NIWeek Academic Forum is the only event that unites educators, researchers, and students from around the world in conjunction with the industry's premier conference for graphical system design. Attendees share best practices in engineering and science education, discuss the future of engineering and research, and network with colleagues and professionals from around the globe.
Keynote Presentation and Demonstrations
Join NI director of academic programs Dave Wilson and NI technology experts as they unveil the latest product developments and demonstrate how they can be used to prepare the next generation of engineers to solve the Grand Challenges for Engineering.
An Ecosystem for Every Student
The challenge of equipping students with the practical experience required for future success is more pressing than ever, but flexible technology ecosystems based on standard platforms can help them take advantage of generations of innovation and theory. As these platforms evolve, cost, time, and space constraints are decreasing so that every student can access industry-standard technology anytime, anywhere to incorporate theory into experimentation and "do engineering." At this keynote, preview the next ecosystem that students will use to meet the challenges that attracted them to engineering in the first place.
New Solutions and Lab Tours
Preview the newest product solutions for hands-on learning and reinforcing concepts in mechanical, electrical, biomedical, and RF and communications engineering. Visit laboratories to see how other educators are integrating these solutions into their courses.
LabVIEW Student Design Showcase
From inexpensive medical devices to complex underwater autonomous vehicles, see how students are engineering a better world by incorporating NI technology into their design projects.
Technical Sessions
View expert presentations from leaders in engineering and science education and research to see how they integrate graphical system design and NI solutions into their classrooms and labs to accelerate student innovation and learning.
Cross-Layer RF and Communications Education With Software Defined Radio
Software defined radio (SDR) provides new efficiencies in RF/communications research and education. Hands-on curricula can extend beyond the physical layer to incorporate MAC layer principles and prepare both undergraduate and graduate students for research and industry. Learn how one of the top engineering schools in Germany is using LabVIEW and the NI USRP platform for SDR education.
DaNI Robots: Educational Research Platform
Explore the basic capabilities of LabVIEW Robotics Starter Kit (DaNI) robots and their application as part of a lab-scale multivehicle control system in the Nonlinear and Autonomous Systems Laboratory at Michigan Technological University.
Digital Wireless Communication: Physical Layer Exploration
Digital communications is a quickly evolving field of study, which presents a challenge for educators. Learn how LabVIEW, the NI USRP™ (Universal Software Radio Peripheral), and turnkey course materials can help you keep your course up to date and incorporate a hands-on approach that combines both timeless principles and the latest RF/communications approaches.
Enhancing Student Learning in Online and On-Site Engineering Courses
Discover how National University incorporates hands-on experimentation into online engineering courses and on-site graduate classes. The Electrical Circuits and Systems course features the NI Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (NI ELVIS) to introduce online students to electrical circuit laboratory activities, and a graduate-level, on-site class in signal processing theory incorporates Emona DATEx. See how student satisfaction with learning, teachers, course content, and technology improved from 13 to 28 percent and GPAs increased 8 percent.
Exploring an Electric Buggy Using CompactRIO
Discover how a Université Paris-Sud course teaches real-time programming, sensor, and control and supervision principles by helping students transform a gas-powered buggy into an electric buggy. Find out how the school receives positive course feedback by combining project-based learning with a relevant application using CompactRIO and LabVIEW to control and monitor the electric driver of the buggy.
Implementing a Portable Levitation Device Using NI myDAQ
Discover how The The University of Texas incorporates experimentation into mechatronics, automatic control, and multi-energetic modeling courses with the PortaLAB Levitation device. Built on the NI myDAQ platform using LabVIEW, PortaLAB is ideal for the development of inexpensive and portable laboratory experiments. Students can simulate, debug, prototype, and test their PortaLAB experiments without the expensive instruments usually required in a lab setting.
Incorporating Design, Build, and Test Challenges Throughout the Engineering Curriculum
Learn how the University of Manchester School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering improved student satisfaction with practical coursework. Explore the five ways the school introduces practical experimentation throughout the engineering curriculum using the NI Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (NI ELVIS), NI myDAQ, LabVIEW, and Multisim.
Increasing Engineering Enrollment With FIRST and University Partnerships
Macquarie University partnered with FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) to inspire and engage primary and secondary school students in a fun, fast-paced, and hands-on learning environment. Macquarie has had great success not only with the "business" of the university but also in actively supporting the local community with this approach. Learn how the engineering department has grown from just four graduating students in 2009 to over 150 incoming freshmen in 2012.
Integrating Design Challenges Into First-Year Engineering Courses With NI myDAQ
Hear how first-year Purdue engineering students learn about computing with LabVIEW and explore design with NI myDAQ. This combination produces a wide variety of challenging and creative projects for a diverse set of student interests. The session also offers examples of student work and evaluations.
Integrating Virtual Instrumentation Into Physics Demonstrations and Student Labs
To increase the impact of physics experiments and student labs using LabVIEW and virtual instrumentation, the University of Bern uses Hopf pendulum and Doppler experiments in the hands-on examples. In the Hopf experiment, students transition between the inherent steady states of a mechanical system driven by chaotic properties. In the Doppler experiment, they measure and analyze the acquired signals of rotating sound sources. Learn how students use LabVIEW and NI DAQ hardware to drive and analyze measurements.
Introducing LabVIEW to Biomedical Engineering Sophomores Through a Design Course
To teach University of Wisconsin–Madison biomedical engineering students technical and design skills, engineering professors developed a new sophomore-level course called Biomedical Engineering Fundamentals and Design. It uses LabVIEW to introduce students to electronic instrumentation and microcontroller programming; data acquisition, digital signal processing, and data archiving; and textual-based microcontroller programming concepts.
LabVIEW Student Design Competition 2012 Finalists
Review the LabVIEW Student Design Competition finalists and discover how teams used LabVIEW and graphical system design to tackle socially relevant engineering challenges.
Panel Session: The Evolution of Design in the Engineering Curriculum
Join leading experts in engineering education at a panel discussion on the teaching and research challenges that colleges and universities face today. Topics include enrollment, engagement, retention, funding, and technology instruction.
Reinvention of Technical Training for the 21st Century
To meet the challenge of training technologists with adaptable skills, Finger Lakes Community College partnered with over a dozen local high-tech businesses to launch a two-year academic program called Instrumentation and Control Technologies. The program's physics and mathematics instructors use LabVIEW and NI myDAQ to overcome learning barriers, and have reinvented technical training for the 21st century using LabVIEW for data acquisition, precision motion control, and machine vision.
Use of LabVIEW and NI myDAQ in the UT Introduction to Electrical Engineering Course
First-semester UT freshmen learn about LabVIEW, Multisim, and NI myDAQ in their first electrical engineering course. Eleven of the 12 labs they perform feature a LabVIEW component, and all complement the DC circuit analysis course. Work progresses from simple circuits such as voltage dividers to more complex concepts like Thevenin equivalent circuits and op-amps. Students also complete one high-level lab (an audio equalizer) to demonstrate the more powerful processing capabilities of embedded processors.
Using LabVIEW and CompactRIO to Teach Embedded Computing
Explore how the University of Virginia is using the combination of LabVIEW and CompactRIO to teach an introduction to embedded computing course for third-year undergraduates in electrical and computer engineering. The platform helps students learn basic embedded and programming concepts by comparing similar ideas from embedded C programming to LabVIEW.
Using Practical Examples in LabVIEW to Move From Programming Basics to Advanced Architectures
Discover how students progress from programming basics to advanced architectures in three school semesters using LabVIEW. Also learn how to cultivate Certified LabVIEW Developers by introducing data acquisition, field-programmable gate array (FPGA) programming, multithreading, and advanced architectures through practical student project examples.
Using Practical Experimentation to Put the Ingenious Back Into an Engineering Curriculum
Learn how the University of Manchester School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering improved student satisfaction with practical coursework. Explore the five ways the school introduces practical experimentation throughout the engineering curriculum using the NI Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (NI ELVIS), NI myDAQ, LabVIEW, and Multisim.
