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Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alex See

year. This subject is targeted at students with mainintentions of allowing students to develop and build both ‘soft’ and ‘hard’ skills through ahands-on approach. The term ‘soft’ is used in this context, because students are required towrite up reports and do their presentations about their project work. Students have theopportunities to practise their report writing skill and verbal communication skill throughsuch training. On the other hand, the ‘hard’ skills are basically the technical know-howacquired during the project. It is strongly believed that students will develop skills,knowledge and confidence by investigating a given engineering project. This modulecomprises of 1-hour lecture and 3- hours of laboratory work per week. This module

Conference Session

Web-Based Laboratory Experiments

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2005 Annual Conference

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Janice Duy; Scott Dunning

Maine Orono, ME 04469-5708AbstractThe continuing emphasis on environmental conservation hits hard on the industrialsector, since their energy use accounts for the majority of the nation's consumption.Contrary to popular belief, however, it is not the few major manufacturing institutionsthat have the most energy-management problems, but rather the many smallmanufacturers who do not spend enough money on utilities to be assigned an efficiencyexpert from the energy service companies they buy from. In addition to this, smallcompanies typically do not have the resources to scrutinize and, if needed, revamp theircurrent energy practices.To help solve this problem, the Instrumentation Research Laboratory at the University

Conference Session

BME Technical Modules and Laboratories

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2005 Annual Conference

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Steve Warren; Jason Yao

Stimulating Student Learning with a Novel “In-House” Pulse Oximeter Design Jianchu Yao, M.S. and Steve Warren, Ph.D. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 66506, USAAbstractThis paper addresses the design of a plug-and-play pulse oximeter and its application to abiomedical instrumentation laboratory and other core Electrical Engineering courses. The low-cost, microcontroller-based unit utilizes two light-emitting diodes as excitation sources, acquiresreflectance data with a photodiode, and sends these raw photo-plethysmographic data to apersonal computer via an RS-232 serial link. A

Conference Session

Electrical ET Laboratory Practicum

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2004 Annual Conference

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Stanley Dick; Russell Aubrey

Session 3550 An Introduction to an EET and Projects Course with Unique Learning Experiences Russell A. Aubrey, Stanley A. Dick Purdue University School of Technology at AndersonAbstractEET 196 introduces entering students to EET and to projects by presenting numerouselectrical/electronic laboratory opportunities. A number of these exercises are unique to theAnderson location. The course combines focused short lectures with a great deal of structuredhands-on laboratory experience. The exercises involve several weekly project assignments aswell as a major

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

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Stephen Fitzhugh; Robert Goodrich; Ronald Lessard; Jacques Beneat

also gives them a first understanding of an Artificial Intelligence_(AI) application.AI is beginning to find application in protecting SCADA systems against a cyber-based attack.The students complete a series of step-by-step instructions based on LabVIEW SCADAtemplates and laboratory documentation that were developed during the summer of 2003 underan NSA Grant. An attack simulation, limited to spoofing a rogue Master Terminal Unit (MTU)within the SCADA system, is conducted on the wired network. Development of an isolatedwireless network used to further demonstrate denial of service, information tampering, andoperating system (buffer overflow) attacks is discussed.I. IntroductionA Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition_(SCADA) system is

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2004 Annual Conference

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David Kukulka

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2004 Annual Conference

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Richard Engel; Peter Lehman; Charles Chamberlin; Angi Sorensen; Andy Sorter

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2004 Annual Conference

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Vance Poteat; Abdullatif Bagegni

Session #3133 A Low Cost Power Quality and Energy Savings Laboratory for Undergraduate Education and Research Abdullatif Bagegni, Vance Poteat Merrimack CollegeAbstractThis paper describes the design and implementation of a power quality and energy savingslaboratory at Merrimack College. Merrimack College is a liberal arts institution north of Boston,MA, which has a small ABET accredited ECE department with 6 faculty and about 90 students.There is strong student interest in learning about power, and local utilities seek graduates withexpertise in power. A new

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Cajetan Akujuobi

for Engineering Education”BEN E. FRANKLINBen Franklin is a graduate student of Electrical Engineering at Prairie View A&M University. He isworking as a Research Assistant at the Center of Excellence for Communication Systems TechnologyResearch (CECSTR) in the area of Mixed Signals since 2003. He completed his BS from Prairie ViewA&M University. His research interests are in the field of Mixed Signal testing and Signal Processing.CAJETAN M. AKUJUOBIDr. Akujuobi is the founding Director of the Broadband Access Technologies Program and Laboratory atPrairie View A&M University. He is also the founding Director of the Center of Excellence forCommunication Systems Technology Research (CECSTR). One area of his research interests is in

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2004 Annual Conference

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Alok Majumdar; Mehmet Sozen

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rajeswari Sundararajan; Bradley Rogers

Session 1402 A Multidisciplinary course on Fuel Cells: Their Science and Engineering Govindasamy Tamizhmani, Brad Rogers, and Raji Sundararajan Arizona State University East, Mesa, AZ 85212AbstractThe Arizona State University Photovoltaic Testing Laboratory (ASU-PTL) is one of only three accredited labs in theworld for the design qualification of photovoltaic modules per IEC and other standards. The ASU-PTL is currentlypositioning itself to carry out independent performance and design evaluation of fuel cell systems as well. Inaddition to this, curricula are being developed

Conference Session

Innovations in the ChE Laboratory

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2004 Annual Conference

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Polly Piergiovanni; S. Scott Moor

) laboratory experiencesand (3) case studies.2,3,4,5.In our course we are taking the approach of using both a simulator (Control Station)6 andexperiments based on classroom experimental kits.7 In many case we are using an inductiveapproach with these tools. The inductive approach to teaching and learning is to begin withparticulars and build to generalities. This is “backwards” from how we often naturally teachstarting from general principles and then applying them to particulars. The inductive approachis the way most things are discovered and clearly how an infant learns, but it is not the way mostcourses are taught. It, therefore, requires we think differently about how we approach theclassroom.8-13A clear and helpful critique of traditional

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Development & Innovations

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ahmed Rubaai

Session 3432 DESIGN OF INTELLIGENT CONTROLLERS FOR DC-DC CONVERTERS IN UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING LABORATORY Ahmed Rubaai, Mohamed Chouikha, Abdul Ofoli and Sahar Kaddah Howard University Electrical and Computer Engineering Department 2330 6th Street, Northwest Washington, DC 20059Abstract The primary goal of this paper is to develop a vehicle through which undergraduatestudents may design smart controllers that employ artificial intelligence

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

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John Watkins; Joel Esposito; Matthew Feemster

laboratory setting of anundergraduate modeling course. Specifically, the SIMULINK-based interface has enabled studentsto model various physical systems and then compare the system performance predicted by theirsimulation to the actual response of the physical system. In this paper, an actual case studyperformed by the midshipmen utilizing the Quanser interface system with a rigid-link, flexible-jointrobotic manipulator is presented.1 IntroductionThe ability to construct accurate mathematical models, such as transfer functions and state spacerepresentations, of complex dynamic systems is the corner stone for classical control developmentand analysis. That is without a suitable model of a physical plant, many of the classical approachesfor

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Innovations in the ChE Laboratory

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2004 Annual Conference

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Paul Dunbar

for Engineering Educationwater quality constraints require them. State-of-the-art surface water purification includesseveral other techniques including reverse osmosis, membrane filtration, cartridge filtration, ionexchange, electrodialysis, aeration, and softening. On the other hands, students could attempt tobuild a solar powered treatment system. Such a project would certainly produce studententhusiasm. It should be noted that many universities incorporate newer surface water treatmenttechnologies into their laboratory experiments. This paper does not exclude these technologiesas an alternative to water treatment.Experimental SystemFigure 2 shows the system that was designed and built for this project. It consists of two pumps,an

Conference Session

Energy Project and Laboratory Ideas

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2003 Annual Conference

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Margaret Wismer

Daniel, “The present and future energy conversion course and laboratory at the University of Alaska Fairbanks”, 1997 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Session 1333. 3. Ned Mohan, W.P. Robbins, R.C. Panaitescu, A.K. Jain and T.M. Undeland, “Restruc- turing of first courses in power electronics and electric drives that integrates digital control”, IEEE Power Electronics Society Transactions, Vol. 18, no. 1, January, 2003. 4. Theodore Wildi, “Electrical Machines, Drives and Power Systems”, Prentice Hall, 5th Ed., 2002. 5. Thomas J. Overbye, “Reengineering the Electric Grid”, American Scientist, May– June, 2000, Volume 88, pgs. 220–229

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Simulation Courses & BME Laboratories

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2003 Annual Conference

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Safa Sadeghpour; Ragu Vijaykumar; Mark A. D'Avila; Joseph V. Bonventre; Heather Gunter

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alex See

complete a given mechatronically oriented project in only 13weeks. A team of 3 students was formed to design, develop and test a prototype solar-tracker, which involves two plane-parallel solar panels with position tracking system.This solar tracker built by these students consisted of two-axes. This system was capableof tracking the direction as well as the degree of inclination of the position of the sunthroughout the day. The main objective of this project design was to always align thephotovoltaic flat type solar panels towards the direction of maximum light intensity fromthe sun. The purpose was to obtain maximum solar irradiance and hence maximizingsolar power extraction. As this was a laboratory prototype system, preliminary testingwas

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Development & Innovations

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Adams; Faramarz Mossayebi

almost every consumer electronic gadgets.Thus, one can argue that the field of DSP is now a mainstream field within the ElectricalEngineering discipline, and thus, it can be argued that all undergraduate electricalengineering students should be exposed to this field to gain a solid understanding of thefundamental issues. Currently our curriculum lacks this exposure. The only DSP course that we offeris not a required course and is tailored to senior/graduate level students. In order toalleviate this shortcoming a set of simple yet interesting and challenging experimentshave been developed for the junior level laboratory course, Intermediate Laboratory,which is a required one-semester hour laboratory course in our department. Theexperiments

Conference Session

Electrical ET Laboratory Practicum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Gendrachi

textbook problems limited tocreativity of the author. As good as some of these problems are, they are not “real” problems.For example, a student might encounter a “real” problem in the laboratory setting up a circuit fora fundamental AC or DC course. The student realizes something is wrong when he does not getthe expected results. The cause is usually a setup problem; something is not connected right.After checking the schematic, the student can determine the problem by inspection and correctthe error. However, this technique does not work very well when the circuit the student has toconstruct involves a significant amount of wiring and components as in a memory circuit addedto a computer. In the microprocessor, lab this is often the case.The

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Abrar Khan; Shuhui Li

Section Number: 2756 Developing Digital Measurement and Analysis Laboratory in Circuits and Electronics Lab at TAMUK Shuhui Li and Abrar A. Khan Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Texas A&M University – Kingsville Kingsville, TX 78363ABSTRACT The paper presents a laboratory development for measurement, analysis, design, andsimulation of typical electric and electronic circuits using modern computer hardware andsoftware. It shows computer measurement and data acquisition system using

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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THEO MARYONOVICH; Chris Netherton; Chandra Sekhar; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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MICHAEL HOLTZ; Chandra Sekhar; Ashfaq Ahmed; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Kelvin Kirby

MDRCwith the Executive Director and selected members of the Office of the Director. The EABalso serves as an extension of the MDRC to help identify additional funding sources, researchopportunities and academic development strategies which may further benefit the Center andthe university.Technical Advisory PanelThe Technical Advisory Panel (TAP) is a long list of renowned technical experts of thevarious disciplines within the MDRC. The TAP members are from academia, industry,research centers and national laboratories. The TAP provides technical support andassistance within the respective areas. The members review technical papers and reports andalso help identify additional funding sources.Technical Review CommitteeThe Technical Review Committee

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Cajetan Akujuobi

,” Proc. Instrument Society of America (ISA), Vol. 41, 1986.[3] C. M. Akujuobi, “Analog-to-Digital Converter Selection: Cost and Performance Criteria in Systems,” Proc. Modeling and Simulation, Vol. 15, May 1984.[4] D. Seitzer, G. Pretzl, N. A. Hamdy, “Electronic Analog-to-Digital Converters Principles, Circuits, Devices, Testing”, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1983.[5] G.B. Clayton, “Data Converters”, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1982.8.0 AcknowledgementsWe want to acknowledge the contributions of Rodrigo Lozano, Richard Ellis and Ben Franklin inthis work. They helped the author work on this project as part of their class research project. Weextend our thanks to Texas Instruments for funding the Mixed Signal Systems Laboratory

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jitendra Tate; Ronnie Bolick; Ajit Kelkar

Session 2003-1482INTRODUCTION TO LOW COST MANUFACTURING OF COMPOSITE LAMINATES Ajit D. Kelkar, Jitendra S. Tate and Ron Bolick Department of Mechanical Engineering North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro, NC 27411 kelkar@ncat.eduINTRODUCTION: This new laboratory experiment in MEEN 300 Experimental Methods in Engineering inundergraduate mechanical engineering curriculum, presents new low cost fabrication processknown as Vacuum Assisted resin Transfer Molding (VARTM) to manufacture compositelaminates. This experiment

Conference Session

Innovations in the CHE Laboratory

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Fenton; H. Russell Kunz; Suzanne Fenton

Session 1522 The Fuel Cell – An Ideal Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Experiment Jung-Chou Lin, H. Russel Kunz, James M. Fenton, Suzanne S. Fenton University of ConnecticutAbstractFuel cell based experiments embody principles in electrochemistry, thermodynamics, kineticsand transport and are ideally suited for the chemical engineering curricula. Experiments using ahydrogen proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell have been developed for the chemicalengineering undergraduate laboratory. The experiments allow students to study the principles offuel cell

Conference Session

Innovations in the CHE Laboratory

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nam Kim; Anna Siemionko

. Therefore, a junior level transport lab hasbeen develop in the Chemical Engineering Department of Michigan TechnologicalUniversity to teach basic momentum transport through physical experiments and dataacquisition. The laboratory consists of several experiments that build upon themselves andconvey to the students the concept of momentum transport, specifically frictionallosses. The first experiment deals with the construction of a P&ID diagram of theprocess, followed by an exercise that determines viscosity of various concentrations ofa sugar/water solution. Following that is an experiment for the determination ofdifferential pressure, which is trailed by fluid velocity measurements and Reynoldsnumber calculations. Following the fluid

Conference Session

Laboratory Developments and Innovations

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Venkata Ramana Ajjarapu; Shashank Krishnamurty; Sastry Vedula

the user with a powerful tool to test and develop new ideas and concepts in “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education”monitoring and control of power electronic circuits in a laboratory environment. Such a setuputilizes a fixed point DSP, a very popular choice for building such controllers in lieu of the costsinvolved. Code Composer’s inbuilt real-time link with the target processor of C2000 series isused to modify and refine control parameters. The effectiveness of such a scheme has beendemonstrated through simulation and concurrent implementation of a classical buck chopper.Such a rapid

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences for Env. Engineers

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jesse Condon; Chasity Williams; Benjamin Fratto; Kauser Jahan; C. Stewart Slater

each unit.Students also measure the flow rate of the feed, retentate, and permeate streams to calculate therejection coefficient (i.e. the efficiency) of each RO unit using R0=(cb-cp)/cb. Each of the reverseosmosis units are compared to each other and to other water filtration techniques.The goal of this laboratory experiment is: · To introduce students to the RO technology · To familiarize them with the advantages and disadvantages of different size units, and to · Perform basic RO calculations in a real world application.Also, longer term experiments can be performed to demonstrate how efficiency reduces overtime, and TDS increases in the permeate stream to if the reverse osmosis units are not changed