TEST RIG FOR THE DEMONSTRATION OF THE FLOW IN A RADIAL PUMP
The paper gives information about a new PIV test rig for the education and training of students in the field of hydraulic machinery.
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Sergey V. Muravyov, Vesa Savolainen
TEACHING MEASUREMENT THEORY IN METROLOGY, STANDARDIZATION AND CERTIFICATION
This paper describes some experiences in solving a difficult problem: organization of teaching General Measurement Theory in a situation where neither widely accepted opinion on its structure and contents nor authoritative textbooks and didactical materials exist. The contents of the discipline's theoretical part and exercises are given. The obligatory minimum of the theoretical part includes studying the initial mathematical concept like sets, binary relations, and mappings; formal logic and algebraic foundations of measurement as a cognitive process; features of measurement on quantitative...
Paul P.L.Regtien, Ciska Heida
A THREE-STEP APPROACH TO PRACTICAL TRAINING IN MEASUREMENT
This paper reports on a training program in measurement for undergraduate students, in which emphasis is put on a critical attitude with respect to the whole measurement process. A thorough analysis of the measurement environment, the measurement devices and the signal processing are prerequisites for a correct interpretation of the measurement results. These skills are trained using a complete system built up in modules that can be studied separately. The student starts with the characterization of transducers, followed by studying the associated signal processing and finally evaluates the...
Calmin D. Scarlett, Leonardo A. Clarke, Ryan Turner, Joseph Skobla
CELLULAR BASED GPS ERROR CORRECTION SYSTEM
The Micro-tracking System in development at the Physics Department, University of the West Indies is aimed at providing an effective vehicle and asset tracking system which will cover the entire island of Jamaica. The system uses Global Positioning System (GPS) technology in determining location of an asset equipped with a processing unit which was develop at UWI. We aim to improve this system by increasing the accuracy and efficiency of the system and adding navigational capabilities [1]. This is a cost effective GPS error correction system designed to work with a GSM cellular network....
Mladen Jakovcic, Armin Pavic
THE LIFE-LONG EDUCATION FOR THE MEASUREMENT PROCESS
Human error has always been important component of the error of measurement. The use of modern technology, for capturing, transmitting, processing, manipulating and recording of measurement data, has eliminated human errors from the technical part of the measurement process, so that the main causes of human errors remain in the user area. A little space has been left for improving this aspect of measurement by technical means, therefore education has become an important tool for minimization of human errors. A systematic approach to user education is presented, with a pattern of continuous...
Pasquale Daponte, Domenico Grimaldi, Vladimír Haasz, Linus Michaeli, Ján Šaliga
A TWO YEARS EXPERIENCE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL ON DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
The International Summer School for Master of Science (MS) and PhD students is aimed to give expertise for designing and testing Data Acquisition (DAQ) systems. The students became familiar with various aspects concerning (i) interfaces for measurement instrumentation, (ii) different programming environments for DAQ system software development, and (iii) DAQ system control in the integrated communication and computer networks. Obtained skills allow the student the implementation of design and test methods in any European enterprise with regards to the common standards and products available...
Maarten Korsten, Marinka Sysling, Paul Regtien
WRITING LABORATORY REPORTS OF EXPERIMENTAL WORK DIRECTLY ON THE COMPUTER, A FEASIBILITY STUDY
In this paper we present the results of a feasibility study on writing an electronic laboratory report while performing experiments. This way of reporting may lead to better documented experiments, to improved information exchange between members of a project group and facilitate writing a final report for the outside world. Results from a pilot study with student groups indicate that these improvements are obtained indeed. The reports look more professional, are better structured and well readable. Also the information exchange between group members showed improvement. The management of...
Aurel Millea, Radu Munteanu, Ionel Urdea Marcus
TEACHING GENERAL METROLOGY: WHY, WHAT, HOW?
Arguments are given in favour of teaching a course of General Metrology in technical universities, and some hints are formulated regarding the content of it. Several questions arise in connection with General Metrology, seen as a technical discipline, rather than a physical one. Is it useful to teach General Metrology as a separate course at a higher education level? If the answer is yes, what would be the best curriculum of such a course? When would it be most appropriate to teach the course, at the beginning or at the end of the series of basic technical disciplines? What are the main...
Olli Aumala
NETWORKING FOR MEASUREMENT EDUCATION
IMEKO TC1 has started a series of On Line (virtual) Workshops and a Portal for joint use of educational material. The aim of this activity is to help educators in organizing good co-operation and getting benefit in their work. These methods give new possibilities to other TC’s, too. It is possible to create a scheme of “distant participation” for scientists living in areas where it is difficult to travel to IMEKO symposia. The Workshops and the Portal can also help in finding co-operation partners in the scientific work. The paper presents experience from the first Workshops and discusses...
Wilhelm Kolaczia
MEASUREMENT OF ROUND TIMBER USING ELECTRONIC MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS
In many countries logging is a very important sector of economy, a factor, which led to an extensive industrialization in the field of wood processing within the last three decades. In particular electronic measurement systems are used to optimise the commercial utilization of the resource “timber” and also for data acquisition in trade and commerce. Modern measuring assemblies for round timber enable not only to acquire the volume of round timber but also to record – self-acting - taper, sweep and ovality. More and more efforts are undertaken to use data - primarily attained for internal...