Required
Catalog Data: (0-0-2-1)
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: EE-212
This lab complements the Electrical Engineering course, EE-212, and provides the necessary knowledge and skills of electrical engineering to non-electrical engineering majors. It teaches students how to use sensors and instruments to make meaningful measurements in mechanical and electrical systems. This lab course introduces students to: (1) the laws and methods of circuit analysis (2) sensors used in measurements of displacement, temperature, strain and fuel cell systems and (3) the amplifiers and other instrumentation used to process the signals from these sensors.
Textbook(s): None
References: Rizzoni, Giorgio, Principles and Applications of Electrical Engineering, McGraw-Hall
Coordinator: Brenda Lemke
Instructor(s): Brenda Lemke, Janet Brelin-Fornari, Tim Cameron
Course learning objectives:
- Students will demonstrate the ability to generate and condition a signal using basic measurement techniques and measuring devices [ABET PO’s: A, K, N]
- Students will demonstrate the ability to operate instrumentation systems containing sensors, signal conditioning electronics, and electronic amplifiers [ABET PO’s: A, K, N]
- Students will demonstrate the ability to analyze circuits containing resistors, capacitors , and inductors using Kirchoff’s Current and Voltage Laws, Node Voltage Method, Current and Voltage dividers, Superposition method and by reducing circuits to their Thevenin Equivalents [ABET PO’s: A, B, E]
- Students will demonstrate a working ability in the analysis of mechanical and electrical systems using computer software including MultiSIM and LabVIEW software for simulation and data acquisition [ABET PO’s: A, E, G, K, N]
Topics covered:
- Instruments used for signal generation and measurement [1 Week]
- PEM Fuel Cell system performance [1 Week]
- LabVIEW programming and data acquisition [2 Weeks]
- MultiSIM programming for DC Circuit simulation
[1 Week]
- DC Circuit analysis [1 Week]
- AC Circuit analysis [1 Week]
- Operational Amplifiers [1 Week]
- Sensors used for measuring system performance
[1 Weeks]
Schedule: Two Laboratory Hours, One Credit, One session per week of 120 minutes
Computer usage: National Instruments LabVIEW and MultiSIM software, Excel.
Laboratory projects: One Final Self Directed Experiment.
Relationship to professional component: 100% Engineering Science.
Prepared by: Brenda S. Lemke Date: 04/02/09 |
PEM Fuel Cell - NEXA
NEXA Test Data
NEXA Lab Sheet
  
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