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ENGPHYS 3L04

Engineering Metrology

Undergraduate

Winter

Topics

  • Introductory statistics for engineering
  • Error analysis of experimental data
  • Data visualization and curve fitting
  • Hypothesis testing and making decisions
  • ANOVA
  • Sensors for engineering measurements
  • Noise and interference
  • Instrument response and uncertainty
  • Reliability
  • Selected topics in state-of-the-art technologies
  • Measurements include electromagnetic quantities
  • Force
  • Acceleration
  • Angle

Readings

  • Measurements and their Uncertainties by Ifan G. Hughes & Thomas P. A. Hase (available through McMaster library e-reserves)
    required
  • A.J. Wheeler, Introduction to Engineering Experimentation (3rd edition, Pearson, 2010).
    3rd edition · optional
  • J.P. Holman, Experimental Methods for Engineers (8th edition, McGraw-Hill, 2012).
    8th edition · optional
  • J.G. Webster and H. Eren, Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook (2nd edition, CRC Press, 2014).
    2nd edition · optional
Sources