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This web page, created by Hugh Jack of Grand Valley State University, provides free links to a 35-chapter text currently being used in an undergraduate controls course. The course and book focus on the Allen Bradley family of controllers, allowing for deeper coverage of the topic than most PLC...

This paper, by Sam Guccione and Uros Marjanovic of the School of Technology at Eastern Illinois University covers influential radio frequency identification (RFID), and its increasing implementation in the supply chain, engineering technology and industrial technology degree programs. The paper...

This is a webpage with many learning objects for Automation covering the following areas: Open/Closed Loops, Feedback Devices, Control Modes, and Servo Systems.

This 17-page report, published by the University of Sheffield, describes the design and construction of an underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV). This report was created by Avalon Underwater Robotics, a student group that participated in the 2021 MATE ROV competitions Explorer class. MATE ROV...

This 5-page syllabus provides an overview of the Avionics Aircraft Electricity course taught at Trident Technical College. This four credit course "is the study of operation and maintenance of various electrically operated aircraft systems." Topics covered "include batteries, generators,...

This 24-page report, published by Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, describes the design and construction of Axolo, an underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV). This report was created by Epoxsea, a student group that participated in the 2021 MATE ROV competitions Explorer class....

This resource provides a research article on five myths of girls participation in science and technology programs. The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Research on Gender in Science and Engineering (GSE) program seeks to broaden the participation of girls and women in science, technology,...

From the University of California, Davis, Partnership for Plant Genomics Education, this biotechnology laboratory is a five-day activity with bacterial transformations and green fluorescent protein. “In this lab activity, students will attempt to cause a wild type strain of E. coli to incorporate...

This video, from the Integrated Geospatial Education and Technology Training Project (iGETT), introduces band combinations for Landsat imagery. The presentation gives an overview of reflected light as perceived by the eye and by censors, and how representing wavelength rages with various bands...

This 194-page 2016 report, edited by Shirley Malcom and Michael Feder, investigates barriers and opportunities faced by students pursuing STEM degrees at 2-year and 4-year institutions. This consensus report was compiled by a number of contributors including the Committee on Barriers and...