# MECH 430 — Process Instrumentation and Measurements (AUB) > MECH 430 Process Instrumentation and Measurements at American University of Beirut. 2 student reviews. Source: https://studiety.com/aub/course/944 Retrieved: 2026-08-03 ## Facts - Course code: MECH 430 - Title: Process Instrumentation and Measurements - University: American University of Beirut (AUB) - Subject: Mechanical Engineering - Department: Mechanical Engineering - Faculty: Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture - Credits: 3 - Professors on record (5): Daniel Asmar, Dany Abou Jaoude, Elie Kfoury, Lina Kassis, Zainab Balhas ## Catalogue description A course on general concepts of measurement systems; classification of sensors and sensor types; interfacing concepts; data acquisition, manipulation, transmission and recording; introduction to LABVIEW; applications; team project on design and implementation of a measuring device. ## Quick answers ### What is MECH 430 at AUB? MECH 430 Process Instrumentation and Measurements is a 3-credit course at American University of Beirut (AUB), in the Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture. A course on general concepts of measurement systems; classification of sensors and sensor types; interfacing concepts; data acquisition, manipulation, transmission and recording; introduction to LABVIEW; applications; team project on design and implementation of a measuring device. ### How many credits is MECH 430? MECH 430 Process Instrumentation and Measurements is worth 3 credits at AUB. ### Is MECH 430 hard? 2 AUB students have written about MECH 430 on Studiety. No one has left a star rating yet, so read what they wrote rather than an average. ### Who teaches MECH 430 at AUB? Studiety has 5 professors on record for MECH 430: Daniel Asmar, Dany Abou Jaoude, Elie Kfoury, Lina Kassis, Zainab Balhas. Sections change every term, so check the registrar for who is teaching now. ### What are the prerequisites for MECH 430? MECH 430 lists 2 prerequisites: EECE 312 Electronics (for Mechanical Engineering students), PHYS 211 Electricity and Magnetism. ## Prerequisites - [EECE 312 — Electronics (for Mechanical Engineering students)](https://studiety.com/aub/course/945) - [PHYS 211 — Electricity and Magnetism](https://studiety.com/aub/course/669) ## Student reviews 2 of 2 reviews, written by students who took the course. - **2020-04** — Instrumentation is a high workload course u will have lectures that discuss general information (mainly sensors and error analysis ). You will have a few assignments on these topics along with a midterm ( usually easy) and a final ( usually very hard). You will also have lecture quizzes every now and then, but they are easy, designed to raise your grades. As for the lab part, you will be learning labview and applying what u learned on different sensors. The lab usually includes weekly assignments, a labview final exam, and a project about sensors (includes lecture and lab topics). The project is considered to be hard. The labview assignments are not very hard, yet it is important to solve them on your own as a practice for the labview final exam since the exam is usually hard. I took it with Daniel Asmar and he was great, he is ready to answer all your questions and he explains really well. You will suffer from the high workload of the course, yet it is really very beneficial. - **2020-04** — It is a very loaded course; it can be considered as 2 courses one theoretical and one experimental (lab). You will have a weekly lab assignment, an assignment and a drop quiz (for each chapter), a midterm, a final exam for the course, a final exam for the lab and a big project. It is not easy yet not very hard if you study it carefully. Take it with Daniel Asmar; he explains very well and he's a super friendly person. My lab instructor was Lina Kassis she's also very good. ## See also - [All Mechanical Engineering courses at AUB](https://studiety.com/aub/subject/mechanical-engineering.md) - [Every AUB subject](https://studiety.com/aub/subjects.md) --- From Studiety (https://studiety.com/), an independent, student-run course guide. Not affiliated with or endorsed by any university. Reviews are the opinions of individual students.