Measurement, Data Analysis, and Sensor Fundamentals for Engineering and Science: Measurement and Data Analysis for Engineering and Science, Second Edition [Hardcover]

Patrick F. Dunn (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1439825688 | ISBN-13: 978-1439825686 | Publication Date: January 5, 2010 | Edition: 2

Presenting the fundamental tools of experimentation that are currently used by engineers and scientists, Measurement and Data Analysis for Engineering and Science, Second Edition covers the basics of experimentation, hardware of experiments, and methods of data analysis. It also offers historical perspectives throughout. Updating and reorganizing its popular predecessor, this second edition makes the text much easier to follow and enhances the presentation with electronic material.

New to the Second Edition

• Order of chapters now reflects the sequence of topics usually included in an undergraduate course
• Asterisked sections denote material not typically covered formally during lecture in an introductory undergraduate course
• More than 150 new problems, bringing the total to over 420 problems
• Supplementary website that provides unit conversions, learning objectives, review crossword puzzles and solutions, differential equation derivations, laboratory exercise descriptions, MATLAB^® sidebars with M-files, and homework data files

Thorough and up to date, this edition continues to help students gain a fundamental understanding of the tools of experimentation. It discusses basic concepts related to experiments, measurement system components and responses, data analysis, and effective communication of experimental findings.

Ancillary materials for instructors are available on a CD-ROM and a solutions manual is available for qualifying instructors. More data available on www.nd.edu/~pdunn/www.text/measurements.html

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About the Author

Patrick F. Dunn is a professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Notre Dame.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 504 pages
• Publisher: CRC Press; 2 edition (January 5, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1439825688
• ISBN-13: 978-1439825686
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars great reference and classroom text, January 21, 2012

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Patrick F. Dunn (Mishawaka, IN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Measurement, Data Analysis, and Sensor Fundamentals for Engineering and Science: Measurement and Data Analysis for Engineering and Science, Second Edition (Hardcover)

This is perhaps the best measurements text out there right now. Dunn covers all the basics and adds historical perspectives. It would be hard to cover all the material that is in the book in one semester. However, it is organized such that you can pick whatever subjects you need to read about. It could also be used as a great reference text.

5.0 out of 5 stars Just What I Need, January 7, 2008

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James E. Holte "Jim Holte" (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Measurement and Data Analysis for Engineering and Science (Engineering Series) (Hardcover)

For many years I have taught a graduate/undergraduate pair of courses, EE5811 and EE 5821 in biomedical instrumentation and modeling. The central challenge each semester is an idependent student investigation from concept to method to outcomes. Peer reviewed papers are the principal information sources and this text has a remarkable sense for filling in the gaps for a wide range of engineering and life science curricula.
Congratulatins to EMBS magazine, vol26,number6,Nov/Dec 2007, pp 9-11
Jim Holte Associate Professor ECE Dept. U of Minnesota

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1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible book, September 23, 2010

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This review is from: Measurement, Data Analysis, and Sensor Fundamentals for Engineering and Science: Measurement and Data Analysis for Engineering and Science, Second Edition (Hardcover)

From a student perspective, this book is harder to read than a foreign language. It is full of equations that have no practical examples and you're stuck with the homework problems that you can't figure out. The examples given in the book do not correlate with the homework problems and I spend most of my time on the internet or sitting in my teacher's room trying to figure out what the book wants. It appears to be a book that assumes you remember everything that you ever learned in all of your classes. The book is too small and it seems that more information could have been included to help students better remember how to find certain values for a set of equations relating to a signal. If you can talk your teacher into excluding this book from the class and just teaching the concepts you'll be better off.