This course is designed to introduce the concept and application of instrumentation system in Civil Engineering. The following topics will be discussed in the class: (1) Instrumentation systems, Signals and Errors, (2) Characteristics of instruments – Transducers, Noise and Nonlinearity, Static characteristics, Dynamic characteristics, (3) Signal conditioning – Introduction, Operating amplifier, Applications of Op-amps, filtering, (4) Data acquisition – Analog devices, Digital Devices, Sampling Theorem, Nyquist frequency, Quantization error, (5) Noise Reduction – Interference, Shielding, Grounding, Noise mode, Noise elimination or reduction, (6) Instruments and Sensors – Strain gauge, LVDT, Pressure transducer, Load cell (7) Signal Processing – Sampling Theorem, Laplace-transform and Z-transform. Students are expected to obtain knowledge about the background theory and application of different type of instruments used in Civil Engineering.

CILO-1: Identify and explain the main concept and application of instrumentation system in Civil Engineering. CILO-2: Apply design equations and procedures for identifying the input and setup location of different type of instruments used in Civil Engineering. CILO-3: Apply design equations and procedures for analyzing the output of different type of instruments used in Civil Engineering.