BioInstrumentation Lab:2.671

From BioInstrumentation Lab

2.671 Measurement and Instrumentation is an undergraduate course in Mechanical Engineering. During the fall term, the course is instructed by Professor Ian Hunter. The course covers experimental techniques for observation and measurement of physical variables such as force, strain, temperature, flowrate, and acceleration. Emphasis is made on principles of transduction, measurement circuitry, MEMS sensors, Fourier transforms, linear and non-linear function fitting, uncertainty analysis, probability density functions and statistics, system identification, electrical impedance analysis and transfer functions, computer-aided experimentation, and technical reporting. The course includes a lab component involving oscilloscopes, electronic circuits including operational amplifiers, thermocouples, strain gauges, digital recorders, lasers, etc.

The class web page is located at http://web.mit.edu/2.671/www/

A key component of the course is the Go Forth and Measure project, in which students develop their own experiments based on their interests. The project includes both written papers culminates with a poster session.