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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Programme Catalogue 2011/12


UEME-AKM04: MEng (hons) Aerospace Engineering

Leading to the award of MASTER OF ENGINEERING IN AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

Mode of attendance: Thick Sandwich

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Year 1

Click here for further information NFAAR-UG assessment regulations:
  • This programme year does not have a DAP.
  • Main assessment regulations: Appendix 11 PDF format -requires Acrobat Reader to view; Supplementary assessment regulations: Appendix 12 PDF format -requires Acrobat Reader to view.


Semester 1: Part 1 Stage 1

Compulsory Units
ME10001 Experimentation, engineering skills & applied engineering 6 Credits
ME10003 Thermofluids 1 6 Credits
ME10004 Solid mechanics 1 6 Credits
ME10006 Design materials & manufacturing 1 6 Credits
ME10304 Mathematics 1 6 Credits

Semester 2: Part 1 Stage 1

Compulsory Units
ME10009 Thermofluids 2 6 Credits
ME10010 Solid mechanics 2 6 Credits
ME10012 Design materials & manufacturing 2 6 Credits
ME10285 Instrumentation, electronics & electrical drives 6 Credits
ME10305 Mathematics 2 6 Credits

Year 2

Click here for further information NFAAR-UG assessment regulations:
  • This programme year does not have a DAP.
  • Main assessment regulations: Appendix 19 PDF format -requires Acrobat Reader to view; Supplementary assessment regulations: Appendix 20 PDF format -requires Acrobat Reader to view.


Semester 1: Part 2 Stage 2

Compulsory Units
ME20013 Systems & control 6 Credits
ME20014 Modelling techniques 1 6 Credits
ME20015 Thermofluids 3 6 Credits
ME20016 Solid mechanics 3 6 Credits
ME20018 Design 3 6 Credits

Semester 2: Part 2 Stage 2

Compulsory Units
ME20021 Modelling techniques 2 6 Credits
ME20022 Thermofluids 4 - fluid mechanics with historical perspective 6 Credits
ME20023 Solid mechanics 4 6 Credits
ME20025 Design 4 6 Credits
ME20026 Modern manufacturing - integrated design, make and serve 6 Credits

Year 3

Click here for further information NFAAR-UG assessment regulations:
  • Placement Type: Standard.
  • This programme year has a DAP.
  • Main assessment regulations: Appendix 19 PDF format -requires Acrobat Reader to view; Supplementary assessment regulations: Appendix 20 PDF format -requires Acrobat Reader to view.


Academic Year: Part 2 Stage 3

Compulsory Units
ME20120 Industrial placement 60 Credits

Year 4

Click here for further information NFAAR-UG assessment regulations:
  • This programme year does not have a DAP.
  • Main assessment regulations: Appendix 19 PDF format -requires Acrobat Reader to view; Supplementary assessment regulations: Appendix 20 PDF format -requires Acrobat Reader to view.

NB. You may take ME40315 (External integrated project - 30 credits) instead of ME30068 and ME40228 in Semester 2, subject to the approval of your Director of Studies.

Semester 1: Part 2 Stage 4

Compulsory Units
ME30032 Aerodynamics 6 Credits
ME30041 Aircraft stability & control 6 Credits
ME30045 Aerospace structures 1 6 Credits
ME30218 Aircraft propulsion 6 Credits
ME30219 Aircraft performance 6 Credits

Semester 2: Part 2 Stage 4

Compulsory Units
ME30313 Aerospace group business & design project - I 12 Credits
ME40314 Aerospace group business & design project - II 18 Credits

Year 5

Click here for further information NFAAR-UG assessment regulations:
  • This year of this programme of study does not currently fall within the NFAAR

All students must take at least two ME4 units in Semester 1. Students must choose at least 3 units from LIST A and up to 2 units from LIST B to give a total of 5 units. A maximum of 1 unit may be chosen from each block regardless of whether they are from list A or list B.

Academic Year

Compulsory Units
ME40321 Engineering project 30 Credits

Semester 1

Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Units from the following list: LIST A BLOCK 1
AA00009 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
ME40220 Aerospace structures II 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Units from the following list: LIST A BLOCK 3
List A Block 3
AA00003 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
ME30029 Control systems 6 Credits
ME40060 Heat transfer 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Units from the following list: LIST A BLOCK 4
List A Block 4
AA00026 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
ME40319 Composite materials 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Units from the following list: LIST A BLOCK 5
List A Block 5
AA00005 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
ME40054 Computational fluid dynamics 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Units from the following list: LIST A BLOCK 8
List A Block 8
AA00007 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
ME40328 Turbulence and noise 6 Credits
ME40329 Materials for energy and transport 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Units from the following list: LIST A BLOCK 9
List A Block 9
AA00010 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
ME40055 Energy & the environment 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Units from the following list: LIST B BLOCK 1
List B Block 1
AA00001 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
ME30031 Thermofluid systems 6 Credits
ME40212 Biomimetics 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Units from the following list: LIST B BLOCK 2
List B Block 2
AA00002 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
ME30030 Structural mechanics 6 Credits
ME30058 Fluid power 6 Credits
ME30197 Business processes 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Units from the following list: LIST B BLOCK 4
List B Block 4
AA00004 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
ME30033 Mechanical vibrations & noise 6 Credits
ME40046 Modelling and analysis of manufacturing systems 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Units from the following list: LIST B BLOCK 6
List B Block 6
AA00006 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
ME40064 System modelling & simulation 6 Credits
MN10071 Organisational behaviour 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Units from the following list: LIST B BLOCK 7
AA00028 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
ME40308 Experimental techniques in aerodynamics 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Units from the following list: LIST B BLOCK 9
List B Block 9
AA00008 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
ME40049 Innovation and advanced design 6 Credits
ME40051 Advanced control 6 Credits
ME40195 Medical engineering 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Units from the following list: LIST B BLOCK 10
List B Block 10
AA00027 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
ME30294 Product design and development 6 Credits
ME40057 Finite element analysis 6 Credits

Notes:
* This programme catalogue is applicable for the 2011/12 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2012/13 and beyond should not assume that later years of a programme will be in the format displayed here for 2011/12.
* Programmes and units are subject to change at any time, in accordance with normal University procedures.
* Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.