Measurement and Quality
- Faculty
Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science
- Version
Version 1 of 26.01.2026.
- Module identifier
11M0675
- Module level
Master
- Language of instruction
English
- ECTS credit points and grading
5.0
- Module frequency
only summer term
- Duration
1 semester
- Brief description
High quality products are necessary for the marketability of products. Metrology is the information acquisition for the Quality assurance. To assure a high quality production it is necessary to measure the input quality of the materials, to monitor the whole production process and to measure or check the output quality of the products. Therefore, to produce high quality products, knowledge about metrology, measurement and instrumentation is necessary.
- Teaching and learning outcomes
1. basic knowledge about metrology
2. static and dynamic characteristics of measurement devices
3. errors and uncertainties, random and systematic errors, computer aided separation of random and systematic errors
4. statistical description of errors, error propagation, evaluation and presentation of series of measurements
5. computer aided calibration, optimisation of calibration with the aim to reduce the number of standards
6. Selected examples from the fields: mechanical and geometrical quantities, temperature, flow rate, filling level, density, humidity, analysis technologies e.g.
- Overall workload
The total workload for the module is 150 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").
- Teaching and learning methods
Lecturer based learning Workload hours Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 42 Lecture - 3 Laboratory activity - Lecturer independent learning Workload hours Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 50 Study of literature - 28 Preparation/follow-up for course work - 25 Exam preparation - 2 Creation of examinations -
- Graded examination
- Written examination
- Ungraded exam
- Field work / Experimental work
- Recommended prior knowledge
Basics of Metrology, Measurement and Instrumentation. Fundamentals of mathematics and physics. Basics of any kind of engineering education from BSc-level.
- Knowledge Broadening
The students should be able to use the knowledge about metrology, measurement and Instrumentation to assure the production of high quality products or materials.
- Knowledge deepening
the students should be able to investigate calibration procedures on bais of the deep theoretical understandig of the process to improve the effectivety of the calibration process and to save standards.
- Literature
1. Hoffmann, Joerg: Script about the lecture "Measurement and Quality".
2. Hoffmann, Joerg: Teaching materials for the experiments in connection to the lecture "Measurement and Quality"
3. Bolton, W.: Instrumentation & Measurement Pocket Book, Third Edition. Oxford: Newnes 2000, 306 pp, ISBN 0 7506 5227 6 (hbk)
4. Morris, A.S.: Measurement and Instrumentation Principles, Third Edition. Butterworth-Heinemann 2001, 512 pages, ISBN-10: 0750650818 / ISBN-13: 978-0750650816
5. Webster, J.G.: The Measurement, Instrumentation and Sensors Handbook. CRC Press; 1998, 2630 pages, ISBN-10: 0849383471 / ISBN-13: 978-0849383472
- Applicability in study programs
- Computer Science
- Computer Science M.Sc. (01.09.2025)
- Mechatronic Systems Engineering
- Mechatronic Systems Engineering M.Sc. (01.09.2025)
- Person responsible for the module
- Hoffmann, Jörg
- Teachers
- Hoffmann, Jörg