Which subjects should be included in the curriculum of an undergraduate process control course, and which should not?

Hot glue guns are pretty simple beasts: there’s an on/off switch, a heating element, and a source of current, be it battery or wired. You turn it on, and the heater starts warming up; eventually you ...

P-n diodes are two-terminal devices that consist of two types of semiconductor materials (i.e., a p-type and an n-type ...

Plant engineers and technicians are frequently asked to tune the controller when a control loop’s process value has prolonged or significant excursions from the set point. But in many instances, no ...

Operating at a 48-MHz clock speed, FTDI Chip’s FT51 microcontroller (MCU) features 48-MIPS processing capacity (one clock cycle per instruction). A hardwired USB hub function enables cascading of ...

The dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) serotonergic (5-HT) system has been implicated in regulating sleep and motor control; however, its specific role remains controversial. In this study, we found that ...

Cirrus Logic has launched the CS82L4x series of analog front-end chips for CIS and CCD sensors in scanners and industrial ...

Your TV's sharpness control doesn't work the way you think. It's understandable to assume that turning up the sharpness would lead to a sharper picture, right? Well, not exactly. In some cases, the ...

The astronauts were able to take pictures of the galaxy as it has never been before on their perch in the Orion spacecraft. The stars are very clear, far above the atmosphere of earth and with no ...

Differences in brain connectivity influence how autistic children process sensory and social information. Understanding these early can help children build communication and life skills Autism ...