ENGR 381 Instrumentation and Measurement (Lec/Lab)
Instrumentation and Measurement covers experimental methods, statistical estimates of experimental uncertainty, calibration, signal conditioning, selected transducers for mechanical measurements, electronics for instrumentation data acquisition/processing. Temperature, pressure, humidity, stress-strain, force, velocity, flow/radiative properties.
Offered
Spring
Student Learning Outcomes
- Understand the importance of instrumentation and how it is applied to engineering research, calculations, and decisions
- Understand the roll accuracy and precision play in instrumentation and how that is balanced with overall cost
- Define the roll statistics play in the presentation of experimental results
- Be able to identify different types and causes for uncertainty in experiments
- Understand the functionality, differences, and limitations of both analog and digital instrumentation
- Introduce students to a plethora of common engineering instrumentation devices
- Understand how to select appropriate instrumentation based on specified engineering design constraints