Sensores: Materiais e Aplicações

General objectives: To make available to the students the concepts that is at the origin, development and manufacture of sensors as well as the properties of materials used in their manufacture. To introduce the students to the technologies associated with the measures of physical and chemical properties in an industrial environment or in laboratory.

Specific objectives: To understand the physical principles used in transducers and sensors, their characteristics and materials used in its construction, linking this to the specific study of measurements of the main physical quantities: temperature, force, pressure, displacement, strain, etc. .. Understand the operation and materials used in chemical sensors to detect volatile organic compounds.

Study the most appropriate signal conditioning for each type of sensor. Develop practical skills in using sensors and setups for the different studied sensors.