| 1. | Course Title | Environmental Monitoring | |||||||||||
| 2. | Code | 4ФЕИТ03010 | |||||||||||
| 3. | Study program | 14-ESOR, 15-MMK | |||||||||||
| 4. | Organizer of the study program (unit, institute, department) | Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies | |||||||||||
| 5. | Degree (first, second, third cycle) | Second cycle | |||||||||||
| 6. | Academic year/semester | I/1 | 7. | Number of ECTS credits | 6.00 | ||||||||
| 8. | Lecturer | Dr Marija Cundeva-Blajer | |||||||||||
| 9. | Course Prerequisites | ||||||||||||
| 10. | Course Goals (acquired competencies):
Gaining knowledge of the measurement procedures of the most important environmental parameters. |
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| 11. | Course Syllabus:
Introduction. Types of environmental monitoring. Organization of environmental monitoring. Analytical measurement methods for estimation of the enviromental parameters in different media. Sensors and electrical measurement procedures for monitoring of pressure, speed and velocity of fluids, temperature, liquid level, humidity and illumination. Magnetic measurements. Biosensors. Instrumentation methods for noise and vibrations measurements. Sources of ionization emissions and their biological effects. Measurement procedures for detection of ionization emissions. Elements of a monitoring measurement system. Automated measurement monitoring systems. Remote measurement methods for monitoring and detection of environmental pollution. Data acquisition systems for monitoring purposes. Development of new platforms and techniques for signal processing for detection of potential sources of contamination and techniques for monitoring quality of the air, soil and water. Application of software tools for monitoring. Quality insurance of the measurements of the environmental parameters and reduction of the measurement uncertainty. Calibrations of the monitoring systems. |
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| 12. | Learning methods:
lectures, projects, case studies |
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| 13. | Total number of course hours | 180 | |||||||||||
| 14. | Distribution of course hours | 3 + 3 | |||||||||||
| 15. | Forms of teaching | 15.1 | Lectures-theoretical teaching | 45 hours | |||||||||
| 15.2 | Exercises (laboratory, practice classes), seminars, teamwork | 45 hours | |||||||||||
| 16. | Other course activities | 16.1 | Projects, seminar papers | 30 hours | |||||||||
| 16.2 | Individual tasks | 30 hours | |||||||||||
| 16.3 | Homework and self-learning | 30 hours | |||||||||||
| 17. | Grading | ||||||||||||
| 17.1 | Exams | 10 points | |||||||||||
| 17.2 | Seminar work/project (presentation: written and oral) | 30 points | |||||||||||
| 17.3. | Activity and participation | 10 points | |||||||||||
| 17.4. | Final exam | 50 points | |||||||||||
| 18. | Grading criteria (points) | up to 50 points | 5 (five) (F) | ||||||||||
| from 51 to 60 points | 6 (six) (E) | ||||||||||||
| from 61 to 70 points | 7 (seven) (D) | ||||||||||||
| from 71 to 80 points | 8 (eight) (C) | ||||||||||||
| from 81 to 90 points | 9 (nine) (B) | ||||||||||||
| from 91 to 100 points | 10 (ten) (A) | ||||||||||||
| 19. | Conditions for acquiring teacher’s signature and for taking final exam | 60% success of all exam activities | |||||||||||
| 20. | Forms of assessment | Completed project work and oral presentation of the project | |||||||||||
| 21. | Language | Macedonian | |||||||||||
| 22. | Method of monitoring of teaching quality | Self-evaluation | |||||||||||
| 23. | Literature | ||||||||||||
| 23.1. | Required Literature | ||||||||||||
| No. | Author | Title | Publisher | Year | |||||||||
| 1. | Krawczuk, R. Kubacki, S. Wiak, C. Lemos Antunes | Electromagnetic Field, Health and Enviroment | IOS Press, Amsterdam | 2008 | |||||||||
| 2. | J. Gardner, V. K. Varadan. O. Awadelkarim | Microsensors, MEMS, and smart devices | John Wiley & Sons Ltd, West Sussex | 2001 | |||||||||
| 3. | A. Morris | Measurement and Instrumentation Principles | Butterworth-Heinemann Linacre House, Oxford | 2001 | |||||||||
| 23.2. | Additional Literature | ||||||||||||
| No. | Author | Title | Publisher | Year | |||||||||
| 1. | D. W. Connell | Basic concepts of environmental chemistry | CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton | 1997 | |||||||||
| 2. | S. E. Manahan | Environmental chemistry | Lewis Publishers, Boka Raton | 2000 | |||||||||
| 3. | W. Dargie, Ch.Poellabauer | Fundamentals Of Wireless Sensor Networks: Theory And Practice | John Wiley & Sons Ltd. | 2010 | |||||||||
