Computer Interfaced Data Acquisition and Control Laboratory for Introductory Classes

该奖项向俄克拉何马州立大学农业工程系提供资金，以开发一个基于微型计算机的数据采集和控制实验室，供生命科学和工程学的各种入门课程使用。该项目有四个目标：让学生深入了解计算机的科学使用，让他们接触到最先进的自动数据输入和仪器控制，提高学生实验室数据的质量，最大限度地减少乏味的数字运算，最后创造令人兴奋的广泛受众，较低的除法实验。这最后一个目标将刷新技术专业的兴趣，甚至可能吸引来自其他领域的生命科学和工程专业的学生。使用的设备将包括数据采集和控制单元、电源和定制的实验仪器。多个单元将确保每个学生都能获得实践经验。该设备将允许执行许多不同类型的实验，包括生物响应、热动力学和控制、热过程设计和机器人的测量。这一项目将大大提高该机构或任何其他已知机构的目标班级的教学水平，超过目前的水平。这里的发展应该成为其他学校改进的典范。该奖项由受赠人与非联邦来源相匹配。

This award provides funds to the the Department of Agricultural Engineering at Oklahoma State University to develop a microcomputer based, data acquisition and control laboratory for use by various introductory classes in the life sciences and engineering. The project has four objectives; to provide students insight to scientific uses of computers, to expose them to state-of-the-art automatic data entry and instrument control, to improve the quality of student laboratory data and minimize tedious number crunching, and finally to create exciting broad audience, lower division experiments. This last objective will refresh the interests of technical majors and possibly even attract to the life sciences and engineering, students from other fields. The equipment used will include data acquisition and control units, power supplies and custom experimental apparatus. Multiple units will ensure every student obtains hands on experience. This equipment will allow many different types of experiments to be performed, including measurements of biological response, thermal dynamics and control, thermal processign, and robotics. This project will significantly increase the level of instruction in the intended classes above current levels at this or any other known institution. The developments here, should serve as a model for improvement at other schools. This award is being matched by the grantee with with non-Federal sources.