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Core modules:

Mathematics for Engineers

This module aims to reinforce your previous knowledge and to develop new basic mathematical techniques needed to support the engineering subjects taken at Years 1 and 2.  It also provides a foundation for your Year 2 study of mathematics in engineering. The module is delivered via online lectures, reinforced with weekly interactive problem classes.

20 credits

Interdisciplinary Design

Effective interdisciplinary design lies at the heart of the engineering of complex products and systems. It is important that engineers can communicate and work effectively together and have a common language and processes to manage projects effectively. This module will introduce concepts in, and tools for, interdisciplinary engineering design important for effective project management. You will then apply your skills to design a solution, developing your critical thinking skills and taking an interdisciplinary approach to solving engineering problems. The module will be based around interdisciplinary design exercises conducted in multidisciplinary teams. We will help you reinforce your group-working skills and appreciation of wider issues and regulations.

In parallel to your interdisciplinary studies, you will undertake workshops on computer-aided design, drawing and manufacturing.

As part of this module, you will also undertake a focussed, week-long, cross-faculty interdisciplinary design activity aimed at equipping students with essential teamwork, design, problem-solving, and communication skills. Particular attention is paid to employability, sustainability, and inclusivity. Through real-life engineering projects, you will be introduced to tackling complex challenges.

20 credits

Programming for Engineers

The first part of this module introduces basic concepts of computer programming, through an introduction to problem solving and the development of simple algorithms using the programming language Python. The module will stress the importance of good programming style and good code design and will introduce how an object-oriented approach can help to achieve these aims. The second part of this module introduces some of the fundamental principles of object oriented programming and software engineering using the Java Programming Language. It introduces models of real-world systems. Techniques for developing sound programming techniques are introduced and applied.

20 credits

Statics and Structures

From bridges and towers to aircraft and biomedical devices, understanding how structures resist loads is central to engineering. This module introduces the fundamentals of engineering statics and mechanics of structures and deformable solids, including equilibrium, internal forces, and stress analysis. Students will explore how materials respond to loads through tension, compression, shear, bending, and torsion, and how these behaviours underpin safe and efficient structural design. Core analytical tools will be developed through modelling of trusses, beams, and frames, with an emphasis on applying principles to real-world engineering systems.

Aims:

To introduce fundamental principles of statics and structural mechanics essential for analysing engineering systems subject to static loads.

To develop students' ability to apply core analytical and conceptual tools (including equilibrium, stress and strain analysis, and structural modelling methods) to real-world design problems.

20 credits

Materials and Process Engineering

This module provides an overview of the materials available to engineers, and how they can be processed.  Different types of materials and how they are selected will be introduced, along with the manufacturing methods that are used with them, and how these affect the materials performance. Then the module continues by developing and applying the process synthesis method to design a process. This is then extended to the development of material balances, which are a fundamental tool of process engineering, and are presented in the context of industry. Later this module expands the process engineering design toolkit to include the development of energy balances. The concept is applied to a wide range of process units such as chemical reactors, heaters/coolers, mixers, distillation columns, evaporators, cooling towers, crystallisation, distillation columns, and boilers. Such processes make up the bulk of the unit operations seen in both existing and emerging process industries. A firm grounding in sustainability is included in the context of separation processes such as distillation by ensuring the energy requirements for processes are minimised and hence the processes are as sustainable as possible.

20 credits

Electrical Engineering

You will be introduced to electrical engineering. You will learn about the core elements of circuits and how these are analogues of many other physical processes. You will become adept at analysing fundamental passive and active circuits using a number of techniques. The fundamentals of engineering magnetics and large-scale power are also introduced. Electrical engineering is presented in the wider context of interdisciplinary engineering by identifying a number of crucial synergies. You are encouraged to appreciate both the depth and fascination of electrical engineering as a distinct subject, and its broad application across the entire engineering discipline.

20 credits