Course Content Year 1
Core Units
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Electrical and Electronic Science
This unit is your introduction to the fundamental principles of electrical and electronic engineering that will underpin your future study of more specialist engineering. You will learn how to design analogue and digital circuits, how to analyse the characteristics of a range of circuits and components and how to use a range of electrical test and measurement equipment in the lab.
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Engineering Design and Practice
The focus for this unit is a design and build challenge, in which you will develop and test devices such as autonomous vehicles and you will have the opportunity to represent MMU in a contest with other universities. You will be combining the skills and technical principles from all your level 4 units and learning about research, materials and processes, project planning and management, personal development planning, communication and creative thinking.
This unit is your introduction to the fundamental principles of mechanical engineering that will underpin your future study of more specialist engineering. You will study basic mechanics, statics, dynamics and an introduction to thermodynamics and fluid mechanics, and learn how to solve typical mechanical engineering problems and how to use a range of mechanical test and measurement equipment in the lab.
In this unit you will learn how to use the mathematical techniques that are the foundation of engineering and applied physics, including algebra, functions and graphs, calculus and an introduction to computational methods. You will be applying your skills to solve a range of typical mathematical problems in engineering and physical science problems and collecting data to model real world problems.
Year 2
Core Units
This unit is about energy, electrical and control engineering and sustainability. You will learn how to assess the suitability of electrical energy sources and distribution systems for typical sets of requirements and environmental conditions. You will also earn how to apply theorems to single phase and unbalanced three-phase circuits, how to analyse the operation of electrical machines and how to model physical processes for control and instrumentation design.
This unit is about the current techniques used in the electronic engineering industry. You will learn how to apply analytical, simulation and experimental techniques to specify and evaluate electronic circuits and systems, how to design and analyse a range of electronic circuits for signal conditioning, amplification, analogue to digital conversion and vice-versa and you will learn how to develop simple embedded systems designs using FPGA and Microcontroller architecture.
In this unit, you will develop your mathematical and computational skills to support the science based units in your course, including statistics, using series and transformations, differential equations, matrix methods and waves. You will learn how to visualise mathematical expressions, create data models and how to apply advanced mathematical and computational techniques to solve real world problems in engineering and physical science.
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Professional Design and Practice
The focus for this unit is a challenge set by one of our industrial partners, in which you will work in a multidisciplinary group. You will learn how to evaluate an industrial case study with respect to sustainability and ethical and professional standards; how to contribute to the research, planning, management and quality assurance of a multi-disciplinary project; and how to use your experience to develop and present a personal career development plan.
Year 3
Core Units
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Electronic Engineering Design
This unit is about the electronic engineering used for the design of radio communication systems. You will learn how to develop designs for radio communication systems and how to implement parameters and characteristics in microwave circuit design. You will also learn how to analyse RF Circuits and design antenna and apply the specification and performance requirements necessary for the operation of wireless and RF links.
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Individual Engineering Project
In this unit you choose a specialist field and application and evaluate the related published research and the industrial and professional context of a current problem including safety, environmental and ethical considerations. You then research, design, plan and manage a specialist technology solution. At the end of the unit you will present and defend the project to academic specialists in the field and to peers, industrialists and employers at an end of year degree show.Option Units
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Communication Systems and Networks
This unit is about the operation and performance of modern communication systems and networks. You will learn how signal and broadcast principles and standards are applied to the design and operation of communication systems and how to analyse and characterise different types of communication networks and how to evaluate their performance.
In this unit you will study the kinematics, dynamics and control of robot arms and learn how to use both physical analysis and computer simulation to build kinematic and dynamic models of robot arms. You will also learn how to use high level programming languages to control the behaviour of an automation system and how to build and test a factory automation system using hardware and software.
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Digital Signal and Image Processing
This unit is about the operation and underlying theory of digital signal and image processing (DSIP) algorithms. You will learn how to model the fundamental concepts of DSIP including Z, continuous and discrete Fourier transforms and how to apply DSIP to analogue filter analysis. You will also learn how to apply spatial image processing techniques, and how to design and simulate DSIP algorithms.
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Electronic Systems Design
This unit is about the application of electronic and programming principles to the design of complex and innovative embedded systems. You will learn how to analyse the characteristics of electronic systems to design an innovative electronic system typical of current industry requirements and in line with current codes of practice and technical regulations. You will also learn how a design addresses and adjusts for its environmental and ethical impact.
This unit is about the principles of engineering management. You will learn how to apply business and management knowledge to industrial engineering and how to deploy advanced practices for managing operations in an industrial context. You will also develop skills to model, simulate and analyse engineering management systems, learning how to build appropriate probabilistic models to support effective decision-making.
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Power Generation and Distribution
In this unit you will learn how to use quantitative analysis techniques to evaluate the operating principles and challenges presented by conventional and renewable energy sources. You will learn how to analyse 3-phase generation, transmission and distribution systems and consider the electrical loading effects on those systems. You will also learn about the role of power electronics technology and energy storage options for renewable energy systems.
