Application of ABET CRITERION (2202)

King Saud University

Electrical Engineering Department

EE307: Electrical Instrumentations and Measurements

Laboratory   

Second Semester 1426/27 (2005/2006)

Instructor: Dr. Mohamed A. Abou El-Ela & Dr. Yassin Khan  

Office 2C 91, 2C 72

Phone: 467-5615

E-mail: aboelela@ksu.edu.sa

Textbook: “Lab notes :Instrumentation and Measurements

Description: Experiments covered the concepts of electrical and electronic instrumentations  and measurements , data analysis , standards and calibration , analog measurements, oscilloscopes, digital measurements , transducers , data acquisition recording and control

Prerequisite: EE 314.

Co requisites: EE 306.

Course Objectives:

1-     Familiarize the principles of measurement using stat- of – the art electronic instrumentation equipments .

2-     Practice and learn the methodologies of data processing , drawing charts , error avoiding or elimination , standards and calibration.

3-       Employ the basic instruments used in electrical  electronic Labs like CRO , Meters , Multimeters , in measuring electrical and physical quantities like voltage current resistance capacitance time , phase …etc

4-       Inspect the role of transducers in modern instrumentation with introduction to signal conditioning and adaptation circuits .

5-       Building of digital instrumentation , interfaces , digital displays and computer based instrumentation and data acquisitions  .

6-       Designing and implementing an automatic measurement setup using the available transducers , signal conditioners , PC,s and soft ware package   

Class/Tutorial Schedule: Class is held one time per week in  100-minute Lab session..

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Professional Component Contributions: Students study and practice  the modern methods and technologies associated with Instrumentation and measurements. They do and learn experiments to survey  the basic principles of measurements, errors, accuracy and precisions, data analysis and graphing. The relation between standards and calibration is essential and helps the student to find the best instrument for a given application. engineering. The introduction of the basic structure of some frequently used instruments like CRO and digital millimeters puts the student at the first step of designing testing and calibrating such equipments. The students also have to be award with the new concept of building automatic test equipments based on transducers and computer interfacing. Experiments on such applications are given.      

Relationship to Program Objectives: This course contributes to the general objectives listed for an Electrical Engineering Department.

Relationship to Program Objectives:

Objective A: By verifying the theory given in literatures the students learn  how to get the basic principles in measurements and explore the internal circuits and components of a given system, this course supports the objective of producing graduates with a strong foundation in basic science.

Objective B: By teaching students how to deal practically with electrical quantities and their measurements problems, the Lab helps in the department’s production of students with a strong foundation in electrical engineering.

Objective C: By encouraging students to participate in  the Lab , they acquire basic group dynamics skills and provide personal assessments on other equipments, present their structure and compare them among themselves, this course supports the objective of producing graduates with good communication skills.

Objective D: By teaching the students how to function the knowledge they got from the outside world in imagining and using instruments,    this course supports the objective of providing graduates with a broad-based education so that they can appreciate diversity of opinion, better understand ethical issues and develop a more global perspective of the profession.

Objective E: By teaching students how to design and test and impalement  simple data accusation, control and monitoring schemes, this course supports the objective of producing graduates with the relevant engineering design experience.

Evaluation: There are graded reports , one 2-hour mid-term exams and a 2-hour final exam. The course grade distribution is as follows:

40% Attendance, in-class quizzes and Experiment report

30% Two Midterm Exams

30% Final Examination

Challenges and Actions Taken to Improve the Course: Some basic background and prerequisite-type material are often reviewed during this course, notably those related to  modern techniques in transducers ,  all digital approaches and built in computer interfaces 

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Weekly Teaching Plan

Week	Experiment Title
1	Error and Statistical Measurements
2	Voltmeter – Ammeter
3	AC meter Correction for no sinusoidal waveforms
4	Wheatstone bridge
5	Measurement of Unknown capacitors using 555 timer
6	Mid term Exam
7	Photoconductive Transducer & application as optical switch
8	Introduction to automatic measurements and data acquisition systems
9	Wave form recording and capacitor charge / discharge curve
10	Temperature automatic measurements using thermistors
11	Automatic measurements of unknown capacitors using electric field transducer.
12	Revision
13	Final Exam

Prepared by: Dr. Mohamed A. Abou ElEla & Dr. Yassin Khan  : Dec. 13, 2003

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