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Saeed B. Niku, California Polytechnic State University; Ross James Miller

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. Page 22.443.3The following sections describe the different elements of the system.The Skin SubstrateA material called Dragon Skin® that is a high-performance platinum cure silicone rubberwas chosen as the substrate. This two-part silicone rubber material can be cast, brushed,thickened, and shaped to almost any desirable shape. Mixing an equal ratio by volume ofparts A and B creates a material with a Shore A Hardness of 10, tear strength of 102pounds per linear inch and a possible elongation of up to 1000%2.By adding a third equal part of Slacker® Tactile Mutator, a silicone rubber can be madewhich is softer and more “flesh-like,” with rebound properties. Additionally, by adding asmall quantity of Fleshtone Silc Pig® Silicone Pigment, a very

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El-Sayed Aziz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Zengqian Wang, Stevens Institute of Technology; Sven K. Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology

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.[15] Ko, C. C., Chen, B. M., Chen, S. H., Ramakrishnan, V., Chen, R., Hu, S. Y. & Zhuang, Y. (2000). A large- scale web-based virtual oscilloscope laboratory experiment. IEEE Engineering Science and Education Journal, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 69-76.[16] Ko, C. C., Chen, B. M., Chen, J., Hu, S. Y., Zhuang, Y. & Tan, K. C. (2001). Development of a web-based laboratory for control experiments on a coupled tank apparatus. IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 76-86.[17] Shaheen, M., Loparo, K. A. & Buchner, M. R. (1998). Remote laboratory experimentation. Proceedings of the 1998 American Control Conference, pp. 1326–1329.[18] Shen, H., Xu, Z., Dalager, B., Kristiansen, V., Strom, O., Shur, M. S., Fjeldly, T

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Keller, University of Tulsa; Jeremy S. Daily, University of Tulsa

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(-) 12 Lt.Brown, Br/Wt Pressure Sensor Out(-) 11 Brown Pressure Sensor Out(+) 10 White, Or/Wt Pressure Sensor EX(-) 9 Orange Pressure Sensor EX(+) 8 Lt.Green, Gr/Wt Accelerometer Out(+) 7 Green Accelerometer Out(-) 6 Solid Color Wire Solenoid Valve Control 5 Green Quadrature Channel Z 4 White Quadrature Channel A 3 Blue Quadrature Channel B 2 Red/Blue +5V

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Effective Projects and Experiments in Instrumentation and Control

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohamad A. Mustafa, Savannah State University; Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Jeff Kesling

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Transceiver antenna was used to wirelessly transmit the angle data to the automaticlevel.Figure 1.0 BASIC Stamp2 module Figure 2.0 Parallax Inc.’s board of education carrier boardThe major physical feature of the Smart Rod is composed of a Parallax microcontroller, alongwith the tilt sensor, and transmitters. Figure 3.0 (a) and 3.0(b) shows the physical layout of thecomponents. The physical layout is composed of the following: PIC 16C57 Microcontroller Chip Parallax Basic Stamp Discovery Board Tilt Sensor XBee Transceiver Page 22.1302.4 LED

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow

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AC 2011-2532: AUTOMATED BATTERY CHARGER INSTRUMENTATIONINTERFACE FOR MULTIPLE INTERCONNECTED BATTERY STRINGSAS A STUDENT PROJECTHerbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow Herbert L. ’Herb’ Hess received the PhD degree from the University of Wisconsin - Madison in 1993. He then joined the University of Idaho where he is Professor of Electrical Engineering. His work is in power electronic converters, great and small, alternative energy systems, power quality, energy storage electronics, and on-chip designs of energy management systems. In ASEE, he is currently Program Chair of the Instrumentation Division and is immediate past chair of the ECE Division and a past chair of the ECC Division

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Akram Hossain, Purdue University, Calumet; Md. Rasheduzzaman, Purdue University, Calumet

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22.915.5Power Rotational = (Torque) (Angular Speed) = T (8)Angular MomentumThe magnitude of angular momentum of a body depends on its moment of inertia, J, and itsangular speed, , in the same way as the linear momentum depends on its mass, m, and linearspeed, u. Thus Angular Momentum, L = (Moment of Inertia) (Angular speed) = (J) ( ) (9)III. Motor Sizing for a Motion TrajectoryBefore starting with the motor sizing task, students required to review fundamentals discussed inearlier section.To qualify for a given system, the motor must successfully pass the following three tests:a) Can the drive motor generate the peak torque?b) Can the drive motor run at the maximum velocity?c) Can the drive motor generate desired torque without overheating?(a

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Farid Farahmand, Sonoma State Univeristy; Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford

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, play songs, or detect objects in its vicinity.Figure 1(a) shows the complete Roomba with its external LEGO arm connected to it. (a) Complete Roomba with its LEGO arm (b) Wireless interface to the Roomba Figure 1: Modified Roomba and its wireless interface.Roomba and ROI Command List: The Roomba Open Interface (ROI), originally calledthe Serial Communications Interface (SCI),5 allows users to control the Roomba throughits external serial port (Mini-DIN connector), as shown in Figure 1(b). As we mentionedabove, the ROI includes commands to control Roomba’s actuators (motors, LEDs, andspeaker). The ROI protocol is very simple and operates at 8 bits. In this section studentslearn about opcodes and data

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Meghan Marie Rock, Rochester Institute of Technology; Harry Marx, Rochester Institute of Technology; Seth M. Kane, Rochester Institute of Technology; Robert Garrick, Rochester Institute of Technology; Larry Villasmil, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Applied Science and Technology; James H. Lee, Rochester Institute of Technology

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]- http://gdjinc.com/[8]- Xuemin Chen, G. S., Yongpeng Zhang (2010). Virtual and Remote Laboratory Development: A Review.Earth and Space 2010: Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments.[9]- http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/fspnisapifb88.html[10]- Felice Cennamo, F. F., Michele Inverno, Alessandro Masi, Andrea Ruggiero (2004). A remotely Controlled Page 22.538.9Measurement System for Education and Traning of Experiments in Wind Tunnel. Instrumentation and MeasurementTechnology Conference. Como, Italy, IEEE.[11]- Ramon Bragos, B. S. T., Alexis Guasch, Francesc Garofano (2010). A Remote

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

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AC 2011-1603: ANIMAL RECORD MANAGEMENT USING AN EMBED-DED RFID-BASED SYSTEMMr. David Bowker David Bowker is currently working as an Embedded Application Engineer at a consumer electronics company in Nashville, TN. He received his BS degree in Computer Engineering Technology and MS degree in Engineering Technology from Middle Tennessee State University.Saleh M. Sbenaty, Middle Tennessee State University Dr. Sbenaty is currently a Professor of Engineering Technology at Middle Tennessee State University. He received the BS degree in EE from Damascus University and the MS and Ph.D. degrees in EE from Tennessee Technological University. He is actively engaged in curriculum development for technological education. He

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Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Tyler Schecklman, Savannah Technical College

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worldwide without time constraint,permitting information to be displayed on any client platform. This has generated great impacton the processing and control of information/knowledge acquisition in home andmanufacturing/commerce automation. The ability to acquire information and even to controlinstruments/devices at fingertips over the Internet is becoming desirable not only to theprofessionals but also to the end users in general. Thanks to the development of InternetTechnology, distance monitoring and control of devices are emerging realities. Individualsnowadays can access information and receive signals at home over the Internet. Networkconnections can be used for transmitting and receiving data from a microcontroller because inmost cases, the

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David R. Loker, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Robert Weissbach, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Adam Henry, Pennsylvania State University

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AC 2011-1607: CONVEYOR CONTROL SYSTEM PROJECTDavid R. Loker, Pennsylvania State University, Erie David R. Loker received the M.S.E.E. degree from Syracuse 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.Robert Weissbach, Pennsylvania State University, Erie Robert Weissbach is currently an associate professor of engineering and incoming director of the Ap- plied Energy Research Center at Penn

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Chao-Chia Cheng, National Central University; Lee king-lien, Department of Electro-Optic Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan 542, R.O.C.; Chih-Hsiung Ku, National Dong Hwa University

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AC 2011-1361: INSTRUMENTATION FOR HIGHLY ACCURATE INDEXMEASUREMENT OF LIQUIDCHAO-CHIA CHENG, NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIV Page 22.892.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 INSTRUMENTATION FOR HIGHLY ACCURATE INDEX MEASUREMENT OF LIQUID AbstractThe index of refraction is one important optical property of materials. It also providesinformation to analyze liquids or mixed solutions, such as chemicals, foodstuffs, drinks, andpharmaceuticals. In this work, we would like to introduce a creative but simple method tomeasure the index of liquid. The measurement accuracy was high, with an error under 510-5 forDI water