Jim Henry UT-Chattanooga

Real Laboratories at a Distance

-- Operation of equipment-- Experimental design-- Retrieval of data-- Sharing with team members

Jim Henry UT-Chattanooga

Real Laboratories at a Distance

learn by doing guided discovery demonstrate by experiment the phenomena

developed in lecture or textbook design of experiments collection of data analysis of data presentation of data and results

Jim Henry UT-Chattanooga

Real Laboratories at a Distance

Design -- Experimentation -- Creativity --Data analysis -- Communication --Models -- Instrumentation -- Learn from failure --

Communication --Psychomotor --

Safety --Teamwork --

Ethics --Sensory awareness --

Jim Henry UT-Chattanooga

Real Laboratories at a Distance

-- Steady-State -- Transients

Jim Henry UT-Chattanooga

Real Laboratories at a Distance

Pressure Control System (since 1995)

Jim Henry UT-Chattanooga

Real Laboratories at a Distance

Speed Control System (since 1996)

Jim Henry UT-Chattanooga

Real Laboratories at a Distance

Voltage Control System (since 1997)

Jim Henry UT-Chattanooga

Real Laboratories at a Distance

Flow Control System (since 1996)

Jim Henry UT-Chattanooga

Real Laboratories at a Distance

Temperature Control System (since 1998)

Jim Henry UT-Chattanooga

Real Laboratories at a Distance

4-Tank Level Control System (since 2004)

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Real Laboratories at a Distance

Distillation (since 1997)

Jim Henry UT-Chattanooga

Real Laboratories at a Distance

Violates 2nd law of thermo?

Distillation

Jim Henry UT-Chattanooga

Real Laboratories at a Distance

Distillation (since 1997)

Violates 2nd law of thermo?

Jim Henry UT-Chattanooga

Real Laboratories at a Distance

System being renovatedBatch Drying (since 1999)

Jim Henry UT-Chattanooga

Real Laboratories at a Distance

System being renovatedGas-Fired Water Heater (since 1999)

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Real Laboratories at a Distance Green Engineering Context

Paint Spray Booth Pressure

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Jim Henry UT-Chattanooga

Real Laboratories at a Distance Green Engineering Context

Aerator Mixer Speed

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Jim Henry UT-Chattanooga

Real Laboratories at a Distance Green Engineering Context

Filter Wash-Water Flow

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