Postgraduate Course: Applications of Sensor and Imaging Systems (PGEE11136)

Course Outline
School	School of Engineering	College	College of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	Students will apply the knowledge gained from the taught courses in S1 and S2, to an individual project on an intellectually demanding R&D topic under the guidance of a supervisor. It consists of two main elements and students will perform the research project independently with the minimal of practical supervision necessary to meet their projects' broad aim and objectives.
Course description	The syllabus will cover 5 or more applications of ISM (each partially by taught delivery, and partially by assignment assignment) each year. By way of example, it is proposed that the applications to be covered in the 1st year of delivery include - liquid crystal, micro-electro-chemical, drugs of abuse, single photon and nano-chemical. Sample Lecture Syllabus for Academic Year 2015/16 Wk 1,2 Sensing with liquid crystals Wks 3,4 Electrochemical sensing with microelectrodes Wks 5,6 Detecting drugs of abuse Wks 7,8 Detecting single photons Wks 9,10 Nano-checmical sensing

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 2
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 22, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 5, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 7, Formative Assessment Hours 1, Summative Assessment Hours 1, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 62 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Coursework 100%
Feedback	Feedback opportunities will be planned to coincide with the end of each applications theme, i.e., weeks 3, 5, 8 and 10.
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course the student should be able to - Understand and appreciate the constraints and limitations of a given ISM system in a given application or range of applications - Compare, contrast and select the most appropriate sensor modality(s) to meet the requirements of an application or range of applications - Prepare or assimilate a detailed sensor system specification or application requirement

Reading List
The Measurement, Instrumentation and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition: Two-Volume Set, Ed John G Webster, Pub CRC Press. ISBN-13: 978-1439848838. Further reading TBF by application topic