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Volume 33
February 2011
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NotesEditor's Note

Dear ,

Leading professors, universities and government organizations leverage Quanser's expertise in control, robotics, haptics, mechatronics and unmanned systems to drive their research forward, optimize engineering courses or enable innovation. In this issue of our newsletter, we share a few sucess stories:
Plus you can learn how to motivate engineering students with extended flexibility of Quanser rotary workstations.

If you teach controls, there is still time to request a complimentary copy of the Norman Nise text which will be published soon.

Sincerely,

 

Zuzana Fabusova, eNEWS Editor
TeachTeaching Tools 
Rotary Experiments in Lectures and Labs
Quanser Rotary ExperimentsWhether teaching introductory, intermediate or advanced control theories, professor around the world rely on Quanser's rotary servo-based experiments. This system has been utilized for more than 20 years. To make it even more flexible and portable, our engineers developed new USB data acquisition boards. Many professors are using the servo experiments during a lecture and letting students get hands-on experience with the same equipment in the lab to cement lecture material. 
indAdvanced Teaching and Research
Concordia UAV Course Attracts Students
Qball-X4 Unmanned Aerial VehicleWhat makes the Flight Control and Fault Diagnosis and Fault Tolerant Control Systems courses at Canada's Concordia University unique and attractive? Students at both undergrad and graduate levels are working with cutting-edge unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)technology. Concordia incorporated Quanser's Qball-X4 to let students test what they learned in the classroom on a physical system in the lab. From what we know, Concordia is the first university in the world to offer students this educational experience.
 

resIndustry Spotlight

Helping Government Foster Creativity
VentureLab EventAt a recent event in Markham, CA, Ontario's Minister of  Research and Innovation, Glen Murray announced more support for the growing life sciences sector. VentureLab, a newly created organization, will help bring fresh ideas and innovative life sciences technologies to market. Quanser was invited to the event to demonstrate its cutting-edge technology developed in collaboration with academia. Partnering with VentureLab, Quanser will be able to share its engineering expertise with more industrial organizations and universities.
In Your Own Words


Louisiana Tech University"We use Qballs to form a mobile sensor network. The system is easy to operate, offers rapid prototyping and testing of algorithms, and can be used in a variety of teaching and research setups."
 
Dr. Rastko Selmic, Louisiana Tech University, USA
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Helping a Professor to Accelerate his Research
 

Quanser Teleoperation System 
Dr. Rajni Patel from the University of Western Ontario wanted to put surgeons and surgical robots 'in touch'. Partnering with Quanser made his haptics research much more efficient and productive.
 


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Control Systems Engineering 

Control Systems Engineering by Norman S. Nise is the most widely adopted textbook for core control courses. The sixth edition offers a dynamic new feature: the text is supported by 10 virtual experiments from Quanser, which are powered by LabVIEW.

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