February 2005 Meeting Minutes ‹HOME
Click the link above to read the complete story on Matt Metzger's project.
This picture of Matt, with Scott Moor, assistant professor of chemical engineering, and Polly Piergiovanni, associate professor of chemical engineering are working on the process control loop experiment made with Lego Bricks, RCX microcomputer brick as the heart.
Julie Gliem
President Ackerman called the scholarship “Student Night” meeting to order following the meal provided by Lehigh University.
There was no official business conducted.
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Longo, Honor and Awards chairman, introduced the scholarship students.
Jill Gliem, a Lehigh Chemical Engineering major, detailed the use of high speed photography in the research of water droplets. The camera uses a PCI card to input images directly into a computer at a speed of two-thousand frames per second.
Mathew Metzger, a Lafayette Chemical Engineering major, reviewed the “Flexible Process Control Kits for the Classroom” that they developed. The kit uses various Lego parts, measuring and control devices in conjunction with Labview software to provide the student with a hands on experience of PID control.
Professor Kemal Tuzla and Paul Bader gave us a tour of the Chemical Engineering department’s chemical processing lab. The lab is equipped with numerous control systems for the student to learn PID control and data collection techniques.
Respectfully, Dick Rumble, Secretary
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