Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technologies (MEng)

• Course is accredited by the Energy Institute, Institution of Engineering and Technology and Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
• Excellent facilities that include well-equipped computer-aided design laboratories, modern electronics laboratories, specialist manufacturing systems, simulation software, industry-standard instrumentation laboratories, industry specification. Rapid Prototyping facility (fused deposition method) Subsonic wind tunnel laboratory and well-equipped thermo-fluid dynamics lab including a fully operational pelton wheel and francis turbine.
• Small class sizes allow for strong tutorial and laboratory experiment support and advice
• Dedicated maths support for students.
• There are opportunities for industrial visits to local companies.
• You will have access to industry standard software packages such as: Altium Designer, Multisim, HP VEE, MATLAB & Simulink, Abaqus, AutoCAD, Fluent, Pro Engineer, SolidWorks.
• You will be eligible to join the Energy Institute (EI) and/or the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and/or the Institution of Mechanical Engineer (IMechE) and/or the Association of Building Engineers (ABE) as a student member, on payment of a fee. Prospective members are invited to interview, and membership fees are determined by grade, seniority and responsibilities.
• You will have the opportunity to visit: our centre for solar research, wind farms, biomass plants, Hydro plants, the centre for alternative technology etc.

Our courses have a broad base in order to allow you to develop skills and the ability to contribute to the design of renewable energy systems and progress to meet future requirements both within the UK and worldwide markets.

An introduction to the ground work subject knowledge needed for levels 5 and 6.

• ENG458 Mechanical Science: Apply engineering mechanics principals; solve mechanical problems, to apply analysis techniques to design problems.
• ENG459 Electrical Science: To understand and predict electrical circuits.
• AUR428 Construction Technology 1: Design criteria for residential developments, the knowledge of how buildings are constructed and the materials used; the statutory processes and applicable legislation.
• ENG461 Engineering Mathematics: To provide a foundation of mathematical knowledge covering a wide range of basic topics and calculus;
• ENG462 Introduction to Engineering Design and Practice: To develop laboratory experiments with particular reference to mechanical and electrical science, to carry out practical tests to evaluate the properties of sample materials to enable selection of appropriate materials to given situations.
• ENG469 Introduction to Energy Systems and Sustainability: To provide students with the fundamental knowledge of modern energy systems and technologies, considering the merits of energy sustainability, renewable technologies, economic and environmental impacts

Builds on the knowledge gained in year one and starts to apply this knowledge to real world situations.

• ENG50L Renewable Energy: To Identify and appraise renewable energy systems and their limitations; Advise a potential client on factors affecting choice of renewable energy systems and their suitability for use in various situations.
• ENG536 Business and Research Development: To evaluate business practices within a company and the roles of engineers as team members contributing to the success and further development of that company.
• ENG551 Engineering and Mechanism Dynamics and Eng Design: To develop an understanding of the motion of particles, the motion of rigid bodies with and without reference to the forces producing motion and the response of vibrating systems
• ENG565 Electrical Power Engineering: Current provision in the generation, distribution, protection and utilisation of electrical energy and the customers’ needs.
• ENG537 Further Engineering maths: To further develop knowledge of functions suitable for solving a range of mathematical and engineering problems.

Plus an optional choice from the following modules:

• AUR507 Construction Technology 2: Design criteria for high-rise developments, the knowledge of how these buildings are constructed and the materials used and the concepts of ‘buildability’ and ‘sustainability’.
• ENG564 Electrical Machines: To develop the theory and operation of electric machines and the properties of electric and magnetic materials used in their construction; To analyse techniques and performance of machines by an in-depth knowledge of the principles of operation in order to exercise the ability to select a machine for a given task.
• SCI508 Sustainability and Resource Management: The different resources available and their current management, assessing the contrasting views of environmentalists and economists regarding future resource management and the explore use of resources in a sustainable manner.

Specialist and specific application of knowledge with professionalism. You will also undertake an industrial placement.

• ENG646 Wind Turbine Design and Analysis: A comprehensive understanding of wind energy systems, wind turbine design, and performance analysis. The definition of detailed specifications for a wind turbine and its major components. The design the structure of a wind turbine based on given specifications.
• ENG603 Inter-Professional Studies in Engineering: Develop and understand professional attitudes and attributes and to prepare students for professional roles in a professional environment. To acquire knowledge of the design process, the legal constraints and design parameters relating to major forms of development, market trends, methods of procurement and procedures available for dispute resolution.
• AUR612 Modern Methods of Construction: Critically analyse the suitability of methods of construction for a variety of situations.

Plus an optional choice from the following modules:

• AUR642 Urban Renewal: Urban renewal policy, practice and examples of best practice, basic demographic concepts and terminology, sources of finance and allocation of resource and the range of economic factors driving urban renewal.
• ENG645 Power Electronics and Electrical drive: To develop the understanding of power electronic devices into the control or provision of power supplies and in controlling electrical machinery and thus to design and prove electronics based circuits for the control of electrical machines and power supplies. To develop the students' abilities to analyse techniques and performance of ac and dc electric drives by an in depth knowledge of the principles of operation in order to exercise the ability to select an appropriate system for a given task

The final year of the integrated Masters programme will allow you to develop the skills learnt over the last three years and will provide in-depth awareness and understanding of renewable energy and sustainable design.

• ENG706 Sustainable design and innovation: This module creates and develops a preliminary idea for a new product, device, or system and evaluate it in terms of its market potential, technical feasibility, and sustainability. It provides an in-depth awareness of the range of issues concerning sustainable development that could relate to designing and to develop an understanding of sustainable design.
• ENG748 Renewable Environment, Economics, Social and Policies: Outline and assess the nature of the current UK and global energy market and the factors that affect fluctuations in supply and demand.
• ENG747 Renewable Engineering: To develop a modern framework for the Engineering evaluation and selection of the production and storage of Renewable’s Energys.

The information listed in this section is an overview of the academic content of the programme that will take the form of either core or option modules. Modules are designated as core or option in accordance with professional body requirements and internal academic framework review, so may be subject to change.