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As the end of the year gets closer, it's only natural that we look back at what we achieved in the past twelve months. Did we help engineering educators captivate, motivate and graduate their students? Did we help researchers move their projects forward? We hope the stories in this issue of eNEWS will give you the answers:
Read how quick access to pilot data helped Dr. O'Malley from Rice University secure project funding and opened new possibilities for her research.
Find out how your control lab can benefit from the Quanser-National Instruments integration.
Learn about the first Quanser Center of Excellence at the College of Engineering, Pune, India, which was designed as a hub for regional engineering expertise and collaboration.
And join some talented high school students as they tour Quanser to learn what engineers do.
We wish you a very Happy Holidays and a lot of success with capturing, motivating and graduating bright young minds in 2012. |
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 Focused on Control Labs
Get More out of NI Hardware & Software |
 If you are using National Instruments hardware and software in your lab, there is more than one way to use them to offer your students engaging control education and advanced research opportunities. Integrating NI systems, such as CompactRIO and PXI with Quanser's open architecture experiments, including servo-based rotary control experiments and Active Suspension system, allows us to offer you more versatility and choice for control, robotics and mechatronics.
Read more on Quanser-National Instruments integration. |
Focused on Robotics
High School Kids Experience Engineering |
 What in the world could make twenty high school students get up at the crack of dawn and attend an off-campus event before a full day of classes? How about the chance to control unmanned vehicles, network with Quanser engineers and get a closeup view of what an engineering career can look like? Quanser engineers invited two high schools teams taking part in the 2012 FIRST Robotics competition to get a glimpse of a real life engineering.
Read more about the FIRST Robotics teams visit to Quanser.
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Focused on Collaboration:
Magnet of Information and Inspiration
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 Students and faculty at the College of Engineering, Pune, India are excited about their new lab. Designated recently as the first Quanser Center of Excellence, it is designed to become a regional hub of engineering education expertise and collaboration within Southern India's vibrant high tech zone. The Center will facilitate creation of innovative course materials to assist teachers in bridging the gap between theory and hands-on practice, and inspire other institutions in the region. |
| In Your Own Words |
"Quanser provides a wide range of products. The components of the platforms are open- architecture and flexible and can be used for multiple experiments. Those were the reasons why we selected Quanser solutions."
Dr. Yongpeng Zhang, Prairie View A&M University, USA
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Share Your Experience!
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Are you teaching a course in control, robotics or mechatronics? Do you want to learn how your peers are approaching the task and share your experience with them?
Send us your course syllabus and get in touch with the control community. |
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Feature Story:
Pilot Data Help Ensure Project Funding
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When applying for research
funding, having pilot data available to show project viability is crucial. Read how Quanser's rapid prototyping software and control hardware helped Dr. O'Malley from Rice University collect the pilot data quickly and speed up her work. Securing project funding opened new possibilities for Dr. O'Malley's robotic rehabilitation research.
For the full story click here. |
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Teach Control with the Help of Virtual Experiments
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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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We are listening
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