NI Sponsors UC Davis Green Technology Academy
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The worldwide academic community researches some of the toughest challenges the world faces today regarding global climate change. Student design projects have brought new ideas and fresh perspectives to sustainable solutions for challenging environmental applications. Researchers and students have embraced the powerful combination of NI LabVIEW graphical system design software with commercial off-the-shelf hardware technologies to tackle many of these challenges.
For example, researchers at Oregon State University used LabVIEW and NI CompactRIO hardware to design a controller for a magnet linear generator for ocean wave energy harvesting. Students at Georgia Tech used LabVIEW and NI Compact FieldPoint hardware to monitor photovoltaic power transmission and control the power systems in their Solar Decathlon house entry. From designing hybrid energy systems to monitoring and testing solar plants, LabVIEW is at the forefront of many green engineering research applications.
The challenge academia faces now is converting applied research and technology into a sustainable business venture. The University of California, Davis (UC Davis); Kauffman Foundation; and National Instruments are proud to support the second annual Green Technology Entrepreneurship Academy that invites science and engineering doctoral students, postdoctoral candidates, and research faculty to move their research on sustainable technologies out of the laboratory and into the marketplace.
The UC Davis program encourages academicians to move their research out of the laboratory and into the marketplace.
At the conference, July 7–11, 2008, attendees will learn how to develop and deliver green businesses built on their research. The five-day program immerses students in focused lectures, practical exercises, and hands-on experiences to turn their research into marketable business ventures. Throughout the week, students interact with academy faculty, investors, entrepreneurs, and industry executives to understand the path from laboratory to market and the resources available along the way. Students work in teams to jointly develop and evaluate the commercial potential of their individual research and select one idea to present on the last day of the academy.
The Green Technology Entrepreneurship Academy is open to applicants from any university in the United States.
Academic Textbooks Incorporate NI Software
Applied Mechatronics
A. Smaili and F. Mrad
American University of Beirut
Oxford University Press
Applied Mechatronics synthesizes the disciplines of mechanical and electrical engineering to provide a comprehensive overview of the various technologies and tools used to develop mechatronics devices, including NI LabVIEW and the LabVIEW Control Design and Simulation Module.
View more resources on Applied Mechatronics in the NI Developer Zone online community.
Digital Fundamentals, 10th Edition
Thomas L. Floyd
Prentice Hall
Digital Fundamentals provides a foundation for digital circuits, exploring topics from logic gates to digital signal processing. Download more than 100 NI Multisim software circuit files and workbook example exercises to enhance comprehension of digital concepts.
Download Multisim circuit files for Digital Fundamentals.
This article first appeared in the Q2 2008 issue of Instrumentation Newsletter.
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