Instrumentation engineering is specialized branch of Electrical and
Electronic engineering. Instrumentation engineering focuses on the principle
and operation of measuring instruments, which are used in design and
configuration of automated systems.
The professionals who are involved in these activities are known as
instrumentation engineers. Instrumentation engineers usually have degrees in
instrumentation engineering, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, or
mechanical engineering and sometimes in the newer fields of Control
engineering, control systems engineering etc.
Instrumentation engineers work in industries with automated processes, such
as chemical or manufacturing plants with the goal of improving system
productivity, reliability and stability. They help in the designing,
construction and maintenance of instruments and entire instrumentation systems
of an industrial undertaking. An instrumentation engineer decides the type of
instruments needed for ensuring better quality and efficiency of the end
product.
