Indianapolis, Indiana
June 15, 2014
June 15, 2014
June 18, 2014
2153-5965
Engineering Technology
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24.1008.1 - 24.1008.11
10.18260/1-2--22941
https://peer.asee.org/22941
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Dr. Vladimir Genis, a professor and department head of engineering technology in Drexel University'sCollege of Engineering, has developed and taught graduate and undergraduate courses in physics, electronics, nanotechnology, biomedical engineering, nondestructive testing, and acoustics. His research interests include ultrasound wave propagation and scattering, ultrasound imaging, nondestructive testing, electronic instrumentation, piezoelectric transducers, and engineering education. Results of his research work were published in scientific journals and presented at the national and international conferences. Dr. Genis has five U.S. patents.
Processing of Large Amount of Experimental Data Collected During Laboratory ProceduresAbstractProcessing of the large experimental data files collected during laboratory procedures innondestructive evaluation (NDE) course is described in this paper. In this course, students learnthe physical principles and fundamentals of ultrasound material characterization. Students alsolearn industrial applications of NDE techniques and procedures and become familiar withdetection and characterization of defects in materials, such as flaws and cracks. During theexperiments, students collect extensive amount of data using special UTWin software. Later,these data files are processed using Excel to evaluate ultrasound parameters of various materials,such as sound velocity, attenuation coefficients, and properties of piezoelectric transducers. Theresults of the experiments and conclusions are presented by the students in comprehensivelaboratory reports. The process of comparing all individual files to calculate required parametersis very time consuming. This task can be simplified and automated using macros. The specialExcel macros were developed to assist the students with processing of the large data files.Evaluation of the collected data, the description of the final results, and data analysis arepresented using figures, graphs, tables or other convenient forms.
Genis, V., & Vyas, S. (2014, June), Processing of Large Amount of Experimental Data Collected During Laboratory Procedures Paper presented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana. 10.18260/1-2--22941
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