Title :
Overhaul of an undergraduate mechanical measurements laboratory
Author :
Weaver, Jonathan M. ; Das, Shuvra
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Detroit Univ., MI, USA
Abstract :
The undergraduate mechanical engineering program at the University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) includes a required laboratory course in mechanical measurements. An NSF ILI grant made it possible to modernize ME361 by procuring four personal computers, data acquisition cards, Labview software, and many transducers and other needed items. All of the ME361 lab experiences were modernized as described in this paper.
Keywords :
engineering education; laboratories; mechanical engineering; strain measurement; student experiments; temperature measurement; weighing; Labview software; NSF ILI grant; University of Detroit Mercy; accelerometers; data acquisition cards; dynamic strain measurement; personal computers; pressure control; shock analysis; static weight measurement; temperature control; temperature measurement; transducers; undergraduate mechanical measurements laboratory; Data acquisition; Data analysis; Instruments; Laboratories; Mechanical engineering; Mechanical variables measurement; Microcomputers; Testing; Transducers; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 1999. FIE '99. 29th Annual
Conference_Location :
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5643-8
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.1999.841666
