Assignment 5: Research on Sensors
by leah
Due: 3pm, Tuesday, October 25, 2011
See student posts here
For this assignment, you’ll research different classes of sensor materials in small teams. Each team is assigned a category of sensor and a paper that should provide a foundation for further research. For Tuesday’s class you should prepare a 10 minute presentation and a blog post (on this site) that documents your research.
Your talk should include:
- Identification of at least one additional scholarly paper that discusses a similar sensor. Good places to look are IEEE explore, the ACM digital library, and google scholar. This paper should also inform your talk and blog post.
- An explanation of the basic properties of the sensor, how it works, and how it’s constructed.
- Identification of at least one supplier of the sensor (or its constituent parts). Provide information about cost and any safety concerns. You should be able to reasonably acquire material from this supplier.
- 1-3 examples (no more than 3) of an art, design, or engineering project that employed a similar sensor. Videos and photos are preferred. Try to avoid using examples from the papers you were assigned.
- Reflections on how you might use the sensor in your own practice.
Your blog post should include:
- The material covered in your talk, plus:
- Links to material suppliers you’ve found.
- A link to a pdf of your research presentation.
Add your blog post to the the Sensors and Research categories.
Groups, materials, and starter papers are given below:
Group 1. Bend and Stretch Switches
Jill Sherman
Woong Ki Sung
Farre Nixon
Group 2. Chemiresistors
Oz Agar
Dena Molnar
Shan Gao
Group 3. “Natural” Sensors
Sam Jacoby
Fangbing Qiu
Adedoyin Ogunniyi
Group 4. Fiber Optic Bend Sensors
Timothee Boitouzet
Sara Hendren
Group 5. Pressure and Proximity Sensing Matrices (Capacitive)
Nicole Tariverdian
Daekwon Park
Group 6. Infrared Ink + Cameras
Jason Wee