This module is not currently running in 2024 to 2025.
Sensors and Sensing Systems:
Measurement terminology and error analysis.
Sensors and transducers.
Optical sensing techniques.
Signal processing techniques:.
Imaging based Measurement and Monitoring Techniques:
Digital imaging technologies.
Imaging systems.
Image processing techniques.
Intelligent Measurement and Monitoring Techniques:
Soft computing techniques for measurement and monitoring.
Smart sensors and intelligent monitoring.
Industrial Case Studies
Total contact hours: 46
Private study hours: 104
Total study hours: 150
Problem solving (12%)
Practical (28%)
Examination (60%)
• Usher, M. J., Keating, D. A. (1996) Sensors and Transducers: Characteristics, Applications, Instrumentation and Interfacing
• Bentley, John P. (2005) Principles of Measurement Systems
• Webster, J. G. Eren, H. (2014) Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook
• Northrop R. B. (2014) Introduction to Instrumentation and Measurements
• Elgar P. (1998) Sensors for Measurement and Control Paperback
• Joint Committee for Guides in Metrology (JCGM), International Vocabulary of Metrology (VIM-Vocabulaire international de Métrologie) – Basic and General Concepts and
Associated Terms, 2012.
• Joint Committee for Guides in Metrology (JCGM), Evaluation of Measurement Data — Guide to the expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM), 2008.
• Trussell J., Vrhel M. (2008) Fundamentals of Digital Imaging
• Gonzalez R. C., Woods R. E., Woods R. E. (2008) Digital Image Processing
See the library reading list for this module (Canterbury)
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
1. An understanding of the principles of measurement and instrument design.
2. An understanding of modern sensors and optical sensing systems.
3. An understanding of imaging based instrumentation systems.
4. An understanding of intelligent measurement technology.
5. The necessary skills to design and implement embedded instrumentation systems.
6. The knowledge and skills to design and implement specialised measurement and monitoring systems.
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