Advanced Mechanical Engineering MSc (Eng)
The following modules are available in 2023/24 for Advanced Mechanical Engineering MSc (Eng) and are examples of the modules you are likely to study. All Modules are subject to change. You will study 180 credits in total.
Compulsory modules
Professional project - 60 credits
You will undertake a professional project that will require you to make use of professional skills, including project planning, risks and management.
You will undertake a professional project that will require you to make use of professional skills, including project planning, risks and management.
Recent projects include:
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Alternative/Sustainable Fuels
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Gas Turbine Cooling Ring Effectiveness
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Engine combustion
Team Design Project - 15 credits
This module enables you to participate in a group activity involving a multi-disciplinary approach to achieve a solution to a programme specific industrially relevant design problem.
This module enables you to participate in a group activity involving a multi-disciplinary approach to achieve a solution to a programme specific industrially relevant design problem.
Optional modules include:
Engineering Computational Methods - 15 credits
This module introduces students to the basic computational methods used to solve engineering problems modelled by ordinary differential equations and parabolic or hyperbolic partial differential equations.
This module introduces students to the basic computational methods used to solve engineering problems modelled by ordinary differential equations and parabolic or hyperbolic partial differential equations.
Experimental Methods and Analysis - 15 credits
This module offers theoretical and practical training required for design of experiments and data processing to address engineering problems.
Advanced Finite Element Analysis - 15 credits
This module provides the advanced theoretical and practical knowledge to enable performance of complex Finite Element Methods (FEM) in structural mechanics using commercial software packages used in industry.
Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis - 15 credits
This module provides the basic theoretical and practical knowledge to allow a student to competently perform computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis with commercial software packages used in industry.
This module provides the basic theoretical and practical knowledge to allow a student to competently perform computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis with commercial software packages used in industry.
Advanced Manufacturing - 15 credits
Acquire a comprehensive understanding of the scientific principles of manufacturing/assembly techniques and processes and an ability to arrive at an improved design for an engineering system that satisfies given requirements.
Design Optimisation - 15 credits
Acquire a comprehensive understanding of the scientific principles of design optimisation and ability to arrive at an improved design for an engineering system that satisfies given requirements.
Energy Systems, Policy and Economics for Engineers - 15 credits
This module will introduce students with engineering backgrounds to some key issues in energy systems, including policy and economics.
Biomaterials - 15 credits
Develop a fundamental understanding of the properties and applications of biomaterials, both natural and synthetic that are used in contact with biological systems in the area of total joint replacement and to acquaint students with the interactions between biomaterials and the human body that lead to failure of devices.
Develop a fundamental understanding of the properties and applications of biomaterials, both natural and synthetic that are used in contact with biological systems in the area of total joint replacement and to acquaint students with the interactions between biomaterials and the human body that lead to failure of devices.
Engineering Psychology and Human Factors - 15 credits
This module will provide engineering students with an overview of the fields of engineering psychology and ‘human factors i.e., of the capabilities, limitations, and behaviours of humans as users and operators of engineered technology with a special emphasis in this module on ground vehicles and aircraft as well as the implications of these matters for design of such technology.
Spacecraft Dynamics and Control – 15 credits
This module aims to provide a solid understanding of the development and analysis of spacecraft dynamics and control system.
This module aims to provide a solid understanding of the development and analysis of spacecraft dynamics and control system.