Computer Interfaced Data Acquisition and Control Laboratory for Introductory Classes

该奖项为农业部提供资金 工程师在俄克拉荷马州州立大学开发微型计算机 数据采集和控制实验室，供各种 生命科学和工程的入门课程。 的 项目有四个目标;让学生了解 计算机的科学应用，让他们接触最先进的技术， 自动数据输入和仪器控制，提高质量 学生实验室数据，最大限度地减少繁琐的数字运算， 最后，为了创造令人兴奋的广大观众， 实验 这最后一个目标将刷新的利益， 技术专业，甚至可能吸引到生命科学 和工程学，其他领域的学生。 使用的设备将包括数据采集和控制装置， 电源和定制实验设备。 多个单元 将确保每个学生都能获得实践经验。 这 设备将允许许多不同类型的实验， 包括生物反应、热 动力学和控制、热处理和机器人技术。 这 该项目将大大提高教学水平， 在这个或任何其他已知的水平上， 机构。 这里的发展，应该作为一个模式， 其他学校的改进。 与此同时， 与非联邦来源。

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.