Improvement of Simulation, Instrumentation, and Control Laboratory

本计画的目标是改善模拟、仪器与控制实验室及相关课程。工程学院使用这些设施和课程来指导机械、化学、航空航天和电气工程师以及辅修生物医学和海洋工程的学生。每年有900多名学生将其用于核心课程、高级选修课和高级项目（包括由当地行业赞助的项目）。除了现有的控制器和传感器外，还购买了现代化的分布式控制系统和仿真计算机。这些仪器将被学生用来模拟、配置和研究多回路和级联系统，这些系统在过去已经超出了该设施的能力。计算机和记录仪用于分析实验结果并以图形方式显示它们。这种新的实验设备提高了学生的理解力，减少了学习时间。它还减少了学生花在重复性任务上的时间，例如手动数据采集，以便在同一课程中涵盖更高级的主题和补充材料。该奖金将由首席研究员所在机构提供等额的奖金。

The objective of this project is to improve a Simulation, Instrumentation, and Control Laboratory and the associated curriculum. The College of Engineering employs this facility and curriculum for instructing mechanical, chemical, aerospace, and electrical engineers as well as students minoring in biomedical and ocean engineering. It is used annually by over 900 students for core courses, senior electives, and senior projects including those which are sponsored by local industries. A modern distributed control system and computers for simulation have been purchased to add to the existing controllers and sensors in the present laboratory. The instruments will be used by students to simulate, configure, and study multiple loop and cascaded systems that have been beyond the capabilities of this facility in the past. Computers and recorders are used to analyze experimental results and display them graphically. This new laboratory equipment improves students comprehension and reduces learning time. It also reduces the time students spend on repetitive tasks such as manual data acquisition so that more advanced topics and supplemental material can be covered in the same course. The award is being matched by an equal amount from the principal investigator's institution.