Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Neal A. Lewis

to life, and can use the lesson when they arefaced with a similar issue years later.When should examples be used? Many examples are planned ahead of time, and are inserted into alecture at an appropriate time. I save particular stories for certain courses, using them at planned times inthe semester. Sometimes an idea will pop into my head in the middle of class, and a decision is made onthe spot whether to add the story or not. Spontaneous story telling is often a good thing, keeping the classfresh and informal. Care needs to be taken to not go too far off of the current topic of the class.Ways to bring experience into the classroomThere are two general ways to bring experience to the classroom: either get some experience or bring inguest

Conference Session

ECE Division Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Johnnie Lynn Hancock, Agilent Technologies

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

AC 2011-2914: EVALUATING OSCILLOSCOPE SAMPLE RATES VS. SAM-PLING FIDELITYJohnnie Lynn Hancock, Agilent Technologies About the Author Johnnie Hancock is a Product Manager at Agilent Technologies Digital Test Division. He began his career with Hewlett-Packard in 1979 as an embedded hardware designer, and holds a patent for digital oscillo- scope amplifier calibration. Johnnie is currently responsible for worldwide application support activities that promote Agilent’s digitizing oscilloscopes and he regularly speaks at technical conferences world- wide. Johnnie graduated from the University of South Florida with a degree in electrical engineering. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his four

Conference Session

Project-Based, Inquiry Guided, and High Performance Learning Environments: Effective Approaches

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph J. Biernacki, Tennessee Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

. Page 22.1341.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Student teams, a simulation or a real team experience?AbstractThe tradition in engineering education places students in teams during their senior year; likely aspart of a capstone laboratory or design course. In most cases teams were done on a “pick yourown partners” basis. Furthermore, no time was spent discussing teamwork, the importance ofteams, how teams should be structured or the skill set one needs to be an effective team member.To some extent, changes made by ABET to their accreditation criteria in 2000 have forced theengineering community to at least assess student teamwork. This, in turn, has motivated many totake a

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

R. Williams; F. Edwards; E. Egemen; Adrian Hanson

paper revisits this design experience andshares some thoughts regarding introduction of a consulting engineering environment into the classroomsetting for capstone design experience. Issues of interest are team selection, project load distribution withinteams, personal billable time, engineer/manufacturer interaction, permit procurement, client interactions,understanding plans, specifications, and contract documents, and presentation of the final product to theclient.IntroductionThe goal of capstone courses is to have students experience the overall design process as a whole andrealize the different components of an engineering design project. In general, the design process is aninteractive process with the client and regulatory agencies to

Conference Session

Accreditation and the BOK

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Brumbelow, Texas A&M University; Luciana R. Barroso, Texas A&M University; Debra Fowler, Texas A&M University; James Michael Kaihatu, Texas A&M University; Veronica S. Rodriguez Chavarria

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

dynamics, earthquake engineering, and engineering education.Dr. Debra Fowler, Texas A&M University Dr. Debra Fowler serves as the Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at Texas A&M University. Following 16 years working in industry she completed a Ph.D. is in Interdisciplinary Engineering with a specific focus on engineering education from Texas A&M University. Her research areas of focus are faculty perspectives and growth through curriculum design and redesign, interdisciplinary teaching and learning, reflective eportfolios and professional development of graduate students related to teaching.Dr. James Michael Kaihatu, Texas A&M University Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M

Conference Session

Improving Student Problem Solving and Performance

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyssa Powell, University of California, San Diego; Justin Paul Opatkiewicz, University of California, San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

-2019/#GC3 (accessed Jan. 25, 2024).[7] H. J. Passow and C. H. Passow. “What competencies should undergraduate engineeringprograms emphasize? A systematic review," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 106, no. 3,pp. 475-526, July 2017, doi: 10.1002/jee.20171.[8] C. E. Baukal, C. Stokeld, and L. A. Thurman. “What Employers Look for in NewEngineering Graduates," 2022 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Minneapolis, MN,USA, June 26-29, 2022, Paper 36984.[9] E. Khoo, K. Zegwaard, and A. Adam, “Employer and academic staff perceptions of scienceand engineering graduate competencies,” Australasian Journal of Engineering Education, vol.25, no. 1, pp. 103-118, Aug. 2020, doi: 10.1080/22054952.2020.1801238.[10] M. Cooper and E. D. Cardenas-Vasquez

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The Senior Experience: Capstone and Beyond

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Dunn, University of Maine; Bryan Pearce, University of Maine-Orono

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

2006-1930: INTRODUCING PROJECT MANAGEMENT TO SENIOR CIVILENGINEERING STUDENTSPhilip Dunn, University of Maine Philip Dunn PE is an Assistant Professor of Construction Management Technology at the University of Maine in Orono. He holds master's degrees in business, public administration, and civil engineering. He is very involved with the Maine Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Maine Association of Engineers along with several civic groups in his community.Bryan Pearce, University of Maine-Orono Dr. Bryan Pearce has taught at the University of Maine since 1978. He is a graduate of MIT with graduate work at the University of Florida. In addition to his research

Conference Session

Make It!

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Chariah, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology; Nicholas Kumia; Jonathan R. Zubarriain, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology; Shouling He, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology; Hossein Rahemi, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

an NSF research project.Nicholas Kumia Senior in the Undergraduate Mechatronics Engineering Program at Vaughn College He graduated high school at the age of 16 and has completed the 4-year Mechatronics Program in 3-years. Recently, He co-founded the UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) Club at Vaughn College and has been working as Lead Programmer. He plans to pursue a master’s degree in Computer Science to supplement this expertise in Mechatronics Engineering.Mr. Jonathan R. Zubarriain, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology Jonathan Zubarriain is a senior in the Mechatronics Engineering program at Vaughn College of Aeronau- tics and Technology. He is co-founder of the Vaughn College UAV Club and has held the

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Mumtaz Usmen; John Raad; Haluk Aktan

able to derive materials propertieswithout having to damage the structure or the test specimen, or the use of destructive samplingmethods. As these non destructive testing procedures become more prevalent in the engineering Page 2.20.1 1community it also is equally important that today’s graduating engineers become familiar withthese methods.Throughout many of the country’s urban areas, buildings, bridges, sanitary systems, and otherinfrastructure related systems have either reached or exceeded their expected design life. It isvirtually impossible to economically repair or replace these

Conference Session

Developing Infrastructure Professionals

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Schmucker P.E., University of Utah; Joshua Lenart, University of Utah; Steven J. Burian P.E., University of Utah; Amir Mohaghegh Motlagh, University of Utah

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

a call for increased global cultural awareness on thepart of civil engineering graduates and practitioners.5,7,8,9, 10, 11, 12, 13 The Association of AmericanColleges and Universities (AAC&U) “has identified global knowledge, ethical commitments toindividual and social responsibility, and intercultural skills as major components of a 21st centuryliberal education.”9 These global learning initiatives are becoming more widespread andimplemented across U.S. higher education institutions.10 In some views, these initiatives are nolonger a subject for debate but are critical to the mission of most institutions.9 Althoughdeveloped from a slightly different perspective and focus, ASCE’s Body of Knowledge for the 21stCentury5 (BOK) grew from a

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles J. Robinson, Clarkson University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

disparity in disciplines of the students who took the course.A key statistic was that 59% of the 69 BR450 students were female. The biomedical engineeringfield in general attracts the highest percentage of undergraduate female engineering students,13 sothis high percentage in BR450 should be no surprise. An often discussed topic in engineeringeducation is the mix of male and female students on a capstone design team,10,14,15,16 given thelow percentage of females in most engineering disciplines. Being a single female on a designteam dominated by males was not seen as satisfying.14,16,17 For our BmE capstone design teams(Table 1), female participation ranged from 40 to 100%. And all of that was quite active partici-pation with no gender dominance or

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2013 GSW

Authors

Xavier Mirza; Amir Ali; Thomas Reyes; Jonathan Zea

. BackgroundOur interest in energy harvesting led us to believe that we can take apart a complex device suchas a pacemaker and eliminate it’s battery as the primary power source. We introduced this idea tofew medical professionals such as Dr. Macknojia, a cardiologist, and Dr. Curran, PHD inNeurology. Their enthusiasm and inputs for this topic gave us motivation to design a completeproduct for demonstration. The main complexity of this project dealt with the piezoelectricsensors since our application needs sufficient power to work. Since we cannot use an actualhuman heart to test our theory, we created a mimic heartbeat model using Arduinomicrocontroller. This required us to create a complex C code which is listed in Appendences ofthis paper. Our

Conference Session

Eco-Car Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel van Lanen, University of Waterloo

Tagged Topics

Eco-Car Poster Session

, carbon emission impacts, storage patterns, and government policy. Both battery and hydrogen storage technologies are examined in his works. Daniel is also the project manager for the University of Waterloo Alternative Fuels team where he manages projects to convert stock vehicles into a more sustainable model while preserving performance, safety, and consumer acceptability. His main goal is to complete all project tasks which include cost, schedule, stakeholder, and risk management, he also as restructured the safety training into a graduated system to increase safety awareness and provide needed motivation for a student environment

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer I

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura A Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania; Timothy J. Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Topics in this section include introductory material, illustrating how complicated andsurprising fluid motion can be. The section also includes demos on viscosity, small gapapproximation, and cavitation.2.1.1 Video of Bullet Under Water – generates interest in fluid mechanics This YouTube video (link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp5gdUHFGIQ) isentitled “AK-47 Underwater at 27,450 frames per second (Part 2) - Smarter Every Day 97” andwas discovered by a student who was interested in guns. It is now used by the instructor on thefirst day of class, mainly to generate interest in fluid mechanics.11 The video is 10 minutes longand the young narrator describes bubble dynamics, sonoluminescence, pressure vs. velocity,cavitation, and shock

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

AC 2010-2270: UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES OF SUPERSONIC TRANSPORTDEVELOPMENTNarayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology Page 15.1295.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES OF SUPERSONIC TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT 1. AbstractThe technical and business case for hydrogen-powered supersonic airliners is re-examined as anexercise in multidisciplinary concept innovation by undergraduates at different levels. Aprogression of exercises is used. A conceptual design exercise in a freshman introduction coursewas expanded to modify a conventional hydrocarbon fuelled airliner concept to one

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Samuel Homsy; Wayne Whiteman

Engagement Figure 1. The Teaching and Learning Initiative PhilosophyPossible curves of the learning function are depicted in the graph. The shape of the curve can bequite different for different learning contexts. For one situation, the teacher may find the mosteffective method for conveying the material skewed toward heavy faculty involvement. Anotherlearning objective might favor more student-oriented activities. The most important thing is thatboth teacher and student are aware of the learning dynamics and attempt to optimize the mix oflearning activities as much as possible.As teachers and students become more aware and educated in the learning process, the level ofoverall effective learning will increase. The goal of the

Conference Session

Mechanical Design and Projects

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Dong, University of Cincinnati; Janak Dave, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

12.449.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Design–Build–Test Autocross–A Senior Capstone Design ProjectAbstractStudents working toward a baccalaureate degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology at theUniversity of Cincinnati are required to complete a “Design, Build, and Test” senior capstonedesign project. One of these capstone design projects was to design and build an Autocrossracing vehicle. This vehicle was built to meet the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA)Autocross specifications, and was tested in the local competition event.From the concept to the final working vehicle which meets SCCA’s specifications, there aremany challenges. In the 2005-2006 academic year, a team of

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Otto Fucik; Michael McKenna; Bogdan M. Wilamowski

implications are. This is a very practical design where aftercompletion they can actually observe and control movement of stepper motor with their design.Lab 12. Synchronous Counter Design Synchronous design is very important part of modern digital design and students are againexposed to this concept here. They have to observe different timing diagrams including micro-timing and macro-timing. For that purpose, they have to use both simulation tools andoscilloscopes. The Lab is not covering the internal structure of digital circuits on the transistor level. This isa very important topic, but it cannot be covered in this course since most of students from COSChaven’t ever heard about Ohms or Kirkhoffs laws.V. Student Reaction This form of the lab

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry A. Thompson

Session 1441 Electronic Theses and Dissertations at Virginia Tech: A Question of Access Larry A. Thompson Virginia TechAbstractSince January 1, 1997 graduate students at Virginia Tech have been required to submit theirtheses and dissertations in electronic format. These Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)have been the subject of much discussion by faculty and students at Virginia Tech, as well as bya broader international community of publishers, scholars, and librarians. One of the questionsposed in these discussions is: "Compared with traditional paper format theses and

Conference Session

ABET and Curriculum-Level Assessments

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karyn L. Biasca, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point; Steve Hill, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

implicitly, the topics assigned in thereflection prompts. It is important to mention that results of this analysis are applicable only tothis group of students, and should not be generalized in any way.A key aspect of this coding approach is that it allowed us to make some assumptions aboutwhether students were able to address ABET outcomes even when students did not expressly Page 22.253.7write about particular outcomes. This is important because students often do not address suchtopics fully or even partially despite clear instructions (through reflection prompts) to do so. Thischaracteristic of student work is, in fact, an

Conference Session

FPD 4: Peers and Perceptions

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff Johnson, LeTourneau University; Alan D. Niemi, LeTourneau University; Matthew G. Green, LeTourneau University; Lauren Elise Gentry, LeTourneau University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Alan D. Niemi is a Professor and Chair of Engineering Technology at LeTourneau University. He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering Technology from Lake Superior State University and his M.S.E.E. from Illinois Institute of Technology. He has taught courses in Electrical Engineering and Technology for 27 years. In addition to teaching, Professor Niemi has spent 7 years in industry designing digital and microcontroller systems.Dr. Matthew G. Green, LeTourneau University Dr. Matthew G. Green is an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at LeTourneau University- Longview. His objective is to practice and promote engineering as a serving profession. His focus includes remote power generation, design methods

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Daugherity, Abilene Christian University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics and Physics

++ maintains a very close second. In fact, 4 of the top 5languages in 2018 are in the “C++ family” sharing similar syntax. We also considered inputfrom our department’s Industrial Advisory Board, recent graduates, and current faculty andstudents in selecting a programming language. Two large factors were the prevalence of usingC/C++ in our senior capstone projects, and that our computer science department teachesintroductory programming in C++. The Arduino IDE is freely available on Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux (https://www.arduino.cc/). Even though we have chosen to use C++ for theseprogramming labs, they could easily be adapted to other languages that support the Arduinoplatform such as Python or MATLAB.HardwareAs discussed above, we find that

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries (ELD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara M. Samuel, University of Michigan; Natsuko Hayashi Nicholls, University of Michigan; Leena N Lalwani, University of Michigan; David S. Carter, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; Paul F. Grochowski, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

-textbooks and the comments about their future use of e-textbooks.Literature ReviewStudents’ perceptions of preferred features in e-books Page 23.1109.2Foote & Rupp-Serrano conducted a study in which they found that graduate students desiredfeatures where they could save a PDF of the e-book, search within the e-books, highlighting, andtaking notes. They also noted that graduate students desired more advanced features such asvideo and data files, and improved graphics7. Brahme & Gabriel conducted a study in which theyfound that 63% of their participants lamented the inability to take notes and highlight in an e-book3.Several studies found

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudio Talarico, Eastern Washington University; Esteban Rodriguez-Marek, Eastern Washington University; Min-Sung Koh, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

systems, HW/SW co-design, system specification languages, and early design assessment, analysis, and refinement of complex SOCs. Talarico received a PhD in electrical engineering form the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and is a member of IEEE. Contact him at ctalarico@ewu.eduEsteban Rodriguez-Marek, Eastern Washington University ESTEBAN RODRIGUEZ-MAREK is an Associate Professor in the department of Engineering and Design at Eastern Washington University. He did his graduate work in Electrical Engineering at Washington State University. He worked as a research scientist at Fast Search & Transfer before transferring to the Department of Engineering & Design at Eastern Washington

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 3 Slot 1 Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 CoNECD

Authors

Enrique Dominguez, University of Texas at Austin; Amy Marie Beebe, University of Texas at Austin

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

 presentation 2History:Since 1970, diversity programs have existed in the college of engineering with a focus to recruit, retain and graduate underrepresented students in engineering.  Two programs were created to support underrepresented student populations within engineering which are identified as women, ethnic minorities (African American/Black, Hispanic, Native American and Native Hawaiian) and students with marginalized identities (i.e. first generation, low socio‐economic status, etc.). Before their establishment, there was little attention from the engineering college given to recruitment efforts for underrepresented populations. In the years following

Conference Session

PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

Collection

2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Sonya Christine Dick, Cal Poly Human Motion Biomechanics Laboratory; Jay Tyler Davis II, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo; Bradley Wash, California Polytechnic State University; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Topics

Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

, California Polytechnic State University San Luis ObispoMr. Bradley Wash, California Polytechnic State UniversityDr. Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Brian Self obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech, and his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Utah. He worked in the Air Force Research Laboratories before teaching at the U.S. Air Force Academy for seven years. Brian has taught in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo since 2006. During the 2011-2012 academic year he participated in a professor exchange, teaching at the Munich University of Applied Sciences. His engineering education interests include

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kevin Zender, Michigan Technological University; Corey Blankenship, Michigan Technological University; Tyson Joseph Bethke, Michigan Technological University; Nathir A. Rawashdeh, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Paper ID #34950Design of a Portable Levitating Ball PID Control Trainer System andCurriculum for Electrical Engineering Technology StudentsMr. Kevin Zender, Michigan Technological University Kevin is a recently graduated student from Michigan Technological university. He completed his under- grad in Electrical Engineering Technology with a minor in Data Acquisition and currently has a full time position at JR Automation as a Controls Engineer. Other interests include sustainability and woodwork- ing.Mr. Corey Blankenship, Michigan Technological UniversityMr. Tyson Joseph Bethke, Michigan Technological UniversityDr. Nathir A

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2004 GSW

Authors

Paul Ruchhoeft

,smart materials, bio-medical engineering and micro-medical systems, etc. These areasare considerably more “high-tech” than electrical circuit bread-boarding, antenna design,engine testing, HVAC systems testing and classic controls which are some of the hands-on technologies utilized in undergraduate laboratories and design projects. Also, some ofthese “advanced” topics are not taught as part of the core undergraduate curriculum, noreven as part of special electives. The issue is then how to provide exposure to theseemerging technologies to engineering students without introducing new courses. Wehave been attempting to solve this problem through our interdisciplinary capstone designcourse with the help of faculty working in these emerging

Collection

2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Christopher C. Ibeh; Marjorie Donovan; Oliver Hensley; James Otter

particularprogram or course as per program/course content or outline of activities (Rows 1 through∞ ). An EKE represents a concept, idea or task whose understanding and mastery isessential for success in a discipline, course or program. EKEs are typically determined bythe expert opinion of one or more educated members of the discipline, course or program.The second column (Table I; minimized in Tables III & IV) has the Total Exposures andTimes, and is actually made up of six sub-columns, one for in-class lectures andpresentations, the next four for outside-of-class activities such as C.B.I. and internet(C.B.I = computer based instructions), application sessions, discussion exposures andcreative sessions, and the final sixth column is for total

Conference Session

A Technology Potpourri II

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Border, Bowling Green State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

illustrates the general steps using RSLinx to (1) create the remote device, known in RSLinxas the “topic,” and (2) create the “Data Table Address.” Figure 11. Sample Excel Cell Content Figure 12. RSLinx “Data Table Address” Calculation for ExcelAs a documentation exercise, all points of the MicroLogix 1100 PLC were organized into a spreadsheetby their hardware slot number. In text strings, these values were recorded: (1) plant tag name, (2) SLC500 address, and (3) RSLinx “Data Table Address.” Using this text reference, the Excel Real-TimeData Report sheet was fully assembled. The correctness of the Excel to PLC addressing was confirmedon a point by point basis during intervals when the plant line was