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Project-Based Learning Enhanced through Instrumentation

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carl K. Frederickson, University of Central Arkansas

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ofthe Program. Along with the 45 hours of engineering course work, students must complete 9hours of upper division physics courses includes 6 hours of advanced electricity and magnetism.To prepare students for the capstone sequence their senior year they complete the engineeringand sciences courses in Table 1. The Program from the outset has been developed with noincrease in operating budget. While funds were provided for faculty lines associated with theProgram, no new operating funds have been identified. Laboratory equipment has been providedin conjunction with the construction of new space dedicated to the Program. The Program hasbeen designed to use only open-source software for instruction. This provides a cost savings forthe University

Conference Session

Learning through Instrumentation: Experiences and Applications

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dale H. Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University

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Acceptance TestingEach team was required to demonstrate the performance of their design for the “customer.”Course faculty played the role of the customer. The faculty emphasized that it does not matter ifthe prototype worked previously, it must work at the time of the demonstration.Customer acceptance testing was performed with the protype mounted to the computer-controlled test fixture that was used to test both static and transient performance. The fixturecould be driven one step at a time (0.9°) to test the static performance of the tilt sensors.Stations were set up in the laboratory for various other required tests to be witnessed by thecustomer. The prototypes were each weighed as shown in Figure 11. The input current drawnfrom the 5V power

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Learning through Instrumentation: Experiences and Applications

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Jackson Mitchell Cuppett, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Dave Akin, University of Maryland, College Park; Urjit Korok Chakraborty, James M. Bennett High School; Lance C. Ward, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Parker Wilson, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Mason Alexander Morgan; Rahul Vishnoi, University of Maryland, College Park; Romeo Gabriel Perlstein, University of Maryland, College Park

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scope to expose and engage student participants to robotics and other related effortswithin the broad scope of NASA’s Artemis mission objectives. The DREAM project was fundedby the NASA MSTAR program at the beginning of fall 2023 with the lead author as the principalinvestigator (PI). This paper will outline aspects of the AIRSPACES and DREAM project effortsundertaken during the summer and fall of 2023. A couple of high school students were veryinterested in participating in the AIRSPACES project efforts last summer but due to logisticsconstraints could not come to campus physically and participated in the project efforts remotely.2.0 Soft Gripper and Sphero RVRThe Robotics, Automation, and Manufacturing (RAM) laboratory has initiated soft

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Learning through Instrumentation: Experiences and Applications

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Jesu Raj Pandya, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Ayomikun Precious Adegunle; Jackson Mitchell Cuppett; Charles Raleigh; Isaac Omodia, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

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, actuation, and control are integral to smart devices with embedded microcontrollers.Arduino and Raspberry Pi microcontrollers and single-board computers can be interfaced withvarious sensors and actuators and incorporated into mechanical devices to perform a variety ofintelligent functions using appropriate software programming. Over and above themultidisciplinary graduate and undergraduate students that are hired to advance the proposalobjectives, project assignments integral to “Instrumentation” and “Control Systems” coursesoffered by the principal author to juniors in the engineering program endeavor to integrate the out-of-classroom field and laboratory efforts with the course requirements to introduce a larger poolof students to growing

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Project-Based Learning Enhanced through Instrumentation

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fernando Silveira Madani, Centro Universitário Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia; Andressa Corrente Martins, Centro Universitário, Instituto Maua de Tecnologia; Anderson Harayashiki Moreira, Centro Universitário, Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia; Alexandre Harayashiki Moreira

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with the handling and correct application of tools, instruments, and laboratory equipment. • encourage group work and student integration. • develop competence in oral and written communication. • encourage the search for technological innovations in the development of engineering projects.Figure 1 - Objectives of an integrated project This work aims to present the details of the integrated and multidisciplinary project,applied from 2019 to 2022 in the Control and Automation Engineering course at the MauáInstitute of Technology. During this period, around 40 students per year were analyzed,always from the 4th year of the course, divided into approximately 10 teams per year

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Project-Based Learning Enhanced through Instrumentation

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Byul Hur, Texas A&M University; Jaime Pablo Lopez; Brian J. Munoz; Sephia Blair

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adjusted manually.Figure 3. Mechanical system (A picture on the left, the motorized light on the top right, and the placement on a cart on the bottom right) For the further testing, this test chamber may need to placed outside of the laboratory. For thisreason, this instrumentation was designed to be mobile by placing on a cart as shown bottomright of Figure 3. This placement on a cart is effective since it can be easily relocatable as 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Expositionneeded. There are two tires placed inside the chamber, and this specific dimension of thechamber was optimized up to two tires.C. Software design Software architecture is shown in Figure 4. For the BeagleBone Black

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Learning through Instrumentation: Experiences and Applications

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cyril B. Okhio, Kennesaw State University; Theodore Orrin Grosch, Kennesaw State University; Austin B. Asgill P.E., Kennesaw State University

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Paper ID #37798Research & Development of a Decentralized Battery Management System forModern AutomobilesDr. Cyril B. Okhio, Kennesaw State UniversityDr. Theodore Orrin Grosch, Kennesaw State University Dr. Grosch earned his BSEE in 1982, MSEE in 1987, and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at The Penn- sylvania State University in 1993. He have worked at Hughes Aircraft, General Electric, M.I.T. Lincoln Laboratory two start-ups. Dr. Grosch has taught at University of Maryland, University of Massachusetts, and is now an assistant Professor at Kennesaw State University.Dr. Austin B. Asgill P.E., Kennesaw State University Dr

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Learning through Instrumentation: Experiences and Applications

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David R. Loker, Pennsylvania State University

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Pico W on projects.Preliminary results are promising and indicate that the Pico W with MicroPython could be used asan inexpensive embedded alternative to PC-based data acquisition systems typically implementedwith a USB DAQ device (e.g., myDAQ, etc.) and software employed with graphical or text-based programming (e.g., LabVIEW, Matlab, etc.). More testing with data acquisition projectsand student feedback will be needed to confirm these conclusions.References[1] D. Loker and S. Strom, “Innovative Laboratory Projects for a Measurements and Instrumentation Course,” AnnualMeeting, American Society for Engineering Education, 2019.[2] D. Loker, "MicroPython in a Wireless Communications Systems Course," Annual Meeting, American Society

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Project-Based Learning Enhanced through Instrumentation

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cyril B Okhio P.E., Kennesaw State University; Austin B. Asgill P.E., Kennesaw State University; Nicholas Velatini; Theodore Orrin Grosch, Kennesaw State University

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his BSEE in 1982, MSEE in 1987, and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University in 1993. He have worked at Hughes Aircraft, General Electric, M.I.T. Lincoln Laboratory two start-ups. Dr. Grosch has taught at Univ ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 SMART TRAFFIC LIGHT SYSTEM FOR ARTERIALS (WIP)AbstractEnhancing student ‘Success’ by using improved student engagement strategies in high-impactpractices, specifically Capstone courses, is akin to university’s strategic planning processes.Example-Project titled ‘SMART TRAFFIC LIGHT SYSTEM FOR ARTERIALS’ represents aCapstone course in which training in Instrumentation has become very necessary and relevant.The Senior

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Learning through Instrumentation: Experiences and Applications

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bradley Lane Kicklighter P.E., University of Southern Indiana

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simulation is fulfilling the needs for these two processcontrol labs.References[1] J. Belanger, “Learning in the Laboratory: Does Group Work Work?” Master’s thesis, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, 2015. [Online]. Avail- able: https://www.westpoint.edu/sites/default/files/inline-images/centers research/ center for teching excellence/PDFs/mtp project papers/Belanger 15.pdf[2] “Modbus Application Protocol Specification,” Andover, MA, Apr. 2012. [Online]. Available: https://modbus.org/docs/Modbus Application Protocol V1 1b3.pdf[3] “Modbus Over Serial Line Specification and Implementation Guide,” Andover, MA, Dec. 2006. [Online]. Available: https://modbus.org/docs/Modbus over serial line V1 02.pdf[4] “What is hardware