Teaching

Awards and Accomplishments:

a)  Developed hypermedia and CD-ROM based laboratory instruction

b)  Developed video instruction for the measurements laboratory

c)  Improved effectiveness in large classes

d)  Obtained equipment costing over $300,000 from private and public organizations in the last 7 years for improving undergraduate laboratories

e)  Director of Applied High Tech and Measurements Laboratories

f)  Received Carnot Award for the best teacher from Pi Tau Sigma four times

g)  Named Carnegie Foundation's 1997 ND Professor of the Year

Courses Taught Recently:

ME 221

Engineering Mechanics I (3 credits)

Trusses, frames and machines, internal forces, friction forces, center of gravity, and centroid. Kinematics of particles and rigid bodies. 3 recitations. Prereq: Math 160 with a grade of C or better.

ME 412

Engineering Measurements (3 credits)

Principles and characteristics of instruments used for engineering measurements, statistical analysis of data, signal conditioning, data acquisition systems. 2 recitations, 1 three-hour laboratory. Prereq: EE 303.

ME 475

Automatic Controls I (3 credits)

Introduction to industrial automatic controls. Theory and applications of pneumatic control, continuous process control, and programmable logic control. Demonstrations and discussion of the current industrial practice. 2 recitations.

ME 476

Automatic Controls II (2 credits)

Basic theory, analysis, and design of feedback control systems. Modeling, stability, and practical aspects of control systems. Demonstrations and discussion of the current industrial practice. 2 recitations. Coreq: ME 475.

ME 717

PC Based Measurements and Controls (3 Credits)

Basic principles and skills to design, build, and use a personal computer based data acquisition system and a machine vision system.

 

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