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FORM AND CONDUCT OF EXAMINATIONS, 2006-07: NOTICE

Notices by Faculty Boards, or other bodies concerned, of changes to the form and conduct of certain examinations to be held in 2006-07, by comparison with those examinations in 2006, are published below. Complete details of the form and conduct of all examinations are available from the Faculties or Departments concerned.

Engineering Tripos and Manufacturing Engineering Tripos, 2007

The Faculty Board of Engineering give notice that the form of the examinations to be taken in the Easter Term 2007 shall be as follows. Arrangements for reading time before the examination starts, and for papers not mentioned below, are as for last year.

Engineering Tripos, Part IA

  Number of questions on the paperNumber of sections on the paper
Paper 1 Mechanical engineering 8 short + 4 long 2
Paper 2 Structures and materials 8 short + 4 long 2
Paper 3 Electrical and information engineering 8 short + 4 long 3
Paper 4 Mathematical methods 8 short + 4 long 3

Candidates are expected to answer all eight short questions and all four long questions on each paper. Long questions may be set on any section of a paper.

In papers with two sections, two long questions will be set in each section. In papers with three sections, there may be no long question in one of the sections.

Engineering Tripos, Part IIA

Each candidate will be required to offer modules, the total duration for written papers of which 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 and 3A3 will 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.

All candidates will be provided with a complete set of standard data books in bound form for all examinations. The students will be informed during lectures if there are any special data sheets associated with an individual paper. A copy of any such data sheet will be issued to students by the lecturer, and will be made available in the examination.

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, published in July, 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
3A1 Fluid mechanics I (double module) p 8 5
3A3 Fluid mechanics II (double module) p 8 5
3A5 Thermodynamics and power generation p 4 3
3A6 Heat and mass transfer p 4 3
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 4 3
3B6 Photonic 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 Mechanics of solids p 4 3
3D1 Soil mechanics p 4 3
3D2 Geotechnical engineering p 4 3
3D3 Structural materials and design p 4 3
3D4 Structural analysis and stability p 4 3
3D5 Environmental engineering I p 4 3
3D6 Environmental engineering II p 4 3
3D7 Finite element methods p 4 3
3E1 Business economics p 42
3E2 Marketing p 42
3E3 Modelling risk p 42
3E5 Human resource management p 42
3E6 Organizational behaviour and change p 42
3E8 Modelling data and dynamics in management p 42
3F1 Signals and systems p 4 3
3F2 Systems and 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
3G1 Introduction to bioscience p Section A: 1 1
   Section B: 4 2
3G2 Physiological systems p Section A: 1 1
   Section B: 5 2
3G3 Introduction to neuroscience p 4 3
3I1 Data structures and algorithms (CST) p Section A: 1 1
   Section B: 3 2
4A1 Nuclear power engineering p and c 4 3
4C4 Design methods p and c 4 3
4C14 Engineering principles of the cell p 4 3
4D11 Building physics p and c Section A: 2 3
   Section B: 2 (1 from each
   Section C: 2 section)
4D16 Construction and management p and c 5 3
4F9 Medical imaging and 3-D computer graphics p Section A: 2 1
   Section B: 2 1
   Section C: 2 1
4M12 Partial differential equations and variational methods p 4 3
4M13 Complex analysis and optimization p 4 3

Engineering Tripos, Part IIB

Each candidate will be required to offer eight modules in total and undertake a project. All modules will carry equal weight, whether assessed by written paper or 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 a 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 marks equal to six modules.

For modules 4C7 and 4C9 only, candidates may bring into the examination room notes on the module 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, published in July 2006, on the use of calculators in examinations.
Form of written papers
Number/Title/Method of assessment (written paper (p), course-work (c)) Number of questions on the paper Number of questions to be attempted
4A1 Nuclear power engineering (p)43
4A3 Turbomachinery I (p and c)3 2
4A8 Environmental fluid mechanics (p)43
4A9 Molecular thermodynamics (p)43
4A10 Flow instability (p)43
4A11 Turbomachinery II (p and c)3 2
4A12 Turbulence (p)43
4B2 Power electronics and applications (p)43
4B5 Nanotechnology (p and c)53
4B6 Solid state devices and chemical/biological sensors (p)53
4B7 VLSI design, technology, and CAD (p and c)53
4B8 Electronic system design (p and c)53
4B11 Photonic systems (p)43
4B13 Electronic sensors and instrumentation (p)53
4B14 Solar-electronic power: generation and distribution (p and c)43
4B15 Advanced telecommunications networks (p and c)32
4B17 Photonics of molecular materials (p)53
4C1 Design against failure (p and c)43
4C2 Designing with composites (p and c)43
4C3 Electrical materials and nano materials (p)53
4C4 Design methods (p and c)43
4C6 Advanced linear vibration (p and c)43
4C7 Random and non-linear vibration (p and c) 43
4C8 Applications of dynamics (p and c)43
4C9 Continuum mechanics (p and c)32
4C14 Engineering principles of the cell (p)43
4C15 MEMS: design (p and c)43
4D5 Foundation engineering (p and c)43
4D6 Dynamics in civil engineering (p and c)43
4D7 Concrete and masonry structures (p and c)53
4D9 Plate and shells: theory and computation (p and c)43
4D10 Structural steelwork (p and c)43
4D11 Building physics (p and c) †6 3
  (2 in Section A, (1 from each section)
  2 in Section B,  
  2 in Section C) 
4D14 Contaminated land and waste containment (p and c)43
4D16 Construction and management (p and c)53
4F1 Control system design (p and c)32
4F2 Robust multivariable control (p and c)32
4F3 Nonlinear and predictive control (p)43
4F6 Signal detection and estimation (p)43
4F7 Digital filters and spectrum estimation (p)43
4F8 Image processing and image coding (p)43
4F9 Medical imaging and 3-D computer graphics (p) †6 3
  (2 in Section A, (1 from each section)
  2 in Section B,  
  2 in Section C)  
4F10 Statistical pattern processing (p)53
4F12 Computer vision and robotics (p)53
4G1 Computational and systems biology (p)32
4G2 Biosensors (p and c)43
4M6 Materials and processes for microsystems (MEMS) (p and c)43
4M12 Partial differential equations and variational methods (p)43
4M13 Complex analysis and optimization (p) † 43
4M15 Sustainable energy (p and c)43

† The written paper for these modules will be divided into sections. Further information is shown below.

The written paper for Modules 4D11, 4F9, and 4M13 will be divided into sections as follows:
4D11 Section A Heating and ventilation
 Section B Lighting
 Section C Acoustics
4F9 Section A Medical image acquisition
 Section B Curves, surfaces, and interpolation
 Section C 3D graphical rendering
4M13 Section A Complex analysis
 Section B Optimization

Manufacturing Engineering Tripos, Part I

1. There will be five papers, of which Paper 4 is divided into two parts, P4A and P4B:
Paper P1 Design and manufacture
Paper P2 Organization and control of manufacturing systems
Paper P3 Management economics, accounting, and finance
Paper P4A, P4B Engineering materials and processing
Paper P5 Human resources

Candidates take all five papers, for which equal numbers of marks are available.

2. The examinations for papers P1, P2, P3, P5 will last three hours. Candidates will be expected to answer four questions on each paper. The examinations for papers P4A and P4B will each last one-and-a-half hours. Candidates will be expected to answer three questions on each paper.

3. The form and style of all papers will be similar to those of last year. Papers P1, P2, and P3 are each divided into four sections each containing two questions; students are expected to answer one question from each section. Paper P5 is divided into two sections each containing four questions; students are expected to answer two questions from each section.

4. The Examiners will take into account course-work done by candidates as follows:

Major Project: 140 marks

Remaining course-work: 100 marks divided as follows:
P1 course-work 20 marks
P2 course-work 20 marks
P3 course-work 20 marks
P4 course-work 20 marks
P5 course-work 20 marks

The total marks available for course-work are equivalent to those of two examination papers.