Conference Session

Computational Tools and Simulation III

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aparna Sukhavasi, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Richard Hall, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Hong Sheng, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Ronaldo Luna, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Computers in Education

study was conducted in the years 2004, 2008 and 2009. In the year 2004 thelearning system was introduced, it was a one year project funded by an NSF CourseCurriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) proof of concept grant. This projectresumed in 2008, since this was when the CCLI full development proposal was funded.Participants: The participants of this research were freshmen students enrolled for anundergraduate course “CE 215: Fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineering” at MissouriS&T.The details of participants over the years are listed below:2009: The students completed the assignment in the lab.2009: The students completed assignment as homework.2008: The students completed assignment in lab.2004: The students completed

Conference Session

Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nebojsa Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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Manufacturing

physical and PLC ladder logic whendesigning simple automation projects. Combined lecture and laboratory activities implementingthe Kolb experiential learning cycle for the PLC module are addressed. The success of themodule is assessed and evaluated through student performance tests in solving design problemsusing ladder logic and through student surveys. Results demonstrate an effective method forstudent learning when lectures and labs are integrated in a meaningful manner.IntroductionIn engineering education, depending on the material to be learned and the instructor’s style ofteaching, a number of teaching and learning methodologies and their combinations are used.Since engineering is considered an applied discipline, many of the methods revolve

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nebojsa Jaksic

Caine8 state thatthe brain learns optimally when appropriately challenged, but downshifts under perceived threat.The aforementioned self-efficacy enhancement activities are applied in the Computer IntegratedManufacturing (CIM) course at the University of Southern Colorado in the IndustrialEngineering Program. The CIM course is a senior-level design-based course dealing withmodern technologies such as automation, computer-numerically controlled (CNC) machines androbotics. The CIM laboratory curriculum includes hands-on experiences with programmablelogic controllers (PLC), CNC mills and robots. PLCs are industrial grade computers usedextensively in automation. In this study, we concentrate on the PLC experience. A set oflaboratory exercises based

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Carl Steidley; Stephen Dannelly

Session 2620 “Choo Choos”, Robots and Computer-Based Instrumentation for Students 1 R. Stephen Dannelly, Carl W. Steidley Texas A&M University – Corpus ChristiAbstract This paper describes a versatile and innovative active learning laboratory currently underdevelopment that will be used to teach a wide variety of computer science and mathematicssubjects. The laboratory, equipped with a model railroad system, autonomous mobile robots anda network of control computers, offers students hands-on experiences with hardware interfacing,data

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Otieno

programs in the next two years. Throughpartnership with industry and our advisory boards, several areas were identified for improvementor incorporation into the curriculum. Within the automation course, one major area that wasidentified as either lacking or weak was the applications of machine vision in manufacturing. Asa result this structural reform sought to examine this area critically and incorporate it into thecurriculum. In addition, this restructuring has led to major laboratory developments and tostrengthen the vision area, several state of the art vision systems were acquired throughpartnership with DVTSensorsä. Another major motivation for the curriculum reform activities has been the regionalimpetus. NIU is strategically

Conference Session

Unique Lab Experiments

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Ledlie Klosky; Allen Estes

Mechanics ofMaterials course. Student will have already conducted a simple tension test and puretorsion test on specimens under controlled conditions using prescribed methods inprevious laboratory experiences. The objective of the beam-bending lab is for thestudents to demonstrate the validity of the elastic bending stress equation. Students aregiven a bucket of parts and told to design their experiment. The parts include aninstrumented beam, weights, clamps, measuring devices, and assorted spare parts.Students are asked to design a scale for the measurement of mass using these pieces.They define the beam support conditions, make all necessary measurements, attach thestrain gage leads to a strain indicator and apply the weights. Assuming elastic

Conference Session

Mechatronics

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noah Salzman, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Peter H. Meckl, Purdue University School of Mechanical Engineering

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Mechanical Engineering

, and ARM the decision was made to use theSTM32VLDISCOVERY board utilizing a Cortex-M3 microcontroller from STMicroelectronics3 along with the Keil4 development environment from ARM. To facilitate easyconnections to existing laboratory equipment, a custom enclosure and interface circuitry weredeveloped. This provides easy access to digital and analog I/O and a serial interface tocommunicate with a terminal program running on a PC.These tools were chosen for several reasons. Keil makes a free version of its development toolsavailable for download, with the only major limitation being the size of the code able to becompiled. By choosing a free set of development tools, students were able to install the tools ontheir personal computers to work on

Conference Session

Novel Teaching Methods In Engineering Technology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ying Lin, Western Washington University; Todd D. Morton, Western Washington University

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Engineering Technology

, and Circuit Analysis.Prof. Todd D. Morton, Western Washington University Todd Morton has been teaching the upper level embedded systems and senior project courses for Western Washington University’s Electronics Engineering Technology(EET) program for 25 years. He has been the EET program coordinator since 2005 and also served as department chair from 2008-2012. He is the author of the text ’Embedded Microcontrollers’, which covers assembly and C programming in small real-time embedded systems and has worked as a design engineer at Physio Control Corporation and at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as an ASEE-NASA Summer Faculty Fellow. He has a BSEE and MSEE from the University of Washington

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Carl Locke; Jim Lookadoo

 2010 – 2011 VERSION  2011 – 2012 VERSION – SEE CHANGES PRINTED IN 2010 – 2011 VERSION READ APPM  SECTION II.G PROGRAM REVIEWS PREPARE SELF STUDY  USE APPROPRIATE SELF STUDY QUESTIONAIRE – www.abet.org/forms.shtmlWHAT SHOULD WE DO TOPREPARE? Brief all Faculty & Staff on Process Make Sure Advising Sheets Prepared Properly – Transcripts Sent to PEV Collect and Organize Materials View Laboratories With “New” Eyes Program Head – Contact PEV/Team Chair  Depends on Commission Make PEV’s Job as Easy as PossibleWHAT HAPPENS DURING A VISIT? Team Chair Visits Dean, President, Provost, CFO , Registrar, Admissions, etc PEV’s Visit Program & Support Depts. Program Visit  Program Head  Faculty  Students  Staff

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ani Ural; Joseph Yost

Integration of Finite Element Modeling and Experimental Evaluation in a Freshman Project Ani Ural1 and Joseph Yost2 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Villanova University, Villanova, PA 2 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Villanova University, Villanova, PAAbstract Engineering analysis, design and research rely on computational and experimentalevaluation. In order to prepare undergraduate students for engineering practice and graduateschool, it is necessary to build knowledge in both areas throughout the engineering curriculumstarting from the first year. The engineering curriculum mostly focuses on laboratory courses

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2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Frank M. Clemente

based laboratory or in-situ testing, and instrumentation and monitoring of theconstruction process are recommended to confirm critical design assumptions, or to verifyengineering analyses, to detect unanticipated field conditions or incorrect constructionprocedures, and to gain still more relevant information in order to make adjustments that willcorrect or resolve construction issues. Proceedings of the 2006 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 2Basis of Applied Geotechnical EngineeringThe basis of geotechnical engineering is rooted in an

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Tariq Qayyum

@csupomona.eduProceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 81AbstractThis FPGA course is designed for junior level students who are pursuing a baccalaureate degreein electronics and computer engineering technology. Exercises were adapted for use of the AlteraDE-26 development board, which were donated by Altera cooperation. Software used wasQuartus II, which is freely available from Altera website. The board was found to be useful andstudent-friendly for majority of the laboratory exercises and for simple design projects.IntroductionUse of a hardware description language, such as VHDL or

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2012 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Carlos Luck

engineering students. The students learn thatdifferent team members have different skill sets and that their backgrounds are complementary for the goals of theproject – a practice that is commonplace in industry and is emphasized by ABET. Finally, the array of upper-division technical electives includes several courses that were designed to be attractive to both EE’s and ME’s, suchas controls, robotics, and MEMS. The options of pursuing minors and double-majors between EE and ME with arelatively low additional effort reinforce the interdisciplinary approach. An important asset to both our programs isthe delivery of laboratory-integrated courses – as opposed to theory classes, followed by separate lab classes, oftenin a different semester, which

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Daren R. Wilcox; Gerd W. Wostenkuhler

structure is used and, just in case, all ICs arein a socket and all parts are through whole components for easy repair. Figure 2. Macrocell Block Diagram [7]Located in the center is the Lattice ispM4A5 64/32, 44 pin PLCC CPLD. Directly above is the JTAGconnector used to program the chip while it is in the system, hence in system programmable (isp).Above and to the left are a USB connector and a screw terminal connector. Either connector can beused to provide the board with a supply voltage. By having the USB connector, the board can be used inthe academic laboratory without the need for an expensive power supply. The board can be poweredfrom any computer with a USB port. Below the power connectors is the clock

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Estelle M. Eke

American Society for Engineering Education/Pacific South West Conference Copyright © 2015, American Society for Engineering Education 542one 2-hour 45 minute laboratory per week. The prerequisite courses are Statics and ElectricalCircuits. The class size is 30 students per section with an average of five sections per year.Typical enrollment consists of students who have transferred from various community collegesand others who have completed their sophomore coursework at our institution. For most of thestudents, ME 105 is the first programming course encountered. The design component of thecourse was implemented by

Collection

2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

Authors

Byul Hur, Texas A&M University

good popularity in computer programming education. Generally, Python is a high-levellanguage, and it is considered a scripting language. For firmware or microcontroller education,compiler-based C/C++ languages are typically taught in courses and lessons. As an alternativeapproach, Python script language can be used in creating programs to control microcontrollers andprocessors. In this paper, MicroPython will be reviewed and studied as a potential use inmicrocontroller and embedded system education. MicroPython is open-source software, and it is alean version of a standard Python. In this paper, several programming laboratory examples will bepresented, and they are written in MicroPyhon for a Raspberry Pi Pico, RP2040. AlternativeMicroPython

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division - Huh? What Did You Say? What Does That Mean?

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mia L Renna, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Rebecca Avgoustopoulos, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Ryan Ware; Karthik Pattaje Sooryanarayana, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; John S Popovics, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Julie L Zilles, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

. candidate in Civil Engineering (Construction Materials) at the University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign. His research interests include concrete rheology and 3D printing. He has been involved in teaching and redesigning a laboratory course to improve the technical writing skills of undergraduate STEM students.John S Popovics John Popovics is a Professor, Associate Head, and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His interests include writing instruction for engineering students.Julie L Zilles (Research Assistant Professor) Dr. Zilles is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Crop Sciences at the University of

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 8: Lab Module Development

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy K. Firth, University of Utah; Anthony Butterfield, University of Utah; Mason John

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

educators to support their teaching of En- gineering within K-12 classrooms. She has developed and implemented a senior-level projects laboratory course in the Chemical Engineering curriculum at the University of Utah, giving students hands-on expe- rience with the concepts she is teaching in their Process Control theory course. Stacy received a BS and MS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Utah. She then earned a PhD in Chemical Engineer- ing at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research was focused on algorithms used in the processing of semiconductor wafers and resulted in two patents.Prof. Anthony Butterfield, University of Utah Anthony Butterfield is an Assistant Professor (Lecturing) in the Chemical

Conference Session

Experiential Learning Initiatives

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Miller, Montana State University; Chung-Hsuan Benjamin Huang, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Montana State University; Tariq Akmal, Washington State University; Ryan Anderson, Montana State University; Phillip Himmer, Montanta State University, ECE Dept., Montana Microfabrication Facility

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

: Micro-Electrical-Mechanical-Systems (MEMS) and Nanotechnology engineeringeducation platforms based on thin film engineering have broad applications across all disciplinesin science from semiconductor chip fabrication and accelerometers in unmanned aerial vehicles,to in-vivo medical instrumentation. Fabrication of real world thin film devices is an expensive,complex engineering effort that is not extensible to classroom laboratory environments. Havingnumerous cross disciplinary applications, fluid dynamics lends itself as a good model subject forlaboratory demonstration of MEMS; flow visualization makes for an appealing demo, fluid flowscales to the nano regime, and fabrication of a UV epoxy microfluidic channel can be designedin a way that

Conference Session

Best Practices for Chemical Engineering Lab-Based Courses

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael David Mau Barankin, Colorado School of Mines; Tracy Q. Gardner, Colorado School of Mines; Jason C. Ganley, Colorado School of Mines

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Chemical Engineering

University of Applied Sciences in Groningen, where he taught both in Dutch and in English. During this time his primary teaching and course develop- ment responsibilities were wide-ranging, but included running the Unit Operations laboratory, introducing Aspen Plus software to the curriculum, and developing a course for a new M.S. program on Renewable Energy (EUREC). In conjunction with his teaching appointment, he supervised dozens of internships (a part of the curriculum at the Hanze), and a number of undergraduate research projects with the Energy Knowledge Center (EKC) as well as a master’s thesis. In 2016, Dr. Barankin returned to the US to teach at the Colorado School of Mines. His primary teaching and course

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Warmbier; James S. Fairweather; P. David Fisher

circuitapplications. Students are also introduced to digital logic fundamentals and gain experience indesigning, building and testing simple logic circuits. A three-hour/week laboratory providesactive learning experiences for the students.Initial Process for Assessing the Course Learning ObjectivesECE 345 did not have a good reputation. Students who took the course and the faculty memberswho taught it shared this opinion. Students had difficulty learning the material and seeing how itcould be applied within their major fields of study. Faculty members teaching the course felt thattoo many topics were covered at a superficial level. Feedback from one student captures thegeneral sense of both the students and faculty: “This class was really presented at

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

David Schmidt; Gregory Plett

labs. Interdisciplinary instruction also addsto the richness of both the ECE and MAE curricula.Another main focus of the lab is that it include visually stimulating physical devices to control. Avery comprehensive undergraduate controls lab has been developed around controllingEducational Control Products Magnetic Levitation systems. Using a single general-purposedevice for all laboratory experiments rather than a plurality of devices (which each have a specialpurpose) results in economies of space, money, and student time (as only one device needs to bethoroughly understood; hence, more time may be devoted to studying how control-systems theoryapplies to it).The laboratory we have built comprises four work centers. Each work center has a

Conference Session

Technology Integration in Manufacturing Curriculum

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Technological University; Perihan Fidan, Tennessee Technological University; Suhas S Alkunte, Old Dominion University; Orkhan Huseynov, The University of Alabama in Huntsville; Mohammad Alshaikh Ali, Tennessee Technological University; Vivekanand A Naikwadi, Tennessee Technological University

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Manufacturing Division (MFG)

ofSTEM education. Moreover, it explores various dimensions of AM education, includinginnovative laboratories equipped with advanced 3D printers, remote laboratories to enable accessfrom distant locations, curriculum development encompassing on-ground, online, and hybridprograms. Furthermore, this study examines AM software tools and simulations, industrycertifications, and hardware and equipment used in educational settings. The paper also delvesinto educational pathways, collaborations between academia and industry, workforce demands,and the ethical and societal aspects of AM education, focusing on sustainability and equity.Overall, this study offers insights into the diverse and evolving landscape of AM education,emphasizing adaptability

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerome Tapper

relationships1.This paper establishes the ground rules for creating and keeping industrial partnerships alive andviable. If the ideas presented here are implemented appropriately, this relationship can prosperfor many years to come with some additional positive side effects; continued industrial support.By taking advantage of these partnerships, colleges can gain access to new state-of-the-artequipment for their laboratories. In fact, most companies are more than willing to help if askedproperly.I. IntroductionThere are many reasons why the education establishment should align themselves with industrialpartners. One of the principal reasons is to gain assistance in the form of materials needed toteach state-of-the-art technologies to their students. For

Conference Session

Micro-Technology and Nanotechnology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhiyong Gu, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Bridgette Maria Budhlall, University of Massachusetts; Hongwei Sun, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Carol Forance Barry, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Alfred A. Donatelli, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Jill Hendrickson Lohmeier, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

2011 fall semester and again in the 2012 fall semester. The course forstudents in the three engineering departments included lectures, hands-on laboratory exercises,demonstration experiments, and a final design project. In this paper, we discuss the lecturetopics and eight hands-on laboratory experiments that were developed into modules tocomplement lectures in fluid mechanics, heat transfer, mixing, reaction engineering,electroosmosis, electophoresis, and manufacturing methods for micro and nanoscale devices. Wealso show the final project designs for the nanodevices or nanosystems that were proposed bystudent teams at the end of the course. Finally, we present the assessment results from the pre-post student surveys as well as faculty

Conference Session

Using Computation and Modeling, Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D) Technical Session 3

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rodrigo Cutri, Mauá Institute of Technology, Brazil; Nair Stem, Mauá Institute of Technology, Brazil; Octavio Mattasoglio Neto Neto, Mauá Institute of Technology, Brazil

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Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D)

Physicslaboratory, there are three types of activities: a) Weekly laboratory experiments, b) AppliedPhysics Seminars and c) Problem learning projects. This work is focused on Applied PhysicsSeminars where students by using a simulator software "Speed Calculations for TrafficAccidents" – SCTA study the process of collision in a real situation, developing a role similarto the one performed by a forensic investigator where by means of the skid mark and type ofpavement he can estimate the initial vehicle speed. In the Physics laboratory, teams of studentsmust: 0) Read the original paper about "Speed Calculations for Traffic Accidents" and payattention for general teacher’s explanation during class laboratory, 1) Use Design Thinkingmethodology for project

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Amro El Badawy, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ; Marie Yeung, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; James L. Hanson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Nazli Yesiller, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Engineering and Public Policy

with changing regulations. The microbiology students analyzed the implications ofthe new policy from the perspective of identifying populations of microbes present in wastes withvarying amounts of organics content to represent current and future wastes. Results of the analyseswere shared between classes by the students. Teaching and learning effectiveness were evaluatedusing direct assessment (homework assignments and laboratory reports) and indirect assessment(student self-perception surveys and oral presentations) methods. Bloom’s Taxonomy ofeducational objectives were used to evaluate levels of cognitive achievement attained throughproject activities. The assessment results demonstrated that the students advanced their knowledgein the

Conference Session

Holy Cow! We’re Going Online When? 

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sarah K. Bauer, Rowan University; Cheng Zhu, Rowan University; Gilson R. Lomboy, Rowan University; Mohammad Jalayer

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

firsthand how to conductwater quality testing in the field. This video was shown to the students after (and within the sameweek) the students participated in an in-person laboratory class period where the studentsexperimentally measured water quality parameters. Prior to reviewing this module, the studentswere briefly introduced to the various water quality parameters that can be measured in the fieldand the advantages of field testing. Two additional videos were created to introduce students totwo topics relevant to water and wastewater treatment, including nutrients and bacteria. Thesemodules were shown to the students prior to the in-person laboratory class period pertaining tothe experimental measurement of nutrients and bacteria in water and

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2018 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Authors

Kyle Frederick Larsen P.E., Eastern Washington University; Nm A Hossain, Eastern Washington University; Hani Serhal Saad, Eastern Washington University; Abolfazl Amin, Utah Valley University; Heechang Bae, Eastern Washington University

applications in engineering. Solving these realisticproblems helps students to enhance their conceptual understanding and motivate them to furtherpursue their learning in the use of statistics. This paper presents in detail several interestingproblems related to different uses of statistics, and how they are linked to convey the message oftargeted course objectives. Furthermore, this paper explains the details of such a teachingmethodology and addresses the educational outcomes obtained in our Laboratory Analysiscourse. This paper also discusses a series of problems that are currently used at our institution tohelp the students apply what they learn in the course. Properly integrating such a teachingmethodology in the curriculum to optimize students

Conference Session

Developing New Instrumentation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean Brennan, Pennsylvania State University

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Instrumentation

sensing and hardware systems, and fault-tolerant sensing and control. Page 12.1051.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Mechatronics and Systems Instruction Across Graduate, Undergraduate, and Research Applications Using Rapidly Reconfigurable HardwareAbstractA challenge with the development of any new laboratory is the cost-effective use of hardwareresources. This work discusses the development of a reconfigurable data-acquisition architectureacross three different application areas in university mechatronics and control systemsinstruction setting: undergraduate