Mechanical & Aerospace EngineeringStudent information

About our courses

To help answer any questions you may have about the different aspects of studying in our department, our handbooks contain practical information about the University, our Department and your course of study including course regulations, class syllabi and departmental procedures.

Our MDFs contain full details of class information including learning outcomes and methods of assessment. 

Course Handbooks

NOTE: Subsequent approved changes to regulations may not be reflected in current handbooks published on this webpage. 

Module Descriptor Files (MDFs)

16110 Energy and the Environment

16132 Engineering Mechanics 1 

16231 Flight and Spaceflight 1 

16232 Engineering Mechanics 2

16259 Aero Design 1 

16263 Automotive Systems 1 

16293 Environmental Engineering Science 1 - not on offer

16294 Energy Systems 1

16298 - not on offer

16327 Structural Mechanics

16361 Dynamics and Control 

16363 Engineering Analysis III 

16402 Case Studies in Engineering 

16429 Computer Aided Engineering Design  

16565 Engineering Composites

ME101 Heat and Flow 1 

ME105 Mechanical Engineering Design

ME107 Experimental and Laboratory Skills

ME108 Engineering Analysis and Numerical Methods

ME109 CAD for BME (Bio students only)

ME201 Aero Design and Flight Test 

ME203 Heat and Flow 2

ME209 Mathematical Modelling and Analysis 

ME212 Materials Engineering and Design

ME214 Mechanical Engineering Design 2

ME217 Materials Engineering for Design (DMEM students only)

ME301 Heat and Flow 3 

ME310 Professional Responsibilities

ME311 Business Analysis in Engineering

ME315 Engineering Analysis (FEA)

ME316 Design 3A

ME317 Design 3B

ME403 Engineering Materials Selection 

ME404 Energy Systems Modelling 

ME405 Heat and Flow 4 

ME409 Individual Project  / ME420 Individual Project - Aerospace  / ME421 Graduate Diploma Individual Project

ME414 Advanced Mechanics and Dynamics 

ME425 Aerospace Propulsion 

ME512 Spaceflight Mechanics - not on offer

ME514 Advanced Topics in Fluid Systems Engineeering 

ME517 Spaceflight Systems 

ME519 MEng Group Project  / ME525 MEng Group Project - Aerospace  / ME535 Group Project Abroad

ME520 Advanced Research Project A

ME521 Advanced Research Project B 

ME527 Introduction to Engineering Optimisation - not on offer

ME528 Control Systems Design - not on offer

ME532 Aerodynamics of Supersonic Aircraft

ME533 Lightweight Structures

ME534 Advanced Topics in Mechanics and Dynamics

ME537 Atmospheric Flight Dynamics and Control

ME538 Professional Skills For Senior Engineers

ME919 Electrical Power Systems

ME926 Nuclear Power Systems

ME927 Energy Resources and Policy

ME928 Energy Systems Analysis

ME929 Electrical Power Systems

ME930 Energy Modelling and Monitoring

ME931 Industrial Metallurgy

ME944 Industrial Placement

ME945 Introduction to Open Source Computational Fluid Dynamics

ME948 Hydraulics - not on offer

ME953 Engineering Artificial Environments

ME960 Applied Metallurgy - not on offer

ME962 Degradation of Metals & Alloys

ME963 Structural Integrity - not on offer

ME965 Finite Element Analysis (FEA) in Mechanical Engineering Design - not on offer

ME966 Fundamentals of Materials Science

ME975 Satellite Data Assimilation and Analysis

ME977 Machine Learning for Satellite - not on offer

ME978 Advanced Materials Processing and Manufacturing

ME979 Fundamentals of Aeronautical Engineering

ME980 Satellite Data Applications for Sustainable Development - not on offer

ME981 Research Methodology

ME900 Project

 

  

 

 NOTE: also see additional level5 MDF codes beginning 165-- and ME5-- in above section.