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Notices by Faculty Boards, or other bodies concerned, of changes to the form and conduct of certain examinations to be held in 2003, by comparison with those examinations in 2002, are published below. Complete details of the form and conduct of all examinations are available from the Faculties or Departments concerned.
The Faculty Board of Engineering give notice that the form of the examinations to be taken in the Easter Term 2003 for the Engineering Tripos and Electrical and Information Sciences Tripos shall be as follows:
| Paper 8 is divided into seven sections. | |
| No. of Questions | |
| Section A: Introductory business economics | 2 |
| Candidates are required to answer one question only. | |
| Sections B-G: Six topics | |
| (B) Civil and structural engineering | 3 |
| (C) Mechanical engineering manufacture and management | 3 |
| (D) Aerothermal engineering | 3 |
| (E) Electrical engineering | 3 |
| (F) Information engineering | 3 |
| (G) Biological and medical engineering | 3 |
Candidates are required to answer not more than four questions. The questions should be from two sections only and not more than two questions should be answered from either section. Candidates who are offering a foreign language as an option are required to answer not more than two questions from one section only.
Paper 8 will be of two and a half hours' duration, or of one and a half hours' duration in the case of candidates who are offering a foreign language.
Each candidate will be required to offer modules whose total duration for written papers amounts to 15 hours. All papers of one and a half hours' duration will carry equal weight, whether assessed by written paper only or by written paper and course-work. Where a module is assessed by written paper and course-work, the course-work will carry weight equal to one quarter of a module. Papers 3A1, 3A3, and 3A5 will each be of three hours' duration and will carry weight equal to two modules. Each candidate will be required to submit course-work, in addition to any course-work assessed as part of a module, which will carry weight equal to four modules.
Standard data books will be available at all examinations. Where additional data sheets or data books were provided for a particular course, they will be made available in the relevant examinations.
In the working of all questions and in the evaluation of numerical quantities, candidates should show a sufficient number of steps to allow the Examiners to make a proper assessment of their answers.
Candidates should refer to the Faculty Board's Notice, dated September 2002, on the use of calculators in examinations.
| Module title | Written paper (p); course-work (c) |
Number of questions on the paper |
Number of questions to be attempted |
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| 3A1 | Fluid mechanics I (double module) | p | 8 | 5 |
| 3A3 | Fluid mechanics II (double module) | p | 8 | 5 |
| 3A5 | Energy and power generation (double module) | p | 8 | 5 |
| 3B1 | Radio frequency electronics | p | 4 | 3 |
| 3B2 | Integrated digital electronics | p | 4 | 3 |
| 3B3 | Switch-mode electronics | p | 4 | 3 |
| 3B4 | Electric drive systems | p | 4 | 3 |
| 3B5 | Semiconductor engineering | p | 5 | 3 |
| 3B6 | Phototonic technology | p | 4 | 3 |
| 3C1 | Materials processing and design | p | 4 | 3 |
| 3C2 | Materials process modelling and failure analysis | p | 4 | 3 |
| 3C3 | Machine design - tribology | p | 4 | 3 |
| 3C4 | Machine design - transmissions | p | 4 | 3 |
| 3C5 | Dynamics | p | 5 | 3 |
| 3C6 | Vibration | p | 4 | 3 |
| 3C7 | Solid mechanics | p | 4 | 3 |
| 3D1 | Soil mechanics | p | 4 | 3 |
| 3D2 | Geotechnical engineering | p | 4 | 3 |
| 3D3 | Structural materials and design | p | 5 | 3 |
| 3D4 | Structural analysis and stability | p | 4 | 3 |
| 3D5 | Environmental engineering I | p | 4 | 3 |
| 3D6 | Environmental engineering II | p | 4 | 3 |
| 3D7 | Continuum mechanics numerical methods | p | 4 | 3 |
| 3E2 | Marketing | p | 4 | 2 |
| 3E3 | Modelling risk | p | 4 | 2 |
| 3E4 | Modelling choice | p | 4 | 2 |
| 3E5 | Human resource management | p | 4 | 2 |
| 3E6 | Organizational behaviour and change | p | 4 | 2 |
| 3E7 | Microeconomics | p | 4 | 2 |
| 3F1 | Signals and systems | p | 4 | 3 |
| 3F2 | Control | p | 4 | 3 |
| 3F3 | Signal and pattern processing | p | 4 | 3 |
| 3F4 | Data transmission | p | 4 | 3 |
| 3F5 | Computer and network systems | p | 4 | 3 |
| 3F6 | Software engineering and design | p | 4 | 3 |
| 3I1 | Data structures and algorithms (CST) | p | Section A: 1 Section B: 3 | 1 |
| 4A1 | Nuclear power engineering | p+c | 4 | 3 |
| 4C1 | Deformation and fracture | p | 4 | 3 |
| 4C4 | Design methods | p+c | 4 | 3 |
| 4D11 | Building physics | p+c | 6* | 3 |
| 4D16 | Construction and management | p+c | 5 | 3 |
| 4E6 | Accounting and finance | p | 3 | 2 |
| 4E13 | Macroeconomics | p | 4 | 2 |
* 3 sections, candidates to answer 1 question from each section
Each candidate will be required to offer eight modules in total and submit a project report. All modules will carry equal weight, whether assessed by written paper or by course-work, or by a combination of written paper and course-work. Where a module is assessed by written paper and course-work, the course-work will carry weight equal to one-quarter of one module. In the exceptional case of a dissertation being submitted in place of a module, the dissertation will carry weight equal to one module. The project will carry weight equal to eight modules.
For Modules 4C6, 4C7, and 4C9 only, candidates may bring into the examination room notes on the module that they have written personally by hand, and any notes authorized for use in the examination room by the module leader. This includes lecture notes issued by the module lecturers.
Candidates should refer to the Faculty Board's Notice, dated September 2002, on the use of calculators in examinations.
| Formerly | Number/title/method of assessment (written paper (p), course-work (c)) |
Number of questions on the paper | Number of questions to be attempted | |
| A5 | 4D5 | Foundation engineering (p & c) | 4 | 3 |
| A6 | 4D6 | Dynamics in civil engineering (p & c) | 4 | 3 |
| A7 | 4D7 | Concrete and masonry structures (p & c) | 5 | 3 |
| A8 | 4D8 | Pre-stressed concrete (p & c) | 5 (2 in Section A, 3 in Section B) |
3 (1 from Section A) (2 from Section B) |
| A10 | 4D10 | Structural steelwork (p & c) | 4 | 3 |
| A11 | 4D11 | Building physics (p & c) | 6 (2 in Section A, 2 in Section B, 2 in Section C) |
3 (1 from each section) |
| A12 | 4D12 | Coastal and off-shore engineering (p) | 4 | 3 |
| A14 | 4D14 | Contaminated land and waste containment (p & c) | 4 | 3 |
| - | 4D16 | Construction and management (p & c) | 5 | 3 |
| B1 | 4C1 | Deformation and fracture (p) | 4 | 3 |
| B2 | 4C2 | Designing with composites (p & c) | 4 | 3 |
| B3 | 4C3 | Electrical materials (p) | 5 | 3 |
| B4 | 4C4 | Design methods (p & c) | 4 | 3 |
| B6 | 4C6 | Advanced linear vibrations (p & c) | 4 | 3 |
| B7 | 4C7 | Random and non-linear vibrations (p & c) | 4 | 3 |
| B8 | 4C8 | Applications of dynamics (p & c) | 4 | 3 |
| B9 | 4C9 | Continuum mechanics (p) | 3 | 2 |
| B10 | 4C10 | Finite elements (p & c) | 4 | 3 |
| B12 | 4C12 | Wave propagation (p & c) | 3 | 2 |
| B13 | 4C13 | MEMS (p & c) | 5 | 3 |
| C1 | 4A1 | Nuclear power engineering (p & c) | 4 | 3 |
| C3 | 4A3 | Turbomachinery I (p & c) | 3 | 2 |
| C6 | 4A6 | Flow induced sound and vibration (p) | 4 | 3 |
| C8 | 4A8 | Environmental fluid mechanics (p) | 4 | 3 |
| C9 | 4A9 | Molecular thermodynamics (p) | 4 | 3 |
| C10 | 4A10 | Flow instability (p) | 4 | 3 |
| C11 | 4A11 | Turbomachinery II (p & c) | 3 | 2 |
| C12 | 4A12 | Turbulence (p) | 4 | 3 |
| D2 | 4B2 | Power electronics and applications (p) | 5 | 3 |
| D5 | 4B5 | Nanotechnology (p & c) | 5 | 3 |
| D6 | 4B6 | Solid state devices (p) | 5 | 3 |
| D7 | 4B7 | VLSI design, technology, and CAD (p & c) | 5 | 3 |
| D8 | 4B8 | Electronic system design (p & c) | 5 | 3 |
| D10 | 4B10 | Optoelectronic technology (p & c) | 4 | 3 |
| D11 | 4B11 | Photonic systems (p) | 4 | 3 |
| D15 | 4B15 | Advanced telecommunications networks (p & c) | 4 | 3 |
| _ | 4B17 | Photonics of molecular materials (p & c) | 5 | 3 |
| _ | 4B18 | Advanced electronic devices (p) | 5 | 3 |
| I1 | 4F1 | Control system design (p & c) | 3 | 2 |
| I2 | 4F2 | Robust multivariable control (p & c) | 3 | 2 |
| I3 | 4F3 | Nonlinear and hybrid systems (p) | 4 | 3 |
| I5 | 4F5 | Digital communications (p) | 4 | 3 |
| I6 | 4F6 | Signal detection and estimation (p) | 4 | 3 |
| I7 | 4F7 | Digital filters and spectrum estimation (p) | 4 | 3 |
| I8 | 4F8 | Image processing and image coding (p) | 4 | 2 |
| I9 | 4F9 | Medical imaging and 3-D computer graphics (p) | 6 (2 in Section A, 2 in Section B, 2 in Section C) |
3 (1 from each Section) |
| I11 | 4F11 | Speech processing (p) | 5 | 3 |
| I12 | 4F12 | Computer vision and robotics (p) | 5 | 3 |
| F6 | 4E6 | Accounting and finance (p) | 3 | 2 |
| G11 | 4E13 | * Macroeconomics (p) | 4 | 2 |
| F12 | 4M12 | Complex analysis and variational methods (p) | 4 | 3 |
| F13 | 4M13 | Linear algebra and optimization (p) | 4 (2 in Section A, 2 in Section B) |
3 (from any Section) |
The paper for Modules 4D8, 4D11, 4F9, and 4M13 will be divided into sections as follows:
| 4D8 | Section A questions have weighting of 50%. |
| Section B questions have weighting of 25%. | |
| Both sections may have any relevant topic. | |
| 4D11 | Section A Heating and ventilation |
| Section B Lighting | |
| Section C Acoustics | |
| All questions carry equal weighting | |
| 4F9 | Section A Medical image acquisition |
| Section B Curves, surfaces, and interpolation | |
| Section C 3D graphical rendering | |
| 4M13 | Section A Linear algebra |
| Section B Optimization |
* 4E13 is to be assessed by examination only, not examination and course-work as indicated in the Faculty Board's Notice of 23 October 2002 (Reporter, p. 190).
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Cambridge University Reporter, 11 December 2002
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of the University of Cambridge.