NIWeek 2008 Academic Forum, Monday, August 4

NIWeek 2008 Academic Forum

9:00	The University of Texas Laboratory Tours		Research Track I
			A Graphical System Design Approach to Scientific Computing
			Computational Mathematics in LabVIEW and the G Programming Language
			Designing Custom Math Algorithms in LabVIEW
12:00	Welcome Lunch Keynote
1:30	Teaching Track I	Teaching Track II	Research Track II
	Learn about the Electronics Education Platform	Using LabVIEW for Controls	Hybrid Programming and Visualization with MathScript and G
	Explore the new NI ELVIS II for Controls, Telecommunications & Embedded Design	Top 10 Reasons to Teach LabVIEW in Engineering Curriculum	Pushing the Envelope with LabVIEW Math and Hardware Acceleration Technologies
	Classroom: Hands-On Learning with LabVIEW (NTS Press)	The LabVIEW Advantage: Give Your Students a Competitive Edge in Industry	Using LabVIEW for Intelligent Position Control and its Applications in Nano-positioning Systems
	Engaging Communications Education through LabVIEW Simulations and Screencasts	Interdisciplinary Curriculum for Mechatronics using LabVIEW
5:00	Expo Floor Tour
5:30	Poster Session on Expo Floor

The University of Texas Laboratory Tours

New Biomedical Engineering Labs
In these labs, students use NI LabVIEW; NI ELVIS, an educational design and prototyping platform based on LabVIEW; and PXI modular instruments to learn instrumentation basics for recording and displaying electrophysiological signals, including pressure, flow, temperature, ultrasonics, and bioelectric signals. Using the equipment, students develop a biomedical system for a semester senior design project.

Aerospace Engineering Controls Lab
Professor Robert H. Bishop, coauthor of Modern Control Systems, created an undergraduate controls laboratory based on LabVIEW software. Students design, simulate, and implement a variety of real-time control experiments. They also gain an introduction to the theory and implementation issues of classical and modern control systems using industrial real-time hardware and software.

Wireless Communications Lab
This lab takes an experimental approach to wireless digital communications. Physical layer concepts are emphasized rather than implementation considerations. Lab topics include bandwidth, sampling, complex baseband equivalent representation, upconversion, downconversion, narrowband signals, channel estimation, and principles of software-defined radio.

Mechatronics /ME Dynamic Systems Labs
In the basic mechatronics lab, students use LabVIEW and NI ELVIS to characterize electrical/electronic components, actuators, and sensors; build and test circuits; implement data acquisition techniques; and control electromechanical systems. In the dynamic systems and controls lab, students learn engineering systems modeling, numerical simulation, and results assessment with experimental study using LabVIEW, NI ELVIS with plug-in DAQ, and vision using USB cameras.

Welcome Lunch Keynote

During lunch, join Ray Almgren, vice president of academic relations, as he welcomes attendees to the 2008 NIWeek Academic Forum and kicks off a day of hands-on learning and discovering new teaching methodologies.

Teaching Track I

Learn about the Electronics Education Platform (Multisim 10.1, NI ELVIS II, and LabVIEW)
Presenter: Sandra Tso, National Instruments
Enhance your classroom and lab by bridging the gap between theory and real-life circuit behavior. The NI electronics education platform provides interactive learning through Multisim 10.1, NI ELVIS II, and LabVIEW. Overcome the traditional circuit education challenges to gain a deeper understanding of circuit design theory with a comprehensive hands-on approach to learning.

NExplore the new NI ELVIS II for Controls, Telecommunications & Embedded Design
Presenter: Shekhar Sharad, National Instruments
Discover how you can leverage the versatility of the NI ELVIS II platform to teach concepts in control design, telecommunications and embedded design. Learn about the plug-in boards from Quanser, Emona Instruments and Freescale and available curriculum you can use in your courses.

Classroom: Hands-On Learning with LabVIEW
Presenters: Erik Luther, National Instruments
Tom Robbins, National Instruments
Build intuitive understanding of theory and applications encouraging students to pause, tinker, explore, and reflect on concepts. We explore the integration of textbooks, hardware, and software to facilitate hands-on learning with measurable results.

Engaging Communications Education through LabVIEW Simulations and Screencasts
Presenter: Ed Doering, Rose-Hulman Technical Institute
Take advantage of LabVIEW programming and screencasts to improve the student learning experience through graphical interaction and implementation of concepts. Through the interactive LabVIEW simulations, students gain hands-on experience of communication concepts covered in class.

Teaching Track II

Using LabVIEW for Controls
Presenter: Robert Bishop, University of Texas at Austin

Top 10 Reasons to Teach LabVIEW in Engineering Curriculum
Presenter: Tom Walker, Virginia Tech University
Discover the Top 10 things you should know about teaching LabVIEW in your engineering curriculum. Learn how students are introduced to fundamental engineering concepts through LabVIEW and explore a case study on how an integrated education platform improves theory comprehension and prepares students for industry.

The LabVIEW Advantage: Give Your Students a Competitive Edge in Industry
Presenter: Brad Armstrong, National Instruments
Prepare students for the demands of industry and higher education with engaging content and hands-on lab exercises. Learn how to accelerated professional development, improved productivity, and enhanced field credibility through the LabVIEW Academy Certification program.

Interdisciplinary Curriculum for Mechatronics Using LabVIEW
Presenter: John Limroth, Clemson University
Mechatronics is an interdisciplinary approach to engineering combining mechanical, electronics, control, and computer engineering. Learn how to incorporate the multiple disciplines in the classroom by integrating NI hardware and software.

Research Track I

A Graphical System Design Approach to Scientific Computing
Scientific computing and experimental research applications require tools that can easily integrate customized measurements with advanced analysis (mathematics, signal processing) and visualization tools. Learn how to apply advanced mathematics and visualization techniques to real-world measurements using the NI graphical system design platform and take advantage of different hardware acceleration technologies for computational intensive applications.

Computational Mathematics in LabVIEW and the G Programming Language
Computational mathematics is essential in solving many real-world problems, encompassing modeling, analysis, algorithm development, simulation and control for a wide variety of challenges arising in science and engineering. Learn about how to use NI LabVIEW for implementing modern computational mathematics algorithms, including ODE solvers, numerical optimization, Support Vector Machines (SVM) models, BLAS-based numerical linear algebra and much more

Designing Custom Math Algorithms in LabVIEW
NI LabVIEW offers a rich set of built-in functionality for numerical mathematics, DSP, control, image processing, and numerous other fields. The real power of modern systems comes from the ability to change algorithms quickly, add visualization and other quality measures freely, and switch effortlessly between design and deployment.

Research Track II

Hybrid Programming and Visualization with MathScript and G
NI LabVIEW offers two built-in ways to express mathematical algorithms: MathScript and G. You'll see this hybrid programming approach in action and experience custom mathematical algorithm design first hand. We'll cover how LabVIEW seamlessly integrates math and data visualization in an entirely new but natural way, streamlining design-to-deployment cycles and enabling efficient concept exploration.

Pushing the Envelope with LabVIEW Math and Hardware Acceleration Technologies
With the evolution of multi-core and many-core processors, the desktop PC has emerged as a viable platform for solving a wider array of scientific applications especially those that involve real-time behavior. LabVIEW's ability to reach new processing makes it an ideal system design environment for developing and deploying high-performance math solutions.

Using LabVIEW for Intelligent Position Control and its Applications in Nano-positioning Systems
e presentation is divided in two parts. The first section illustrates the use of LabVIEW modules (like Control Design and Simulation, System Identification and State Chart) in the development of algorithms for path planning and positioning control. The second part of the session focuses applications in nanotechnology focusing on micro- and nano-positioners, and control of advanced MEMS nano-positioners.

Expo Floor Tour

Discover new products and solutions from more than 200 exhibitor booths and pavilions on the NIWeek Expo floor.

Poster Session

Join NI for a poster session on the NIWeek Expo floor and see how colleagues use NI hardware and software to deliver technological innovation within research and the classroom. Submit your poster entry before July 11, 2008.

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