This module examines sustainable options for energy production, supply and consumption in relation to the clean energy transition now underway in many countries. The aim is to give students an understanding of current trends in the energy market and to enable a critical evaluation of emerging ideas, technologies and policies especially in relation to new and renewable energy supply systems.

This module aims to impart an understanding of the underpinning theoretical principles and practical calculation methods for analysis of renewable and non-renewable energy systems and an appreciation of how these systems are integrated in practical applications. Emphasis is on heat transfers and thermodynamic cycles.

This module aims to provide students with an understanding of the operation of modern electrical power systems featuring renewable and low carbon generation, along with the techniques to undertake a basic technical analysis of key electrical devices and systems.

This module aims to impart an understanding of the theoretical and operational principles underlying simulation modelling of energy supply and demand systems and their environmental impact. The emphasis is on practical computer lab-based modelling exercises.

This module aims to cover a range of advanced materials manufacturing techniques that are either widely used or emerging in industry. Techniques include Additive Layer Manufacturing, Electron Beam Welding, Superplastic Forming and advanced machining approaches. In addition, non-destructive evaluation techniques to ensure high levels of manufacturing integrity will be described. Sustainability, energy use and economic aspects will be explored through Life Cycle Analysis methodologies.

This class is designed to provide students with an understanding of available satellite datasets, their characteristics, processing and visualisation methods and tools, descriptive analytics methods. The class is designed to provide theoretical foundations as well as hands-on exercises.

This module provides a structured introduction to the design management process, issues, and tools, enabling students to select and apply appropriate design methods within modern design practices and new product development. It covers various approaches to design development, including concurrent and team engineering, product and design management, distributed design, and decision support, alongside key design activities and process models. Emphasis is placed on design coordination, performance, and innovation, with a focus on recently developed, product-independent design methods and their application in industrial environments.

This module aims to provide you with skills relating to the use of engineering practices in project management. There's a focus on the effective and efficient use of resources.

This module covers one of the major challenges of modern industry which is to address the need for sustainable product development and manufacturing. International legislation and increasing costs of fiscal instruments such as the landfill tax now aim to force producers to reduce the environmental impacts of their products and processes.

Accelerating globalisation and industrialisation continues to exacerbate complexity of sustainability. Whilst manufacturers are constantly required to lower their costs and maintain their competitiveness, legislations require them to look at lifecycle costs.

At the end of this module students will be able to:

• understand the importance of sustainable product development and sustainable manufacturing and how to establish competitive advantage
• describe End-of-Life issues and critically discuss the place of reuse processes in Sustainable Design and Manufacturing, as well as identifying the various reuse processes, defining and differentiating them and critically discussing their particular advantages and disadvantages in sustainable manufacturing
• identify the product features and characteristics that facilitate and hinder product recovery and be able to technically analyse products’ sustainability and redesign them for enhanced sustainability
• identify the fundamental “building blocks” of LCA and describe/illustrate the use of LCA in lifecycle decision making, as well as describing Biomimicry use in product design

Assessment and feedback will be in the form of coursework (100%) including discussion forums, group seminars and a position paper.

Aims to develop students’ understanding and engagement with leadership, performance and purpose within an industrial context, building a crucial foundation upon with to build their future career as senior engineers and decision makers.

This module aims to develop an understanding of the degradation processes that are responsible for eventual in-service destruction of metals and alloys. The module will focus on the fundamental mechanisms and prevention strategies related to corrosion, erosion and corrosive wear.

This module aims to give students a thorough introduction to the materials science and metallurgy that underpins the design of engineering systems. This will build on basic concepts to give an appreciation for the theory of alloy design and strengthening mechanisms, including an understanding of the importance of fracture and creep.

This module aims to give an introduction to linear elastic and nonlinear finite element analysis (FEA) and its application to practical mechanical engineering design analysis problems.

Composite materials are the optimised combination of modern materials that can provide outstanding properties. This module aims to give a basic understanding of modern composite materials and an appreciation of predictive modelling and design implications when composites are applied to engineering structures. The main composite manufacturing processes will also be outlined.

This module aims to introduce complex and interesting fluid flow and heat transfer problems, which are central to many advanced fluid engineering systems often at the cutting-edge of modern engineering. These include human biological flows, multiphase flows, micro and nano scale flows, and space shuttle re-entry. In all of these our physical understanding is limited, which limits our engineering design ability.

This class will give students the opportunity to identify and explore a number of advanced topics in heat transfer and fluid flow. We will investigate the limitations of current engineering knowledge and the new approaches that engineers are seeking to develop. Where appropriate, computational fluid dynamics techniques will be used to explore some advanced modelling approaches and to carry out simulations of complex fluid systems. The range of flow systems the students will encounter may include (in addition to those mentioned above):

• oil/gas production process
• power systems
• high speed flows important for modern air- and spacecraft design
• nano/micro technology
• flows encountered in urban environments and structures

This class is designed to provide an overview of spaceflight systems. An overview of the complete spacecraft lifecycle from proposal, through delivery and operations is covered, along with the function and purpose of the spacecraft subsystem level components. In addition to the technical detail of spaceflight systems, the importance of ancillary skill-sets is introduced such as project management. Finally, the various elements of the class will be brought together through the production of competitive proposals for a typical spaceflight system development program.

This module aims to develop an understanding of applied industrial metallurgy, to include Materials Selection, Properties of Metals and Alloys, Characterisation Methods, Welding Engineering, Heat Treatments and Degradation Mechanisms.

This module introduces physical concepts and mathematical models of compressible aerodynamics in the supersonic regime. These principles are then applied to explain the characteristics and performance of canonical shapes of supersonic air-vehicles.

Aims to advance students’ understanding of solid mechanics and dynamics, enabling them to apply complex theoretical principles, analytical techniques, and simulation tools to tackle challenging engineering problems. Students will enhance their skills in modelling and analysing materials under a range of loading conditions, while emphasising responsible and sustainable engineering practices. The capability to model complex dynamic systems, ensuring structural integrity, safety, and compliance with professional standards will be developed.

Aims to provide an advanced understanding of aircraft dynamics and control system design. The module introduces state-space methods for aircraft modelling and analysis, followed by modern control theory principles and their application to flight control systems.

Aims to develop the students' ability to apply analytical techniques to the solution of engineering problems where both the structural integrity and weight considerations are critical. This includes the use of lightweight materials and the effective geometric arrangement of that material. 

Aims to equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary for proposing and undertaking a research project. The module will develop competencies required to research and critically review the literature within the academic environment, provide students with the skills and tools to present themselves and their work in a professional setting, and enable critical reflection of their performance within the principles of academic integrity.

Aims to provide students with the knowledge and design skills required for the establishment and control of habitable artificial environments in buildings, air and spacecraft. This will include learning about requirements for life support, the human thermoregulatory system and thermal comfort, control of contaminants and biohazards such as Legionella and Covid-19, psychometry and environmental control systems – heating, cooling and air conditioning.

This module aims to provide core knowledge of nuclear power plant engineering and to develop a critical awareness of the nuclear basics, reactor basics, reactor operation and design, waste disposal, and key issues relating to health and safety.

This module aims to develop an understanding of the applied metallurgy of principal engineering alloys, to include structure & properties of metals and alloys, metal extraction, diffusion theory, heat treatments, welding engineering and typical degradation mechanisms.

This module aims to introduce students to the concepts and principles of Structural Integrity and Structural Integrity Assessment, in particular assessment of failure of metal structures by ductile collapse, fracture, fatigue and creep.

This module aims to introduce the principles and basic theory of hydraulics for internal flow and builds upon standard undergraduate engineering and physics courses. The purpose of the course is to provide the foundations for calculations of fluid flows in pumping systems. It is intended that you will have achieved a variety of competencies by the end of the course including an understanding of the fundamental analysis of steady and unsteady flows and the ability to design and analyse basic hydraulic networks.