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Year 3 Academic year: 2018/19, Starting in: August

Progression to Year 3 normally requires passes in at least 100 credit points worth of courses in Year 2. The 100 credit points passed must be from the list of courses given in Year 2 of the Degree Programme Table (DPT) of the student's chosen degree programme.

In addition, entry to Year 3 is normally only permitted if the following pre-requisite courses are passed:

- ELEE08016: Analogue Circuits 2
- ELEE08015: Digital System Design 2
- MECE08009: Dynamics 2
- SCEE08006: Engineering Thermodynamics 2
- SCEE08003: Fluid Mechanics 2
- SCEE08008: Power Engineering 2
- SCEE08002: Structural Mechanics 2A.

Compulsory courses

Professional Issues for Mechanical Engineers 3

Must be taken during Full Year

Sustainable Energy: Principles and Processes 3

Must be taken during Semester 1

Analogue Circuits and Digital System Design 3

Must be taken during Semester 1

Structural Mechanics and Dynamics 3

Must be taken during Semester 1

Power Systems, Power Electronics and Machines 3

Must be taken during Semester 2

Sustainable Energy Group Design Project 3

Must be taken during Semester 2

Thermofluids 3

Must be taken during Semester 2

Control and Instrumentation Engineering 3

Must be taken during Semester 2

Year 4 Academic year: 2018/19, Starting in: August

Entry to 4th year MEng normally requires an average of at least 55% in third year.

Compulsory courses

Sustainable Energy Technologies 4

Must be taken during Semester 1

Thermodynamics (Mechanical) 4

Must be taken during Semester 1

Industrial/European Placement 4

Must be taken during Semester 2

Course options

Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1

Group Design Project (Hydropower Scheme)

Group Design Project (The Passive House)

Group Design Project (Power Station with Carbon Capture and Storage)

AND

Engineering Project Management 4 is compulsory, but may be taken in either year 4 or year 5.

Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1

Finite Element Methods for Solids and Structures 4

Power Systems and Machines 4

Power Conversion 4

Engineering Project Management 4

Dynamics 4

Fluid Mechanics (Mechanical) 4

Year 5 Academic year: 2018/19, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

Mechanical Engineering MEng Individual Project 5

Must be taken during Full Year

Energy and Environmental Economics

Must be taken during Semester 1

Course options

Engineering Project Management 4 is compulsory, but may be taken in either year 4 or year 5.

Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1

The Finite Element Method 5

Power Electronics 4

Engineering Project Management 4

Dynamics 4

Fluid Mechanics (Mechanical) 4

Polymers and Composite Materials 4

Living Materials and their Biomaterial Replacements 4

Computational Fluid Dynamics 5

Advanced Dynamics and Applications 5

AND

Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2

Analogue Electronics (Circuits) 4

Power Systems Engineering 5

Supply Chain Management 4

Bio-Inspired Engineering 4

Design of Surgical Tools and Implanted Medical Devices 4

Wind Energy 5

Marine Energy 5

Surface Engineering and Coatings 5

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