SE 391. Transducers and Sensors: Principles and Applications
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• The need for sensors and transducers
• Classes of sensors and transducers
• Precision and Accuracy
• Calibration of sensors and transducers
• Basics of Statistical data analysis
• Basics of Reliability of Sensors
• Basics of Electronics
• Electrical Noise and signal detection
• Physical Mechanism of Transduction
• Passive electrical transducers: thermistor, strain gauge, LVDT, Accelerometer , Pirani gauge
• Active electrical transducers: thermocouple, photo diode
• Active electrical transducers: thermocouple, photo diode
• Fiber optic sensors for displacement, pressure, temperature, flow rate, liquid level, angular velocity, current, voltage, and distributed stress measurements.
• Optical biosensors
• Ultrasonic sensors
• MEMS based micro sensors
• Multisensor fusion
• Case studies: Robotic soccer, Power distribution automation

Reference Books: ( No particular text book is available)

1. E.O. Deobelin, Measurement Systems, Application and Design, McGraw Hill
2. B.E. Jones, Instrumentation Measurement and feedback, Tata McGraw Hill
3. J.P. Bentley, Principles of Measurement System, Pressure Education
4. C.S. Rangan, G.R. Sarma and V.S.V Mani, Instrumentation Devices and Systems, Tata McGraw Hill.

Proposed by:

Dr. S.P. Das, Dr. A.K. Ghosh and Dr. B. Mazhari (Department of EE)

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