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System Dynamics Studio Lab System Dynamics Lab

Location: 2120 Gleason
Facilitator: Dr. Mark Kempski

Description/Projects:
 

The Systems Studio Laboratory (aka Systems Lab) is a hallmark facility providing an innovative lecture and hands-on learning environment within the Mechanical Engineering Department. Here a teaching venue is provided where traditional lecture, smart-classroom lecture, hands-on experimentation, data acquisition, and computer simulation are available for “on-demand” student learning through multi-faceted instruction. The Systems Lab is used by several required and elective courses, encompassing core curricular areas such as system dynamics and control, systems modeling and simulation, data acquisition and signal processing, as well as, dynamics of machinery and finite element analysis. The laboratory was established in 1989 through National Science Foundation grant USE-8852420. The Systems Lab has been supported since its inception by Hewlett-Packard corporate philanthropy Gift #82372.1 in year 2000, a major facility renovation in 1999, and RIT capital equipment expenditures.

 

Equipment List:

 

Twelve (12) student workstations each equipped with:

·        Hewlett-Packard XU-800 Kayak computer equipped with

-        National Instruments PCI-6024E Data-acquisition Card and

-        National Instruments BNC-2080 Terminal Board

·        Dell 15-inch Flat-panel Display (new 2003)

·        Hewlett-Packard E3631A Triple Output Power Supply

·        Instek GPC-3030DQ Triple Output Power Supply

·        Tektronix TDS 210 Two-channel Digital Oscilloscope w/ Math Module

·        Tektronix CDM 250 Digital Multimeter

·        Agilent 33220A Arbitrary Waveform Generator (new 2004)

·        LJT Electronics DC-15 Motor Control Module

·        Lab experiment fixtures, electrical circuits and bread-boards, etc. as appropriate

 

 Instructor workstations equipped with:

·        Hewlett-Packard XU-800 Kayak computer equipped with

-        National Instruments PCI-6024E Data-acquisition Card and

-        National Instruments BNC-2080 Terminal Board

·        Dell 17-inch Display

·        Elmo EV-400AF Visual Presenter

·        Sony SLV-R1000 Video Cassette Recorder

·        Sony LBT-LX50 Audio System

General purpose equipment:

·        Hewlett-Packard Color LaserJet 8500N

·        Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 4050TN

·        Two (2) Sharp XG-NV6XU Color Projection Systems for on-demand

-        Instructor note generation and/or projection via Elmo s-Video output

-        Instructor VCR projection

-        Instructor computer simulation/presentation projection

·        Dell PowerEdge 2300 server for print, data, and domain control

·        Hewlet-Packard NetServer LC2000 server for data and domain control 

Major software resources:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Operating System

  • Microsoft Office 2000 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

  • MATLAB R13 with SIMULINK, Signal Processing, Control System, & Optimization

  • LabVIEW Version 6.1 Full-development System

  • 100 Base-T Internet and WWW hardware/software infrastructure provided by RIT