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Power quality is gaining a lot of interest lately by researchers and engineers as electricity is a vital part of our daily life. The aim of this paper is to survey some of the recent existing systems, techniques and methods that are being used to monitor power quality. The survey focuses mainly on power quality monitoring systems which are composed of various tools, software, communication links etc. that work together as one coherent system. Another goal is to develop an understanding about the quality management in the area of power industry. Some of the methods and techniques that are presented discuss about power quality meter placement techniques. Finding the best locations to place the power quality monitors in the electrical grid is done by developing algorithms and approaches to find the appropriate number of monitors and the appropriate locations to place them in order to reduce the cost of the PQM system and increase its efficiency. The paper discusses the basic idea of each method or system in order to have an understanding about its importance and role. Then, a simple comparison is made between the techniques in terms of their advantages and disadvantages. After that, international industry practices and guidelines for power quality monitoring and management are discussed. Lastly, some examples for the efforts that are made in the area of power quality improvement are discussed. , investigated the power quality monitoring system over the internet. The power quality monitoring system is defined as a collection of technologies including a web server, computers, communication networks and specialized PQM. The system transmits high-quality data over the communication line. The system uses technologies like GPS in order to synchronize the

In this paper, the author presents an experiment for teaching advanced manufacturing courses with the objective to maximize the learning experience based on course outcomes. A CAM course was selected to run the experiment on the students in two male sections and two female sections. The course’s outcomes were drafted based on the mechanical engineering program’s objectives. Their focus is on fulfilling as many of the program outcomes as possible. The level of fulfilling a program objective by a course outcome is then also monitored. The strategy focuses on increasing the hands on experience of the students as well as introducing more computer and technology content in the course. Every activity will be evaluated quantitatively and qualitatively. Based on the progress in a regular semester, the students’ performance is monitored and a calibration of theory versus practical experience is done accordingly. Initial results reveal that the sooner the practical part of the course is introduced the better the results will be for both understanding the practical as well as the theoretical part of the course.

In this paper, the author presents a cost model which simultaneously incorporates the abilities of two main designs. Namely, design for reliability (DfR) and design for maintainability (DfMn). DfR and DfMn have been of a great concern for designers. The focus has been more on the quality rather than aspects of reliability and maintainability of product development in general and product design in particular. However, as more awareness and attention is paid to the whole product lifecycle, more product lifecycle X-ability needs to be considered upfront at the design stage. To develop a new model, cost models of design for reliability as well as design for maintainability have been considered and evaluated. This new model, which tackles the two criteria simultaneously, has been developed and is a parametric model which allows for running sensitivity analysis based on the different aspects of reliability and maintainability.