Instrumentation Engineering

Instrumentation engineering is a term associated with measuring instruments used to indicate, measure and record physical amounts. An operator who would walk around and make necessary adjustment to obtain the desired results recorded processes and controls manually. Through advanced design and technology, pneumatic controllers were put in place to do this job with further advancement being made with the production of distributed control systems that allowed monitoring and control to be done from various locations. There are various examples of instrumentation engineering from household devices to large manufacturing equipment. Instrumentation engineers may design sensors that record the safety, reliability and efficiency of machines and equipment used in manufacturing industries. Another example is the design of devices to monitor blood glucose, or aircraft sensors or even smoke detectors that we all use to ensure our safety. Manufacturing companies, biomedical companies or government agencies may require the services of instrumental engineering or the engineer may choose to work in the private sector for engineering firms.