Conference Session

Pedagogical Innovations in Laboratory Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

, stress, strain, viscosity, flow, radiation, etc. Instruments arenormally modeled as simple input-output devices. The author taught a new laboratory orientedcourse in the area of Engineering Instrumentation during 2005 – 2006 and experimented withseveral new ideas. He also successfully designed, developed and implemented certainassignments and exercises to enhance student learning and discovery. In this course, the authorattempted to move away from a teaching and learning paradigm to a discovery paradigm. In thispresentation, the author describes how he has utilized the four features of problem solving in thecourses he teaches. He also presents assessment data he has collected over the years andanalyzes the feedback data he has obtained and

Conference Session

Software Engineering Concepts

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Naji S Husseini, Biomedical Engineering at NCSU and UNC-CH; Ian Kaszubski, North Carolina State University

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Computers in Education

Paper ID #19397Incorporating the Raspberry Pi into laboratory experiments in an introduc-tory MATLAB courseDr. Naji S Husseini, Biomedical Engineering at NCSU and UNC-CH Naji Husseini is a lecturer in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University. He received his B.S. and M.Eng. in En- gineering Physics from Cornell University and his M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Ph.D. in Applied Physics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He teaches classes in materials science, biomate- rials, MATLAB programming, and biomechanics for

Conference Session

Innovative Laboratory Approaches in ECE Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neda Bazyar Shourabi, Pennsylvania State University, York ; Oludare Adegbola Owolabi P.E., Morgan State University

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE), Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

Course in 2+2 Program Using a Portable Laboratory InstrumentationAbstractExperimental-centric instructional pedagogy (ECP) with portable laboratory instrumentationoffers a practical, hands-on experience for understanding concepts at a low cost. This paperoutlines the adaptation of ECP to introduce the commercial ADALM1000 Active LearningModule (referred to as M1K) to students in the 2+2 program during a Digital Design Laboratorycourse in fall 2023, marking the first implementation of such an approach in an engineeringdepartment at Pennslvania State University-York campus . The paper presents a novel approachto implementing a subtractor using full adders and the ADALM1000 Active Learning Module.Prior to this experiment

Conference Session

Exploring Technological Literacy and Awareness

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Frenzel, Electronic Design Magazine

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

demonstrated.LaboratoryUnfortunately there are few commercial laboratory trainers or hands-on learning systems thatteach electronic fundamentals at the systems level. Some schools build their own systemsrelevant to local needs, but most community colleges have only limited traditional test equipment(DMM, oscilloscope, function generator, power supplies, breadboards, etc.) more suited to acircuit analysis approach. In this pilot course, some of the typical traditional lab experimentswere used as in previous courses such as experiments with diodes, BJTs, MOSFETs, and opamps. New experiments emphasizing the use of more ICs and extended op amp applicationswere developed and included. Testing and measuring methods were stressed.One important observation is that modern labs would

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mitchell Neilsen

primarily onhardware design. With the introduction of inexpensive microprocessors, it becomes possible toprovide students with hands-on laboratory experiences to construct simple embedded systems.As these systems have evolved in commercial applications, the number and complexity ofembedded controllers has also increased. A significant portion of the design process must nowfocus on software engineering and the integration of hardware and software. However, mostmicroprocessor-based system courses still emphasize hardware construction [7,8]. In order toaddress both software and hardware issues, it becomes essential to apply an interdisciplinaryapproach [5].Many microcontrollers are used in real-time control systems such as automotive electronics

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rufus Carter; Claudia Milz

, their strengths, weaknesses and potential. If you treat them like numbers, that is what they are going to be. We fully appreciate that this approach takes time. Most students will pick up on it quickly.Some will even assist in the process as senior students, while others will require more TLC.Summary This paper describes a complex approach to laboratory teaching combined with advancedteam techniques, yet is rather qualitative in nature. This is especially due to the small number ofstudents. The strength is the weakness: success mostly depends on the instructor and requires anintuitive approach. With experience, actual laboratory modules can be smoother, and with asensible selection of teaching assistants the instructor will no longer

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Gilbert; Cynthia Finley

laboratory has been used in a probability and statistics course forundergraduate civil engineering students for four years. The laboratory is designed to reinforcetopics taught in lecture by providing examples of how the concepts are used in real-world civilengineering problems. More importantly, the laboratory provides students with practice inrecognizing and managing uncertainty in these engineering problems. While homeworkproblems allow students to practice the computations involved with probability and statisticsconcepts, the laboratory allows students to use the concepts to design civil engineering systems,making decisions based on performance and cost. The first year of the laboratory was described and evaluated in Yarbrough and Gilbert1

Conference Session

Modern Software Measurement Techniques

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Instrumentation

11.141.4Virtual Wind Tunnel LaboratoryThe wind tunnel can be used to conduct experiments on airfoils as well as on various bodies.Generally, the main experimental result for an airfoil is the lift force while for other bodies it isthe drag force. Because the airfoils and bodies are quite different in their properties andassociated models, we are designing separate virtual laboratories for airfoils and bodies.Airfoil Wind Tunnel: Figure 2 depicts the graphical user interface of the virtual wind tunnel withan airfoil. The lift forces for several kinds of airfoils can be determined. The students can displaya 3-D rendering of the wind tunnel and a 2-D animation of the stream lines. The lift forces areoutput in the form of an output table, an output graph or

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

James Garner; David Metz; Willie Ofosu

Page 6.671.1correct diagnosis. This paper discusses a laboratory experiment used to supplement aProceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education.This project was sponsored by the Minority Office and SETCE of Penn State University.lecture on extracting useful information from a pulse amplitude modulated signal. Thisexercise was used in a telecommunications technology class.Applications of Pulse Modulation TechniquesBoth analog and digital signals can be transmitted over long distances. In transmittinganalog signal over a long distance, amplifiers are used at intermediary points. Theamplifiers amplify the signal as well as the noise

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeff Frolik

) which addresses this needthrough the integration of both wireless communication system test methods and devicecharacterization techniques into its curriculum. In its first year, this program, enabled by a NSFCCLI A&I award, developed infrastructure and adapted experiments from the University ofSouth Florida into a senior-level laboratory course1. Now in its second year, new experimentshave been developed and have been integrated into a junior-level introductory communicationsystems course and two senior/graduate-level courses in digital and wireless communicationsystems. Herein, we discuss the new experiments, enabling infrastructure, and longitudinalassessment data.Laboratory Enhancements Our motivation for integrating laboratory

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chuan Yue, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs; Weiying Zhu, Metropolitan State College of Denver; Gregory Lynn Williams, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs; Edward Chow, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Computer and Network Security Lab Exercises: Design, Results, and AnalysisAbstractCloud computing is a significant trend in computing. In this paper, we present our experience inusing Amazon EC2 (Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud) as the platform to support the hands-onlab exercises of a computer and network security course. In this course, each student is requiredto perform four realistic lab exercises using Amazon EC2: an IDS (Intrusion Detection System)lab exercise, a Linux firewall lab exercise, a Web security lab exercise, and a softwarevulnerability exploitation lab exercise. Hosting these security lab exercises in the cloud bringsus two main benefits. One is that we can better prepare our students for their future careers in

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session III

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow

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Instrumentation

Simple Laboratory Exercise Introducing PhotovoltaicsAbstractA simple laboratory exercise teaches students important behavior of four different photovoltaictechnologies and inspires debate on pertinent issues for designing solar panel arrays. Studentsperform experiments on monocrystalline, polycrystalline, thin film flexible, and folding flexiblephotovoltaic panels. They find practical influence of azimuth on performance, identifying asubstantial tolerance in angle from normal. They use their laboratory skills and managementinstruction to gain quick but remarkably valid estimates of solar panel performance: relativeenergy efficiency and relative cost of each of the four technologies. Assessed results showedimproved performance on exam questions

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Electronics and Circuits

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tooran Emami Ph. D., U.S. Coast Guard Academy ; Richard J. Hartnett P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

as f 0 0.985*72.3response using the LM318 is 70.7 kHz and Q = 2 (Figure 8), which compares reasonably wellwith the predicted result, and is a significant improvement over the response obtained from theµA741. Unlike the previous iterative solution, this method is simpler and does not requireadditional calculations and circuit redesign. The cost, of course, is that the design requires amore capable (expensive) op-amp. Naturally our students thought the LM318 design experiencewas better, however they appreciated the learning experience where they all witnessed that (1)not all operational amplifiers perform the same, and (2) theory can be used to predict resultsand/or choose an appropriate op-amp. The measurement of frequency response for the

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Vuksanovich, Youngstown State University; Darrell Wallace, Youngstown State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

AC 2010-2118: COLLABORATIVE LABORATORY FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARYSTUDY - CASE STUDY SPRING 2009Brian Vuksanovich, Youngstown State UniversityDarrell Wallace, Youngstown State University Page 15.285.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 COLLABORATIVE LABORATORY FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDY - CASE STUDY SPRING 2009AbstractFor the past couple of years, a disconcerting and repeated criticism by the engineering industryof recent college engineering graduates is the inability to creatively solve problems coupled withineffective communication with workers in other disciplines or trades. Additionally, a lack ofdiscipline has also been noted. Typically, these

Conference Session

Design in Multidisciplinary Learning Environment

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Amy Dunford, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Edwing A. Medina, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Jack Bringardner, New York University Tandon School of Engineering

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #33723Investigating Team Roles Within Long-Term Project-Based LearningExperiencesMs. Amy Dunford, NYU Tandon School of Engineering Amy K. Dunford is the Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program Manager at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Amy earned a master’s degree in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering from the Uni- versity of California, Irvine and a master’s in Engineering Education from Purdue University. Amy spe- cializes in project-based learning management and curriculum development, and has prior experience as a first-year engineering laboratory course developer and instructor at UC Irvine.Dr

Collection

ASEE 2021 Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Lorena Isabel Velásquez, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Paper ID #35095Delivering Hands-On Introductory Design Experiences in a HybridCurriculumMiss Lorena Isabel Vel´asquez, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Lorena Vel´asquez is a graduating senior in Mechanical Engineering at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Lorena I. Velásquez, Jett Emms, and Curtis O’Malley Department of Mechanical Engineering New Mexico Insititute of Mining and Technology Delivering Hands-On Introductory

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Robert Wyatt; Pedro Arduino; Emir Jose Macari

Session 1620 Assessment of a Virtual Laboratory for Geotechnical Engineering Timothy Robert Wyatt, Pedro Arduino, Emir Jose Macari Georgia Tech / University of Washington / Georgia TechAbstractIn the study of engineering science phenomena, there is no substitute for hands-on experienceopportunities. However, despite the extent to which laboratories are commonplace inengineering education, many obstacles stand in the way of achieving satisfactory hands-onexperience. The cost of laboratories and associated experiments, in terms of time, space, andfinances, limits the complexity of experiments that can be performed

Conference Session

Statics & Strength of Materials - A nice couple

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Boedo, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Matthew Kasemer, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Mechanics

design and outreach program development.Matthew Kasemer, Rochester Institute of Technology Page 23.843.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Laboratory and Classroom Study of Low Cycle FatigueIntroductionLow cycle fatigue theory (LCF) and linear elastic fracture mechanics [1,2] are important topicsfor mechanical engineering students to learn and understand. Essential in broadening the scopeand depth of students’ knowledge of mechanics, these topics create a better-versed engineer withexperience in topics necessary in many industries. Current required coursework in

Conference Session

Development of Manufacturing Engineering Laboratories I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Y. Chiou, Drexel University; Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University; Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Bret Alan Davis

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

cell surfaceroughness measurement laboratory for student learning experience in the emerging field ofrenewable energy. Renewable Energy science and technology stimulates discoveries anddevelopments that promise to sustain a wave of new technological and economic innovationsthroughout the world. It is likely that the use of renewable energy will become an increasingnational priority that will affect the next generation of college students. This system is comprisedof several subsystems and elements that are together utilized to automate the gathering andprocessing of solar cell roughness data. While a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) is usedfor controlling the I/O between the robots in the workcell and the Laser Check system, aLabVIEW program

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 10

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Markvicka, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Jason Daniel Finnegan; Kasey Moomau; Amie Sueann Sommers; Markeya S. Peteranetz, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Tareq A. Daher, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

Paper ID #37271Designing Learning Experiences with a Low-Cost Robotic ArmProf. Eric Markvicka, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Dr. Eric Markvicka is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). There, he also holds a courtesy appointment in the De- partment of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the School of Computing. At UNL Dr. Markvicka directs the Smart Materials and Robotics Laboratory, an interdisciplinary research lab that is creating the next generation of wearable electronics and robotics that are primarily composed of

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum Innovations

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Sheyman, Wayne State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

laboratories and to perform experiments with individual data. It is also opens the way to introduce the course on Internet for long distance learning. Each student can be held more responsible for his or her own grade. With this simulation, the instructor can give on-line quizzes or homework related to the laboratories that are completed at the end of the semester. Upon implementation, the grading structure and the laboratories should have different grading sections. An example would be 10% hands on laboratories, 5% presentation, and 10% towards submitted work to the simulation. This can be altered depending on the university policies and instructor grading procedures. The computer simulation represents experiments originally designed for the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth A. Stephan; Amy G. Yuhasz; Matthew Ohland

Session 1526 The Benefit of Using Real-Time Sensors in the Engineering Classroom: Design of an Educational Experiment Amy G. Yuhasz, Matthew W. Ohland, Elizabeth A. Stephan General Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634AbstractClemson’s NSF-sponsored EXPerimental Engineering in Real-Time (EXPERT) project isinvestigating the effect of using real-time sensors on student learning of graphical representationsof various physical concepts and auxiliary benefit in understanding the concept itself. Thedevelopment of parallel laboratory activities (designed with and without the use of real

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach and Out-of-School Time Engineering Programming and Research

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Jablonski, Bucknell University; Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Page 24.493.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Engineering Camp: a residential experience designed to build academic capital in pre-college studentsAbstractEngineering Camp is a one-week on-campus residential program that exposes pre-college (post7th -11th grade) students to engineering disciplines through introductory seminars,demonstrations, laboratory experiments, and design challenges. The program improves students‟awareness of the breadth of engineering and emphasizes the benefit of developing skills inSTEM. The camp is offered in grade-based parallel sessions geared to the audience, and camperscan return in subsequent summers. Importantly, Camp provides a

Conference Session

Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kip Coonley, Duke University; Martin Brooke, Duke University; Philip Ethier, Duke University; Hisham Massoud, Duke University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

-year design experiencewhich introduces students to all aspects of the Electrical and Computer Engineering curriculum(ECE 27 Fundamentals of Electrical and Computer Engineering).5 In an attempt to revitalizethe electronics curriculum, the subsequent core ECE courses have been completely redesigned.These include the four major areas of ECE: Devices and Circuits, Digital Electronics,Electromagnetic Fields and Waves, and Signals and Systems. Following these courses, upper-level electives including full-scale design projects and laboratory experiences have beendeveloped.6 With only one course in the core curriculum to introduce the entire field ofmicroelectronics, the amount of time available to convey electronics theory has been

Conference Session

Enhancing CE Learning Through Use of Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ghulam Bham, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Dan Cernusca, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Uday Manepalli, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Ronaldo Luna, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

blanksmultiple-choice questions based on the results of the laboratory activities (e.g. Based on the dataanalyzed in the GIS lab, I found _________ to have the highest frequency of crashes involvingalcohol, Monday/Sunday/ Saturday/I don’t know).Finally, the exit survey also contained several open-ended reflective questions regardingstudents’ experience with the GIS laboratory and their perception of its professional usefulness.Research Design, Results and InterpretationA quasi-experimental design was used for this study. Students could choose between goingdirectly to the laboratory (control), and going to a 20 minute lecture with the instructor beforestarting the laboratory (treatment).Quantitative AnalysisMeasuresFor the quantitative analysis, the

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Freudenthal, University of Texas, El Paso; Frederick Kautz, University of Texas, El Paso; Bivas Das, University of Texas, El Paso; Luc Longpre, University of Texas, El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 A Virtualized Network Teaching LaboratoryAbstractSince for most students, learning dramatically improves with hands-on experience, a goodnetworking lab is an asset for teaching networks. However, building such a lab is usually achallenge. It requires costly equipment and flexible configurations that are often not compatiblewith the campus network. In this paper, we describe how we designed a network teaching labbased on virtual machines connected on a virtual network. An instructor can create a virtualnetwork and make it available to students. Students can configure the network and runexperiments as instructed. When the task is complete, the students can submit the result of

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Soda

We have presented a pedagogical framework and implementation method forillustrating analog amplifier concepts via a prepared differential amplifier. This customamplifier is intentionally designed to permit students to observe the behavior of aninherently unstable design under feedback and experience stability compensationmethods first hand. We have found this methodology to produce hardware data relativelyconsistent with predictions, to be robust enough to survive student mis-handling and anexcellent complement to our combine classroom - laboratory program in electronics.Bibliography1 Adel Sedra and Kenneth Smith, “Microelectronic Circuits”, 5th Edition

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alley C. Butler, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing Division (MFG)

providinginformation on what it is like to work at a shipyard.The guest lecture from the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) provides information onthe Federal Government’s role in military shipbuilding and naval systems. NAVSEA includessubordinate commands which include Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair(SUPSHIP) which has a role similar to ABS as it relates to the design and construction ofmilitary ships. So, the role and activities at SUPSHIP is covered in this guest lecture. Further,the role of the Navy research and technology development laboratories is discussed as well as theactivities at the NAVSEA Headquarters office at the Washington D. C. Navy Yard. Somerecruiting information is also provided to allow students to learn what it is like

Conference Session

Computer ET Projects and Applications

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yong-Kyu Jung, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. Page 11.86.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A New Rapid Microprocessor System Design Laboratory Development for Digital Design EducationAbstractThis paper presents a new rapid microprocessor system design laboratory to be used in the earlystages of digital design education. To reduce a gap between current digital fundamentals andcomputer design courses, a register-transfer level (RTL) microprocessor design, which providesboth functional and structural features and implementation options of the design, is taught in thenew laboratory. In addition, this rapid RTL microprocessor system design laboratory offers acloser pre-industrial, real-world design experience, because an RTL design is considered as

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Emin Yilmaz; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

Session 1726 NEW SENSOR AND INSTRUMENTATION FOR RELATIVE CYLINDER POWER MEASUREMENTS ON INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES Emin Yılmaz, Professor and P.E. Department of Technology University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MD 21853 (410) 651-6470 E-mail: eyilmaz@mail.umes.eduAbstractThe purpose of the previous project1 was to design a sensor assembly, which could be used witha data acquisition system to