Instrumentation & Control - Teaching

Instrumentation and Control covers a range of topics which are important to the monitoring and control of modern systems.

Third Year

Students intending to qualify in this Engineering Area in the third year must include at least six of the modules listed below:

Number and title of module
3B1		Radio frequency electronics
3B2		Integrated digital electronics
3B5		Semiconductor engineering
3B6		Photonic technology
3C5		Dynamics
3C6		Vibration
3F1		Signals and systems
3F2		Systems and control
3F3		Signal and pattern processing
3F4		Data transmission
3F5		Computer and network systems
3F6		Software engineering and design
3G4		Medical imaging and 3D computer graphics
3M1		Mathematical methods

The B modules cover basic circuits and device technology and the F modules cover the representation, capture and manipulation of signals. The C modules cover the relevant engineering aspects of mechanical systems.

Students intending to qualify in this Engineering Area must include 3F1 or 3F2 and at least five other modules from the list above. Students are strongly advised to take both 3F1 and 3F2.

Area activity: Design of a CD player or Performance and characteristics of gas engines

Fourth Year

Students intending to qualify in this Engineering Area must include at least four of the modules listed below in their fourth year:

Number and title of module
4B11		Photonic systems
4B13		Electronic sensors and instrumentation
4C6		Advanced linear vibration
4C7		Random and non-linear vibrations
4C15		MEMS: design
4F1		Control system design
4F2		Robust and non-linear systems and control
4F3		Optimal and predictive control
4F6		Signal detection and estimation
4F7		Digital filters and spectrum estimation
4F8		Image processing and image coding
4F10		Statistical pattern processing
4F11		Speech and language processing
4F12		Computer vision and robotics
4F13		Machine learning