Course Summary
This course introduces the concepts of modern sensors and actuators. The subject aims are as follows:
- to explain some of the most important physical principles applied in sensors and actuators
- to show examples of the way that these principles are exploited in proprietary devices
- to highlight some of the most fundamental performance limitations which arise in these devices employing different physical principles
The course consists of the following modules:
- Sensors and Transducers- Definitions, terminology, classification
- Sensors and transducers general characteristics.
- Sensors and transducers parameters
- Thermal sensors and transducers
- Mechanical sensors and transducers
- Pressure sensors
- Sensors and transducers for liquid environment measurements
- Optical sensors and transducers
- Chemical and physical sensors for gas and liquid media
- Gas sensors
- Biosensors
Please note that if you take this course for a bachelor honours program, your overall mark for the course will be one of the course marks used to calculate the weighted average mark (WAM) that will determine your award level. This applies to students who commence enrolment in a bachelor honours program from 1 January 2016 onwards. See the
WAM information webpage for more information (
www1.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=eyj5c0mo77631).