LabVIEW Champions Member Profile - Urs Lauterburg
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Name: Urs Lauterburg Home: Bern, Swizerland Programming Languages: LabVIEW |
Certification:
None
Used LabVIEW Since:
Version 2.0, 1991
Applications Areas:
Data acquisition for demonstration and student lab experiments for university level physics education. Interactive simulation learnware for physical phenomena. Drivers and data analysis for various educational measurement devices.
Biography:
1953 Born on May 2nd in Bern, Switzerland.
1960-69 Public schools in Bern / Bolligen.
1969-72 Apprenticeship as a physics lab technician at the Physics Institute of the University of Bern which at the time was directed by Prof. J. Geiss.
1973-77 Work in Tucson, Arizona USA in a project team for the MMT (Multiple Mirror Telescope). The project was funded by the Smithonian Institution and the work took place at the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory. Studies of art history and creative photography under a continuing education program at the U of A.
1977-80 Stay in Japan. Studies of the Japanese language at the Kansai International Students Institute in Osaka. Various Photography projects and exhibitions.
1981-83 Returning to Switzerland. Position as a technical assistant at the laboratory for chemical and mineralogical crystallography at the University of Bern directed by Prof. H.B. B¸rgi.
1984-86 Freelance photographer, photo studio with partner Dominique Uldry, photographer in Bern.
1986 Employed by the University of Bern's Physics Institute for working in the field of physics instructional resource support.
1987-91 Studies in electronics, terminating with a degree in electronics engineering.
since 1991 Responsible for the entire technical support for physics education at the Physics Institute of the University of Bern. This activity includes installing and presenting numerous demonstration experiments for lectures in physics and the development, construction and maintenance of a large number of student lab experiments. Responsible for introducing and implementing LabVIEW data acquisition technologies in several domains of university level physics education. Besides the engagement at the institute involved in freelance activities like teaching LabVIEW courses and workshops or consulting smaller companies with their needs to integrate LabWIEW programming for measurement and automation.
User Groups: LabVIEW information contact and consultant at the University of Bern, Switzerland
Discussion Groups: Info-LabVIEW@labview.nhmfl.gov, tap-l@listproc.appstate.edu
Websites: http://www.clab.unibe.ch/labview/index.htm
Articles: Signalanalyse in Theorie und Praxis: Document for a 3-day LabVIEW workshop in signal analysis aimed at high school teachers. The document is written in German and may be downloaded in the.pdf-format from: http://www.clab.unibe.ch/acoustics/signal/index.htm
Grafisches Programmieren mit LabVIEW: Written resource for a presentation to teachers organized by the Mathematical Institute of the University of Bern. The presentation gives an introduction and overview about graphical programming with LabVIEW. A short beginners course for LabVIEW programming written in German may be downloaded in the .pdf-format from: http://www.clab.unibe.ch/labview/
Invited presentation AAPT 2001 Summer Meeting: 21.-25. July 2001 in Rochester, NewYork, USA. Author: Lauterburg Urs, Session Code: DA05, Session Date: 7/24/01, Session Time: 2:40 p.m. Title: LabVIEW-Based Measurement and Projection System for Physics Demonstrations and Labs. Abstract: The presentation will show virtual instrumentation developed with the LabVIEWô graphical programming environment for professional data acquisition. 'Virtual instruments can be used to enhance demonstration experiments and student labs in physics education at the university level. Some strategies for using this computer-based equipment, not as a replacement but as an enrichment to the effective teaching of fundamental concepts of physics, will be discussed. Examples of demonstrations and lab equipment will be explained and explored in detail.
Invited presentation NIWeek 2001 15.-17. August 2001 in Austin, Texas, USA. Session in the education track: Title: A LabVIEW- based versatile measurement and presentation system for physics education. About strategies, concepts and examples of our experience to blend new data acquisition technologies with traditional apparatus for demonstration experiments and student labs in physics education.
LabVIEW im Unterricht (English title: LabVIEW in Education) : Article published in a bulletin of teaching resources for high school teachers. This document written in German can be found on: http://www.clab.unibe.ch/labview/
PIRA News: Physics Instructional Resource Association Newsletter, Fall 2001. Article Wimshurst Generator Renovation WaveAspects: Interactive learning program to illustrate some principle aspects of oscillation and wave phenomena. Runs on Apple Macintosh and Windows platforms. The program is a free download from: http://www.clab.unibe.ch/physim/index.htm
LabVIEW in Physics Education: White paper written in English about our strategies to incorporate LabVIEW technologies in physics education at the Physics Institute of the University of Bern. The document can be downloaded in the .pdf-format from: http://www.clab.unibe.ch/labview
Improving Physics Education Using NI LabVIEW and DAQ
LabVIEW in Physics Education
LabVIEW Training Course Material (German)
Books: None