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The interplay of fluidic muscles and mechatronic systems in the Airmotion_ride makes it possible to generate an extraordinary range of driving and flight simulations. A hexapod structure using parallel kinematics, with six Festo fluidic muscles, creates...
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THINERGY thin-film micro-energy cells deliver a highly efficient, safe, rechargeable and powerful energy storage solution in an extremely thin form factor—roughly the size of a postage stamp. The newly released Application Development Platform (ADP) tool...
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While woodframe structures have historically performed well with regard to life safety in regions of moderate to high seismicity, these types of low-rise structures have sustained significant structural and non-structural damage in recent earthquakes...
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At Colorado State University, Prof. John van de Lindt has applied a base isolation system to a light-frame wood building for shake-table testing. The test structure is supported on a base isolation system consisting of four sliding bearings. The bearings...
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At Colorado State University, civil engineering professor Dr. John van de Lindt conducted a series of earthquake shake table tests of a half-scale two-story residential building with an integrated one car garage as part of a National Science Foundation...
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The Mars Rover Project is one of the efforts of the Purdue Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS). The EPICS team has designed and built this exhibit with its community partner, Imagination Station-Black in Lafayette, Indiana. Applying new...
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EPICS is a unique program in which teams of undergraduates are designing, building, and deploying real systems to solve engineering-based problems for local community service and education organizations. Purdue’s EPICS program is the national model in...
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At CEDIA 2008, Philippe Roy, Chief Technology Officer for D-BOX, discusses how they are bringing home entertainment into a whole new dimension. D-BOX Motion Code is a sophisticated, groundbreaking technology that creates real-life motion perfectly synchronized...
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In the spirit of the Beijing Olympics, National Instruments featured this interactive LabVIEW demonstration at NI Week 2008. Competitors could compete in a video game reminiscent of the original Konami Track & Field series. The game was programmed...
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As an interdisciplinary, high-technology field in the engineering of controllable mechanical systems, the Master of Science in Mechatronic Systems Engineering program synergizes student's knowledge by integrating the areas of Mechanical Engineering...
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Lawrence Tech's College of Engineering combines academic rigor and excellence with a wealth of practical experience. With the Institute's unique four-wheel drive chassis dynamometer, students can explore innovative engineering solutions. The dyno...
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The Master of Science in Mechatronic Systems Engineering (MSMSE) program at Lawrence Technological Institute in Michigan provides engineers with advanced scientific and engineering knowledge in an emerging high technology field – Mechatronic Systems Engineering...
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The Challenge: Building a full-authority, FPGA-based engine control system for a high-performance motorcycle engine. The Solution: Using National Instruments CompactRIO and LabVIEW environment to focus directly on engine control software and I/O board...
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The objective of the Hybrid Electric Vehicle Experimentation and Assessment (HEVEA) research program is to develop Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) Fuel Economy and performance Test Operating Procedures (TOP), determine the fuel economy benefits of HEV using...
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The Berkeley Aerobot (BEAR) project is a collective, interdisciplinary research effort at UC Berkeley that encompasses the disciplines of hybrid systems theory, navigation, control, computer vision, communication, and multi-agent coordination, since 1996...