bachelor’s degree, I plan on getting my Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering Page 26.720.1

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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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Engineering programs received initialABET accreditation in 2012, followed by Computer Engineering in 2013. Mechanical Engineeringbegan in 2014 and produced its first graduates in 2018, with ABET accreditation currently (as ofJanuary 2019) pending. The Electrical, Computer, and Industrial & Systems Engineering programs wereall reaccredited by ABET in 2018. The Computer Science programs were transferred to the School ofBusiness in the spring of 2018, resulting in the renaming of the Liberty University School ofEngineering (LUSE). Civil Engineering will start in the 2019-20 school year, and ComputationalEngineering is planned for 2020-21. The number of declared engineering majors has grown steadilyreaching a peak enrollment of 518 in the 2018-2019

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Khasim Ali Khan; Ji-chul Ryu, Northern Illinois University

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University prior to joining the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Northern Illinois University as Assistant Professor in 2013. His research interests include integrated planning and control of autonomous robotic systems, its application to mobility assistive robots, dynamic robotic manipulations with applications to manufactur- ing/industrial processes, and robotic machine/factory inspection systems. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 ROS-based control of a manipulator arm for balancing a ball on a plate.AbstractAutomation and robotics are the growing phenomena replacing human labor in the industries. Theidea of robots replacing humans

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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Engineering Technology (EET) shouldcover the following topics:1) Robots and Degrees of Freedom2) Representation of Rigid-Bodies in 2D and 3D Space3) Kinematic Chains and Forward Kinematics4) Velocity Kinematics and Statics5) Inverse Kinematics6) Dynamics7) Control Systems, Actuators and SensorsActuators, Sensors and Control Systems are important elements of the EET program. We madea point to emphasize these areas of Robotics in the Laboratory section of the course.Course LayoutWe felt the textbook that best fit our needs was “Modern Robotics Mechanics, Planning andControl” by Kevin M. Lynch and Frank C. Park. One of the many advantages of the textbook isshort video lecture segments provided on-line for students to view. The videos covered

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Mohamad A. Mustafa, Savannah State University; Mir M. Hayder, Savannah State University; Alberto G. De La Cruz; Kisha Renee Cunningham

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problems in STEM education and to increase the supply of qualified teachers,XXX University and YYY technical college worked in tandem to produce an EducationalInternship program funded by the NSF-Robert Noyce Scholarship and UNITE program. Thisprogram was designed to meet the demands of STEM teachers in the Savannah Chatham CountyPublic school system. Specific elements of the program include the following: 1. Launching an aggressive recruitment plan for talented math and engineering majors to pursue teaching careers in 6 -12 secondary schools; 2. Implementing a comprehensive STEM teacher training program; 3. Providing Summer Educational Internship Program (SEIP) to rising sophomores; 4. Providing Field Observation Experiences for

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Jay Lee P.E., California Baptist University; Yeonsang Hwang P.E., Arkansas State University; Tae-Hoon Kim, Purdue University Northwest

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with the 4-input feature option.5. Implementation in classroomThe proposed artificial intelligence (AI) model can be used in various classroom and laboratorysettings with machine learning software packages for general engineering studies thanks mainlyto its versatility in modeling the procedures of forecasting any future events based on big data. Itwould be particularly beneficial to a student who attempts to learn how to predict future weatherevents for planning purposes in the AI approach. In a traditional approach, Ordinary LeastSquare (OLS) regression is one of the methods generally used for the prediction. By using themachine learning approach proposed in this paper, a student will learn the state-of-art machinelearning approach and

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vivek Pillarisetty P.E., Purdue University Northwest; Akram Hossain, Purdue University Northwest

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). Motion profile design to reduce residual vibration of high-speed positioning stages. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 14(2), 264-269.10. Voss, W. (2007). A Comprehensible Guide to Servo Motor Sizing. Copperhill Media.11. Lyshevski, S. E. (2008). Electromechanical Systems and devices. CRC Press.12. Li, H. Z., Gong, Z. M., Lin, W., & Lippa, T. (2007). Motion profile planning for reduced jerk and vibration residuals. vol, 8, 32-37.13. Manual, P. M. A. C. (1996). Delta Tau Data Systems. Inc., CA, USA. Page 14 of 1514. Zhan, Y., & Makis, V. (2006). A robust diagnostic model for gearboxes subject to vibration monitoring. Journal of Sound and

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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normal distribution [10]Phase three Since the goal is to identify the potential effects of tags that caused for variation of positions and to develop a desirable position of maximum readability for the identification and tracking of shipping carts for inventory control in horticulture industry, the study will focus on three positional factors. The propose of the study is to test the main effect and interaction effect of the following factors: A: Linear Distance B: Angle C: Height To analyze and evaluate different positions, a full factorial experimental design is planned with the three factors. Two levels are selected for each factor, thus resulting in 23 distinct combinations for each replicate. The analysis will

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Daniel Dannelley, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Elliott Bryner, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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understanding of the procedures and objectives. Inorder to keep students as engaged as possible, the labs are designed to only take ~ 1.5 – 2 hours,with efficiency increased by using prelab assignments to ensure that appropriate planning hasbeen completed prior to attending. In addition, a lab notebook is required to document allexercises with an emphasis on data integrity, and ethics of recording and presentation. Althoughanalysis associated with most lab exercises is done within the lab group, the analysis from fourexercises is done individually. Combined with individual effort from the lecture portion of thecourse, 50% of the grade is individual while 50% is team based. This helps to ensure thatstudents are not simply carried by their teammates.1