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Effective Projects and Experiments in Instrumentation and Control

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Bowker; Saleh M. Sbenaty, Middle Tennessee State University; Mark Newton Johnson, Equipass ID

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-payment solutions in a professional sports venue. His background in RFID technology combined with a passion for the horse industry lead to the creation and development of a read/write record man- agement system for the animal industry. Mr. Johnson continues to develop complimentary technology solutions utilizing the collaborative talents of private industry, educational institutions and government entities. Page 22.210.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Animal Record Management Using an Embedded RFID-Based SystemAbstractThe current paper describes the design and

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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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Professional Standards Commission/Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation. Her teaching experience spans across secondary, adult, technical and higher education. She has presented at state, regional, national and international conferences and has several publications. She has served on ac- creditation committees, K-12 school committees and local community boards and received and managed over two million dollars in federal grants. In addition, Dr. Mosley serves on state and national committees for teacher education.Dr. Mir M. Hayder, Savannah State University Dr. Hayder is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at Savannah State Uni- versity, GA. He received PhD in Mechanical

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Software System for Control and Coordination of Tasks among Mobile Robot and Robotic Arm.” B.S., Electrical Engineering University of El Mina Cairo, Egypt, May 2001. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Design and development of portable pneumatic trainers to teach basic PLC wiring and programmingIntroductionThe Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) program at the University includes asophomore course on fluid power with both lecture and lab sessions. The lab section includeshydraulic and pneumatic lab activities, both of which have been recently updated. The authorshave already proposed pneumatic lab activities using PLC wherein students would use relevantsoftware

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Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Heun, Calvin College

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AcknowledgementsThe first instrumentation design projects in the Spring 2004 semester were made possible by agenerous donation of National Instruments LabVIEW® software and FieldPoint® hardwarefrom Pfizer, Inc., Holland, Michigan.Much of the work completed by students in the Spring 2006 semester and described in this paperwas made possible by a generous equipment and software grant from the National Instrumentsacademic grant program.5Becky Linton from National Instruments provided hands-on LabVIEW® and FieldPoint®training for ENGR 382 students.The Calvin College Engineering Department generously provided resources to purchase sensorsfor these projects.Several departments and many support personnel at Calvin College have been extremely helpfulin the

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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

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onto the physical robot without adjustments. Integrating Visual Components (VC) simulation software for Robotic Programming has become essential for the past a few years as it serves comfort to engineers, designers, and customers to understand the actual vision of the robotic system. The Visual Components has more than 200 vendors, as these 200 vendors dispense a variety of robots to work on and to understand the fundamental design of these given robots. Robotics software simulation capabilities are expanding every day, becoming a key part of the integration process for robot integrator with the technical understanding to leverage this technology. Robot simulation software provides many advantages

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Instrumentation Technical Session III

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wesley B. Williams P.E., University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Paper ID #6767LabVIEW and Arduino as a gateway to PLC programmingDr. Wesley B. Williams P.E., University of North Carolina, Charlotte Dr. Wesley B. Williams is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Con- struction Management at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Dr. Williams joined the de- partment in 2011, teaching courses in the mechanical engineering technology and electrical engineering technology undergraduate programs as well the facilities management graduate program. His research interests include additive manufacturing, instrumentation, controls, and lapping. His

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Instrumentation Applications

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Corey Jamail Davis; Wayland L. Hickman; Vassilios Tzouanas, University of Houston, Downtown

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includes management and technical positions. He is a member of AIChE. Page 25.388.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Design and Control of an Air Heater ProcessAbstractThe paper is concerned with the design of an air heater and experimental evaluation of feedbackand feed forward control structures to achieve a desired heater outlet temperature by adjustingthe heat load in the presence of a measured air flow disturbance. It was found that a combinedfeedback/feed forward control structure outperforms the simpler feedback only control structure.This experimental study

Conference Session

Instrumentation Applications

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lash B. Mapa, Purdue University, Calumet; Avanish Reddy Vancha, Purdue University, Calumet

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AC 2012-5108: DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS MODELING OF A HEATTUNNELDr. Lash B. Mapa, Purdue University, Calumet Lash Mapa is a professor in industrial/mechanical engineering technology at Purdue University, Calumet (PUC). His undergraduate and graduate degrees are in chemical engineering. He has several years’ ex- perience as a Chemical Engineer, Process, and Project Manager with European and U.S. manufacturing organizations. Currently, he is involved in the M.S. Technology program at PUC and has managed more than 30 Lean Six Sigma projects with manufacturing, service industry, and educational institutions.Mr. Avanish Reddy Vancha, Purdue University, Calumet Avanish Reddy Vancha is a master’s student in industrial

Conference Session

Developing New Instrumentation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford; Greg Cloutier, University of Hartford; Matthew Brown, University of Hartford

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AC 2007-1319: DESIGNING A PORTABLE SURFACE ROUGHNESS INSPECTIONPROBESaeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford SAEID MOSLEHPOUR is an Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department in the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture at the University of Hartford. He holds PhD from Iowa State University and BS MS and EdSp degrees from Central Missouri State University. His areas of interest are logic design, CPLDs, FPGAs and distance learning.Greg Cloutier, University of Hartford Greg Cloutier is currently employed as a Hardware Development and Research Engineer for JDS Uniphase, an optical solutions company. He expects to graduate in the Spring of 2007 from

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Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Farrow, University of Tennessee-Martin

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. • Work as an effective contributor in a team environment. • Prepare written documentation and make oral presentations that effectively explain project progress or results. • Present hand-written technical information in a clear and orderly manner. • Manage time and commitments with minimal supervision. • Design and conduct experiments, as well as analyze and interpret data.For completeness, the seven outcomes not listed as being directly reinforced by the coursefollow: • Pass the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam • Prepare and Interpret schematics and engineering drawings • Perform basic engineering economic assessments • Possess real-world experience obtained through internships and co-op programs

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maged Mikhail, Purdue University ; Craig Durwin Engle, Purdue University, Calumet (College of Technology)

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students’ feedback on what they think about the vending machine project in terms of thedesign, programming, etc.References[1] Probart, C, McDonnell, E, Bailey-Davis, Letal. Existence and predictors of soft drinkadvertisements in Pennsylvania high schools. Journal of the American Dietetic Association，2006.[2] Yadong, N, Jian, C, “The Design of Beverage Vending Machines Based on PLC” InternationalConference on Information Technology and Management Innovation (ICITMI 2015).[3] Jun Ma. A beverage with PLC control of automatic vending machine [J]. Professional, 2012.[4] Anubhaw, K, Puja, R, “Automation of Beverage Vending Machine using PLC and SCADA”An International Journal of Engineering & Technology, May, 2016.[5] https://www.samsclub.com/sams

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Modern Software Measurement Techniques

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Birdsong, California Polytechnic State University

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design was more constrained by the actuation limit constraint than by the position response characteristics. Some students mentioned that there seemed to be small changes in the results with large changes in the controller design. These comments point out the difficulty in balancing the real world aspects of controller design with the objective of reinforcing the linear control theory. Conclusions The MATLAB/Simulink RTWT software was introduced into the Mechanical Engineering Controls lab at Cal Poly and applied in the hydraulic servo control experiment replacing the previous LabVIEW control software. The software is easier to program and easier for the

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 4

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Jeffrey ZurSchmiede, Federal Screw Works; Jeffrey Ward, Grand Valley State University

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gage was built for an industrial manufacturing cell but designed for the fulfillment of aMaster’s level thesis project at Grand Valley State University. The educational design of the tool came from severaldiscussions between the Master’s level student designing the gage and one of the engineering managers at the industriallocation. The student’s desire was to design the entire codebase for the gage in C++ as this programming languageis far more advanced than ladder logic and does not provide as many barriers when trying to design algorithms. Themanager’s desire was that the design of the gage be programmed in ladder logic to ensure that industrial technicianswould be able to read and redesign the code if necessary. In the end, a compromise was

Conference Session

Instrumentation Applications

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Trieu V. Phung, University of Houston, Downtown; Vassilios Tzouanas, University of Houston, Downtown

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experience includes management and technical positions. He is a member of AIChE. Page 25.387.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Design and Control of a Twin Tank Water ProcessAbstractThe paper is concerned with the design of a twin tank water process and experimental evaluationof feedback and cascade control structures to achieve a desired water level in the second tank byadjusting the water supply to the first tank (feedback only structure) and the water level setpointof the first tank (feedback/cascade structure). Detailed, first principles-based, dynamic modelsof this

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Programs Using New Instrumentation Concepts

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Thomas Adams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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AC 2010-1626: ON TEACHING THE OPERATING PRINCIPLES OFPIEZORESISTIVE SENSORSRichard Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Richard A. Layton is the Director of the Center for the Practice and Scholarship of Education (CPSE) and an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He earned a B.S. in Engineering from California State University, Northridge, and received his M.S. and Ph.D., both in Mechanical Engineering, from the University of Washington, Seattle. His areas of scholarship include student team management, assessment, education, and remediation, undergraduate engineering laboratory reform focused on student learning, data analysis

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 3

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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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Engineering Education, 2011.[11] G. Recktenwald and D. Hall, "Using Arduino as a Platform for Programming, Design, and Measurement in a Freshman Engineering Course," in Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2011.[12] G. Tremberger Jr, R. Armendariz, H. Takai, T. Holden, S. Austin, L. P. Johnson, et al., "Applications of Arduino microcontroller in student projects in a community college," in American Society for Engineering Education, 2012.[13] Basic Sensor Kit with Arduino. Available: https://www.manylabs.org/product/K0001/[14] D. A. Kolb, Experiential learning: Experience as the source of learning and development vol. 1: Prentice-Hall Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1984.[15] R

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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final design phase, as well as developing a portablestorage cart to for the trainers and discussing the CAD drawing layout. The final trainer designswere tested by students in both the spring and fall semesters of 2017. This paper will also includethe students’ feedback of the final prototype design. The survey results from the studentevaluations of the trainers will be presented and discussed. In addition samples of labs that wereconducted using the trainers will also be included in the paper.Introduction:The Department of Engineering Technology (ET) at Purdue University Northwest (PNW) offersthe Mechatronics Engineering Technology (MET) program. This field of study, which includesmandatory courses that use Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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

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System for Control and Coordination of Tasks among Mobile Robot and Robotic Arm.” B.S., Electrical Engineering University of El Mina Cairo, Egypt, May 2001. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Design and development of Robust Portable Trainers used in PLC and Pneumatic LaboratoriesIntroductionThe lab activities for two undergraduate courses in fluid power and Programmable LogicController (PLC) programming share similar activities as far as basic programming for PLCs andactuating pneumatic cylinders and motors. The fluid power course includes discussions and labactivities on pneumatics. Currently, students use 4 trainers that are bound to be used in lab due totheir

Conference Session

Developing New Instrumentation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bobbie Meredith, Middle Tennessee State University; Saleh Sbenaty, Middle Tennessee State University; Jason Thurmond, Schneider Electric, Power Monitoring and Control

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2006-2307: DESIGNING, BUILDING, AND TESTING AN ADVANCEDINDUSTRIAL-GRADE THREE-PHASE DIGITAL POWER METERBobbie Meredith, Middle Tennessee State University BOBBIE JO MEREDITH, Mrs. Meredith is currently a graduate student, Computer Engineering Technology major in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies at Middle Tennessee State University. She earned her BS degree in Computer Engineering Technology with minor in Computer Science from MTSU in 2005. She is currently working as an Electronics Test Engineer for Schneider Electric, Power Monitoring and Control Division. Her interests include the design, building, programming, and testing of microprocessor and microcontroller based

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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at Sam Houston State University. He received a BS in Design & Development and holds a MA in Industrial Education and Ed.D. in Higher Education from Texas A&M University – Commerce. His primary teaching area is Construction Manage- ment. Research interests include: automation, electronics, alternative energy, and ”green” construction.Mr. Jeremy Ryan England c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Design and Development of a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) LaboratoryAbstractSupervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) is a prevalent control system architecture thatis commonly used for industrial automation. The SCADA

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Instrumentation and Measurement: Innovative Courses

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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AC 2008-1898: THE ULTIMATE CAP STONE COURSE: A LABORATORY BASEDPROBLEM SOLVING DESIGN PROJECTJohn Marshall, University of Southern Maine JOHN MARSHALL’s specialization is Industrial Power and Automation, focusing on active/intelligent materials and advanced control systems. Grants have enabled him to design and equip a state-of-the-art power and control problem solving learning environment. Page 13.1276.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 The Ultimate Capstone Course: A Laboratory Based Problem Solving Design ProjectIntroductionThe purpose of this paper is to provide

Conference Session

Instrumentation in Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jimmy DiTraglia, Middle Tennessee State University; Xiaojing Yuan, University of Houston; Mequanint Moges, University of Houston

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students forfuture engineering and technology development. Such new modules will allow students to haveimproved learning experience through more involvement in research and hands-on activities andbetter outcome. This paper presents the experience of undergraduate research during summer2008 supported by NSF REU program at the University of Houston on “Sensor Networks andsecurity Infrastructure”. The project also serves to upgrade existing upper level design projectsthat aim at introducing research components into the curriculum of the computer engineeringtechnology program.IntroductionWireless smart sensor networks have the ability to integrate sensing, communication andcomputation and are being implemented in a wide range of data gathering and

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Projects in Instrumentation and Control

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akram Hossain, Purdue University, Calumet; Tanima Zaman, Purdue University Calumet

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, “blinking buttons”while a program is running in auto-mode, commented navigation buttons to switch to other pagesfor controlling other actions simultaneously while one program is running [e.g. changing servomotion program through Ultra 3000 while running conveyor with PowerFlex® 4].Outcome for Student LearningThe main focus of the discussions on this paper is to provide control system engineering studentswith fundamental concepts of designing HMI screens according to industrial standards. Thesebasics will help them to develop understandings of more operator friendly approaches furtherwhen they intend to design touch screen controls for complex automated machineries. Here,Allen-Bradley PanelView™ Plus HMI screen have been used in the examples

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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 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Birdsong, California Polytechnic State University

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‘controller hardware testing’ in three hours: a robotic arm controller design lab using MATLAB Real Time Windows Target to reinforce classical control theoryAbstractA 3 hour hands-on lab experience was designed to give students the opportunity to model, designand test a controller for a nonlinear electro-mechanical robot-arm system as a culminating pro-ject in mechanical engineering controls course. Students used linearization to model a nonlinearpendulum DC servo system using first principles. They used experimental frequency responsedata to derive a numerical transfer function model. Next they used analytical techniques includ-ing root locus and Simulink modeling to design a PID controller. Finally they tested their con-troller design

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 4

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Manager, OK Communications Engineering Team, Chickasaw Nations Industries, Mike Mon- roney Aeronautical Center, Oklahoma City OK (August 2013 - present). • Leads 60+ contract personnel in providing 2nd level engineering support for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) communications systems through directives, modifications, handbooks, technical issuances, and 24/7 field support. Page 26.525.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Development of a Programmable Integrated Switch Matrix (PrISM) through University-Industry CollaborationAbstractThis paper

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mingshao Zhang, Stevens Institute of Technology; Zhou Zhang, Stevens Institute of Technology; Yizhe Chang, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Sven K. Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science)

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rapidexpansion of the commercial robotics market, robotics has also entered engineering curricula at alllevels. The way robotics is currently introduced in educational applications is narrow. Most of theapplications of robotics technology in education have mainly focused on facilitating the teachingof subjects that are closely related to robot design, robot programming, mechatronics andindustrial robot applications. Only a small number of reported cases indicated the usage of robotictechniques in other forms, which are believed to have the potential to engage young people with awider range of interest. These activities use robotics as a way to tell a story (e.g. mechanical puppetshow [1]) or in connection with other disciplines and interest areas, such

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Contemporary Instrumentation Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Robertson, Arizona State University; Barbara Rampel, Arizona State University; James Edwards, Raytheon

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AC 2008-1511: HOW MANY ENGINEERS DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE AMEASUREMENT?John Robertson, Arizona State University John Robertson is a Professor in the Electronic Systems Department at Arizona State University Polytechnic. He was formerly an executive with Motorola and now participates in many senior technical training programs with the JACMET consortium.Barbara Rampel, Arizona State University Barbara Rampel is a Lecturer in the Electronic Systems Department at Arizona State University Polytechnic. She has electronics design experience with Intel and is currently working closely with Microchip on embedded system applications.James Edwards, Raytheon Jim Edwards is a Center Manager at Raytheon

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 4

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dale H. Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus

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Paper ID #11860A Two Semester, Multi-Approach Instrumentation Project for MechanicalEngineering StudentsDr. Dale H. Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus DALE H. LITWHILER is an Associate Professor at Penn State, Berks Campus in Reading, PA. He re- ceived his B.S. from Penn State University, M.S. from Syracuse University, and Ph.D. from Lehigh Uni- versity all in electrical engineering. Prior to beginning his academic career, he worked with IBM Federal Systems and Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems as a hardware and software design engineer

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shameel Abdulla, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Yasser M. Al Hamidi, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Abdulla Mohamed Baobeid, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Reza Tafreshi, Texas A&M University at Qatar

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&M University at Qatar Yasser Al-Hamidi is currently working as a Laboratory Manager in the Mechanical Engineering Program at Texas A&M University at Qatar. He is specialized in instrumentation, controls and automation. He worked as a Lab Engineer in the College of Engineering, University of Sharjah before joining TAMUQ. His other experiences include Laboratory Supervisor/Network Administrator at Ajman University of Sci- ence and Technology (Al Ain Campus), Maintenance Engineer at AGRINCO, Electrical Engineer at Min- istry of Culture (National Theater Project, Damascus). Yasser’s professional interests include precision mechatronics, real-time control systems design, networked control systems.Mr. Abdulla