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Sensor Engineering Project

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
Sensor Engineering Project
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
Mechatronics and Sensor Technology, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2005
Module code: MST602
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for Übung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
3V+1U+3PA (7 hours per week)
ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
7
Semester: 6
Mandatory course: yes
Language of instruction:
German
Assessment:
Project work

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Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

MST602 Mechatronics and Sensor Technology, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2005 , semester 6, mandatory course
Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
105 class hours (= 78.75 clock hours) over a 15-week period.
The total student study time is 210 hours (equivalent to 7 ECTS credits).
There are therefore 131.25 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
MST405 General Sensor Technology
MST504 Optical Sensors
MST505 Ionizing-Radiation Sensor Systems


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Recommended as prerequisite for:
Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Martin Löffler-Mang
Lecturer:
Prof. Dr. Martin Löffler-Mang
Prof. Dr. Günter Schultes
Prof. Dr. Dieter Hornung


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Learning outcomes:
Students will learn to plan, execute, evaluate and document sensor engineering development projects. After completing this module they will be able to implement a given project specification, including the design and characterization of the required sensor, project and cost planning, and comparisons with commercially available products.

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Module content:
The content of the sensor engineering project will be derived from the existing sensor engineering lab course. At present, there are nine experiments set up in three labs. The lab course will also be transformed into a project-based unit. Students will no longer be expected to perform and document experiments in accordance with a stipulated plan, but will be asked to work on a fewer number of topics for a longer period. Each group of students will be issued with two topics that they will have to tackle in that semester. The initial step will involve researching the scientific and technical literature, after which the experimental apparatus will be planned and then constructed in the workshop. The experiments will then be performed and the results analysed with the aim of drawing conclusions for the further stages of the project. The topics may be drawn from the following lab experiments:
1. Pressure sensors
2. Water-in-oil sensors
3. Position and distance sensors
4. Light barriers and light gates, smoke detectors
5. Light source characterization (power, spectral properties, beam profile)
6. Design and structure of a triangulation sensor  
7. Design and structure of a force or weight sensor
8. Temperature and flow sensors
9. Vacuum measurement and mass spectroscopy
 
For illustrative purposes, the project “Design and structure of a force or weight sensor” is described in detail below:
-  Study of selected references on the structure of force and weight sensors
-  Compilation of market analysis of commercially available sensors
-  Planning and simulation of sensor structure and a suitable means of measurement for incorporation into an existing dynamometer
-  Application of adhesive foil strain gauges
-  Planning and execution of measurement series, sensor tuning and temperature error compensation
-  Compilation of suggestions for improvement and testing of their feasibility
-  Measurement of all necessary data for compilation of the sensor’s technical data sheet
   Costing analysis for the production of a specified number of units
-  Compilation of final report with project documentation


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Teaching methods/Media:
Lab course and project work

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Recommended or required reading:
Various references covering the individual technical areas in the project specifications. Students can acquire a suitable overview by reading:
-  H.R. Tränkler, E. Obermeier, Sensortechnik, Handbuch für Wissenschaft und Praxis
-  H. Schaumburg, Sensoren, Band 3 der Reihe Werkstoffe und Bauelem. der Elektronik, Teubner 1992
-  H. Schaumburg, Sensoranwendungen, Band 8 der Reihe Werkstoffe und Bauelem. der Elektronik, Teubner 1995

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