IDENTIFYING DATA 2017_18
Subject (*) MICRO AND NANO SENSOR SYSTEMS Code 17675210
Study programme
Engineering and Technology of Electronic Systems (2014)
 Cycle 2nd
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
3 Optional 2Q
Language
Anglès
Department Electronic, Electric and Automatic Engineering
Coordinator
LLOBET VALERO, EDUARD
 E-mail eduard.llobet@urv.cat
Lecturers
LLOBET VALERO, EDUARD
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General description and relevant information Conèixer els principis de funcionament de sensors per a senyals òptics, mecànics, tèrmics, magnètics i (bio)químics construits mitjançant la tecnologia de microsistemes. Conèixer els desenvolupaments dins la nanociència i la nanotecnologia per a noves generacions de sensors. Conèixer els sistemes sensors, les xarxes de sensors i els sensors intel·ligents incloent-hi les estratègies de calibració, compensació i comunicacions associades als mateixos.

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
 A6 Dissenyar i implementar sensors i xarxes de sensors.
 A10 Integrar nous nanomaterials i tecnologies en dispositius electrònics i optoelectrònics (competència de l'especialitat Microsistemes Electrònics).
 A11 Interpretar dades estadístiques en sistemes multivariables (reconeixement de patrons, tècniques de quimiometria) (competència de l'especialitat Microsistemes Electrònics).
Type B Code Competences Transversal
 B6 Clear and effective communication of information, ideas, problems and solutions in public or a specific technical field
Type C Code Competences Nuclear
 C2 Be advanced users of the information and communication technologies

Learning outcomes
Type A Code Learning outcomes
 A6 Descriu i valora els sistemes sensors i els sensors intel · ligents incloent les estratègies de calibratge, compensació i comunicacions associades als mateixos.
 A10 Descriu els principis de funcionament de sensors per a senyals òptics, mecànics, tèrmics, magnètics i (bio) químics construïts mitjançant la tecnologia de microsistemes.
Valora els desenvolupaments dins de la nanotecnolgía i la nanociència per noves generacions de sensors.
Descriu i valora els sistemes sensors i els sensors intel · ligents incloent les estratègies de calibratge, compensació i comunicacions associades als mateixos.
 A11 Descriu i valora els sistemes sensors i els sensors intel · ligents incloent les estratègies de calibratge, compensació i comunicacions associades als mateixos.
Type B Code Learning outcomes
 B6 Draft documents with the appropriate format, content, structure, language accuracy and register, and illustrate concepts using the appropriate conventions: formats, titles, footnotes, captions, etc.
Prepare their presentations and use a variety of presentation strategies (audiovisual support, eye contact, voice, gesture, time, etc.).
Type C Code Learning outcomes
 C2 Use software for off-line communication: word processors, spreadsheets and digital presentations.
Use software for on-line communication: interactive tools (web, moodle, blogs, etc.), e-mail, forums, chat rooms, video conferences, collaborative work tools, etc.

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
Microsensors for optical, mechanical, thermal, magnetic and (bio)chemical signals.
Smart microsystems
 Strategies for calibration, compensation and communication
Nanosensors

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
 Hours outside the classroom
 (**) Total hours
Introductory activities
1 0 1
Lecture
A6
A10
A11
 14 15 29
Laboratory practicals
A6
A10
B6
C2
 10 20 30
Presentations / expositions
A11
B6
C2
 1 5 6
Personal tuition
3 0 3
 
Mixed tests
A6
A10
A11
 2 4 6
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities Introduction to the course content. The subject will be put in context, evaluation criteria will be reminded and practival ifnromation about hoew to contact the lecturer will be given.
Lecture It consists of lectures on the theroretical aspects of this course. Lectures will consist of slide presentations and blackboard explanations
Laboratory practicals It comprises 5 laboratory exercices, each one to be completed in a two-hour session. Students must have completed a previous study before they go to the lab for each one of these sessions.
Presentations / expositions Students will have an oral presentation of a work of their own in front of the students of this subject. Then their presentation will be subject to questions from the audience.
Personal tuition Students can ask at any time for tuition. They can either make use of the scheduled tuition times or make a specific arrangement with the lecturer (directly, by e-mail or via the Moodle page of this subject).

Personalized attention
Description
Personalized attention is a tool that allows solving doubts but also helps the lecturer to better assess whether the sutdent is acquiring or not the knowledge of the course. Teherefore, students should at least meet their lecturer 3 times during the semester.

Assessment
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Laboratory practicals
A6
A10
B6
C2
 5 practical exercices are to be completed in the laboratory 30%
Presentations / expositions
A11
B6
C2
 Oral presentation in front of the other students and lecturer of a work developed during the semester 20%
Mixed tests
A6
A10
A11
 2 partial exams consisting of tests and / or solving short exercices 50%
Others  
 
Other comments and second exam session

Those students that have not passed this subject during the continuous evaluation will have another opportunity in a final exam. The final exam will have a similar format to the mixed tests employed during the continuous evaluation. A fail in the laboratory practicals (continuous evaluation) will imply the need to take a final exam in the lab as well.

Sources of information

Basic

Later on the basic reference sources will be indentified. These will be selected among those that appear below on the list of Complementary references.
Complementary H. Meixner and R. Jon, Micro- and nanosensor technology : trends in sensor markets, Weinheim, 1995
Andreas Hielerman, Integrated chemical microsensor systems in CMOS technology , Springer, 2005
Julian W. Gardner, Microsensors, MEMS, and smart devices , John Wiley and Sons, 2001
Diversos Autors, Nano and microsensors for chemical and biological terrorism surveillance , Royal Society of chemistry, 2008
Diversos Autors, Modern sensors, transducers and sensor networks , ISFA, 2012
Kalantar-zadeh, Kourosh, Nanotechnology-enabled sensors , Springer, 2010
Gerard C.M. Meijer, Editor, Smart sensor systems, J. Wiley & Sons, 2008

Recommendations

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously
MICRO AND NANOELECTRONIC DEVICES AND TECHNOLOGIES/17675102

 
Other comments
The elective/ optional subjects: Nanomaterials in Electronic Engineering and Radioindentification and wireless sensors offer good and complementary knowledge to this subject.
(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.