Table of Contents

* Chapter 1: Introduction * Chapter 2: Performance Characteristics of Sensors and Actuators * Chapter 3: Temperature Sensors and Thermal Actuators * Chapter 4: Optical Sensors and Actuators * Chapter 5: Electric and Magnetic Sensors and Actuators * Chapter 6: Mechanical Sensors and Actuators * Chapter 7: Acoustic Sensors and Actuators * Chapter 8: Chemical Sensor and Actuators * Chapter 9: Radiation Sensors and Actuators * Chapter 10: MEMS and Smart Sensors * Chapter 11: Interfacing Methods and Circuits * Chapter 12: Interfacing to Microprocessors * Appendices

About the Author

Nathan Ida is currently a Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Akron. He received his Bachelor and Master degrees from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Israel) and his Ph.D. from Colorado State University in 1983. Dr. Ida has written five successful books in electromagnetics including the undergraduate textbook Engineering Electromagnetics (now in its second edition). He teaches several courses at the University of Akron including a very popular course on sensors and actuators, which is the foundation of this book. He has researched and developed systems for industrial use that help control the thickness of rubber during tire production, oil leak sensing systems, wireless sensors and networks, and many other systems for several clients. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, ASNT (American Society for Nondestructive Testing), and ACES (Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society).