Integration of New Technologies in Engineering Experimentation Courses
First,
Finite Statistics
2nd Order System x=A sin(w t); y=B sin(w t-f) Input; Output
MathCAD Example: Representing a step/square wave with Fourier Series
Data Acquisition - DAQ
Instrumentation and Measurements (Cont’d)
Computerization and Data Acquisition (Cont’d)
Summary - Overview
Teaching and learning experiences may be enhanced ...
For example ...
Then ...
That way ...
The author's experience in this area shows that ...
Through the set of typical lab experiments, the basic ...
Then, the students were assigned individual lab projects, with an objective to:
Finally, the students wrote ...
The over-all ...
However, these activities are demanding ...
Much more work in further curriculum development is needed ...
New-technologies ...
Concluding Remarks:
New Technology does “doing” ...
The teaching of engineering is, in good part ...
On the other hand, the limited experimental courses are ...
The classroom and laboratory instruction tends to be ...
New-technologies have a potential to purposefully integrate these two worlds together by ...
This is just becoming feasible now, with even brighter future, since the new-technologies are ...
It is now possible to economically produce ...
The Internet is becoming an important environment for ...
Development of other new-technologies ...
Still ...
Many are not ready ...
Will new-technologies replace/endanger traditional values, humans? - Definitely NOT, none of the previous technologies did!
It should be clearly stated that ...
In Internet Information Age... … we have to “jump”
From Black, to White…to Electronic ...
No Limits …
Yes, Yes, and Yes ...
Keep thinking...about this!
Appendix 1: List of various Handouts including MathCAD and LabVIEW files:
Appendix 2: LabVIEW® and Data Acquisition-DAQ
Acknowledgements
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