Engineering
The Engineering Department is a broad based engineering centre with a ENGR 111
record of innovative teaching, practical research and building close links with STRENGTH AND MATERIALS
industry. The Department offers undergraduate degrees in Electronic and Terms taught: L
Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronic Engineering,
Credits: 2 semester credits or 4 ECTS credits
Sustainable Engineering, Nuclear Engineering and Computer Systems
Prerequisites: College level mathematics and
Engineering.
science
It has an excellent reputation for developing and using new teaching methods such The human skeleton, a suspension bridge and
as the pioneering use of creative project work and a design-build-test approach to a car chassis are all examples of structures that
learning. The Department’s main research interests include generic technologies such are designed to transmit forces from one place
to another. To do this safely and efficiently it is
as energy, micro and nano systems, control and instrumentation and high power
important to adopt the right shape and to use
microwaves. There is a small group investigating composite structures. materials with appropriate strength and
stiffness properties. This course covers the
POSTGRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES
selection and use of materials to design a wide
MSc in Mechanical Engineering, MSc in Mechatronics, MSc in Microelectronics and range of practical structures. The emphasis is
System-On-Chip; MSc/MPhil/PhD by research on gaining a physical understanding to the
way structures work.
Further information can be found at http://www.engineering.lancs.ac.uk/
ENGR 112
THE WORLD OF MANUFACTURE
FACULTY
G Aggidis, Dr F Andrieux, Prof C Boxall, Dr G Burt, Dr A Dexter, Dr S Green, Terms taught: L
Prof X Jiang, Prof M Joyce (Head), Prof R Kemp, Dr X Ma, R Mackin, Dr S Monk, Credits: 2 semester credits or 4 ECTS credits
Dr D Pamunuwa, S Quayle, Prof A Richardson, Dr J Taylor, Dr G Turvey, M Widden. Prerequisites: College level mathematics and
science
TEACHING Manufacture is at the foundation of our global
prosperity, whether it be production of raw
In most instances, courses consist of 15 or 20 lectures given over a 5, 10 or 20 week materials such as steel or polymers, of consumer
period. You are also required to attend tutorials, workshops and appropriate laboratory durables like cars and washing machines, or of
and design classes in support of your chosen lecture courses. The engineering courses foods such as biscuits or baked beans. This
have a strong practical content. Working in pairs or groups there is the opportunity to course will introduce some of the materials
design devices and then to build and test them. used in engineering, including common
metals, polymers and polymer composites and
Design and project work feature strongly in the courses offered. Credits given for it will consider the reasons why certain familiar
project work will depend on the scope and timescale of the project and consideration artefacts are made the way they are.
will be given to project ideas initiated by you.
ENGR 113
100-level courses suitable for students majoring in Electronic, Mechanical, Mechatronic THE WORLD OF ELECTRONICS
or Computer Systems Engineering are application orientated to give you an appreciation Terms taught: M
of engineering practice. They also provide grounding in the necessary science. Credits: 2 semester credits or 4 ECTS credits
Set combinations of these courses form an essential part of several Engineering Prerequisites: College level mathematics and
degrees which are accredited either by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers or by science
the Institution of Engineering Technology as being of professional standard. Other A defining factor in the IT revolution, over
combinations are especially suited to non-majors. Please note that credit weightings the past decade, has been the increasing
complexity and sophistication of electronic
for some 200-level and 300-level courses may change.
systems. This is aptly portrayed by Gordon
Moore (one of the co-founders of Intel) who
STUDY ABROAD ADVISER observed that the number of transistors
Stephen Quayle, email: s.quayle@lancaster.ac.uk integrated on a single silicon chip doubled
every 18 months and predicted that the
number of transistors integrated on leading
edge circuits would continue to double every
18 months until fundamental physical limits
are reached. This remarkable prediction of
exponential growth has held for over the past
25 years.
This course will provide a “which way’s up
guide”, which will focus on applications, and
serve as an introduction to electronic systems.
KEY TO SYMBOLS It will give you the background to appreciate
or work in this extremely dynamic
Note: Courses often last for more than one term. technological field. The course covers examples
FY A course taught throughout the academic year. of recent systems, their key component blocks,
M A course taught in the Michaelmas term (October - December). present trends in the industry and the vital
basic principles required to understand the
L A course taught in the Lent term (January - March)
technology and terminology. Apart from those
LS A course taught in the Lent and Summer terms (January - June). studying technology or engineering, this
S A course taught in the Summer term (April - June). course is relevant to natural scientists or
students intending to pursue a career in
MorL A course taught in either the Michaelmas or Lent term.
management, politics or economics.
N/A A course will not be taught in the year shown. It may be taught in future years.
TBC A course which has not yet been finally approved by the university.
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ENGR 114 ENGR 117 of huge amounts of information. This course will
SENSORS AND SIGNALS TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY introduce a range of key areas concerning the
Terms taught: M Terms taught: M practical design of electronic information handling
systems, which will include: the electronic
Credits: 2 semester credits or 4 ECTS credits Credits: 2 semester credits or 4 ECTS credits representation of information; the conversion of
Prerequisites: College level mathematics and Prerequisites: College level mathematics and representations from one form to another, such
science science as for long distance transmission; the processing
Sensing and extracting signals from the real Transport is a vital factor in the UK economy of information; the physical capacity limits of
world is a fundamental requirement of virtually and the second-largest consumer of energy information systems; and the effects and handling
all electronic systems. In origin, all data is either in the UK, but one that is difficult to transfer of unwanted noise. Apart from those studying
sensed or typed. This course will give you the to sustainable resources. This course will cover technology or engineering, this course is relevant
background knowledge and understanding to some of the engineering aspects of the to electronic engineers, communication systems
use some basic sensors and design amplifiers growing use of transport for both goods and engineers, computer systems engineers, physicists
and related “front-end” circuits. It includes people, together with wider implications and environmental scientists.
work on circuits and networks and introduces including safety considerations and the
the op-amp, which is a fundamental building environmental impact of transport. The ENGR 200 series
block of many analogue circuits. You will also engineering aspects covered will include brief 200-LEVEL COURSES SUITABLE FOR
gain an understanding of signals and signal consideration of fuel consumption and how it STUDENTS MAJORING IN ELECTRONIC,
MECHANICAL, MECHATRONIC OR
engineering in both time and frequency. Apart may be reduced, types of engines and motors, COMPUTER SYSTEMS ENGINEERING.
from those studying technology or engineering, and electric drive systems for land transport.
this course is relevant to those interested in
technology and either intending to use electronic ENGR 118 ENGR 201
ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING ANALYSIS
devices hands-on or following a professional
career in a technology-related company. SUSTAINABILITY Terms taught: ML
Terms taught: S Credits: 4 semester credits or 8 ECTS credits
ENGR 115
COMPUTERS AND CONTROL Credits: 2 semester credits or 4 ECTS credits Prerequisites: Level 1 Engineering or equivalent
Prerequisites: College level mathematics This course covers the numerate landscape,
Terms taught: L
Energy supply will be one of the crucial issues vector calculus, curve sketching, coordinate
Credits: 2 semester credits or 4 ECTS credits transformations, differential equations and their
of the 21st century. This course gives you the
Prerequisites: College level mathematics and background and understanding to contribute solution, rectangular, trapezium and Simpson's
science to the debate and/or to work in this challenging rules for integral approximation, analysis in the
Control is about making engineering devices area. It includes work on renewable energy as time and frequency domain, Fourier and
work efficiently and safely. This course gives well as conventional power generation and Laplace Transformations, matrix representation
you the ability to programme to a level where utilisation. Apart from those studying technology of multivariable coefficients and their
they are able to solve everyday engineering or engineering, this course is relevant to manipulation, least squares analysis, uncertainty
problems, such as controlling the movement environmental scientists or students intending analysis, plotting multivariable functions, linear
of a robot arm. It includes work on the to pursue a career in politics or economics. approximations and Newton’s method, use of
fundamentals of structuring and writing a Excel Solver and statistical consistency.
computer programme, as well as experience at ENGR 119
interfacing with practical engineering systems DESIGN, INNOVATION AND ENGR 202
3-D THINKING INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL
such as a motor. The course will be particularly
relevant to students with an interest in Terms taught: M Terms taught: ML
robotics, computing and control.
Credits: 2 semester credits or 4 ECTS credits Credits: 4 semester credits or 8 ECTS credits
ENGR 116 Prerequisites: College level mathematics Prerequisites: Level 1 Engineering or equivalent
THE DIGITAL DOMAIN The world is increasingly looking for aspiring This course covers the dynamic response of
Terms taught: L young people to bring fresh and invigorating systems and control system design, modelling
ideas which push beyond traditional values and 1st and 2nd order systems, time and frequency
Credits: 2 semester credits or 4 ECTS credits current practice. This course sets out to enable response, transfer functions and block
Prerequisites: College level mathematics and you, through exploration and discovery, to diagrams, poles, zeros and stability, feedback
science perceive and evaluate the relationships between control and Bode diagrams.
A key feature is most of today’s cutting-edge several design disciplines. Just as in the real
It also gives an overview of instrumentation
electronic technology is the storage of world you will be faced with problems to solve,
and signal conditioning, resistance based
information and its processing. This course often in teams, where we will encourage you
sensors and physical operating principles,
uncovers the engineering principles behind to innovate to find a solution. This course will
thermo-electric sensors, analogue to digital
these critical requirements; it provides you with equip you with the necessary tools and
conversion, magnetic and electromagnetic
both the knowledge and the vocabulary with communication skills to effectively further
measurement, high impedance sensors such
which to understand digital electronic systems your career whatever discipline you choose.
as piezoelectric and capacitance transducers,
together with the background necessary to acoustic sensors.
appreciate what is likely to be possible in the ENGR 120
ELECTRONIC INFORMATION The course also covers embedded systems,
future. Apart from electronic engineers, this SYSTEM DESIGN
course is relevant to students aspiring to internal parallel and serial busses and
managerial positions in technology-driven Terms taught: S interfacing of mapped hardware devices,
industries who need to understand the interrupt architectures, mechanisms and
Credits: 2 semester credits or 4 ECTS credits software, concurrent systems: real time
foundations on which these industries rely.
Prerequisites: College level mathematics and scheduling, synchronisation and inter-task
physics communication, data communication including
Information handling systems in all their guises practical implementations of hardware,
perform a vital role in most aspects of today's software and protocols, software and
society. Applications as diverse as the medical hardware engineering, including a brief
imaging of unborn children; the forecasting of introduction to the development cycle.
weather; the delivery of entertainment; and the
handling of money, all require the electronic
representation, processing, transfer and storage
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ENGR 203 ENGR 216 an economical way. This course introduces
POWER AND HEAT MECHANICAL SYSTEMS A some of the important foundations of
engineering design, and some key properties
Terms taught: ML Terms taught: ML of materials, including those properties which
Credits: 4 semester credits or 8 ECTS credits Credits: 4 semester credits or 8 ECTS credits may lead to failure if they are not taken into
Prerequisites: Level 1 Engineering or equivalent Prerequisites: Level 1 Engineering or equivalent account. Finally, the course provides a short
introduction to a finite-elements analysis
This course covers Heat Transfer, thermal This course covers mechanical systems
package.
properties, thermal resistance and 1-D integration, vibrations: single-degree-of-
conduction through composite walls, heat freedom vibrations in mechanical and electrical
ENGR 226
transfer coefficients for fluid solid interfaces, systems, free and forced, damped and ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS A
use of Nusselt, Grashof, Prantl and Reynold undamped vibrations, vibration isolation and
numbers to determine heat transfer measurement, whirling shafts, two and more Terms taught: ML
degrees of freedom: formation of equations of Credits: 4 semester credits or 8 ECTS credits
coefficients, heat exchangers, cooling fins,
motion as an eigenvalue problem both from
radiative heat loss and transfer between plane Prerequisites: Level 1 Engineering or equivalent
first principles and via stiffness or flexibility
surfaces, the 3-D time dependent heat matrices, Rayleigh's method for lumped This course looks at analogue electronics, the
conduction equation and its numerical solution, systems, matching of system elements, such as revision of ohms-law and Kirchoff's laws for
including the gradient and divergence operators. a pump and a pipeline, power transmission: reactive and non-reactive circuit elements,
The course also looks at Power Engineering: velocity ratios in simple gear trains and Thevenin's Theorem, Norton's Theorem, RLC
revision of d.c and a.c. electric circuit theory, epicyclics; belt drives. circuits, introduction to single element active
power in reactive circuits and power factor It also looks at structures, two-dimensional stress devices (The MOSFET), the MOSFET transistor
correction, resistors, capacitors and inductors systems and strain systems, transformation of as a small-signal amplifier, the MOSFET
as circuit components, Faraday's Law of stresses and strains, constitutive equations and transistor for large-signal switching
Electromagnetic Induction; Transformers: failure criteria, stresses and strains in pressure applications, internal circuit elements,
equivalent circuit, losses, testing and efficiency; vessels, torsion of shafts, stiffness of springs introduction to circuit simulation techniques.
DC machines: motors and generators, torque and spring systems, stresses in springs, The course also includes micro/nano
and emf equations, shunt and series deflections of statically determinate and technology, nanoscience including materials
connections, torque/speed characteristics and indeterminate beams. scaling of mechanical, thermal, electrical,
methods of control of torque/speed; AC magnetic and optical properties, measurement
machines: synchronous motors and generators, ENGR 217 and characterisation, fabrication including top
MECHANICAL SYSTEMS B down (optical lithography, microfabrication and
induction motors torque/speed characteristics
and starting methods. Terms taught: ML nanolithography) and bottom up (material
growth technology, self assembly and solution
Credits: 4 semester credits or 8 ECTS credits
ENGR 204 based methods) approaches, microelectronics:
ENGINEERING PROJECTS Prerequisites: Level 1 Engineering or equivalent micron scale circuits and scaling trends;
This course looks at fluid mechanics, micromechanics and simulations;
Terms taught: ML
hydrostatics: forces on plane areas, centre of microassembly and integration. It also includes
Credits: 4 semester credits or 8 ECTS credits pressure and forces on curved surfaces, nanoelectronics, nanodevice applications: data
Prerequisites: Level 1 Engineering or equivalent Archimedes' Principle: buoyancy and stability processing, storage, microfluidics, sensors and
of floating bodies and metacentric height, microactuators and the impact of
This course looks at the specification and
Bernoulli equation and flow measurement, nanotechnology: technological, economic
management of projects, the commercial and social.
steady-flow momentum equation, forces and
arrangements for the management of projects
fluid flow, turbulent and laminar regimes of
in industry and business and the hierarchy of ENGR 227
flow, flow in pipes, Reynolds number, pressure
specifications and distinction between a drop and head loss in pipes, fluid machinery, ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS B
functional specification and a technical centrifugal pumps and turbines.
specification. The role of project manager, Terms taught: ML
types of project organisation, management of It also covers thermodynamics, thermodynamic Credits: 4 semester credits or 8 ECTS credits
time and resources, such as Gantt charts are equilibrium, reversible and irreversible
processes, work, heat and the First Law of Prerequisites: Level 1 Engineering or equivalent
also considered. The course also considers the
thermodynamics, heat capacities at constant This course covers electromagnetic processes,
preparation of technical specifications for
volume and constant pressure, definition of electrostatics: electric charge; electric field;
systems and subsystems, the use of functional
expansivity and compressibility, internal energy electric flux density; electrostatic potential;
block diagrams and other means of defining inverse square law of force; dielectric
and Enthalpy, derivation of the adiabatic gas
system performance and project risk, the law, flow processes, the steady flow energy polarisation and permittivity; capacitance;
management of health, safety and equation and its application to boilers, energy storage; parasitic capacitance and
environmental impact in projects and relevance condensers, nozzles etc, entropy and the electric screening; steady electric currents:
of industrial project management tools to the second law of thermodynamics, properties of current density; resistivity and conductivity;
management of student projects. pure substances and the use of general form of Ohm’s law; power density and
During the course you will work in a project thermodynamic tables, the Carnot cycle, the power dissipation in conductors; continuity
team to design, build and test a complex Brayton cycle. equation; generalisations of Kirchhoff’s current
electromechanical system, such as a line- and voltage laws; magnetostatics: magnetic
following autonomous robot, including the ENGR 218 field; magnetic flux density; Biot-Savart law;
conceptual design of this project, development MECHANICAL SYSTEMS C magnetic circuit law; calculation of magnetic
and presentation of project plan and Terms taught: S flux density; magnetic force on a current-
introduction to CAD/CAM. carrying conductor; hard and soft
Credits: 4 semester credits or 8 ECTS credits ferromagnetic materials; permeability;
Prerequisites: Level 1 Engineering or equivalent hysteresis; permanent magnets; and simple
When engineers design a new artefact or magnetic circuits. Electromagnetic induction:
component, they need to ensure that the parts Faraday’s law and Lenz’s law; self and mutual
are properly located and fastened in relation to inductance; the simple transformer; parasitic
one another, that they can bear the loads inductance and earth loops; energy storage in
imposed on them and that they will survive for magnetised iron; hysteresis loss; and eddy current
at least the design life of the assembly. loss. Maxwell’s Equations: displacement current.
Furthermore, all of these should be achieved in
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It also includes RF Engineering, transmission ENGR 300 and logic blocks, memories). You will also
of data and basic RF receiver architecture, 300-LEVEL COURSES SUITABLE FOR understand system level integration issues
matching networks, first order filters, oscillators STUDENTS MAJORING IN ELECTRONIC, (clocked systems, datapath oriented design,
and mixers, characteristic impedance, MECHANICAL, MECHATRONIC OR chip design options, structured design
COMPUTER SYSTEMS ENGINEERING strategies) and technology scaling and the
reflection/standing wave ratios, Smith charts
and scattering parameters and applications issues relating to deep submicron design.
to broadcasting and communication systems. ENGR 300
THIRD YEAR PROJECT ENGR 333
ANALOGUE ELECTRONICS
ENGR 228 Terms taught: FY
ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS C Terms taught: L
Credits: 8 semester credits or 16 ECTS credits
Terms taught: ML Prerequisites: Normally Engineering majors in Credits: 4 semester credits or 8 ECTS credits
Credits: 4 semester credits or 8 ECTS credits their final year only Prerequisites: Normally for Electronic systems
Prerequisites: Level 1 Engineering or equivalent This courses aims to integrate and give practice Engineering students only
This course introduces fundamental skills in in the application of areas of engineering The aim of this course is to introduce time and
digital logic design programming, development science which have been learned in earlier frequency domain representations of analogue
implementation and debugging. It covers: to parts of the course and to develop skills in circuits; and to examine the principles of
understand and use the concept of parallelism; communication at a number of levels, from analogue integrated circuit and filter design,
to help develop instincts as to what design dealing appropriately with supervisors, support including linear network transfer functions. It
approach should be adopted, depending on staff and technicians, to the presentation of will introduce the range of analogue components
the targeted application; to show how to verbal and written reports. You are required to available and encourage you to develop the
validate a circuits’ functionality through the prepare an individual final report, which forms design skills required by industry, both in the
use of simulation analysis and how to the major part of the assessment. context of analogue circuits and in the wider
implement design changes in order to improve engineering discipline.
upon its performance, both in terms of ENGR 311
ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT ENGR 334
maximum operating clock speed and hardware
resource minimisation; to acquire experience in PROGRAMMABLE SYSTEMS
Terms taught: M
using FPGA devices which are fundamental in Credits: 4 semester credits or 8 ECTS credits Terms taught: L
ASICs development and verification.
Prerequisites: Normally for Engineering Credits: 4 semester credits or 8 ECTS credits
ENGR 236 majors only Prerequisites: Normally for Electronic systems
NUCLEAR ENGINEERING The aim of this course is to examine the role of Engineering, Mechatronic Engineering and
management and its relevance to engineers Computer Systems Engineering students only
Terms taught: ML
today. In this context, specific knowledge The aim of this course is to examine the
Credits: 4 semester credits or 8 ECTS credits about manufacturing systems and project principles of computer hardware structures and
Prerequisites: Level 1 Engineering or equivalent financial appraisal will be introduced, together architectures, including fundamental data
This course introduces essential concepts and with relevant aspects of law and human structures, algorithm analysis, computer
definitions and historical aspects: Roentgen, resource management, industrial organisation hardware organisation and common
the Curies, Otto Hahn, the Fermi pile, and project costing. architectures. It will introduce the fundamentals
Heisenberg, Manhattan project, Enrichment of communication both within the computer
issues, Klaus Fuchs and the UK programme, ENGR 312 and with peripheral devices.
ELECTRICAL AND FLUID DRIVES
the influence of accidents. It includes AND ACTUATORS
radioactivity fundamentals, neutrons: properties ENGR 335
and processes, reaction modes, cross-section, Terms taught: L WIRELESS SYSTEMS
1/v and related resonances, important reactions Credits: 4 semester credits or 8 ECTS credits Terms taught: L
ie boron, uranium and hydrogen, the fission
Prerequisites: Normally for Engineering Credits: 4 semester credits or 8 ECTS credits
process: energy economics, mass fragment
distribution, energy dependence of cross majors only Prerequisites: Normally for Electronic systems
section, neutron multiplicity, thermal, above The aim of this course is to introduce the engineering and computer systems engineering
threshold and fast fission, criticality and control: working principles and applications of fluid students
mass, moderation and geometry, s-curve and power (hydraulic and pneumatic) and electrical The aim of the course is to familiarise you with
feedback mechanisms, the four- and six-factor systems for power transmission, drives and the principles of information transfer and to
formulae; reactor designs: Captain Rickover, actuation and to investigate the benefits and improve your numeric and analytical skills, by
Pile 1 and 2, Magnox etc; shielding physics. disadvantages of different types of drive system examining the principles of information theory,
The course also covers nuclear chemistry, and to develop a rationale for their selection. including the physical propagation of signals,
electronic structure: orbitals, electron electromagnetism and signal analysis. The
transitions, valency, bonding and structure: ENGR 332 course will introduce the theory of using radio
INTEGRATED CIRCUIT ENGINEERING waves for telecommunications, broadcasting
ionic and covalent bonding, oxidation and
reduction. Uranium and its compounds: Terms taught: M and radar and will examine the main types of
actinide chemistry, oxides and fluorides of antenna and their properties.
Credits: 4 semester credits or 8 ECTS credits
uranium, uranyl nitrate, working with
chemicals: COSHH and COMAH, nuclear fuel Prerequisites: Normally for Electronic systems
manufacture: solvent extraction, ion exchange, Engineering and Computer systems
ore concentrate to UO3, UO3 to UF4, Magnox Engineering only
fuel, UF6 production, enrichment, UO2 The aim of this course is to develop your
production, AGR fuel production and other generic design skills in an industrial context
fuels, nuclear fuel reprocessing. and to provide a wider understanding of
integrated circuits in a general context (not
limited to particular scales or devices). It will
also provide an understanding of the design
and optimisation of digital CMOS circuits with
respect to different quality metrics (cost, speed,
power dissipation, reliability) and an
understanding of how different digital logic
blocks can be realised on silicon (arithmetic
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ENGR 352 ENGR 361
MECHANICS NUCLEAR MEDICINE
Terms taught: M Terms taught: M
Credits: 4 semester credits or 8 ECTS credits Credits: 4 semester credits or 8 ECTS credits
Prerequisites: Normally for Mechanical The aim of this course is to introduce you to
Engineering students only the nuclear engineering systems used in
The aim of this course is to develop your skills medical applications throughout the world.
and abilities in mechanics, particularly in It will introduce you to the concept of
relation to mechanisms and linkages, balancing radiobiological effects. You will review three
of rotating and reciprocating machinery, and main aspects of nuclear medicine: external
flexible systems which are able to vibrate. It beam radiotherapy, internal radiotherapy and
will teach you about some common components radiology. On successful completion of this
of machinery and the engineering science that course, you will be able to understand the
is necessary to analyse and design them. essential role that nuclear techniques fulfil in
medicine and have an appreciation of where
ENGR 353 current research trends are taking the field.
DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING
ENGR 362
Terms taught: L NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION
Credits: 4 semester credits or 8 ECTS credits Terms taught: M
Prerequisites: Normally Mechanical Credits: 4 semester credits or 8 ECTS credits
Engineering students only
The aim of this course is to introduce the
The aim of this course is to examine a range of fundamentals of instrumentation that is
manufacturing processes, including metal specific to nuclear applications. It will provide
cutting, machining and automation; and to you with knowledge of the common nuclear
consider the role of computers and information instrumentation systems that might encounter
systems in the operation of manufacturing in industry, medicine and research and provide
equipment. It will develop your insight into the an indication of where current research is
link between design and manufacture and to taking this area forward.
improve your generic design skills.
ENGR 372
ENGR 354 LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS
ENGINEERING MATERIALS
Terms taught: M
Terms taught: L
Credits: 4 semester credits or 8 ECTS credits
Credits: 4 semester credits or 8 ECTS credits
The aim of this course is to introduce the
Prerequisite: Normally for Mechanical concept of evaluating the environmental
Engineering and Mechatronic Engineering impact of a product at every stage in its life, to
students only examine the methodology of life cycle analysis
The aim of this course is to examine in detail and to introduce the tools required to make
the physical behaviour of a wide range of quantitative evaluations of engineering systems
engineering materials, including their in this context.
toughness, creep, fatigue and corrosion. The
course will also consider methods for detecting ENGR 373
flaws in structures and materials and judge DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY
how different materials impact on the general
analysis and design of mechanical engineering Terms taught: L
components and structures. Credits: 4 semester credits or 8 ECTS credits
The aim of this course is to show you how to
ENGR 355 take informed decisions on product design to
MACHINE ELEMENTS minimize any adverse impact in terms of
Terms taught: L energy, emissions, product life and disposal.
On successful completion of this course you
Credits: 4 semester credits or 8 ECTS credits will have an appreciation of engineering
Prerequisites: Normally for Mechanical intuition, the art of compromise and the
Engineering and Mechatronic Engineering importance of solid information. You will be
students only able to use your experience of decision making
The aim of the course is to familiarise you with in this context.
a range of interesting problems involving
elements of machines and with the generic
techniques for analysing them. You will
develop your skills in analysing some
commonly-occurring machine elements,
particularly gears and rolling elements, screw
threads and plain bearings.
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