An Instrumentation And Data Acquisition Course At Purdue University

Sumali, Hartono

doi:10.18260/1-2--10561

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“…In recent years, general objectives that were encountered at a 2002 ABET workshop for engineering educational laboratories have been listed and discussed 1 , and instrumentation courses and laboratories have been documented for programs in mechanical engineering 2,3 , civil engineering 4 , and electrical engineering 5 . Instrumentation courses are also of interest to electrical engineering non-majors 6 , agricultural and biological engineering programs 7 , students of mechatronics 8 , and interdisciplinary programs 9 . A program minor in computer-based instrumentation has been reported 10 , and the complex issue of updating and maintaining data acquisition hardware and software systems has been reported from an aerospace engineering program 11 .…”

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“…One report was found of how efforts to update and expand instrumentation and experimental methods courses and laboratories paid off in the process of implementing a mechanical engineering program by being crucial to ABET accreditation 15 . LabVIEW software is frequently used for computer data acquisition 2,3,4,5,7,8,10,11,12,13,14,15 , but there are alternatives reported 2,6,9,11 . Small budgets have reportedly yielded good results 9,12 .…”

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Development Of An Instrumentation And Experimental Methods Course And Laboratory For A Bse Program

Farrow

2006 Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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at Martin. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1989Arlington in , 1990Arlington in , and 1995, respectively. Dr. Farrow has taught courses in solid modeling, mechanical vibrations, automatic controls, automated production systems, and instrumentation and experimental methods at the University of Tennessee at Martin for three and a half years.

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Section: Efforts Of Other Engineering Educators From the Literaturementioning

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Development Of An Instrumentation And Experimental Methods Course And Laboratory For A Bse Program

Farrow

2006 Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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“…This approach also reflects the interdisciplinary nature of the MSU Engineering Physics major. The course is divided into sections on experimental method and uncertainty, electrical principles (transducer operation, signal conditioning, analog to digital conversion), and mechanical measurements 5,6 . The breadth of this course, which follows the content of several common texts [7][8][9][10] , makes it very demanding.…”

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Conversion Of Physics Based Labs To An Engineering Physics Curriculum

Thiede¹,

Hereford²

2003 Annual Conference Proceedings

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In recent times there has been a shift of enrollment of undergraduates from more traditional, research-oriented physics curricula toward more general, applied, engineering physics curricula. As part of this process, the emphasis of activities in undergraduate laboratories must shift from a sole focus on understanding physical phenomena to include a focus on providing the tools and experiences that will allow graduates to apply experimental methods in the development of new processes and products. In a larger, research-oriented engineering university, this change in emphasis may simply result in collaborative efforts between the physics and engineering departments, and local industry. In a more isolated regional university the supporting engineering college structure often does not exist. This paper discusses the evolution of laboratory experiences in the Engineering Physics program at Murray State University (MSU) involving applications from both mechanical and electrical engineering.Refinement of the MSU Engineering Physics curriculum and subsequent ABET accreditation illuminated the students' need for applied mechanical and electrical laboratory experiences. In the original physics-based curricula, labs involving mechanical application were practically nonexistent. To provide for new mechanical lab activities, basic laboratory stations were procured, an engineering measurements lab and course were created, and innovative, low-cost practical experiences were developed. These activities quickly became too numerous for a single course, and will need to be distributed into the engineering science courses. The electrical engineering component has been influenced by technology advances and changes in focus. Improvements to laboratory equipment and software have simultaneously simplified many lab measurements while allowing for more complex projects. The focus has shifted from fundamental physics measurements (e.g., an electron's charge) to applied engineering measurements (e.g., a circuit's time constant), and to incorporation of a significant design component. This paper discusses the equipment, software, and design exercises for courses in analog circuits, digital circuits, and mechanical measurements taught within an Engineering Physics curriculum.

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“…Specifically, the referenced survey indicates that employers want graduates with a working knowledge of data acquisition, analysis and interpretation; an ability to formulate a range of alternative problem solutions; and computer literacy specific to their profession. Additionally, potential employers of our EET graduates are in the automated manufacturing and testing sector of the industry; and that motivated the creation of an instrumentation and data acquisition course 2 based on a thorough review of experimentbased data acquisition-supported instrumentation courses at other institutions [3][4][5][6] . This threecredit course meets for two one-hour lectures and one three-hour laboratory per week.…”

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Instrumentation And Data Acquisition Projects By Sophomore Level Eet Students

Ray¹

2004 Annual Conference Proceedings

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Student-initiated projects as part of an instrumentation and data acquisition course for sophomore-level electronics engineering technology students are presented. The three instrumentation projects reported in this paper are a dc motor drive system, a liquid level control system, and an environmental automation system. All three projects focused on instrumentation system development incorporating multiple sensors/actuators, GPIB-interfaced instrument control, data acquisition hardware, LabVIEW software, and implementation of hysteresis or on/off control scheme. These projects were carried out during the final four weeks of the semester after eleven weeks of lecture/lab sessions. Success of the student project experience was assessed based on defined learning and teaching objectives.

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An Instrumentation And Data Acquisition Course At Purdue University

Cited by 8 publications

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Development Of An Instrumentation And Experimental Methods Course And Laboratory For A Bse Program

Development Of An Instrumentation And Experimental Methods Course And Laboratory For A Bse Program

Conversion Of Physics Based Labs To An Engineering Physics Curriculum

Instrumentation And Data Acquisition Projects By Sophomore Level Eet Students

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