This module is informed by contemporary research and innovation and enables you to examine advanced materials engineering at the forefront of high-performance technologies. You will develop skills that develop your ability to critically evaluate how materials are engineered and characterised. This leads to your ability to optimise and deliver the required mechanical, thermal, electrical and environmental performance. During the module we explore how advanced materials underpin next-generation energy systems, sustainable technologies and complex engineering applications. By the end of the module, you will have developed expertise to make strategic material selection and optimisation decisions that enhance system efficiency, reliability and long-term sustainability.
This module builds on previous learning around environmental and water engineering to give you a deeper understanding of fluid flow and transport processes in natural and engineered systems applicable to the workplace. You will analyse groundwater behaviour, contaminant transport, and environmental protection strategies using contemporary analytical and computational approaches. By the end of the module, you will have improved your ability to evaluate and design resilient systems that integrate technical performance, regulatory compliance, and environmental stewardship.
The module enables you will develop understanding of techniques in programmable data acquisition, virtual instrumentation, embedded system design and digital control. By using industry-standard development environments a focus on the application of current hardware and software tools to design and prototype complex instrumentation systems is embedded. We use laboratory experiments and project-based assignments to support learning around system integration and performance evaluation. Emphasis is placed on structured design, implementation and validation within advanced instrumentation environments that ensure you are ready to tackle problems in the workplace.
This module focuses advancing your capability to deliver highly innovative engineering solutions and high-performance engineering solutions through systems-based design. The module integrates analytical modelling, simulation tools and performance evaluation to improve your ability to deliver technically rigorous decisions across mechanical and multidisciplinary systems. We emphasise optimisation, manufacturability and evidence-based design validation. By using collaborative project work the module will strengthen your ability to translate complex engineering challenges into robust, efficient and commercially viable mechanical solutions.
This module delivers training that will enable you to develop advanced understanding of robotics, machine learning and artificial intelligence. Key aspects of this broad portfolio include, integrating perception, control, optimisation and intelligent decision-making. During the module you will explore mathematical and computational foundations including kinematics and dynamics and motion planning. We cement this classroom learning with supervised and unsupervised laboratory practical work. This practical work involves algorithm development and system simulation using industry-standard tools. By the end of the module, you will have a keen understanding of how to complete performance evaluation and system integration within automated engineering environments.
By developing your ability to critically assesses conventional and renewable energy systems within global sustainability frameworks this module makes you work ready in the field. Over the course of the module, you will learn the latest approaches to evaluate thermodynamic performance, economic viability and environmental implications that inform strategic engineering decisions. There is an emphasis on energy optimisation, system resilience and long-term decarbonisation pathways that support an understanding of the latest legislation from across the world on the topic of energy and analysis.
This module has been designed to enable you to advance your expertise in the design and optimisation of mechanical building services systems. The syllabus covers diverse topics such as analysis of heating, ventilation systems and air conditioning processes using first-principles engineering approaches supported by digital tools. There is emphasis on energy efficiency, system integration, occupant comfort and operational reliability to meet global trends and requirements. By the end of the module, you have developed the capability to evaluate, size and optimise environmental control systems aligned with sustainability objectives and net-zero performance targets in modern building environments.
Key to this module is an approach to develop your understanding of advanced structural design capability within contemporary civil engineering practice. You will evaluate structural systems using performance-based approaches and professional standards, integrating safety, serviceability and long-term resilience to standards set by industry leaders. The module places emphasis on whole-life performance, embodied carbon and climate-responsive design in response to evolving sustainability requirements. By the end of the module, you will developed competencies in applied design work aligned with industry practice. This will strengthen your ability to deliver technically robust and environmentally responsible infrastructure solutions.
Upon completion of this module, you will have developed an understanding to assess and design masonry and timber structural systems within contemporary engineering practice. The module is designed to enable you to critically assess mechanical behaviour, stability and durability while applying professional design standards and performance-based methodologies to a variety of structures. Key is developing skills required in the workplace and so emphasis is placed on whole-life performance, material efficiency and climate-responsive structural solutions. The module will enable you to strengthen your ability to deliver technically robust and sustainable designs using structured analytical approaches and professional engineering judgement.
