Catalog Description: Introduction to the physical bases of transduction, detection of signals in the presence of noise, applications of lumped- and distributed-parameter network theory to design and analysis of sensor and actuator systems in acoustics, optics, mechanics, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, chemical dynamics and electrodynamics. Electrochemical bases of electrodes. Biological sensors and actuators.

Units: 4

Prerequisites: 40 plus elementary chemistry and physics.

Formats:
Spring: 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Fall: 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Grading basis: letter

Final exam status: Written final exam conducted during the scheduled final exam period

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