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Volume 15
July 2009

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Editor's Note
Engineering Education: Test Drive in Austin
Advanced Research: Search and Rescue Mission in the Lab
Industry Spotlight: Helping Prepare Surgeons
Feature Story: Teaching and Research in a Control Lab Povered by LabVIEW
QuaRC�: Flexible Communication
Editor's Note

Dear Reader

We're half way through the summer and you might be already thinking about a new academic year ahead. As new students show up in your classrooms and labs - captivate them with the latest experiments in control and mechatronics. Join our engineering webinars and learn how educational institutions worldwide are utilizing mechatronic controls plants to attract better students. Or you can test drive some of Quanser's newest plants for teaching and research at NIWeek 2009 in Austin, Texas or European Control Conference 2009 in Budapest, Hungary.

In the summer most people try to enjoy the outdoors. Not our engineers - they are staying inside and testing the multiagent unmanned vehicle missions in lab-size conditions. Communication in such missions is vital - read more about the flexible communication framework of Quanser's real-time control software QuaRC.
 
Enjoy the July issue of our eNEWS along with the rest of your holiday!

Sincerely,
Zuzana Fabusova, eNEWS Editor
TeachingEngineering Education
Test Drive in Austin

Quanser NI Engineering Trainers - 6 Experiments on 1 PlatformJoin hundreds of fellow educators, researchers, and graduate students at the NIWeek 2009 Academic Forum to learn more about new classroom innovations. Additionally, you can test drive Quanser QNET modules with NI ELVIS II and LabVIEW as well as several other products using graphical system design technology while at the conference!

Learn more about NIWeek 2009 on our blog...
NewAdvanced Research
Search and Rescue Mission in the Lab

Quanser UAV & UGV MissionQuanser engineers presented the results of their research and development in the field of unmanned vehicles many times in the past. You could see the demos of multiagent field missions on our blog. Now the Quanser team is working on bringing such missions to the lab, into more controllable and repeatable environment.

Watch a short demo and learn more from our engineers...
Industry Spotlight
Helping Prepare Surgeons

Surgical Simulation using Quanser's HD2Quanser's high definition haptic device HD2, our latest highly engineered robotic manipulator, has many promising applications. Teleoperation tasks where dexterity and precision are required in the control of slave robots are just one example. Watch this short demo video of a surgical simulation.
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Prairie View A&M University
"Since NI's LabVIEW software is widely used in academia, compatibility of Quanser's equipment with it overcomes yet another limit in application..."

Dr. Yongpeng Zhang, Prairie View A&M University, USA

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FeatureTeaching and Research in a Control Lab Powered by LabVIEW

Quanser Control Solutions Powered By LabVIEW

Learn how Prairie View A&M University leverages its investment in the National Instruments platform to teach and do research in their multi-disciplinary control lab.


QuaRCQuaRC�: Flexible Communication

The new version of QuaRC�, with its flexible communication capabilities and framework, allows you to carry out standard communication not only between QuaRC models, but also between a QuaRC model and an external application, or even between two external applications! Learn more about this feature on our engineering blog and get a FREE software trial today.
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Dr. Robert Wood
Dr. Robert Wood from Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences is being honored by President Obama. He will receive a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in the fall at a White House ceremony.
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Meet Quanser and see live demos of our Mechatronic Controls Collection at:

NIWeek 2009

ECC'09

2009 ASEE Global Colloquium

2009 ASME DSCC

IEEE CDC 2009
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Tell us what plants you would like us to develop or enhance. Or share your stories, tips and ideas with us at  editor@quanser.com