Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Baha Jassemnejad, Federal Aviation Administration-CNI Airway Syatems Engineering Organization; Igor Ilic, University of Central Oklahoma; Jonathan Ryan Adams; Neil Peery, CNI Aviation

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

or switching points. The proposedsystem is controlled and automated by a customized virtual instrumentation (VI) that wasdeveloped using NI LabVIEW software environment and can be integrated with the PXI orfunction as an executable on a standalone desktop computer.I. IntroductionThe purpose of this project is to design an industry-specific product through university-industrycollaboration. Such collaboration is beneficial to both parties. The students involved in theuniversity project acquire skill sets that are valuable for their future endeavors beyond theireducation. On the other hand, industry representatives get to see progress being made on aproject without heavy use of their resources. Such collaborations have been

Conference Session

Great Ideas for Projects that Teach Instrumentation

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

El-Sayed Aziz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Zengqian Wang, Stevens Institute of Technology; Sven K. Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

developments. IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 17-24.[11] Active Robotics, available at: http://www.robotics.reading.ac.uk/.[12] Esche, S. K., Prasad, M. G. & Chassapis, C. (2000). Remotely accessible laboratory approach to undergraduate education. Proceedings of the 2000 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Session 3220.[13] Esche, S. K. (2006). On the integration of remote experimentation into undergraduate laboratories - technical implementation. International Journal of Instructional Media, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 43-53.[14] Bhandari, A. & Shor, M. H. (1998). Access to an instructional control laboratory experiment through the World Wide Web. Proceedings of the American Control Conference, pp. 1319-1325

Conference Session

Modern Software Measurement Techniques

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ruiqing Jia, China University of Mining and Technology; Shanjun Xu, China University of Mining and Technology; Songyun Gao, China University of Mining and Technology; El-Sayed Aziz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Sven Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology Dr. Sven K. Esche is currently holding a position as Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA. In 1989, he received an undergraduate degree in Applied Mechanics from Chemnitz University of Technology (Germany). After working for three years at Mercedes Benz AG in Stuttgart (Germany), he obtained M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, USA in 1994 and 1997, respectively. His current research interests include multi-scale modeling of thermo-mechanical processing of metals, integrated product and process design under

Conference Session

Developing New Instrumentation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kamala Mahanta, State University of New York, Oneonta

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

AC 2009-1859: A NANOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION EFFORTAT SUNY-ONEONTAKamala Mahanta, State University of New York, Oneonta Dr. Monisha Kamala Mahanta is an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the State University of New York College at Oneonta which offers a baccalaureate degree in Physics with emphasis on undergraduate research and a three two engineering cooperative program. Dr. Mahanta has been pursuing research in the fields of Quantum Information Processing(QIP) and Nanotechnology for several years. The QIP research was carried out at the US Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, NY through several summer fellowships and a two year (2004-2006)Senior

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurement Innovation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farid Farahmand; Leela Mohan Kesireddy, Central Connecticut State University; Mark Lynch, Central Connecticut State University

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

in non-engineering fields; b) Providing students with necessary software and hardware tools such that they can continue their design project beyond laboratory time limits; c) Encouraging students from different disciplines to interact and collaborate towards an innovative design project; d) Promoting student creativity by asking students to utilize their knowledge and talents in solving a real-world problem.In order to successfully achieve the above objectives, we implemented the followingmethodology. First, we introduce students with the basic concepts in sensor technologies.Then, through demonstration and hands-on experiments, students become familiar withavailable hardware and software tools and their

Conference Session

Modern Software Measurement Techniques

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Birdsong, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

courses such as chemistry, physics, etc. Our philosophy is thatstudents learn best through a combination of lecture and lab experiences and industryfeedback indicates that our undergraduates are unparalleled at hitting the ground runningand working with real world problems.Mechanical Controls is a four unit, required senior level course that consists of three-onehour lectures and one-three hour lab per week for the ten week quarter. The coursecovers single input single output linear system modeling, time domain analysis, transferfunctions, root locus, frequency response methods, PID and lead lag controllers. The labis taken concurrently with the lecture and is designed to support the topics covered inlecture while also illustrating the realities

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luis Alberto Rodriguez, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Daniel Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Michael D. Cook, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

the realisticproperties of such systems are explored in the Motion Control Lab. Additionally, limitingfactors common to other automatic control systems are experienced in the laboratory activities ina way that takes the students past the commonly encountered “beyond the scope of this text”caveat. Four specific laboratory exercises are: 1) measuring the nonlinear command-flowrelationships of a directional control valve, 2) implementing computer-based feedback control onthe position of a hydraulic cylinder, 3) testing various control strategies on hydraulic motorspeed control, and 4) customizing cylinder position control to achieve specific motion controlspecifications. 1) Flow characteristics of a directional control valve: In this

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; James Holekamp, Sam Houston State University; Reg Recayi Pecen, Sam Houston State University; Umit Karabiyik, Sam Houston State University; Keith L. Coogler, Sam Houston State University; Jeremy Ryan England

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

Department of Engineering Technology at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. Dr. Pecen was formerly a professor and program chairs of Electrical Engineering Technology and Graduate (MS and Doctoral) Programs in the Depart- ment of Technology at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI). Dr. Pecen served as 2nd President and Professor at North American University in Houston, TX from July 2012 through December 2016. He also served as a Chair of Energy Conservation and Conversion Division at American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). Dr. Pecen holds a B.S in EE and an M.S. in Controls and Computer Engineering from the Istanbul Technical University, an M.S. in EE from the University of Colorado at Boulder

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Farrow, University of Tennessee-Martin

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

, analog and digital signals and AD/DA conversion, and introduction to basic transducers and instruments for measuring voltage, current, temperature, pressure, flow, and strain. Two lecture hours and one three-hour lab.This is a very broad-based course and the lab component emphasizes applying concepts learned Page 11.468.3in the lecture and homework components to practical engineering measurements.Relation to program educational outcomesUT Martin’s ABET-accredited BSE program has program-level expected educational outcomeswhich map roughly into the well-known ABET a-k criteria. The ENGR 317 course syllabus liststhe following

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

compared to9.8%).1 Furthermore, employers claim that there shortages of qualified workers in STEM areas.2National Science Board identifies that the students will be required to develop their STEMcapabilities at higher level as compared to the levels in the past, even for low skilled jobs.3 Tomeet the demand for the STEM work force, there is a dire need to expand the STEM pipeline byincreasing the number of STEM graduates. To stay competitive in the global market in STEMareas, research shows that we need to make sure that US students have needed STEM skillsevery step of the way from K to 8, high school to college which is supported by high qualitySTEM education.4 Interventions needed to fill in the gaps are meant to boost K-12 STEM teacherquality

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Birdsong, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

asignificant improvement in understanding of the theory and positive attitudes regarding the expe-rience.IntroductionOur university’s philosophy is that students learn best through a combination of lecture and labexperiences and industry feedback indicates that our undergraduates are unparalleled at hittingthe ground running and working with real world problems. While many have reported on theeffectiveness of including hands-on laboratory exercises to enhance learning [1], these labs areexpensive and there is pressure to eliminate them in the times of increasing budget pressure.This study suggests that the cost is justified because learning outcomes are significantly im-proved compared to a lecture only course.Mechanical Controls is a four unit

Conference Session

Instrumentation in Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Craig J. Scott, Morgan State University; Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Jumoke O. Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

successfully developed and delivered over 10 laboratory experimentscompletely online for the two sophomore level courses during the Spring 2011 semester. Thelaboratory experiments have been updated in the Fall 2011 semester with the addition of newAgilent X-Series Oscilloscopes with integrated Function Generators. The new oscilloscopes haveoptional LAN connection modules that allow students to control every feature of theoscilloscopes remotely using a web browser on their personal computer (PC) through a virtualfront panel that looks and operates the same way as the real front panel of the scopes with thesame associated keys and knobs. This implies that students who are conducting ECE laboratoryexperiments online will have access to the same type of

Conference Session

Effective Projects and Experiments in Instrumentation and Control

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akram Hossain, Purdue University, Calumet; Md. Rasheduzzaman, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

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. From 2003 through 2006, he was involved with Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL in developing direct computer control for hydrogen pow- ered 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 con- trol, modeling and simulation of Mechatronics devices and systems, wireless controls, statistical process control, computer aided design and fabrication

Conference Session

Contemporary Instrumentation Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akram Hossain

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

process capability determination to the students wehave prepared a statistical software tool coupled with a digital micrometer that is interfaced withthe software tool through USB port for collecting data samples. After collecting a set of datasample students will then use the statistical software tools to determine the process capability ofthe industrial process that produced the product. Data collected from an industrial process canalso be entered manually in to the statistical software tools to determine the process capability,normal distribution charts, process capability ratio, X-bar, and R-charts. Determination ofprocess capability and generating statistical charts using software and hardware tools are part of aprocess control course.I

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Business Meeting

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kayode P. Ayodele, Obafemi Awolowo University; Olutola Jonah; Olusoji Ilori, Obafemi Awolowo University; E.O.B. ajayi, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria; Oladipo O. Osasona, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

amplifier virtuallaboratory based on the MIT iLab architecture. The architecture is a three-tier architecture thatabstracts the various parts of a remote laboratory system into different functional domains. Thisarchitecture makes the new virtual Lab experiments scalable and reduces the development anddeployment time of new experiments through component reuse.OpAmp Lab uses the National Instrument ELVIS hardware platform for experimental set-up.Basic Op-amp circuits are realized through reconfigurable Dozen Impedance Op-ampconfiguration mounted on a multimode switch array. The front end or Client is implemented as aWinform Client, written in C# and uses connectible nodes as a metaphor for back-end hardwareconfiguration. Strong emphasis is placed on

Conference Session

Modern Software Measurement Techniques

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

El-Sayed Aziz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Sven Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

project include the evaluation and revision of features through studentassessment and the addition of other experiments and simulations.References[1] Gillet, D., Latchman, H. A., and Salzmann, C., (2001), “Hands-on Laboratory Experiments in Flexible and Distance Learning”, Journal of Engineering Education, April, pp. 187-191.[2] Gillet, D., Geoffroy, F., Zeramdini, K., Nguyen, A. V., Rekik, Y., and Piguet, Y., (2003), “The Cockpit: An Effective Metaphor for Web-based Experimentation in Engineering Education”, Int. J. Engng. Ed., Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 389-397.[3] Nguyen, A. V., Gillet, D., Rekik, Y. and Sire, S., (2004), “Sustaining the Continuity of Interaction in Web- based Experimentation for Engineering Education”, Proceedings of

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don Millard, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Frederick Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mohamed Chouikha, Howard University

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

environmenthistorically has employed activities, computer tools, multimedia materials and expensiveinstrumentation that allow students to actively participate in their own learning and to constructscientific knowledge. A high priority is placed on allowing students to learn directly from theirinteractions with the physical world through hands-on activities. At the time of its initialincorporation in physics courses at Rensselaer in 1994, this approach had several advantages overthe traditional lecture-recitation-laboratory method: • Learn and Apply: Studio eliminated the time separation between the students’ hearing the information and applying it in laboratory. The original Studio concept allowed for approximately one hour of lecture and homework

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

comparing the position of small regions, called subsets, in areference image to their corresponding location in a deformed image of the same subject taken atdifferent times4. The correspondence is established by matching the gray-level pattern from theinitial subset to the pattern at the deformed location in the other image. The historicaldevelopment of DIC can be traced back to the measurement of changing ground conditions fromaerial reconnaissance photography in the 1950s-60s and the use of X-ray tomography to measurestrain fields in sand in the 1960s4,5. The evolution of digital imaging technology and computer-based image processing through the 1970s-80s allowed the development of practical DICsystems. DIC was typically used by the solid

Conference Session

Programs Using New Instrumentation Concepts

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerry Keska, University of Louisiana, Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

conjunction with a one-hour classroom lecturein mechanical engineering. A slightly modified version of this approach could easily be tailored toall levels of the mechanical engineering programs, as well as to other engineering programs.This particular laboratory’s development process began by writing a successful proposal foroutside funding in order to create a hands-on physical experimentation laboratory. After thelaboratory was established, the next step involved developing and conducting instructedexperiments in which a key issue was to find a challenging phenomenon related to mechanicalengineering with a high potential for further development and exploration beyond theInstrumentation and Measurements class – not closed ended only experiment. One

Conference Session

Developing New Instrumentation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean Brennan, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

sufficientsupport to hire a controls lab developer that assists with research deployment19. This very uniqueand successful approach requires interdepartmental coordination at a level beyond the feasibleeffort level of an individual faculty member, especially one just starting at a new institution. Page 12.1051.2This article presents a methodology employed at Penn State University starting in 2004 andcontinuing to the present employed to integrate research, graduate education, and undergraduateeducation. The situation at the start of the project was that the author, as a new faculty hire, wasfaced with the simultaneous challenge of developing a research

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gholam Ali Shaykhian, Florida Institute of Technology; Jinan Ziade; Mohd Abdelgadir Khairi, Najran University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

anyform of modern industrialization and a period of proto-industrialization expanded from1600to1800. The modern era started in 1800 characterized by industrialization and the rise of thenation-state. The last period is the post-colonial era, occurring from the 1950s to the present. Globalization: Globalization is not a new phenomenon as it stretches out over thousandsof years [34][47] [53][62]. Kwaja, as cited in Kwaja [34] identified five eras of globalization: • The mercantilist period stretched from 1450 to 1800, • The global free trade expanded between 1830 and 1870, • The monopolist and colonialist period emerged in the late 19th century through the early 20th century, • The economic renaissance

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Travis Ford, University of Maryland Eastern Shore ; Jesu Raj Pandya, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

learning components have provided undergraduate engineering students with a broadexposure that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries and is strongly aligned with the ABETlearning outcomes 5 through 7 [9].Most students in the Instrumentation course have indicated they learned a lot from the course andwere pleasantly surprised with the active learning components that were integrated with the remoteimplementation of the course. Although only two students in the class were actively engaged inthe field efforts related to the preliminary test set-up for the wireless soil moisture sensor network,all students got to learn about the set-up details and could see the live data readings of the fieldsensors using the web interface during a class