Sensors and Data Acquisition

Sensors and conversion of physical quantities. Sensors and measurement of physical quantities. Technology and sensor design: mechanical, chemical, thermal, optical, magnetic, biosensors, acoustic sensors, sensors in environment monitoring. Sensors and nanotechnology. Actuators.

Sensors in automation, robotics, diagnostics, control, production and trade, identification, energy distribution, medicine, security, protection. Static and dynamic characteristics of sensors, sensor models. Sensors and signals, sensors and data acquisition and signal processing. Representativeness of the obtained signals. Sensors and conversion of physical quantities in the first and higher orders. The characteristic properties of the sensors and correction methods. Sensor terminology. Quality assurance in the sensor manufacturing and use. Sensors in automated production processes, communication and standardization, self-diagnostics, microcomputer support. Neural networks for complex processing of measurement signals. Electromagnetic compatibility of sensors.

Students learn about the basics of physical quantities conversion, the operation and use of sensors and design of sensor systems. They learn about the characteristic properties and interactions of the sensor with the environment, the measurement process and as part of the measurement system.

Students create an individual seminar in the form of an article and present it with an appearance in front of the auditorium. They learn to search independently and to select resources (books, magazines, articles, internet), and write an article in accordance with the requirements for publication in an expert magazine.

Lectures, demonstrations, practical laboratory work, seminar work presentation.