B.E. (Automation and Robotics) Advanced Sensors Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
The University has moved this degree onto NEP 2020 one year at a time. The first and second years are NEP 2020 syllabi; the third and fourth years are still examined on the REV-2019 'C' Scheme, which is what the University sets for them this year.
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Syllabus for Advanced Sensors
Module 1
- Review of Fundamental of Sensors: Principle of physical and chemical transduction, sensor classification, characterization of mechanical, electrical, optical, thermal, magnetic, chemical and biological sensors, their calibration and determination of characteristics
Module 2: Sensor Fabrication :
- Design considerations and selection criterion as per standards, Sensor fabrication techniques, process details and latest trends in sensor fabrication. Thick film sensing and system design.
Module 3
- Smart Sensors: Smart sensor basics, signal conditioning and A/D conversion for sensors, examples of available ICs (DHT, Smart analog IC 500, ADXL345) and their applications.
Module 4
- Micro Sensors: Introduction, Intrinsic characteristics of MEMS, common fabrication techniques, application of MEMS in sensing systems including pressure sensors, accelerometers, gyroscopes and strain gauges.
Module 5
- Advanced Sensor Applications: Temperature & Humidity measurement using DHT Sensor in environment monitoring, Acceleration measurement using ADXL345 for automotive industry, MEMS Temperature sensors for automotive applications, MEMS chemical sensors for survey meters, MEMS pressure sensors for medical applications
Module 6: Advanced Sensing Technology: Sensors, instruments and measurement techniques for emerging application areas such as environmental measurement like DO (dissolves oxygen),BOD (biological oxygen demand), COD (chemical oxygen demand), TOC (total organic carbon), Cox (carbon dioxides), NOx (nitrogen oxide), for navigation and inertial measurements, for agricultural
- measurements such as soil moisture, wind speed, leaf wetness duration, sensors for food processing like smell or odour,taste.
Text Books
- 1 Chang Liu, Foundations of MEMS, Pearson Education Inc.,2012.
- 2 Stephen D Senturia, Microsystem Design, Springer Publication,2000.
- 3 Tai Ran Hsu, MEMS & Micro systems Design and Manufacture, Tata Mc Graw Hill, New Delhi,2002.
- 4 Jacob Fraden, Handbook of Modern Sensors, 5th Edition, Springer .
- 5 S. M. Sze, Semiconductor Sensors, Wiley
- 6 M J Usher, Sensors and Transducers, MacMillan,1985.
- 1 Nadim Maluf, “An Introduction to Micro Electro Mechanical System Design”, Artech House, 2000.
- 2 Mohamed Gad-el-Hak, editor, The MEMS Handbook, CRC press Baco Raton,2001.
- 3 Julian w. Gardner, Vijay K. Varadan, Osama O.Awadelkarim, Micro Sensors MEMS and Smart Devices, John Wiley & Son LTD,2002.
- 4 James J.Allen, Micro Electro Mechanical System Design, CRC Press Publisher,2005.
- 5 Thomas M. Adams and Richard A.Layton, Introduction to MEMS, Fabrication and Application, Springer,2010. 23
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.E. (Automation and Robotics) under REV-2019 'C' Scheme, in force from the academic year 2023-24. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.
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