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Before taking this unit you must take ME10003

Aims: To introduce the student to more basic equations of fluid mechanics and to apply the equations to engineering problems.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to:
* Understand the basic concepts of fluid mechanics.
* Apply the continuity, momentum and Bernoulli&©s equations to engineering problems.
* Use dimensional analysis.
Skills:
Problem solving; numeracy; working independently.
Content:
Stress and viscosity; fluid statics; pressure, forces and moments; fluid kinematics; continuity equation; Bernoulli equation; Bernoulli equation with losses and external work; momentum equation for a control volume; dimensional analysis and similarity; introduction to Flight. Thermofluids laboratory experiment.

ME10010: Solid mechanics 2

Credits: 6

Level: Certificate

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW 15%, EX 85%

Requisites:

Aims:
* To promote further understanding of the fundamental principles of mechanics.
* To introduce engineering bending theory.
* To apply principles of dynamical modelling to different rotating and reciprocating machines.
* To introduce concepts of stress and strain transformation.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to: Calculate shear forces, bending moments and deflections in beams. Determine the stress and strain states of simple structural forms; manipulate stress and strain transformation equations, and understand Mohr's circle. Analyse the state of balance of a system comprising rotating masses, and determine effects of unbalance. Analyse the motion of a rigid body in space using vector analysis. Calculate velocities and accelerations in a linkage mechanism.
Skills:
Numeracy; problem solving; working independently.
Content:
Simple bending theory. Torque transmission/shear stress: clutches; belt drives. Balancing of rotating masses: flywheels; rotating and reciprocating machines. Slope and deflection of beams. Stress transformations and Mohr's circle. Pressure vessels. Introduction to spatial dynamics and degrees of freedom. Vector methods and theory of gyroscopes. Analysis of linkage mechanisms. Solid Mechanics laboratory experiment.

ME10012: Design materials & manufacturing 2

Credits: 6

Level: Certificate

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW 25%, CW 25%, CW 10%, CW 5%, EX 35%

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME10006

Aims:
* To introduce the component elements of design.
* To enable the student to become acquainted with the basic principles of design, and the design process.
* To provide fundamental knowledge about metals, their structure and properties.
* To provide a holistic view of the process and decisions to be taken in real design problems.
* To become familiar with engineering artefacts and processes.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to: Analyse, select and integrate standard components into detailed designs. Develop a partial requirement specification from a design brief. Analyse a problem and select a solution from a range of alternatives. Produce detailed drawings of components to ensure that they perform the desired function and can be manufactured. Define the key mechanical properties of metals. Compare and contrast some of the common metals used for engineering manufacture. Explain how the mechanical properties of metals can be related to their microstructure. Identify the features and limitations of various processes.
Skills:
Problem solving; written communication; working as part of group.
Content:
The design process; principles of design; Elements: springs, bearings, seals, fixing and fastening systems, power transmission systems. Electric motors. Design & Make Activities. Study guide. Introduction to manufacturing. Mechanical properties of metals. Selection of materials. Microstructure. Casting. Alloys.

ME10130: Experimentation, engineering skills & applied engineering with French

Credits: 6

Level: Certificate

Semester: 1

Assessment: CW 24%, CW 23%, CW 23%, CW 15%, CW 15%

Requisites:

Aims:
* Consolidate the written and graphical presentation of experimental data. Understand uncertainty in experimental measurements.
* Provide an appreciation of practical engineering skills.
* Introduce students to computer aided design.
* Use of word processors, spreadsheets, databases and the world wide web.
* To integrate engineering science and applications within the different engineering disciplines.
* To offer an insight into challenging and interesting topics within engineering.
* To provide students with an insight into different branches of engineering offered in the MEng programme.
* To introduce students to technical vocabulary in the French language.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to:
* Interpret and communicate experimental results with analysis in a precise format.
* Recognise and model potential observed uncertainty in engineering problems.
* Carry out simple design tasks using CAD.
* Search for information in online databases and the web.
* Apply engineering science to engineering problems.
* Appreciate the relevance of engineering science in the context of their application to engineering.
* Understand the focus of the different branches of engineering and their interrelationships.
* Make a more informed decision about the branch of engineering in which they chose to specialise.
* Explain the working of simple physical phenomena in French. Read and understand simple technical texts in French.
Skills:
Written communication; oral communication; data acquisition, handling and analysis; working independently; working as part of a group; communicating in the French language.
Content:
Interpretation and communication of experimental results and analysis. Experimental and measurement techniques. Uncertainty in engineering problems. Workshop skills. Oral presentation to small group. History of technology. The Institutions. The business as a system. Business structures and the influence of the size and ownership. Concepts of value added. Aircraft wing design. Automotive engine design. Computer controlled manufacture. Product design. Manufacturing systems concepts. Technical language.

ME10132: Experimentation, engineering skills & applied engineering with German

Credits: 6

Level: Certificate

Semester: 1

Assessment: CW 24%, CW 23%, CW 23%, CW 15%, CW 15%

Requisites:

Aims:
* Consolidate the written and graphical presentation of experimental data. Understand uncertainty in experimental measurements.
* Provide an appreciation of practical engineering skills.
* Introduce students to computer aided design.
* Use of word processors, spreadsheets, databases and the world wide web.
* To integrate engineering science and applications within the different engineering disciplines.
* To offer an insight into challenging and interesting topics within engineering.
* To provide students with an insight into different branches of engineering offered in the MEng programme.
* To introduce students to technical vocabulary in the German language.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to:
* Interpret and communicate experimental results with analysis in a precise format.
* Recognise and model potential observed uncertainty in engineering problems.
* Carry out simple design tasks using CAD.
* Search for information in online databases and the web.
* Apply engineering science to engineering problems.
* Appreciate the relevance of engineering science in the context of their application to engineering.
* Understand the focus of the different branches of engineering and their interrelationships.
* Make a more informed decision about the branch of engineering in which they chose to specialise.
* Explain the working of simple physical phenomena in German. Read and understand simple technical texts in German.
Skills:
Written communication; oral communication; data acquisition, handling and analysis; working independently; working as part of a group; communicating in the German language.
Content:
Interpretation and communication of experimental results and analysis. Experimental and measurement techniques. Uncertainty in engineering problems. Workshop skills. Oral presentation to small group. History of technology. The Institutions. The business as a system. Business structures and the influence of the size and ownership. Concepts of value added. Aircraft wing design. Automotive engine design. Computer controlled manufacture. Product design. Manufacturing systems concepts. Technical language.

Credits: 3

Level: Certificate

Semester: 2

Assessment: EX100

Requisites:

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To develop a lively interest in the available range of building materials, founded on an understanding of their microstructure and properties and their practical advantages and limits.
Content:
Building materials. Resources, usage and cost.. Mechanical properties; stress, strain, strength stiffness, strain energy, toughness. Bonding and Packing of Atoms The periodic table. Primary (ionic, covalent, and metallic) and secondary (dipolar) bonding. Packing of equal and unequal size atoms. Imperfections in crystals. Point and line defects, grain boundaries. Metals and Alloys Iron and steel; phase diagram for Fe-C system, Heat treatment of steels. Alloy steels. Other metals. Glass, Ceramics and Concrete Glass structure, composition. and properties. Volume-temperature relationships. Traditional and engineering ceramics. Sheet silicates. Clay bodies. Manufacture of cement. Special cements. Setting and strength of concrete. Stone as a building material. Polymeric Material and Wood Polymerisation. Amorphous and crystalline polymers. Thermosets and thermoplastics. Structure and deformation of the wood cell. Properties of timber and its products.

ME10285: Instrumentation, electronics & electrical drives

Credits: 6

Level: Certificate

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW 15%, CW 15%, CW 24%, CW 23%, CW 23%

Requisites:

Aims:
* To provide an introduction to measurement, instrumentation and signal processing.
* To provide an introduction to electromagnetic actuation systems.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to:
* Match an indicating instrument or data recorder to a given signal source and estimate the accuracy of the indicated output.
* Select a suitable transducer type for a particular measurement application.
* Describe the shielding and guarding techniques that are necessary to keep extraneous signals in the environment from affecting the signals in a measurement system.
* Understand the basic amplification circuits used for instrumentation.
* Understand the basic operation of DC motors, stepper motors and three phase induction motors, including speed control and starting methods.
* Select appropriate drives for simple applications.
(i) understand the characteristics of elementary AC circuits and components.
(ii) be able to use strain gauges, LVDTs, accelerometers and capacitance transducers.
Skills:
Problem solving; numeracy; written communication; working independently.
Content:
Transducers, strain gauges,: operating principles, characteristics, selection based on application requirements. Measurement of voltage, current and resistance. Use of bridge circuits. Matching of instruments to signal sources. Thevenin's theorem. Explanation of concepts of accuracy, systematic and random errors, noise, linearity and repeatability of measurements. Signal amplification; amplifier types, signal buffers and instrumentation amplifiers.. Brief description of guarding and shielding techniques. A-D conversion, data presentation. Electromagnetic energy conversion - electromagnetic induction, Faraday's and Ampere's laws. Operating characteristics of stepper, DC, brushless and induction motors. Rated motor data and voltage-speed-torque-current-power relationships. Starting and speed control of motors. Power electronic converters and their use for speed control. Elements of AC theory, capacitors and inductors, mutual inductance, transformers. The linearly variable differential transformer (LVDT) application and associated instrumentation. Capacitance transducers. Accelerometers. Amplifier errors and drift. AC characteristics, band-width, signal-to-noise ratio. Electrical noise, AC bridges, advantages of narrow bandwidth amplification and detection. Resonant circuits.

ME20013: Systems & control

Credits: 6

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX85PR15

Requisites:

Aims:
* To examine the behaviour of a variety of physical systems commonly used in control applications.
* To develop an understanding of the operational behaviour of control systems, this to allow the application of classical control theory to system analysis and design.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to:
* Predict the behaviour of simple control systems.
* Determine a control system's frequency response and stability characteristics.
* Improve steady state and dynamic performance using compensation techniques.
Skills:
Problem solving; numeracy; working independently.
Content:
System modelling. Open and closed loop control. Block diagram representation. Block diagram manipulation. Transfer functions and Laplace notation. Transient performance of simple systems. System errors. Frequency response representation of systems. Bode diagrams. System stability assessment techniques. System identification. Compensation techniques. Control laboratory experiment.

Credits: 60

Level: Intermediate

Academic Year

Assessment:

Requisites:

Aims & Learning Objectives:
Please see the Director of Studies for more information about the industrial placement year.

ME20134: Fluid mechanics 2

Credits: 3

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 2

Assessment: EX100

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME10144

Aims & Learning Objectives:
Aims: To give students a knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of fluid mechanics. Objectives: By the end of the course, the student should be able to:
* analyse flows in a network of pipes
* understand and be able to apply dimensional analysis
* understand the fluid mechanics principles which govern the behaviour of hydraulic machines
Content:
Networks, branched pipes Dimensional Analysis Hydraulic Machines Euler equation Radial flow machines Axial flow machines Water Hammer/surge Cavitation

ME20198: Mathematical modelling 1

Credits: 3

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 1

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take XX10052

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To develop programming techniques in C++. To acquire a variety of numerical and mathematical techniques to be used for engineering problems modelled in terms of ODEs. To provide a strong mathematical and computational foundation for solving equations arising in the modelling of engineering systems. After taking this unit the student should be able to: Explain how the various standard ordinary differential equations (ODEs) arise in engineering. Use numerical techniques in the solution of such ODEs. Understand and apply the techniques of Fourier series and transforms to ODEs.
Content:
Numerical solution of ordinary differential evolution equations using Euler's method and the Runge-Kutta methods, including reduction to first order form and numerical stability analysis. Numerical solution of two-point ordinary differential boundary value problems using a direct method (the tridiagonal matrix algorithm) and an indirect method (the shooting method). Local and Global Truncation Errors: choosing a suitable numerical method and the improvement of accuracy. Gaussian Elimination: algorithm and code development, use a Least Squares fitting of experimental data, and in the determination of matrix eigenvalues.

ME20199: Mathematical modelling 2

Credits: 3

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To continue to develop algorithm design and programming techniques in C++. To acquire a large variety of numerical and mathematical techniques to be used for those engineering problems modelled in terms of PDEs. To provide a strong mathematical and computational foundation for solving equations arising in the modelling of engineering systems. After taking this unit the student should be able to: Explain how the various standard partial differential equations (PDEs) arise in engineering. Us numerical techniques in the solution of such PDEs.
Content:
Derivation and numerical solution of Fourier's equation of heat conduction, Laplace's equation, Poisson's equation and Wave equation.

ME20246: Metals & alloys (EG20009)

Credits: 6

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX80CW20

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME10232 or take ME10245

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To introduce the principles of alloy constitution and show their application to the thermal and mechanical treatment of engineering alloys. On completion the student should be able to identify common types of alloy phase, describe strengthening mechanisms in alloys systems, interpret simple binary phase diagrams, describe the effects of heat treatments on steels, Al and Ti alloys., describe the process of 'shape memory' in specific alloy systems.
Content:
The properties and structure of metals, dislocations and strengthening methods of metals including solid solution strengthening, precipitation hardening, grain size (Hall-Petch) and cold work using high strength alloy steels, aluminium alloys and titanium alloys as specific examples. Solid solutions and intermetallic phases. Phase diagrams of binary systems, invariant reactions. Equilibrium microstructures using tie lines and lever rule. Coring. Departures from equilibrium, quenching, hardenability and tempering of steels. Shape memory alloys.

ME20248: Introduction to materials for sports science (EG20030)

Credits: 6

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 2

Assessment: EX80CW20

Requisites:

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To understand the science underlying the use of materials in applications used in sport. To appreciate the nature of the physical stresses imposed on materials, both natural and artificial, and how the materials react to stresses. To explore the use of high technology advanced materials in sports applications.
Content:
An introduction to mechanical properties: the nature of elastic stress and elastic strain. The elastic limit. Types of stress and strain. Elastic compliance. Plastic deformation and fracture. Energy absorption during loading and fracture, energy release. Specific stress and specific strain. Compare and contrast metals, ceramics and polymers as sporting materials. The limitations of homogeneous materials. Composite materials and why they are used in sport. The law of mixtures for composite materials. Natural and artificial composites; several examples of each, outlining the structure and properties. Comparison of natural composites ( wood, bone, skin etc) with artificial composites. Case studies of sports equipment , e.g. sport shoes, football studs, racquets, vaulting pole, sports bicycle; the method of construction and the performance advantages that ensue.

ME20249: Industrial training (EG20032)

Credits: 60

Level: Intermediate

Academic Year

Assessment:

Requisites:

Aims & Learning Objectives:
Please see the Director of Studies for more detailed information about the Aims & Learning Objectives of the Industrial training year.

ME20250: Solid body mechanics 3 (EG20075)

Credits: 6

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX80PR20

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME10238 and take ME10239

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To expand on statics and dynamics knowledge gained in first year Solid Mechanics courses to cover more advanced structural mechanics topics and to introduce dynamics topics dealing with vibrations as applied to sports engineering applications. After taking this unit the student should be able to: Determine Euler buckling loads for sections in compression; Calculate stresses and deflections of beams made from composite materials; Calculate shear stresses and twist in non-circular bars; Determine resonant frequencies in single and two degree of freedom systems.
Content:
Buckling of struts; Bending of composite beams; Torsion of bars made from non-circular sections; Principles of vibration, resonance, single, two and three degrees of freedom systems; whirling and balancing of shafts. Associated Laboratory experiments: Euler Buckling Loads, Measurement of Natural Frequencies.

ME20251: Fluid mechanics & aerodynamics (EG20076)

Credits: 6

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 2

Assessment: EX80PR20

Requisites:

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To give the students a knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of fluid mechanics and aerodynamics. After taking this unit the students should be able to: Determine hydrostatic forces, buoyancy describe the principles and practice of pressure measurement, understand the basic principles of fluid flow and the analysis of different types of flow. Determine the drag contribution from an arbitrary shaped body.
Content:
Hydrostatic Equation, Forces on Submerged Surfaces, Bouyancy, Bernoulli Equation, Momentum Equation, Laminar/Turbulent Flow Laminar and turbulent flow Drag of bluff and streamlined bodies.

ME20252: Sports materials (EG20077)

Credits: 6

Credits: 3

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 2

Assessment: EX70CW30

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME20257

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To give students an understanding of the contributions made by engineers and technologists towards a firm achieving its commercial goals by means of effective product and market-related policies and practices. After taking this Unit the student should be able to: Describe the commercial aspects of sports equipment manufacturing.
Content:
Special features of sport equipment manufacture; strategic planning; organisational culture and change management; financial management; marketing management; legal factors.

ME20259: Laboratory Programme II (EG20092)

Credits: 3

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 2

Assessment: PR100

Requisites:

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To familiarise the student with the methods available for the measurement and observation of materials structures and properties. To develop practical and organisational skills for laboratory work. After taking this unit the student should be able to: Set up and carry out experiments to determine the microscopic structure and mechanical properties of metals and polymers. Set up methods of electrical signal measurement, recording and processing. Set up experiments to carry out vibration analysis of equipment.
Content:
Electron and Optical microscopy of metals and polymers. Spectroscopy. Mechanical properties and testing of materials, electrical measurements and data logging, vibration analysis.

ME20260: Instrumentation & measurement II (EG20103)

Credits: 3

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX100

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME10243

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To provide an introduction to measurement, instrumentation and signal processing. After taking this Unit the student should be able to: (i) understand the characteristics of elementary AC circuits and components(ii) be able to use LVDTs and capacitance transducers;(iii)understand the characteristics of elementary digital circuits and components(iv) be able to set up timing devices and circuits.
Content:
Elements of AC theory, capacitors and inductors, mutual inductance, transformers. The linearly variable differential transformer (LVDT) application and associated instrumentation. Capacitance transducers. Electrical noise, AC bridges, advantages of narrow bandwidth amplification and detection. Resonant circuits, Q, oscillators, quartz crystal oscillators. Elements of digital circuits, gates, truth tables, counters. Timing, light gates and their integration with digital counter circuits.

ME20261: IT packages (EG20117)

Credits: 6

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Aims: To understand the operation and application of standard software packages used in engineering.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to: Make use of a range of widely used software packages to investigate engineering problems. Appreciate the ways in which software packages are used to analyse engineered products.
Skills:
Intellectual skills include the development (assessed). Key skills include self-learning and software-based learning (facilitated).
Content:
The unit will be a hands-on introduction to the principles and operation of commercially available engineering software packages. The capabilities of the packages will be introduced by examples of their application to realistic engineering problems. The packages included will be selected from: Electrical circuit simulation. Statistical analysis. Materials selection. Solid modelling/FEAMotion analysis. Image analysis. Mathematical analysis.

ME20262: Introduction to biomechanics and biomaterials (EG20122)

Credits: 6

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX80CW20

Requisites:

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To introduce students to the basic concepts in biomechanics and biomaterials including the applications of solid mechanics within a biomechanics context, the principles relating to biomaterials such as biocompatibility, bioactivity, and the use of biomaterials within the body. After taking this unit the student should be able to:
* Demonstrate knowledge of the basic principles and applications of biomechanics and biomaterials within a medical engineering context.
Content:
Systems of levers within the body. Determination of joint loading from external and muscular loading. Mechanical properties of soft and hard tissues. Types of implants and the materials commonly used to manufacture them. Gait analysis and determination of loading on implants. Implant testing methods; British and ISO standards. In-vivo and in-vitro experimentation. Ethical issues relating to animal and human experimentation.

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX60CW40

Requisites:

Aims: To provide a basic understanding of machine processes employed in the and their integration into high volume product generating facilities.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to: Understand and compare the issues involved in creating e.g. packaging for different products such as food and pharmaceuticals and their forms. To be able to describe appropriate processes and systems for their manufacture and appreciate their strengths and limitations.
Skills:
Problem solving; working independently; written communication.
Content:
* Introduction to high volume machine processes in industries such as the food and pharmaceutical sectors.
* Product Description: Covering aspects of liquids, granules, soft and rigid objects. How these are handled within high volume lines.
* Materials and Forms: To cover machine systems such as fillers, sealers, erectors, check weighers, intermediate handling equipment, stacking labelling and coding.
* Process Requirements: Covering aspects of product generation such as, machine sequencing, finishing and inspection, palletisation, conveyor selection and timing diagrams.
* Topics for self study that could be examined.

ME30195: Life support engineering

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX100

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME20023 or take ME20024 or take ME20071

Aims: To introduce the student to applications of technology in life support systems used in clinical and other situations including diving, submarines, automotive, aerospace and space.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to:
* Appreciate the factors relating to human physiology that need to be supported by life support systems.
* Relate engineering principles to the design of life support systems.
* Formulate basic mathematical models of life support systems and set operating parameters associated with equipment used in clinical, underwater, automotive, aerospace and space applications
Skills:
Problem solving: numeracy; working independently.
Content:
Human physiology including metabolism, kidneys and cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive and nervous systems. Principles of clinical life support systems including anaesthesia workstations and ventilators; dialysis; artificial heart and pacemakers. Aspects relating to underwater, aerospace and space applications; gas production, storage and delivery and microgravity. Use of airbags and seat belts in automotive applications. Requirements for operation in extreme environments including fire fighting, chemical and biological applications. Topics for self study that could be examined.

ME30197: Business processes

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 1

Assessment: CW40EX60

Requisites:

Aims: To provide:
* An understanding of the various business processes required to operate a manufacturing business.
* A knowledge of business economics and its use in decision making.
* An understanding of project costing
* An understanding of various business processes such as TQM, change management and BPR
* A knowledge of business strategy.
* An understanding of marketing strategy and techniques.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to:
* Analyse supply and demand data.
* Carry out financial appraisals of engineering projects
* Take part in the implementation of TQM, BPR and other operations management techniques.
* Write a mission statement and analyse and develop an engineering businesses strategy.
* Analyse market data and develop alternative marketing strategies.
Skills:
Problem solving; written communication; working independently.
Content:
Business Economics - supply demand, elasticity, financial markets. Project Accounting - Cost cash flow, ROI NPV, resource planning . Marketing - Price, the marketing mix, advertising, promotion, budgets. Operations - TQM, change management, BPR, SUR and other initiatives. Strategy - Missions, objectives, internal and external analysis, options, implementation. Topics for self study that could be examained.

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX80CW20

Requisites:

Aims: To co-ordinate previous studies of structural materials, first by an introduction to the classes of engineering materials followed by consideration of composite materials. Examination of the selection of materials for real engineering applications follows.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to: describe the various types of engineering materials, fibre composites, their manufacture and characteristics; discuss theoretical models for strength and stiffness of composites; describe the overall process of engineering design, and the place in it of materials selection; deduce from standard test results the materials information required for design; analyse materials requirements and propose solutions to the selection problem in specified design situations.
Content:
Introduction to engineering materials, composites and their applications in engineering. Nature of engineering materials, of fibre composite materials, manufacturing processes, elastic behaviour; elements of classical thin laminate theory, strength, toughness; the use of commercial software for designing with composites. The design process; the designer and materials selection. Design aspects of elastic properties, strength and fracture toughness. Design procedures for creep in metals and plastics, extrapolation methods. Fatigue, master diagrams for design purposes, damage accumulation laws, application of fracture mechanics, designing against fatigue. Non-destructive evaluation of materials and component quality. Selection of a manufacturing process. Formalised procedures for materials selection.

ME30265: Biomedical & natural materials (EG30028)

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX80CW20

Requisites:

Aims: This course aims to give an appreciation of a range of topics that relate to the structure and properties of natural materials and the way in which natural and synthetic materials are linked at the interface between medicine and engineering.
Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this unit the student should demonstrate an understanding of the structure and properties of biological tissues, have knowledge of a range of materials that can be used to replace both soft and hard tissues of the body and be aware of the extent and the limitations of replacement components in terms of design and materials. The student will have developed the skills necessary to work as part of a small team in preparing a group presentation and to produce a substantial individual report in a selected area of biomedical materials.
Skills:
Facilitated intellectual and professional key skills.
Content:
1. Biological materials The importance of the structure/properties relationship in 'engineering' materials. Mechanical properties - units and definitions. Stress, strain, Young's modulus, density, specific mechanical properties, toughness, elastic and viscoelastic deformation, damping. The principal hard and soft tissues in the body and their main anatomical functions: bone, teeth, cartilage, tendons & ligaments, skin, arterial wall, cervical tissue. Chemical and physical compositions: main chemical constituents - hydroxyapatite, dentine and enamel, aminoacids and mucopolysaccharides, proteoglycans (proteins), collagen, elastin. Crystalline and amorphous structures, polymers and composites. Performance of natural materials under stress: brittleness and toughness, yielding (plastic behaviour), fatigue, creep (viscoelasticity), rubbery behaviour, damping. Efficiency of bone structures. Mechanical response of hard and soft tissues in terms of their structures.
2. Prosthetics Use of biomaterials for replacement and repair of hard and soft tissues. Functional considerations - forces on joints, cyclic loading, wear and tear, body environment Materials used for implant purposes - metals, alloys, ceramics, polymers, composites, coatings. Applications in the fields of orthopaedics, cardiovascular, dental, ocular, drug delivery and wound healing Evaluation of biomaterials - biocompatibility testing, corrosion, wear, deterioration.

ME30266: Aerospace Materials (EG30061)

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX100

Requisites:

Aims: The aim of the unit is to give engineering students an understanding of the nature of aerospace materials and how this determines their successful application in aerospace structures and machines.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to: appreciate the properties of engineering materials and how they arise. Understand the key areas of manufacturing technology which allow fabrication of the critical engineering component, the importance of the correct choice of material and the factors limiting the service life of the component, the significance of the manufacturing route in determining the economics and engineering viability of the component and methods for fault detection and life prediction.
Content:
Introduction, history and classification of aerospace materials. Materials for airframes-Aluminium Alloys; manufacturing route, heat treatments, properties, joining techniques. Titanium Alloys. Super-plastic forming. Diffusion bonding. Production, properties and applications Stainless and Maraging steels. Properties, fabrication and applications. Alloys and components for aeroengines. Manufacturing processes, properties, applications and failure modes. Steel, Titanium alloys, Honeycombs, High temperature alloys. Polycrystalline, directionally solidified and single crystal blades. Future technology. Thermal barrier coatings. Principles, processing and performance. Long Fibre Composites. Critical Fibre length. Aerospace manufacturing processes. Types of fibre and matrix. Composite honeycombs. Composites and design. Comparison of carbon fibre composites and aluminium alloys. Laminate analysis/ design. Material coupling. Failure criteria (strength and stiffness). Repair Systems. Metal matrix Composites. Degradation processes and control. NDT, its role in quality control and in in-service inspection of aircraft. Review of types of defect found in aircraft and their hazards. X-ray inspection, sources, recording, sensitivity, radiation safety. Dye penetrant crack detection. Ultrasonic testing, ultrasonic wave propagation and reflection. Transducers, coupling. A-scan, b-scan, c-scan, shear wave and surface wave inspection techniques. Electrical methods, eddy current, potential drop, magnetic methods. Special inspection problems posed by composite materials. "The ageing aircraft programme".

ME30268: The practice of engineering and technology: the human and social dimension (EG30104)

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 1

Assessment: CW40ES60

Requisites:

Aims: To familiarise the student with the organisation of science, engineering and technology as collective human enterprises, laying some emphasis on areas associated particularly with technical communication, funding, and professional ethics where there may be differences of opinion and potential conflict.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking the unit students should inter alia be able to discuss science technology and engineering as collective human enterprises, making reference to such aspects as technical communication, funding, and professional, social and environmental responsibility; take a responsible part in a group project; play a responsible part in an oral presentation of the findings of a group project; recognise the inherently mutable nature of the prevailing social paradigm; engage fairly with matters of controversy and formulate their own opinions.
Skills:
Facilitated - intellectual, practical, key
Content:
Contemporary science & engineering: organisation, funding, communication, and professional responsibility. Ethics and values: some principles and implications. Sustainability: implications for science, engineering & technology; Professional responsibility / social responsibility: duty to employer, the Public Interest, environmental preservation. Reasoning and "truth" in science, engineering and in other disciplines: politics, economics, ethics. Science, technology, engineering and progress The prevailing social paradigm: other paradigms? Funding of science & engineering: possible conflicts of interest, piper and tune? Openness of research. Publication of science & engineering: guest authorship, ghost writing, financial interest. Intellectual property: and the public good, patenting of natural products.

ME30269: Finite element analysis (EG30106)

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 1

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME20250

Aims: To understand the mathematical basis of the finite element analysis (FEA). To develop the critical use of commercial finite element software. To develop finite element methods for the study of stress analysis.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to: Describe the mathematical formulation of the finite element method when applied to linear elastic problems. Use a commercially available finite-element package to analyse linear stress-strain problems in solid bodies. Critically assess the approximate solutions so produced.
Skills:
Intellectual skills include the development of the ability to construct finite element models of engineering components, to input physical constants and to predict response of the component to an external input such as stress or increase in temperature. (taught and facilitated). Professional skills include the ability to operate a finite element package in an engineering environment (taught and facilitated). Practical skills include the development of the students' competence in the operation of an FEA package (assessed). Key skills include self-learning and software-based learning (facilitated).
Content:
Review of numerical analysis methods in engineering. Stress analysis fundamentals of stress strain relations, compatibility. Matrix stiffness method. Manual application to simple structural problems. Elements types, nodes and meshing. Use of ANSYS to solve linear stress analysis problems. Pre and post processing. Comparisons with exact solutions.

ME30270: Group design project 1 (EG30107)

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 1

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Aims: To enable the student to show creativity and initiative in carrying out a design project within a specific topic area. To give each student the experience of a real design situation as part of a group. To explore the contribution of the technologist or engineer, whether in the design, R&D or manufacture of a commercial product. To examine the role of the technologist or engineer in the context of market related policies and practices including promotion and distribution.
Learning Outcomes:
On completion, the student should be able to communicate effectively on a major piece of project work. The student should be able to work effectively within a team recognising their own and others' contributions. The student should be able to analyse a problem, synthesise information both from within the course and from external sources and apply their knowledge to an industry based design project.
Skills:
Facilitated intellectual, professional, practical key skills.
Content:
Each group will be assigned a specific design project. They will work in a multidisciplinary team to plan, organise and conduct a project to meet the requirements of the original aims. The work will be presented at designated stages in the form of oral presentations, drawings and written documentation.

ME30271: Group design project 2 (EG30108)

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW80OR10OT10

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME30270

ME30272: Instrumentation 3 (EG30109)

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW50EX50

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME10243 and take ME20260

Aims: To provide an introduction to advanced instrumentation and measurement techniques employed in modern sports engineering. After taking this Unit the student should: (i) understand the advantages and areas of application of non contact instrumentation techniques. (ii) appreciate techniques available for data transmission; (iii) be aware of issues involved in the interfacing of measurement instruments to host computers; (iv) have an appreciation of the instrumentation system design process.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking the unit students should be capable of using advanced instrumentation and measurement techniques in the field of engineering.
Skills:
Facilitated -intellectual, practical, key.
Content:
Properties of laser light, semiconductor laser diodes, photodiodes, laser range finding, laser profilometry, optical fibres, interferometry, etalons, optical fibre strain gauge. Signal transmission methodologies: AM, FM, PCM, digital transmission protocols. Fibre optic transmission, elements of telemetry. Interfacing: data transfer control, serial and parallel interfaces, local area networks. Advances in Sports Engineering instrumentation, topics covered will be selected from: velocity measurement by doppler radar; uses of the Global Positioning System; transponder tag timing of sporting events; video image processing for motion analysis.

ME30273: Surfaces & interfaces (EG30110)

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW20EX80

Requisites:

Aims: To stimulate the intellectual development of students by encouraging their engagement with aspects of the science of surfaces and interfaces which have a practical bearing in the context of engineering.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking the unit students should inter alia be able to engage with aspects of the science of surfaces and interfaces which have a practical bearing in the context of engineering.
Skills:
Facilitated - intellectual, practical, key.
Content:
1. Basic surface science Solid surface energies, spreading and wetting, multicomponent systems: surface excess, Langmuir-Blodget films 'Practical' surfaces: metals and polymers: importance of "clean" surfaces in joining technology.
2. Characterisation of solid surfaces: profilometry, contact angles,
3. Adhesion Theories of adhesion, pretreatments, interfacial tensions and interfacial forces.Tests of adhesion, mode of failure, environmental durability. Selection and use of adhesives, paints, coatings.
4. Joining technology for electrical components. Fluxes, surface preparation.
5. Degradation (corrosion) as surface -linked phenomena: cool (aqueous) corrosion of metals, hot corrosion of metals, degradation of polymers.
6. Tribology: friction, lubrication, wear, types of wear.

ME30274: Individual sports engineering project 1 (EG30111)

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 1

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Aims: To provide the student with the opportunity to show creativity and initiative in carrying out a demanding investigation within a specific topic area. To provide a thorough preparation for the final year experimental project in Semester 2.
Learning Outcomes:
On completion, the student should be able to write an extended literature review in the field of his project, define the objectives of the project and present detailed plans for an experimental programme in the relevant area.
Skills:
Facilitated intellectual, professional, practical key skills.
Content:
Each student will be assigned a project area and will prepare an extended critical review of the literature and plan an experimental programme relevant to the topic area. Each project may include design, analytical, computational and experimental aspects.

ME30275: Individual sports engineering project 2 (EG30112)

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW80OR20

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME30274

Aims: To provide the student with the opportunity to show creativity and initiative in carrying out a demanding investigation within a specific topic area. To complete a final year experimental project and communicate the results effectively both in written form and as an oral presentation.
Learning Outcomes:
On completion, the student will have written an extended literature review in the field of his project, defined the objectives of the project and carried out an experimental programme in the relevant area. The student will have developed the skills necessary to communicate effectively the results of a major piece of project work both orally and in the form of a substantial report.
Skills:
Facilitated intellectual, professional, practical key skills.
Content:
Each student will execute an experimental programme relevant to the topic area which may include design, analytical and computational aspects.

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX50CW50

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME20021 and take ME20025 and take ME20026

Aims:
* To provide an understanding of: the use of CAD in the overall design process; the different types of modeller and their applications; the relevant communications and information technologies to support distributed working.
* To give experience in the use of CAD techniques.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to:
* Describe the different types of CAD modelling and communications systems, what they offer and their application to the overall design process; in particular to the design of machines/mechanisms. Understand the CAD requirements of typical companies.
* Appreciate how CAD techniques can be applied to different application areas.
Skills:
Problem solving; numeracy; IT; working independently; written communication.
Content:
Computer aids for design, their relation to design needs, application to mechanism/machine design. Basic two and three dimensional drafting entities, manipulation, storage within system, transformations. Ideas of solid modelling, feature-based modelling, and constraint modelling. Graphics interface languages, parametrics. Communications technology: historical background, carriers, transmission; networks - LANs, WANs; standards $ú ISO, TCP/IP. Data representation and exchange: data and information in engineering; data types; mark-up languages; CAD data exchange. Computer-supported co-operative work (CSCW): dimensions of communication in design; classification of CSCW approaches; critical assessment of the technologies. Topics for self study that may be examined.

ME30294: Product design and development

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX50CW50

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME20025 and take ME20026

Aims:
* To illustrate the stages of product design processes, methods for creativity and styling, awareness of human factors and ergonomics.
* To provide awareness of the product design discipline and typical activities undertaken.
* To introduce strategic, cultural, organisational and technological aspects of product development in a global context, including consideration of knowledge management issues, models of the new product introduction (NPI) process, management of the NPI process, product development strategies, sustainable development issues.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to:
* Describe typical product design processes; appreciate user requirements such as style, form and interaction.
* Identify the key elements of successful products.
* Describe the historic context of global product development.
* Outline strategic, organisational, human and cultural factors that should be taken into account when developing products for a global market.
* Describe approaches to sustainable development.
Skills:
Problem solving; numeracy; working independently; written communication.
Content:
Product design: user requirements, form, styling, functionality. Creativity, concept generation, concept evaluation. Human factors, ergonomics. Examples of successful products and best practice. Product development: historical and cultural context. Human aspects: communities of practice; critical situations; methods for knowledge sharing, cultural issues. Strategic aspects: managing the design process; product platform and strategy; mass customisation; late and local configuration, issues of and approaches to sustainable development. Topics for self study that could be examined.

ME30295: Electronics, signals and drives

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX50CW50

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME20021 and take ME20025

Aims:
* To provide a practical understanding of microcontrollers, logic and signal processing and introduce related design methods; to introduce the concept of signals and describe methods for their processing and recording.
* To provide an understanding of various electrical devices and methods for their selection in a variety of engineering applications, and to introduce the concepts of performance of electro-mechanical systems.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to:
* Describe the elements of information coding and simple signal conversion.
* Understand the basics of micro-controllers and their use.
* Specify and select suitable instrumentation equipment for a variety of control and data collection purposes.
* Describe the principles of various electrical drives and their selection criteria for practical application in product design.
* Apply drive selection techniques and evaluate performance for particular applications.
* Make use of appropriate manufacturers&© catalogues.
Skills:
Problem solving; numeracy; written communication; working independently.
Content:
Microcontroller fundamentals: registers, RAM, ROM, input/output. Assembly code. Applications: a selection from: display driving, motion control, data logging, serial communications to a PC. Operational amplifiers, non-ideal characteristics and circuit applications; noise sources, interference, shielding and grounding techniques, filtering; signal conversion, modulation and multiplexing; examples of transducer families including strain gauges, piezo and digital devices; signal conditioning circuits; transducer and system performance, and selection criteria. Stepper motors and servo motors: types, operational characteristics and models; control techniques for stepper and servo motors; modern drives for stepper and servo motors; determination and characterisation of load cycles; drive selection criteria for various product applications; auxiliary elements of an electro-mechanical drive system; safety, reliability, performance, cost, size/weight and efficiency; design of drive systems for classical applications; manufacturers' catalogues and their use in product design. Topics for self study that may be examined.

Credits: 30

Level: Masters

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Aims:
* To enable the student to show creativity and initiative in carrying out a demanding investigation or design project within a specific topic area.
* To enable the student to synthesise information from both within the total course and from external sources.
* To enable the student to communicate effectively a major piece of project work.
* To give the student experience in working in a research environment or on an industry based design project.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to:
* Plan, organise and conduct an engineering project to meet the requirements of the initial aims.
* Present the project work via written documentation and oral presentations.
Skills:
Problem solving; written communication; oral communication; IT; working independently.
Content:
The final year engineering projects will either be defined as "Design" or "Research" in content. Whether classified as design or research, projects may be undertaken on an individual or a linked basis. RESEARCH PROJECTS will contain at least 2 of the 3 following elements - analytical, computational, experimental aspects. DESIGN PROJECTS will contain specification, design, analysis, manufacture and test work.

ME40072: Schwingungslehre

Credits: 3

Level: Masters

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX100

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME20071 and take EU30376 and while taking this unit you must take EU40377 and in taking this unit you cannot take ME40034

Aims:
* To extend the students' knowledge in the field of vibrations by teaching the subject entirely in the German language and to consolidate the students understanding of the German notation and mathematical methods for problem solving.
* To review the knowledge of mechanical vibrations with one degree of freedom and to extend to multi-degrees of freedom and continuous systems.
* Introduction in finite element analysis.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to:
* Derive the equation of motion of vibrating systems by using vector or analytical methods.
* Calculate or approximate the natural frequency of conservative and dissipative mechanical systems.
* Describe possible mode shapes of mechanical systems by using matrix methods.
* Formulate mass, damping and stiffness matrices.
* Produce simplified finite element formulations.
* Reason out and discuss in the language any problems encountered by the course.
Skills:
Problem solving; working independently; numeracy; German language.
Content:
Review of one degree of freedom vibration systems. Vibrations in multi-degree of freedom systems. Vibrations of linear elastic continuum. Approximation methods. Introduction to finite element analysis. Topics for self study that could be examined.

ME40140: Machines and products in society

Credits: 6

Level: Masters

Semester: 1

Assessment: CW40EX60

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME30068

Aims: To discuss the safety, legal, environmental, product protection aspects of machines and products.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to:
* Understand the legal issues controlling design of machinery.
* Carry out a detailed hazard analysis and risk assessment.
* Understand the use of design standards to achieve a safe design.
* Appreciate environmental considerations;
* Understand means for product/process protection.
* The key learning objective is to understand and be able to know how to apply European legislation in terms of health and safety.
Skills:
Problem solving; written communication; working independently.
Content:
The course tends towards machinery design and the machinery directive, its application and use guest lecturers where appropriate. Safety and legal requirements; EC directives, standards, risk assessment, design for safety, employee protection, product liability, contamination. Environmental: noise and vibration, packaging waste, recycling. Product/process protection: patent system, trademarks, and copyright legislation. In general products/case studies will be used to highlight health and safety requirements. Topics for self study that could be examined.

ME40212: Biomimetics

Credits: 6

Level: Masters

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX50PR50

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME30264 or take ME30266

Aims:
* To introduce the materials, structures and mechanisms of natural organisms.
* To show how organisms can be analysed as engineering structures using standard techniques.
* To extract principles of biological structures and reformulate them as engineering structures.
* To use concepts from biology to solve problems in engineering.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to:
* Understand fundamental concepts of biological design such as scaling, hierarchy of structures and materials, designing for high strains and low loads, energy conservation, adaptive design, damage control.
* Understand the implications of biology for advanced engineering and product design.
Skills:
Problem solving; written communication; working independently.
Content:
Biological fibres, fillers and ceramics; composites; soft structures; inflatable structures; mechanical properties and testing; structural hierarchy; control of fracture; scaling; factors of safety; cellular materials; design of skeletons and other supportive structures; locomotion (walking, running, flying, swimming); power amplification mechanisms; design of plants, prestressing; deployable structures; design of simple robots; tough materials (armour, blast containment); design for fatigue; adaptive structures; smart materials; neutral networks; genetic algorithms and programming; structures made by animals and their environmental advantages; architecture. Topics for self study that could be examined.

ME40213: Specialist design 1

Credits: 6

Level: Masters

Semester: 1

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME30043

Aims:
* To illustrate the totality of the product development process.
* To allow synthesis of information and skills from within other parts of the undergraduate programme and from external sources.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to:
* To improve effective communication of a major piece of design project work.
* Prepare a project proposal, evaluate potential project proposals, conduct initial stages of a design project.
Skills:
Problem solving; IT; working independently.
Content:
Students are expected (in consultation with supervisory staff) to generate their own project activity which should be appropriate for the current unit and to lead into the unit, Specialist Design Project II. The outline of the project is required by the end of week 2 at which stage it is reviewed by staff. The Department reserves the right to reject a proposed outline redirect the student. The outline should include details of tasks to be undertaken during the (first) semester. These could include: related background reading of selected texts and/or papers, market analysis; initial concept generation; preparation of a portfolio of existing and/or original design ideas; preparation of manufacturing drawings of designs to allow manufacture of proof of concept ideas. Students who do not complete this unit satisfactorily are not able to take the unit Specialist Design Project II in the following semester; instead they take the MEng Engineering Project ME40069.

ME40214: Specialist design 2

Credits: 30

Level: Masters

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME40213

Aims:
* To provide the opportunity for creative long term design project work.
* To illustrate the totality of the product development process.
* To allow synthesis of information and skills from within other parts of the undergraduate programme and from external sources.
* To improve effective communication of a major piece of design project work.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to:
* Plan project work, conduct the various stages of a design project, which may include procurement, test development, etc.
* Present the results of a design project via written documentation and oral presentations
Skills:
Problem solving; written communication; oral communication; IT; working independently.
Content:
Entry to this unit is dependent upon satisfactory completion of Specialist Design Project I. Students continue the work initially started in this previous unit under the guidance of a supervisor and are encouraged to produce design files as they proceed. Areas that may be involved in the project work include: creation of concept and/or prototype designs; detailed designs of some or more aspects of a proposed design; analysis of proposed designs; manufacture of a proposed design; testing of a physical prototype; other forms of assessment of design; consideration of full production of a design.

ME40220: Aerospace structures II

Credits: 6

Level: Masters

Semester: 1

Assessment: CW33EX67

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME30045

Aims: To introduce advanced techniques of analysis and design of aircraft structures.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to:
* Analyse and design an aircraft wing for aeroelastic considerations.
* Design and analyse composite structures.
* Analyse post-buckling behaviour of stiffened panels.
* Formulate structural optimisation problems.
* Describe various optimisation methods applicable to structural designs.
* Use appropriate optimisation methods to design structures for given requirements.
Skills:
Problem solving; numeracy; written communication; IT; working independently.
Content:
Wing divergence and classical flutter. Analysis and design of composite structures. Analysis of post-buckled stiffened panels. Formulation of structural optimisation problems. Optimisation methods in structural designs: mathematical programming and heuristic methods.

ME40228: Group business & design project - II

Credits: 18

Level: Masters

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME30068

Aims:
* To give each student the experience of a real design situation as part of a group.
* This unit builds on the evaluation stage, leading to a detailed design that takes into account both engineering and business aspects.
* To present these results in written and oral form and to practising engineers at an exhibition.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to:
* Demonstrate detailed knowledge and understanding of the technical process that is engineering design.
* Demonstrate detailed knowledge and understanding of the commercial aspects of engineering.
* Work in a multi-disciplinary team.
* Develop a business plan.
Skills:
Working in a team; problem solving; numeracy; written communication; oral communication; IT; leadership.
Content:
Detail Design/Detailed Commercial Study. Numerical analysis of machines. Design for manufacture. CAD. Business Plan. Exhibition presentation.

ME40229: Integrated industrial project

Credits: 18

Level: Masters

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME30068

Aims:
* To give each student the experience of a real design environment on placement in either the UK or abroad.
* This unit builds on the evaluation stage leading to a detailed design that takes into account both engineering and commercial aspects.
* To present these results in written and oral form and to practising engineers at an exhibition.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to:
* Demonstrate detailed knowledge and understanding of the technical process that is engineering design.
* Demonstrate detailed knowledge and understanding of the commercial aspects of engineering.
* Work in a multi-disciplinary team.
Skills:
Working in a team; problem solving; numeracy; written communication; oral communication; IT.
Content:
Detail Design/Detailed Commercial Study. Numerical analysis of machines. Design for manufacture. CAD. Business Plan.

Credits: 30

ME50205: Reading unit

Credits: 6

Level: Masters

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW60OR40

Requisites:

Aims & Learning Objectives:
Aims To provide: an understanding of a specific subject not encountered in a normal University taught course syllabus; an understanding of the engineering context of a specific subject or research area. Learning Objectives: After taking this unit the student should be able to: Read material from a list of text book chapters and general review articles as prepared by the tutor. Discuss the reading material in a one-to-one tutorial with the tutor on a weekly basis. Prepare a detailed review of the subject. Prepare a seminar on the subject.
Content:
This is specific to the subject area of each individual course.

ME50206: Energy & the environment

Credits: 6

Credits: 6

Level: Masters

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX50CW50

Requisites:

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