A course on common experimental method and technologies, focusing on civil and mechanical engineering applications. A bit difficult for civil engineers as many skills such as circuit analysis are not often used by civil engineers but are needed for this class.

Introduction: units, errors, accuracy, precision, sensitivity, uncertainty, calibration, significant figures. Basics of Electronics: Coulomb's Law, Ohm's Law, Kirchhoff's Rules, Pouillet's Law, Faraday's Law, impedance. Circuit Analysis and Components: voltage dividers, Wheatstone Bridges, Operational Amplifiers, system response. Analysis in Laplace Frequency Domain: impedance, Euler's Formula, Laplace Transform, Fourier Transform, dynamic inputs, transfer function, Bode plot, signal attenuation, filters, bandwidth, spectral analysis. Sampling Theorem: Nyquist Sampling Theorem, aliasing, sampling error. Analogue to Digital Conversion and Data Acquisition: OP-AMPS as comparators, ADC resolution, quantization error, conversion rate. Measuring Strain: strain gauge. Measuring Displace...read more

Both were quite helpful and understanding. They explained the material well and accommodated student issues.

Work together with your lab group members to learn the material together. Never forget to register for each lab session.