ME 244L Department of Mechanical Engineering
Dynamic Systems and Controls Lab The University of Texas at Austin
Semester Schedule - Fall 2006
ME 244L Index Current Syllabus Weekly Schedule
Week
 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1
 8/27 8/28
 8/29 8/31
 

9/1
Lecture 12-1
Course Intro; Simulation; Block diagrams 

2

9/4
Labor Day Holiday

 9/5
 9/6
 9/7

9/8
Lecture 12-1
LabVIEW Sim Module
Basic Controls
Simulation of Dynamic Systems (independent study)
3

9/11

 9/12 9/13

9/14

 9/15
Lecture 12-1
Two-can simulation and experiments
LabVIEW Simulation and Control
4
 9/18
 9/19
 9/20
 9/21
 9/22
Lecture 12-1
Measurement Introduction
Toucan Lab
5
 9/25
 9/26
Notebook check 		9/27
Notebook check
 9/28
  		9/29
 Lecture 12-1
Digital data acquistion; signal conditioning
Basic Electrical Measurement and Level-Sensor Development for Toucan
6

10/2

 10/3
 10/4
 10/5 10/6
Lecture 12-1
Strain gauges, force measurement, LVDT
Computer-Based Data Acquisition in Testing - Toucan and Level Sensor
7
 10/9 10/10
Notebook check 		10/11
Notebook check 		10/12
 10/13
Lecture 12-1
Sensors- Accelerometers; Oscilloscope Usage
Strain-Gauge Beam Sensor Lab (with scope introduction)
8
 10/16
 10/17
 10/18
 10/19
 10/20
Lecture 12-1
Actuators and Source-Load modeling
Dynamic Response and Its Measurement: Accelerometers
9
 10/23

10/24
Notebook check

10/25
Notebook check

10/26

 10/27
Lecture 12-1
Frequency response measurements and pre-lab
PMDC Motor Modeling and Testing
10
 10/30
 10/31
 11/1 11/2 11/3
Lecture 12-1
Basic vision with LabVIEW
Hands-on review and frequency response measurements
11

11/6

 11/7
Notebook check 		11/8
Notebook check 		11/9 11/10
Lecture 12-1
Analog meter position control
Introduction to Basic Vision
12
 11/13
 11/14
 		11/15
 11/16
 11/17
Lecture 12-1
No lecture
Express lab: Analog meter needle position control
13
 11/20 11/21
 11/22

11/23
Thanksgiving

 11/24
Thanksgiving Holiday
No Labs - Thanksgiving Break 11/23 to 11/24 - optional review for hands-on quiz
14
 11/27
 11/28
 11/29
 11/30
 12/1
Lecture 12-1
Course eval; final exam review; Los Alamos Lab program discussion
Express Lab: Implementation and Testing - review for hands-on quiz
15
 12/4
 12/5
 		12/6
 12/7
 12/8
Lecture 12-1
No lecture
Hands-On Quiz (in lab)   
Send comments to: Prof R.G. Longoria, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin at r.longoria@mail.utexas.edu Last updated December 1, 2006