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7/31/2019: Course Change Form BUSN 689
No full textThe addition of MGMT-510: Foundations of Business as an alternative to satisfy pre-requisites
8/28/2019: Change Course Form MECH 645
No full textThe course has run successfully as a MECH-691. The course is very popular, it needs to be created as a ‘regular’ course
8/28/19: Course Change Form MECH 526
No full textKettering University is eliminating 500 course numbers due to HLC concerns about our graduate program. Since our 500 level courses are defined as mezzanine they are not considered to be graduate courses by HLC. This puts a limit on how many 500 level courses a graduate student can take in the graduate program. According to HLC they cannot take more than five 500 courses. The Course Number is being changed to MECH-426 so there is no confusion about the level of the course
Lidar: A New Self-driving Vehicle for Introducing Optics to Broader Engineering and Non-engineering Audiences
Get PDFSince Stanley, the self-driven Stanford car equipped with five SICK LIDAR sensors won the 2005 DARPA Challenge, the race to developing and deploying fully autonomous, self-driving vehicles has come to a full swing. By now, it has engulfed all major automotive companies and suppliers, major trucking and taxi companies, not to mention companies like Google (Waymo), Apple and Tesla. With the notable exception of the Tesla self-driving cars, a LIDAR (Light, Detection and Ranging) unit is a key component of the suit of sensors that allow autonomous vehicles to see and navigate the world. The market space for lidar units is by now downright crowded, with a number of companies and their respective technologies jockeying for long-run leading positions in the field. Major lidar technologies for autonomous driving include mechanical scanning (spinning) lidar, MEMS micro-mirror lidar, optical-phased array lidar, flash lidar, frequencymodulated continuous-wave (FMCW) lidar and others. A major technical specification of any lidar is the operating wavelength. Many existing systems use 905 nm diode lasers, a wavelength compatible with CMOS-technology detectors. But other wavelengths (like 850 nm, 940 nm and 1550 nm) are also investigated and, in the long run, the telecom nearinfrared range (1550 nm) is expected to experience significant growth because it offers a larger detecting distance range (200-300 meters) within eye safety laser power limits while also offering potential better performance in bad weather conditions. This paper discusses the above-mentioned technical (optics and photonics) aspects of the most common lidar technologies, with the educational focus of identifying opportunities for employing such discussions in introducing optics to broader engineering audiences, drawing in part on experiences and examples from Kettering University
Fluorescence of Naphthol AS-MX is Readily Detectable in Dioxane Mixtures
Get PDFNumerous enzymes have been demonstrated to be active in non-aqueous solutions, yet the utility of phosphatases under such conditions has been difficult to determine. Here, we demonstrate the ability to fluorescently detect naphthol AS‑MX in high percentages 1,4-dioxane with a fluorescence differential compared with naphthol AS‑MX phosphate. While intensities and maximum fluorescence wavelengths changed depending on solvent conditions, these results demonstrate this system’s potential for testing phosphatase activity in high amounts of dioxane
Measurements of Atmospheric Physics with a Weather Balloon
No full textThe Kettering University Physics Club built, launched, and recovered a weather balloon, which was tracked in real-time using a radio transmitter. The balloon traveled 45 km from the launch location and reached an altitude of 35 km at its peak. The flight computer took measurements of atmospheric pressure, temperature, and speed as a function of latitude, longitude, and altitude. A 360-degree camera was also used to acquire continuous video during the 3.75 hour flight and resulted in some stratospheric images of southeastern Michigan distinctly showing the curvature of the Earth. The measured profiles of temperature as a function of altitude were approximately consistent with the model of the U.S. Standard Atmosphere
