Mechanical Engineering - Teaching

Mechanical Engineering covers a very broad field: the main areas are mechanics, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, materials, and design, but topics in control and instrumentation are also relevant. Many students will choose to specialise either in the "dry" side of the subject (mechanics, materials, design) or the "wet" side (fluids and thermodynamics), but combinations of courses can be found to suit many different career paths, some of which cut across this divide.

Third Year

Students intending to qualify in this Engineering Area must include at least six of the modules listed below in their third year. It would be prudent to discuss with your Director of Studies before choosing a very eclectic mix of courses, in case a lack of overlap makes the workload unusually high.

Number and title of module
3A1		Fluid mechanics I (double module)
3A3		Fluid mechanics II (double module)
3A5		Thermodynamics and power generation
3A6		Heat and mass transfer
3B4		Electric drive systems
3C1		Materials processing and design
3C5		Dynamics
3C6		Vibration
3C7		Mechanics of solids
3C8		Machine design
3C9		Fracture mechanics of materials and structures
3D3		Structural materials and design
3D7		Finite element methods
3D8		Building physics and environmental geotechnics
3F1		Signals and systems
3F2		Systems and control
3G2		Mathematical physiology
3G4		Medical imaging and 3D computer graphics
3G5		Biomaterials
3M1		Mathematical methods
4C4		Design methods
4M12		Partial differential equations and variational methods
4M16		Nuclear power engineering

Area activity: Design and performance of a portable motor-generator set or Engineering failure analysis or Wind tunnel tests or Performance and characteristics of IC engines

Fourth Year

Students intending to qualify in this Engineering Area in the fourth year must include four modules from the list below:

Number and title of module
4A2		Computational fluid dynamics
4A3		Turbomachinery I
4A4		Aircraft stability and control
4A7		Aerodynamics
4A8		Environmental fluid mechanics
4A9		Molecular thermodynamics
4A10		Flow instability
4A11		Turbomachinery II
4A12		Turbulence and vortex dynamics
4A13		Combustion and IC engines
4A15		Aeroacoustics
4B13		Electronic sensors and instrumentation
4B19		Renewable electrical power
4C2		Designing with composites
4C3		Electrical and nano materials
4C4		Design methods
4C5		Design case studies
4C6		Advanced linear vibration
4C7		Random and non-linear vibrations
4C8		Applications of dynamics
4C9		Continuum mechanics
4C15		MEMS: design
4C16		Advanced machine design
4D6		Dynamics in civil engineering
4D17		Plate and shell structures
4F1		Control system design
4F7		Digital filters and spectrum estimation
4G4		Biomimetics
4G6		Cellular and molecular biomechanics
4M6		Materials and processes for microsystems (MEMS)
4M12		Partial differential equations and variational methods
4M13		Complex analysis and optimisation
4M16		Nuclear power engineering