DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING Dr. Ted Thiede Associate Professor of Physics and Engineering

	PHY 390: Engineering Measurements Course Information Page
	CATALOG DESCRIPTION:	General considerations of signals and utilization of instruments to measure physical properties of systems.  Review and introduction of useful mathematical concepts such as statistical data analysis.  Introduction to digital data acquisition and signal processing.  Application to the design of instruments which measure displacement, motion, count, strain, force, pressure, level, fluid flow and temperature.    Two lectures per week, one two-hour lab per week.
	ASSIGNMENTS:	13 Weekly laboratory exercises  (52% of grade) Individual experiment (8%) Quizzes (20%) Final Examination  (20%) You may need to download the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Specific details on course policy can be found in the course syllabus Those enrolled in the course (user phy.390) can review course notes and schedule Here are some review questions from a previous semester (different text). Some helpful homework problem solutions:  Chapter 2,  3,  4,  6,  8,  10,  14 . Also you may want to see students in action doing laboratory experiments.
	TOPICS:	Dimensions and units  Generalized measurement system  System response  Uncertainty analysis  Statistical analysis of experimental data  Basic electrical measurements  Basic meters  Signal conditioning components  Electrical sensing devices  General data acquisition system  Analog to digital conversion  Displacement and area measurements	Pressure measurements  Fluid flow  Fluid velocity  Flow visualization  Temperature measurement  Thermal property measurement  Transport property measurement  Force and torque  Stress and strain  Motion, vibration and sound measurement  Radiation measurement  Air pollution sampling and measurement
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