Physics: 5510                                             Spring 2008 
Lec: CAP 262  9:00 MWF Lab: CAP 252 12:00-14:50 T  
Dr. James G. Sherman Office: CAP 325 Hrs: XYZ Tel: 262-     , 
Email: Shermanjp@appstate.edu    
Dr. Thomas L. Rokoske Office: CAP 253 Hrs: MWF 10-11; or appointment.  
Tel: 262-7499, Email: Rokosketl@appstate.edu
Texts: Sensors and Signal Conditioning by Ramon Pallas-Areny and John G. Webster
 
LabVIEW 8 Student Edition by Robert H. Bishop (ISBN 0-13-199918-40) 
Labs: Handouts from Course Website and Experiments in Mechanics by VISHAY Ed. Div.

Week                           Topic                       Laboratory
14 Jan   Ch.1.1-6 Intro. Sensor-Based Measurement  Intro & Theory of Stress                          
                          Systems                   Strain, and Elasticity 

21 Jan   M.L. King Holiday Ch.1.7-9 Primary        Working with Strain Gages
         Sensor Materials and Microsensor                                              
         Technology

28 Jan   Ch 1. Cont'd, Ch.2.1-4 Resist. Sensors    Construction of the Wheatstone
						   Bridge and Amplifier

 4 Feb   Ch.2.5-9 Magneoresistive Sensors          Modulus of Elasticity-FlexureI              
                    to the end

11 Feb   Ch.3.1-4 Sig. Conditioning for R Sens.    Modulus of Elasticity-FlexureII

18 Feb   Ch.3.5-6 Differential & Instr. Amps.      Poisson's Ratio
                                                    
25 Feb   National Instruments LabVIEW Tutorial     Principle Strains and Stresses       
            First Exam, LV Tutorial Cont'd

 3 Mar   LV Tut Cont'd, Ch. 3 MathScript           LabVIEW Six Hour Lab 1            
           Ch. 11 Analysis 

10 Mar   Spring Break

17 Mar   Ch. 5 subVi's, Ch. 6 Structures           LabVIEW Six Hour Lab 2 & LabVIEW
						   Ch. 3 Math Script   

24 Mar   Easter Holiday, Ch. 7 Array's &           Easter Break
	   Clusters.			   	                       

31 Mar   Ch. 8 Charts & Graphs Ch. 9 Data          LabVIEW Data Acquisition on the 
						    Internet
           Acquisition   

 7 Apr   Ch.8 Charts & Graphs, Ch. 9 Data          LED Light Intensity Measurements                
              Acquisition                                                   

14 Apr  Ch.10 Strings & File I/O, Ch.A.4           Vacuum Measurements with LabVIEW      
                Instrument Drivers

21 Apr   Ch.6.1-2 Self-generating Sensors,         Measurement of Strain with LabVIEW      
          Ch. 7.1-2

28 Apr   Ch.8.1-6, Ch.9.1,3-6                      Review & Finish Labs
               (Mon & Wed only)
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Final Examination: Friday 2 May 9:00-11:30           

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