Duration
24h Th, 24h Pr
Number of credits
| Bachelor in bioengineering | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
In the frame of study and management of agro-ecosystems, the environmental metrology takes an important place. It allows monitoring the evolution of the environment in a reliable way, feeding the decision support systems and optimising the tools.
This course is about the study of the different components of an acquisition chain and the physical principles used within the sensors. The theoretical aspects linked to the statistical analysis of experimental data and to the signal treatment in the time and frequency domains are addressed. A part of the course is devoted to the presentation of instruments used for studying and/or managing agro-ecosystems.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
By the end of the course, the students will have reached an intermediate level of skills in the following development step:
- Designing and sizing equipment of monitoring and production in an agro-environmental context.
- Choosing and sizing systems of purification, sanitation and production of renewable energy.
- Sizing a simple equipment on the basis of specifications using existing technical solutions.
- Implementing the most used technics of measurements of fluxes between water, soil, fauna, flora and atmosphere.
- Understand the different characteristics of sensors.
- Analyse uncertainties in measurement.
- Know about basic concepts in signal treatment.
- Acquire a synthetic view of an acquisition chain and of its different elements
- Understand the physical principles of sensors.
- Understand the main data acquistion systems used in a environmental and agricultural context.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
The fundamental knowledge in mathematics and electricity are required.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The learning is divided into three narrowly connected activities using each of them a complementary teching method:
1) Face-to-face theoretical sessions (12x2h).
2) practical sessions in metrology lab (8x3h).
3) Distance-learning by means of exercices.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
The course combines several modes of delivery: (i) the face-to-face mode in auditorium for the lectures, (ii) the face-to-face in groups for the labs and (iii) the distance-learning for the exercises.
The course is given in French and the material is in English.
Recommended or required readings
Fraden J., 2010. Handbook of Modern Sensors - Physics, Designs, and Applications. Springer. http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4419-6466-3.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )
Additional information:
For each session, a written exam is organised in French and includes a theoretical part for knowledge assessment and a practical part for know-how assessment.
The exam is without notes.
The basic knowledge required for the good proceedings of the lab are assessed through online tests before each practical session. The marking of the tests is based on a bonus-penalty system taken into consideration only for the first session.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Prof B. MERCATORIS
Biosystems Dynamics and Exchanges (BIODYNE)
Building 2 (GR) ; Office 2-0-7 ; Tel +32 81 62 21 98
benoit.mercatoris@uliege.be