Measurements in Physics (5 cr)
Code: 5051115-3022
General information
Enrollment
30.11.2022 - 18.01.2023
Timing
09.01.2023 - 30.04.2023
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Engineering and Business
Campus
Kupittaa Campus
Teaching languages
- English
Seats
40 - 70
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Information and Communications Technology
Teachers
- Mikko Peltonen de Santiago
- Jaakko Lamminpää
- Antti Haarto
Groups
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PINFOS22CPINFOS22C
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PINFOK23BPINFOK23B
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PINFOK23APINFOK23A
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PINFOS22BPINFOS22B
Objective
After completing the course the student can:
- model physical phenomena and apply the model in engineering
- recognise physical possibilities and limitations
- use measuring equipment
- do suitable measuring arrangement for a problem and complete the measurements
- estimate uncertainty of measurements and determine uncertainty for the results in simple cases
- make and analyse graphical presentations
- keep a laboratory notebook
- report results orally and in writing
- work safely at a laboratory
- work safely with different kinds of radioactive radiation
- handle waste developed in laboratory
Content
•safety at laboratory work
•physical modeling
•radioactive radiation
•measuring, evaluating errors of measurements, processing and analyzing results
•graphical presentations and reporting
•handling laboratory waste
Materials
Material constructed by teacher in ItsLearning.
Almost any Physics book for Engineers.
Teaching methods
Teacher-led classroom activities, problem based, independent studies, team work
Exam schedules
Final exam at week 17.
The re-exam could be done within the exam of next course.
Other complementary work to the course must be agreed with the teacher.
International connections
During the course, you will learn the basic skills of measuring physics and analyzing the results, which are the basis of the engineering work. Tasks include sectoral application examples. The course uses international physics notation and terminology, which enables students to understand international engineering literature, standards, etc. Students are encouraged to work in teamwork. The course uses a digital learning environment.
Student workload
Partification in classroom activities and exam: 30 h.
Independent study, preparing to the exercise, reporting and preparing to the final exam: 100 h.
Content scheduling
• week2/2023: Safety and laboratory rules
• week2/2023: Graphical presentation and slope
• week3/2023 - week15/2023: Laboratory exercises (11 piece)
• week16/2023: Shift for undone exercise
• week17/2023: Final exam
Evaluation scale
H-5
Assessment methods and criteria
Supervised exercise (1 pieces) are evaluated on a scale (0 when the exercise is not done at all, 0.5 when only the measurements have been made and 1-2 when the report has also been approved).
Making and reporting of other exercises (10 pieces) are evaluated on a scale of 0-5 (0 when the exercise is not done at all).
There is a larger preliminary task for the Electric circuit exercise that evaluates on a scale of 0-2.
There are 11 laboratory exercises and 1 of these are evaluated on a scale of 0-2, 9 of these on a scale of 0-5 and 1 of these are evaluated on a scale of 0-7, so maximum points are 54 (1 x 2 + 9 x 5 + 1 x 7 points) from laboratory exercises.
Maximum points are 26 from the final exam.
So total maximum is 80 points.
Assessment criteria, fail (0)
Total points less than 32.
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)
Total points at least 32 and less than 50.
Assessment criteria, good (3-4)
Total points at least 50 and less than 68.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
Total points at least 68.