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Instrumentation Division Technical Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Martha L. Torres, University of Texas at El Paso; Virgilio Ernesto Gonzalez, University of Texas at El Paso

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for the circuit’s laboratory (from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering) islive online.The Circuits Lab learning outcomes are described below. 1- Learn how to use the oscilloscope, function generator, power supply, and multimeter. 2- Improve the technical writing and computer-aided circuit analysis and design. 3- Study electrical networks such as pure resistive networks, RC (resistor and capacitor combination), RL (resistor and inductor combination), RLC (Resistor, inductor, and capacitor combination), Operational amplifier networks and their behavior. 4- Create a troubleshooting procedure to improve the circuit implementation time.One of the most critical challenges in this laboratory is getting the

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Bradley Lane Kicklighter, University of Southern Indiana

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Paper ID #33181On the Development of a Next-Generation Sensor/Actuator Module forAutomation LabsMr. Bradley Lane Kicklighter, University of Southern Indiana Brad holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (1989) and an MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue University (2001). His past work experience includes eleven years at Delphi (formerly Delco Electronics) as an Advanced Project Engineer, eleven years at Whirlpool Corporation as a Lead Engineer/Solution Architect, and three years at Ivy Tech Community College as an Instructor/Program Chair of Pre-Engineering. Since 2015

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenan Hatipoglu, West Virginia University Insttitute of Technology; Mingyu Lu, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Afrin Naz, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Yogendra M. Panta, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Steven Kent Blevins, West Virginia University Institute of Technology

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electrical energy to mechanical energy) and generatormode (conversion from mechanical energy to electrical energy). In each mode, the system can befurther reconfigured to various motor/generator architectures, such as series DC motors, shuntDC motors, compound DC motors, AC motors, single-phase generators, and three-phasegenerators. In total, the system is capable of demonstrating more than 50 realisticmotor/generator configurations.The electro-mechanical energy conversion system is depicted in Figure 1. It is comprised of fourmajor components:(i) A reconfigurable machine; (iii) A programmable controller;(ii) An actuator with built-in sensors; (iv) A data collector.These four components are coordinated by a personal

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho; Sean Gordon Daniel, University of Idaho

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stability of any power grid.IntroductionA conventional timing light shown in Figure 1 uses a halogen light to determine if the voltagessources, of approximately equal amplitude, are in phase with each other. When the voltage fromthe generator is in phase with the power grid, the current through the light is zero. The current isat its maximum when φ, the phase angle is between the two sources, is 180 degrees.The phase angle in radians shown in equation (1) is a function of t, the time delay betweensources, and ω, the radian frequency. φ=t·ω (1)The conventional timing light is out of date because halogen lights are no longer manufactureddue to their

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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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loop, the program will be continuous.Usage of safety cell will assure that there will be no intervention from human or any other thingcan disturb the Industrial Robotic Process and no life will be placed under any danger.Components Used:Components used in this lab are Generic Fences, Light Curtain, Grill Door, Safety Area,Conveyors, Robot, Suction Gripper, Feeder, End Block.Procedure: 1. Run “VisualComponents 4.1” software. In order to select components to the simulation screen, go to the eCatalog tab, click the Models by Type option. 2. Select any two Conveyors from eCatalog and place them side by side into the simulation. 3. Search and select two End Block from eCatalog and attach both to one ends of each conveyors

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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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Test Loop The BWXT IST is fully equipped for pilot-scale thermal-hydraulic testing. Fig. 1 presents a full 3Ddepiction of the IST as it currently appears at the CERE in Forest, VA. The IST has electrical heatersemulating nuclear fuel rods, a steam generator, pressurizer and an ECCS served by the coolant inventoryof a large Refueling Water Storage Tank (RWST), a Reactor Coolant Inventory and Purification (RCIP)system, and balance of plant systems such as a full feed and steam system. This IST was scaled to be fullheight but 1/345 the area and volume of the actual systems (based on the original mPower SMR fullpower of 425 MWth). There are 60 electrically heated rods emulating a nuclear core. It includes multiple thermocouplesfor

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Stephen A. Strom, Pennsylvania State University; Marius Strom, Saint Francis University

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Linux programs (e.g., VIM, nano, etc.).Lab Projects:As the General Engineering program began at Saint Francis University during the 2018-2019academic year, the instrumentation class has only been run once at the time of writing. In thefirst iteration of the class, there were a variety of class projects, three of which will be describedin this paper: 1. Edge detection using IR photodiodes (lab) 2. Temperature measurement using an NTC thermistor (lab) 3. Fuel cell voltage/temperature monitoring (term project)A description of each project is given below. Students were solely responsible for softwaredevelopment in each case, though each had to reproduce the given circuit layouts in order todebug their codes.Edge DetectionIn this application

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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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Agilent 33210Afunction generators such that all teams could design and debug their C code without waiting touse test facilities or risking the mess of a mineral oil spill. The LabVIEW VI block diagram ofthe HIL fluid level probe simulator is shown in Appendix A.Objectives and OutcomesThe pertinent objectives of the third-year course that are covered by this project are as follows: 1. Implement computer data acquisition systems to collect data. 2. Apply engineering principles to design a measurement system, given performance specifications. 3. Write clear and effective technical reports and product specifications.The effectiveness of the course to cover these objectives is easily measureable from the writtenspecification

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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sample implementation is shown in Figure 1, where a laboratory scenewas reconstructed using the KinectFusion. Then, the points belonging to the object of interest weresegmented out to form the object model. Figure 1: Generation of 3-D object model using KinectFusion; Left: Scene with Create; Right: Point cloud model of Create (after segmentation)3.3. Implementation of Recognition-based Tracking and its Problems Page 26.1376.5The strategy in recognition-based tracking is to compare each frame of the acquired data with theobject database, find the objects of interest and calculate their positions and orientations

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen A. Strom, Pennsylvania State University - Erie; David R. Loker, Pennsylvania State University - Erie

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University in 1986. In 1984, he joined General Electric (GE) Company, AESD, as a design engineer. In 1988, he joined the faculty at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. In 2007, he became the Chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Program. His research interests include wireless sensor networks, data acquisition systems, and communications systems. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Programmable System-On-Chip (PSoC) Usage in an Engineering Technology ProgramAbstractPart of the requirements for courses in an Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology(ECET) program includes the ability to design, analyze and debug electrical

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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and, as can beexpected, some troubleshooting was required during lab sessions. This caused some frustrationfor students who were mainly focused on finishing the lab.ConclusionIn this paper, we have presented the development of a new Motion Control Laboratory that aimsto 1) Prepare students to work in real-world motion control applications by providing studentswith hands-on experiences to better understand control system design ideas and concepts, 2)Expose students to electromechanical and fluid power hardware, and 3) Educate students aboutthe benefits and capabilities of fluid power and electromechanical actuation. Our pedagogicalapproach has been to provide students with hands-on experiences that use smallelectromechanical systems to get a

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

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motion systems on the twolinear motion axes of the gimbal set utilized in the test set exposes students to different techniquesused to produce linear motion. Enabling the gimbal set of the test set to produce rotations at thedrop off site has the advantage of exposing students to techniques used to generate rotations butalso emulates the actual vending machine [1].Vending Machine System CostCosts are an important issue and can be controlled using different techniques. Costs can beconsidered fixed if the actuators to be used are purchased from a company dedicated tomanufacturing actuators used in a machine. The volume of the actuators are expected to influencethe cost of the actuators delivered when the actuators are purchased from a third party

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Akram Hossain, Purdue University - Calumet; Nirjhar Das Sharma, Purdue University - Calumet; Gautam Agarwal, Wynright Corporation

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research is developed to focus, guide and walkthrough a combination of Industrial practices and design phases of mechatronics technology. Thedesign of filling machinery basically begins with the container to be filled with the liquid productto be used. As this research is based on a Laboratory environment, so the liquid products areactually not involved here. The integrated machine was built based on a very general liquid likedrinking soda or water. Type Boston Round Diameter 1.75” Height 4.5” Table 1: Container Dimension and Specification Figure 1: Container used in the researchThis information about the container is the first step to begin the machine design. Depending onthis, the

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen A. Strom, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; David R. Loker, Pennsylvania State University, Erie

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1986. In 1984, he joined General Electric (GE) Company, AESD, as a design engineer. In 1988, he joined the faculty at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. In 2007, he became the Chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Program. His research interests include wireless sensor networks, data acquisition systems, and communications systems. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 BeagleBone Black for Embedded Measurement and Control ApplicationsAbstractLower-division courses in an Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET) programprovide the background needed for introductory programming and embedded

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohit Raj Verma, Purdue University, Calumet (College of Technology); Ali Alavizadeh, Purdue University Northwest

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feedback received fromemployers in industry stated that the department’s graduates need to be better trained inhydraulics and pneumatics. By doing this lab activities themselves, students not only learnhow to operate the system, but they will also be challenged (via lab activities) to do the tasks,provided with a real-life scenario. And their performance will be measured based on theircritical thinking for completing the circuit. Despite the immense capabilities of hydraulics presented in terms of moving higherloads and in other industrial utilization, pneumatics are still in wide use. Pneumatics is usedmainly in mining and general construction works. Pneumatic devices are used frequently inthe dentistry industry across the world. On the

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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; Athula Kulatunga, Purdue University Northwest

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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 Enhancing College of Technology and Engineering Technology Programs with an Industrial Robotics ConcentrationAbstractRobotic accomplishments can enable businesses\ industries to improve performance, by reducingerrors and improving quality and speed, and in some cases achieving outcomes that go beyondhuman capabilities. Robotics also contributes to productivity, as it has done historically [1, 2]. In today’s highly automated manufacturing environment it would beneficial to have aconcentration program in robotics that can be taken by

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rizwanul Neyon, Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology); Nirjhar Das Sharma, Purdue University Calumet; Priom Chakraborty, Purdue university Calumet; Akram Hossain, Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology)

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manufacturing circumstances, secondary packaged products are not quite availablefor customer whereas the primary packaged one are mostly consumed by the ultimatecustomers. Sanitized bottles filled with drinkable liquid or solutions are very good example ofone of these kinds of products.In most of the primary packaging industries, bottle washing (rinsing) machines are one of themost widely used technologies which is developed for efficient washing, sanitizing and dryingof bottles before they are ready to be filled with liquid product or solution. Currently, there aresome automatic bottle washing machines available in the packaging industries. Generally thesemachines are designed and manufactured from practical experiences of conventional machinedesigner

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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David R. Loker, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Stephen A. Strom, Pennsylvania State University, Erie

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Lab # Lab Title to complete Lab 1 Signal Generation and Spectrum Analysis 1 week Lab 2 Voice Data Collection 1 week Lab 3 Passive Filter Design and Analysis 1 week Lab 4 Digital Graphic Equalizer Design 1 week Lab 5 Temperature Data Collection using PSoC 5LP 1 week Lab 6 Audio Data Collection using PSoC 5LP 1 week Lab 7 Serial Communication using PSoC 5LP 1 week Lab 8 Infrared Communications

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Akram Hossain, Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology); Md. Jubair Hossain, Purdue University Calumet; Mafruha Jahan, Purdue University Calumet (Engineering)

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= 70 secondsData Generated from Traditional and Enhanced Sequences time(second) time(second) time(second) time(second) Produced traditional enhanced Produced unit unit traditional enhanced 1 60 70 26 1560 570 2 120 90 27 1620 590 3 180 110 28 1680 610 4 240 130 29 1740 630 5 300 150

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter D. Huerter, Purdue University Northwest

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NovaMill was given to apair of students as a Senior Design project in the fall of 2017 through spring 2018 [1]. Thestudents followed a guide found online for a very similar Denford NovaMill CNC machine toremove the legacy printed circuit board based controller and replace it with a BeagleBone BlackMicrocontroller, a low-cost, community-supported development platform that runs Linux CNC[2-4]. The BeagleBone Black was interfaced with the NovaMill CNC control panel by utilizinga Probotix Breakout Board and installing the Linux Debian-based distribution of Machine-Kit onthe BeagleBone Black.III. GENERAL TROUBLESHOOTING METHODOLOGYTroubleshooting, at its core, is a logical and systematic search for the source of a problem.Troubleshooting is always

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David R. Loker, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Stephen A. Strom, Penn State Behrend

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to work by themselves), wherestudents pick their team members at the beginning of the semester.For nearly all of the projects, students are expected to work outside of the scheduled lab time inorder to complete the objectives. Grading for the project consists of 60% based on meeting all of theengineering requirements, 30% based on the content of the lab report, and 10% based on spelling,grammar, and writing style. There is a 5% reduction for late lab report submittals. A listing of theprojects for the course is shown below. Lab 1: Software-defined Calculator Project (2 weeks) Lab 2: Thermocouple Project (2 weeks) Lab 3: Waveform Generator Project (2 weeks

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maged Mikhail, Purdue University Northwest; Shuyu Wang, Purdue University Northwest

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concentrations later.FANUC America, as one of the largest companies producing automation products and systems,produces FANUC industrial robots, which are widely used in the fields. The main goal of theselabs is to prepare MET/MCET students to take robotics concentration courses at PurdueUniversity Northwest and to work in automation/robotics fields in the future.All the labs will be performed with FANUC LR Mate 200iD educational robot. It has six axes:base, shoulder, elbow, rotation of the arm, pitch of the wrist, and rotation of the hand plate. Thefirst lab will be a safety lab, which includes rules and guidelines that students need to follow orbe aware of during lab sessions. The educational robots are mainly designed for trainingpurposes. Also, to

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Andrew Smith P.Eng., Ryerson University

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but on the underlyingmathematics as well. Examples that were not practical to attempt by anyone but the brighteststudents are now within the reach of motivated and curious students.Student evaluations have shown an improvement since the introduction of the inductive approachalong with Maple and MapleSim. The positive response of students to the use of MapleSim as afront-end tool and Maple as a support tool has encouraged us to use it as the core of a newdistance education course in embedded systems architecture.IntroductionThe ELE 604 Sensors and Measurement class at Ryerson University is presented to Electricaland Computer Engineering students in the third (junior) year of the undergraduate program.1 Theobjective is to expose students to

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Peter Mark Jansson, Bucknell University; Peter Sawirs Kaladius, Bucknell University

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the protocol of the sensor array instrumentation.As a team, they helped their professor successfully continue the hunt to answer the query ofwhether a Mach Effect (inertial reaction force) is actually detectable. Due partly to their effortsthe science around this instrument is now quite robust and this novel device provides consistent,replicable and predictable results. During the summer research, the students got to apply much oftheir theoretical electrical engineering training to a real-world application in sensor arrays andinstrumentation.Background and MotivationThe roles that our undergraduate engineers played in this research during the summer of 2018was written up in a recent (2019) ASEE Zone 1 conference publication. [1] That paper

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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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is measured by an angularpotentiometer sensor. The sensor signal is measured by a DAQ interface to a Matlab/SimulinkRTWT PID controller. The controller generates an actuator signal via the DAQ analog outputchannel which is connected to the motor amplifier to close the loop. Potentiometer Position Sensor Motor Amplifi- er DC Motor Page 26.798.3 Figure 1. Photograph of DC servo control apparatus

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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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. The current positionof the shaft is then converted into electrical signal and compared with command input signal.Modern servo motors use electronic encoders or sensors to sense the position of the shaft. Basedon the required position of the shaft, the command input is given.If the feedback signal is different from the given input, an error signal is generated. The error isapplied as the input to the motor which leads to rotation of the motor. When the shaft is at therequired position, error signal becomes zero making the motor stay standstill holding the position.Design And Assembly of Trainer Panel:This trainer Panel is designed in mainly three steps 1. Mechanical Design of the trainer 2. Electrical Schemtic for wirning the component 3

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Page 24.466.3systems. Electrical circuit calculation using a traditional calculator is almost becoming a thing ofthe past. Students need to focus on understanding the concept behind an electric circuit instead ofjust plugging in numbers in a calculator. Electrical Circuits I is designed to introduce the basicconcepts in DC circuits, simulation and DC circuit labs, followed by Electrical Circuits II, whichcovers the advanced topics in AC, simulation and AC circuit labs.Following topics are covered in Electrical Circuits I and II sequence courses:1. Voltage and Current2. Resistance3. Ohm’s Law, Power, and Energy4. Series DC circuits5. Parallel DC circuits6. Network Theorems7. Mesh and Nodal Analysis8. Sinusoidal Alternating Waveforms9. The Basic

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hamza Kadir, Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology) Alumni; Md Jubair Hossain, Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology); Nirjhar Das Sharma, Purdue University Calumet; Suraiya Jannat Khan, Purdue University Calumet; Akram Hossain, Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology)

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vision system alongwith robotic arm will inspect multiple patterns of defects with slight modification in theinspection system. The impetus of this research originated from a common problem encounteredin the manufacturing and packaging industry. Generally, an inspecting conveyor system requiresa human operator to visually inspect the part or in case of an automatic detection, the process islimited in its inspecting ability. In case of human operator inspecting process, the operatorrequires to be trained in the particular inspection criteria as well as the use of precision hand-tools to determine the defect. This involves training cost, overhead expenditure (higher pay-scaledue to training and experience), and other labor fees for a monotonous

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zachary Cody Hazelwood; Saleh M. Sbenaty, Middle Tennessee State University

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, because it provides an asynchronous JavaScript basedprogramming environment that is great for rapid development of scalable web applications.12 Byusing web technologies, the application becomes extremely flexible, and very easy to develop Page 24.380.10cross-platform. Although this isn’t technically a web application, it is important to have anasynchronous application, because network Code Message Code Messageconnections and robot communications need 1 Stop All 20 Camera Leftto occur simultaneously. The Node.JS 2 LEDs On 21 Camera Right

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Masoud Fathizadeh P.E., Purdue University Northwest; Anan Ismail Ayyad

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performed many private and government projects. Dr. Fathizadeh has published numerous journal, conference and technical articles. He has been instrumental figure in establishing mechatronic engineering technology at Purdue University Northwest. His areas of interests are, control systems, power systems, power electronics, energy, and system integration. Dr. Fathizadeh is a registered professional engineer in the State of Illinois.Anan Ismail Ayyad c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Students’ Participation to Improve Formula SAE CarAbstractFormula Society of Automotive Engineers (FSAE) competition provides opportunity for studentsto enhance their engineering design and