Development of an Automatic Data Collection and Identification Laboratory for Undergraduate Instruction

通过这个项目，一个最先进的自动数据收集和识别（ADCI）实验室被开发出来，并提供能力、功能和将这些技术集成到工业系统中的培训。近年来，对训练有素的工程师和技术人员实施诸如条形码、射频识别、磁条、机器视觉和语音识别等ADCI技术的需求呈爆炸式增长。熟悉条形码标准，符号，印刷方法，印刷质量验证分析，ADCI数据库的设计，使用ADCI跟踪在制品和库存的系统集成，以及选择不同ADCI技术的评估程序，对于未来10年内理科学士学位的毕业生来说是必不可少的，因为这些技术的使用在今天的工业中是普遍的。最初，这个实验室被用来支持机械设计和制造问题、自动化制造、聚合物工艺、统计质量控制和制造计划等课程。另外三门课程，设施规划，自动数据收集和识别，和高级项目计划增加到本科技术课程。

Through this project, a state-of-the-art laboratory in Automatic Data Collection and Identification (ADCI) is developed and provides training in capabilities, function, and integration of these technologies into industrial systems. The demand for trained engineers and technologists to implement such ADCI technologies as Bar Code, Radio Frequency Identification, Magnetic Stripe, Machine Vision, and Voice Recognition has exploded in recent years. Familiarity with bar code standards, symbologies, printing methods, print quality verification analysis, the design of ADCI databases, the integration of systems using ADCI to track work-in-process and inventory, and evaluation procedures for selecting different ADCI technologies will be essential to the graduating students at the baccalaureate of science level within the next 10 years, since the usage of these technologies is universal in industry today. Initially, this laboratory is being utilized to support courses in Mechanical Design and Manufacturing Problems, Automated Manufacturing, Polymer Process, Statistical Quality Control, and Manufacturing Planning. Three other courses in Facility Planning, Automatic Data Collection and Identification, and Senior Project are planned for addition into the undergraduate technology curriculum.