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Contemporary Instrumentation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seyed Allameh, Northern Kentucky University; Morteza Sadat-Hossieny, Northern Kentucky University; Paul Cooper, Northern Kentucky University

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materials will have the following advantages. Theycan be made with desired microstructures that result in superior mechanical, chemical,environmental, and thermal properties. In terms of mechanics, they can be made tough byincorporation of deformable polymers into the composites, the design can be flexiblesuch that they can be made with various geometries: hollow with insulation materials inthe holes to become thermally insulated, they can be reinforced by the incorporation offibers (natural and synthetic) and they can be made with fire retardant materialsincorporated on the interior and exterior surfaces.In-situ manufacturing of the materials also allows integration, such that each componentwill be an integral part of the fabric of the structure

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Programs Using New Instrumentation Concepts

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerry Keska, University of Louisiana, Lafayette

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AC 2010-984: INSTRUMENTATION EMPHASIS IN UNDERGRADUATEMECHANICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAMSJerry Keska, University of Louisiana, Lafayette Page 15.755.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Session XXX Instrumentation Emphasis in Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Programs. Jerry K. Keska Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Louisiana-Lafayette Lafayette, LA 70506

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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offer online materials to supplement their face-to-face classroom.Dr. Yogendra M. Panta, West Virginia University Institute of Technology Dr. Panta is an Assistant Professor of mechanical engineering at West Virginia University Institute of Technology. His research area is in fluid thermal science, and Computational Fluid Mechanics. Panta received M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Youngstown State University, and a Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering from University of Nevada Las Vegas.Steven Kent Blevins, West Virginia University Institute of Technology Steven Blevins is currently a senior majoring in electrical engineering at West Virginia University Institute of Technology. He is currently working as an electrical

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

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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on. Basic educationalengineering elements and skills such as sensor noise, calibration, and programming are iteratedupon in addition to advanced theoretical concepts, which are implemented according to the needsof the instructors. For example, the experimental setup was used to introduce and applyfeedforward control scheme, in particular, input shaping. The setup also allows the students toexpand their skills by working on system identification, modeling, designing and implementationof different controllers.Piezoelectric materials are a popular class of solid smart materials that exhibit mechanical strainwhen subjected to electrical voltage. Conversely, when the piezoelectric materials are subjected tomechanical strain, electrical charges

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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

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semester of the third (junior)year. There is some minor reliance on prerequisite knowledge gained from general engineeringscience classes such as Physics, but primarily all material is introduced for the first time in thiscourse.*Note: the authors of this paper have no relationship with National Instruments other thancustomer - supplier and receive no special financial considerations other than the academicdiscount available to all institutions of higher learning for hardware and software.Course StructureThe course is a three credit course (2 credits lecture, 1 credit lab) which was first offered in theFall of 2016 as a required class for students majoring in Mechanical Engineering. As of Fall2019, the course was added as a required class for

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Dale H. Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus

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. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 The Impact Detector Project: Mechanical and Electrical Worlds CollideAbstractMechanical engineering students at Penn State University, Berks campus, were tasked withdesigning and fabricating an impact detector to meet a detailed specification. The device wasintended to be similar to that used to trigger the inflation of automobile airbags. The project waspart of a third-year instrumentation and measurement theory course and was implemented toprovide the students with exposure to mechanical and electrical design, fabrication, test, anddocumentation techniques and methods. Students worked in teams of two or three members. Thedevice specification provided

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale H. Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus

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. Page 26.129.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 A Two Semester, Multi-Approach Instrumentation Project for Mechanical Engineering StudentsAbstractAs part of a third-year mechanical engineering instrumentation course, students are challenged todesign, fabricate, test, and characterize a custom air speed measurement instrument. The sameinstrument is then used, and enhanced, by the same students in their senior year in amicrocomputer interfacing course. The enhanced instrument is then retested and characterized.The enhancements are evaluated by the students for their merits and improvement in overallinstrument functionality. Specifically, the students design a Pitot-static

Conference Session

Contemporary Instrumentation Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mustafa Guvench, University of Southern Maine; Joshua Ward, Fairchild Semiconductor; Robert N. MacKinnon, Yarmouth Water District

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variousgas mixtures, concentrations and operating temperatures in an automated way.“MEMS” is an acronym for “Micro-Electro-Mechanical System”. These devices marrytraditional mechanical systems with microelectronics using the silicon semiconductor technologyand integrated circuit fabrication. MEMS technology is a natural extension of the integratedcircuit technology into the electro-mechanical domain. Engineers use the technique ofsystematically adding thin films of material on a substrate and then selectively carving portionsof those films and the substrate to form both the mechanical structures and electroniccomponents of these devices. This type of process lends itself to the fabrication ofelectromechanical devices in the micrometer scale with

Conference Session

Instrumentation Applications

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Instrumentation Technical Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lash B. Mapa, Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology)

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Paper ID #15251Effect of Packing Density of Particles on RFID PenetrationDr. Lash B. Mapa, Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology) 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’ experience as a Chemical Engineer, Process and Project manager with European and U.S. manufacturing organizations. Currently, he is involved in the MS Technology program at PUC and has managed over thirty lean six sigma projects with manufacturing, service industry and educational

Conference Session

Novel Measurement Experiments

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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AC 2009-868: ASSESSMENT OF ENGINEERING EXPERIMENTATION ANDINSTRUMENTATIONMysore Narayanan, Miami University DR. MYSORE NARAYANAN obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool, England in the area of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He joined Miami University in 1980 and teaches a wide variety of electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering courses. He has been invited to contribute articles to several encyclopedias and has published and presented dozens of papers at local, regional , national and international conferences. He has also designed, developed, organized and chaired several conferences for Miami University and conference sessions for a variety of organizations. He

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Programs Using New Instrumentation Concepts

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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associated physics and mathematics at anappropriate level for sophomore engineering undergraduates. In so doing, we maintainaccessibility and coherence throughout. We present several sets of learning objectives andstrategies for teaching the material that can be tailored to suit the needs of a particular course.IntroductionPiezoresistive sensors are commonplace—the dominant commercial applications arepiezoresistive accelerometers for automotive airbag deployment and piezoresistive pressuresensors for both automotive and medical applications1. Because of this widespread use,particularly in micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) applications, undergraduateengineering programs whose learning outcomes include instrumentation technologies

Conference Session

Novel Measurement Experiments

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seyed Allameh, Northern Kentucky University; Tom Ogonek Ogonek, Northern Kentucky University; Paul Cooper, Northern Kentucky University

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AC 2007-2581: SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BIOMIMICKEDSTRUCTURAL COMPOSITESSeyed Allameh, Northern Kentucky University SEYED ALLAMEH is an Assistant Professor and a full graduate faculty of Northern Kentucky University. Prior to joining NKU, Dr. Allameh conducted research at Princeton University for 5 years in the areas of MEMS, nanotechnology and advanced materials. He has served as a guest editor/editorial board of journals including Journal of Materials Science. Dr. Allameh holds a PhD from The Ohio State University. He has published over 60 scientific papers/book chaptersTom Ogonek Ogonek, Northern Kentucky University Tom Ogonek is currently an undergraduate student of the Mechanical

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Avimanyu Sahoo, Oklahoma State University; Young Chang, Oklahoma State University

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engineering. His current research interests include event sampled control, adaptive control, neural network control, networked control system, and optimal control.Dr. Young Chang, Oklahoma State University Dr. Young Chang is a Professor and the Head of the Division of Engineering Technology. Since 2000 he has taught Mechanical Engineering Technology courses, particularly on hydraulic, electrohydraulic, and pneumatic fluid power. Prior to 2000, he worked as an adjunct faculty and a research staff of the Web Handling Research Center, supported by a consortium of American companies. He previously worked at Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute characterizing flow-induced vibration and thermo-fluids prob- lems of nuclear

Conference Session

Instrumentation Applications

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masoud Fathizadeh P.E., Purdue University, Calumet; Joseph Edward Cody, Purdue University, Calumet

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mechanical, electrical, electronics, and computer skillsets and applications oftheoretical principles into practice. The students managed to convince their industry partners todonate majority of the parts. The result of this project will be used to design a commercial versionof the mobile robot. The following companies provided material or technical advice for this project.  Advanced Motion Control – Camarillo, CA  Elpro North America – Lenexa, KS  JMI Controls – Highland, IN  Kiser Controls – Burr Ridge, IL  Robert McDonough  Novaspect, Inc. – Elk Grove Village, IL  RFID, Inc. – Aurora, CO  Secure Technology Solutions – Douglasville, GA  US Digital – Vancouver, WASystem DescriptionThe SLIM System is

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale H. Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus

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required to developand implement a test procedure to verify specification compliance. A modest budget wasprovided to allow the design teams to purchase materials. The campus machine shop is very wellequipped and staffed and was available to help fabricate custom parts. 3-D printing of parts wasalso an option for the teams to use. An instrumentation amplifier circuit board kit was availablefor the students to integrate into their design. The project provided a very good means ofunifying many aspects of the course. The fabrication experience gained through this project isalso a valuable component of the mechanical engineering curriculum. This paper presentsexamples of student accelerometer designs and data from prototype testing. Equipment

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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among Mobile Robot and Robotic Arm.” B.S., Electrical Engineering University of El Mina Cairo, Egypt, May 2001. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Final Phase of Design, Test, and Evaluation of a Portable Programmable Logic Controller TrainerAbstract:This paper presents the second and final phase of modifying the design for the PortableProgrammable Logic Controller Trainer. The paper will explain the details of adding additionalhardware and sensors, CAD drawing and material specifications, and electrical prototype layoutschematic diagram. The paper will also discuss potential safety issues and electrical hazards, whichwere taken into consideration during the

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

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students have to purchase theLabviewTM software on their own. It adds to the cost of the board and forces the students to use asoftware package that is not free of charge. Unlike the Mobile Studio DesktopTM software, theLabviewTM software requires a more powerful memory and processing power to run on a PC orlaptop. The myDAQTM board website [21] provides its users with a curriculum resource section Page 25.1003.14where they can download course materials and laboratory experiments in circuits, signals andsystems, and mechanical areas. Digilent’s Electronics ExplorerTM laboratory kit is the latest product on the market [22].Although the price

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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concept was to rotate the mandrel, whichis the mechanism that holds the part, 180 degrees while taking measurements along the surface and recording the IDto OD offset measurement. The mandrel has relief cuts in line with the spinning axis to allow the material to moveslightly while finding the ID of the part so it was not practical to try to measure the center of the mandrel itself. Instead,a precision ground mastering ring was placed over the Mandrel and used to find the ID of the mandrel. The idea wasthat if the part used to master the gage was ground as precisely as possible then the OD offset measurements from thispart could be used as the axis offset of the mandrel. These OD offset measurements were recorded and the offsets ateach angular

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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generally would have an idea of how robots track positions and points as they areprogrammed to move within its working envelope. The labs also include practice sections forstudents to move forward after creating required programs. Moving forward with the project,there are still space to perfect the lab materials. Since Mechanical Engineering Technology andMechatronics Engineering Technology students do not have many experiences withprogramming or coding, these labs tend to keep a simple yet informational format throughout theentire project so that all information is clear and straightforward for students to read. Aftercompleting these senior design project, it definitely opens a vision on how widely robotics andautomated machineries used and how

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cyrus Habibi P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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iscomposed of a series of lectures, and it includes a laboratory component. In the University ofMinnesota, an IoT lab module has been developed and added to an electrical engineeringfreshman-level C++ programming course [3]. Their C++ programming course consists of 15-weeks, two one hour and half lectures and one three-hour lab session per week. Half of their labsare IoT related, consisting of device setup, input/output devices, cloud connectivity, and simplemultitasking. The challenges in offering the IoT course has been identified as the content of thecourse and at what level the course needs to be introduced [4]. The IoT includes both hardwareand software components, covering extensive material. It has been noted that it is a challenge tohave a

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masoud Fathizadeh P.E., Purdue University - Calumet; Uditha Sudheera Navaratne, Purdue University - West Lafayette; Venkatateja Koppaku

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generated from PV array, and injects much lessfluctuating output into the grid. The reduction of the power fluctuation from renewable energysources contributes into a more stable voltage and power delivery to the grid and consequentlylow harmonic and better power factor for the overall power system [3].Photovoltaic power generation employs solar panels composed of a number of solar cellscontaining a photovoltaic material. Materials presently used for photovoltaics includemonocrystalline silicon, polycrystalline silicon, amorphous silicon, cadmium telluride, andcopper indium gallium selenide/sulfide. Photovoltaic solar panel is the most commonly usedsolar technology to generate electric energy. Electricity produced from PV array is minimal atnight

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Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Farrow, University of Tennessee-Martin

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-based, and thematerial is being taught to students having concentrations mechanical, electrical, civil, andindustrial engineering, which is not unique, but certainly is a challenge in that it must be broad.Placement of course in UT Martin curriculumThe sophomore or junior year of study is typically where a first course in engineeringexperimentation is placed in four-year engineering curricula. At UT Martin, students typicallyhave had basic coursework common to all concentrations by the start of their junior year:Graphics, English Composition I and II, Calculus I, II, and III, Differential Equations, ChemistryI, Physics I and II, Engineering Economy, Electronics I, Strength of Materials, Statics, andDynamics. The junior year is when students

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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activities that have allowed him to enhance his skills. Specific to engineering, through his academic project work he have developed abilities in 3-D design and modeling, an understanding of materials and mechanics, and have practiced in different manufacturing technologies. In his Machine Design and Fluid Mechanics course, he along with his teammates created a hydro-controlled arm. He also developed a strong interpersonal and communication skills. Throughout all of his experiences, he has used his dedication to efficient and creative problem solving and his ability to prioritize and manage competing demands to positive ends. He is very eager to apply his engineering knowledge and skills to respective organization or

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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in prototyping is design optimization. In this step the design of the model is optimizedby eliminating the unnecessary parts from the model.Deployment and life cycleDeployment of embedded software refers to the activities that make a software system available Page 26.480.6to use. In this step the layout designs (both mechanical and electrical) are translated in realworld. To translate the layout designs in real world the exact hardware is required. For thatreason the exact bill of material is also very important. DMAT software tool also helps us tohave an exact bill of material. Figure 1: Bill of Material from

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

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based on the existingtrainers. The discussion includes design steps, and material and component selection andspecification. A series of lab activities will be proposed which will be used in teaching the labsection of the two undergraduate courses in Mechanical Engineering Technology andMechatronics Engineering Technology. The ultimate goal of this project, which will be asecondary study, is to seek students input on the use of these trainers in teaching the labactivities.About the coursesThe Department of Engineering Technology offers three undergraduate degrees includingElectrical and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET), Mechanical Engineering Technology(MET), and Mechatronics Engineering Technology (MCET). The authors teach in MET andMCET

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Instrumentation Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaojing Yuan, University of Houston (CoT); Xiaohui Yuan, University of North Texas; David Adam Harden; Yang Lu

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traditional domains like home automation, home basedentertainment, or e-Health are understood. However, available technologies present different innatecharacteristics and are hard to integrate. This paper presents our WSAN-based smart home project,mySmart, to demonstrate the innovative integration mechanism developed that not only integratesresearch- and commercial- oriented WSN platforms at the application layer, but also provides a unifiedapplication development environment for building WSAN based monitoring and control systems.mySmart integrates cross-domain home applications such as home automation, entertainment, and e-Health and addresses one of the major challenges in the home automation system design: minimizing thepower consumption without

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Developing New Instrumentation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian Belu, Wayne State University

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Instrumentation

as measurement methods of basicelectrical and mechanical quantities, operation of basic measurement instruments, anderror analysis; 2) fundamentals of computer-aided measurements, performed in anenvironment similar or the same as one found in the industry; and 3) I&M industrial-oriented applications, I&M playing an important role in monitoring and improvingproduction quality, and in process and manufacturing control. A measurement can beconsidered a procedure for getting desired information from a signal and presenting theresults in a useful form3-9, 12-17. The introduction of computer-based labs has been proventremendously useful for simulation and modeling. Instructors can now spend less timeteaching mathematical details and

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maged Mikhail, Purdue University Northwest; Athula Kulatunga, Purdue University Northwest

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with experience in robotics.Manufacturing applications of robots include arc welding, assembly, CNC Milling, CNC MotionControl, CNC Turning, complex machining, dispensing, sealing, laser cutting, machine tending,material removal, painting, palletizing, part transfer, picking & packaging, and spot welding. Theuse of industrial robots have now expanded beyond the manufacturing industry and are nowapplied in healthcare, exploration, security, entertainment, environmental construction protection,and in other fields and service applications, with an exciting and significant impact on industryand society. Job titles might include automation technician, robotics technician, engineeringtechnician, robotics engineer, mechanical engineer, and

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priom Chakraborty, Purdue University - Calumet; Akram Hossain, Purdue University - Calumet; Vivek Pillarisetty P.E., Purdue University - Calumet

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, reconfigurable and can be accommodated in a training or class room with the smallcontrol system included conveyor, servo motor, Cognex Vision Checking etc.This research started with performing the studies about each and every method how a small controlsystem can be controlled by Programmable Logic controller in automation world. For an instantas the PLC is part of an automated system there are several modules that are included to thisterminal. Those modules are software engineering, electrical design, and in some cases,mechanical design. Software engineering includes applying a Software Development Life Cycle(SLDC) approach to the system being designed and the ability to write the control program tocontrol a real time control system. Electrical design