Course title
環境計測学   [Environmental Measurements]
Course category   Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year 1  Semester Fall 
Course type Fall  Course code 01EN1106
Instructor(s)
奥野 剛史, 安藤 恵介   [OKUNO Tsuyoshi, ANDO Keisuke]
Facility affiliation Graduate School of Agriculture Office   Email address

Course description
This course provides students with the basic of scientific measuments. It includes the International System of Units, the uncertainty of measurements, and the statistics for measurements.
Expected Learning
Learners will be able to use proper units for measurements, to understand uncertainty in measurements, and to know the meaning of obtained values in measurements. They will also be able to choose a proper method in measurements.
Course schedule
Week 1 introduction (page1)
Week 2 basics of statistics (page58-62)
Week 3 statistics (the correlation coefficient, dispersion, standard diviation) (page58-62)
Week 4 the International System of Units(page2-6)
Weel 5 the SI base units and derived units, Dimension (page7-14)
Week 6 the uncertainty (page15-16)
Week 7 the standard deviation (page23-31)
Week 8 the mid-term examination
Week 9 propagation of uncertainty (page32-34)
Week 10 significant figures (page17-22)
Week 11 the least square fitting (page35-50)
Week 12 several measurement systems (page128-183)
Week 13 sensers (page91-127)
Week 14 sensers and semiconductors (page71-90)
Week 15 the final examination
Prerequisites
no prerequisites
Required Text(s) and Materials
"Fundamentals of measurement systems engineering" Nishihara, Yamafuji, Matsuda
References
Any books you find in Library in measuremt systems engineering
Assessment/Grading
Mainly mid-term and final exams are equally rated for your final grade. Homework, class discussion and presentation will also be considered. Class activities such as experiments, reports, discussion, and presentation are indispensable.
Message from instructor(s)
This course is the basic of all experiments and laboratory work.
Course keywords
unit standard uncertainty measurement statistics sensor
Office hours
You can use the 15-minutes interval after the course.
Remarks 1
email adress: okunotsuyoshi@uec.ac.jp
Remarks 2
(2014) S 15%, A 24%, B 44%, C 17%, D0%
(2015) S10%, A32%, B28%, C30%, D0%
(2016) S13%, A29%, B29%, C29%, D0%
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Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
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9/20/2017 3:57:37 PM