Fundamentals of Sensors for Engineering and Science

by Patrick F. Dunn

Fundamentals of Sensors for Engineering and Science is a practical analysis of sensors and measurement, designed to help readers make informed decisions when selecting an appropriate sensor for a given application. Spurred by a growing demand for information on the evolution of modern sensors, this book evaluates current applications to illustrate their wide range of uses, as well as the many ways they can be classified. Emphasizing the underlying physics involved, author Patrick Dunn reviews the sensors commonly used in engineering and science. He also covers the sensors of the human body, as well as biomimetic sensors used to simulate human functions. The book organizes and describes contemporary examples of manmade sensors based on their core physical principles. Fundamentals―including scaling considerations involved in micro- and nano-sensor development and uncertainty―are introduced at the beginning of the text. A companion to the popular Measurement and Data Analysis for Engineering and Science, Second Edition, this book will benefit instructors, industry professionals, and anyone else with an interest in this burgeoning field. Clarifying the primary role and key characteristics of sensors in engineering and science, this text includes a wealth of examples and chapter problems, and it also provides online links to updated ancillary materials.

112 pages, Paperback

First published April 21, 2011

Reviews

[Aušrinė · Rating 3 out of 5]

For me, this book has an unconventional way of sorting sensors into chapters. Most other book does this by applications of sensors (temperature, gas, strain, etc.) and in this book it is by physical principle (electric, optical, photoelastic, etc.). So if you want to find an answer for "What kind of sensor do I need to detect CO gases?", you either have to read the whole thing or look for another book. But if your question is "I work with piezoelectric materials and wonder where else I could use them?", you might find something useful here.
I was eager for the part about sensors ir human body, but my English knowledge in biology proved to be not good enough to fully understand everything.
Most of the images are too big: text in them is bigger than the rest of text and they take up a lot of space. In some chapters, I wanted to see more images and schemes of sensors.
In general, the book might be a good introduction to different types of sensors, but it does not give too much details and is quite superficial.