The Faculty Board of Engineering give notice that the modules prescribed for the examinations to be held in 2009, and the mode of examination for each module, will be as follows:
Number and title of module | Set | Mode of examination | ||
Group A: Energy, fluid mechanics, and turbomachinery |
4A1 | Nuclear power engineering | L6 | Exam |
4A2 | Computational fluid dynamics | M2 | Course-work | |
4A3 | Turbomachinery I | M7 | Exam and course-work | |
4A4 | Aircraft stability and control | M9 | Course-work | |
4A7 | Aerodynamics | M3 | Course-work | |
4A8 | Environmental fluid mechanics | M4 | Exam | |
4A9 | Molecular thermodynamics | M6 | Exam | |
4A10 | Flow instability | L5 | Exam | |
4A11 | Turbomachinery II | L8 | Exam and course-work | |
4A12 | Turbulence and vortex dynamics | L3 | Exam | |
4A13 | Combustion and IC engines | L4 | Exam | |
4A14 | Silent aricraft intitiative | M10 | Exam | |
Group B: Electrical engineering |
4B2 | Power microelectronics | M8 | Exam |
4B5 | Nanotechnology | M10 | Exam and course-work | |
4B6 | Solid state devices and chemical/biological sensors | L3 | Exam | |
4B7 | VLSI design, technology, and CAD | L5 | Exam and course-work | |
4B11 | Photonic systems | M9 | Exam | |
4B13 | Electronic sensors and instrumentation | L9 | Exam | |
4B15 | Advanced telecommunications networks | L4 | Exam and course-work | |
4B17 | Photonics of molecular materials | M4 | Exam | |
4B18 | Advanced electronic devices | L8 | Exam | |
4B19 | Renewable electrical power | M2 | Exam | |
Group C: Mechanics, materials, and design |
4C2 | Designing with composites | M3 | Exam and course-work |
4C3 | Electrical and nano materials | M6 | Exam | |
4C4 | Design methods | M1 | Exam and course-work | |
4C5 | Design case studies | L3 | Course-work | |
4C6 | Advanced linear vibrations | M4 | Exam and course-work | |
4C7 | Random and non-linear vibrations | M8 | Exam and course-work | |
4C8 | Applications of dynamics | L1 | Exam and course-work | |
4C9 | Continuum mechanics | M7 | Exam and course-work | |
4C15 | MEMS: design | L2 | Exam and course-work | |
4C16 | Advanced machine design | L9 | Exam and course-work | |
Group D: Civil, structural, and environmental engineering |
4D4 | Ground engineering | L9 | Course-work |
4D6 | Dynamics in civil engineerings | L2 | Exam and course-work | |
4D7 | Concrete and masonry structures | L5 | Exam and course-work | |
4D9 | Plates and shells: theory and computation | L3 | Exam and course-work | |
4D10 | Structural steelwork | M8 | Exam and course-work | |
4D11 | Building physics | M5 | Exam and course-work | |
4D13 | Architectural engineering | M- | Course-work | |
4D14 | Contaminated land and waste containment | M2 | Exam and course-work | |
4D15 | Sustainable water engineering | L4 | Course-work | |
4D16 | Construction and management | L1 | Exam and course-work | |
Group E: Management and manufacturing |
4E1 | Technological innovation: research and and practice | M- | Course-work |
4E4 | Management of technology | M- | Course-work | |
4E5 | International business economics | L- | Course-work | |
4E6 | Accounting and finance | M- | Course-work | |
4E11 | Strategic management | L- | Course-work | |
4E12 | Project management | L- | Course-work | |
4E13 | Game theory and auctions for engineering applications | L- | Course-work | |
Group F: Information engineering |
4F1 | Control system design | M7 | Exam and course-work |
4F2 | Robust multivariable control | L4 | Exam and course-work | |
4F3 | Non-linear and predictive control | L9 | Exam | |
4F5 | Advanced wireless communications | L5 | Exam | |
4F6 | Signal detection and estimation | M5 | Exam | |
4F7 | Digital filters and spectrum estimation | M8 | Exam | |
4F8 | Image processing and image coding | L2 | Exam | |
4F10 | Statistical pattern processing | M3 | Exam | |
4F11 | Speech and language processing | L1 | Exam | |
4F13 | Machine learning | L8 | Course-work | |
Group G: Engineering for the life sciences |
4G1 | Systems biology | M- | Exam |
4G3 | Computational neuroscience | M6 | Course-work | |
4G4 | Biomimetics | M9 | Exam | |
4G5 | Biomolecular modeliing | L5 | Course-work | |
4G6 | Cellular and molecular biomechanics | M4 | Exam | |
Group I: Imported Modules |
4I1 | Strategic valuation (TPE6) | M- | Course-work |
4I3 | Entrepreneurial science and innovation policy (TPE5) | L- | Course-work | |
4I4 | Information theory, pattern recognition, and neutral networks | L- | Exam | |
Group M: Multidisciplinary modules |
4M1 | French | L7 | Course-work |
4M2 | German | L7 | Course-work | |
4M3 | Spanish | M11 | Course-work | |
4M4 | Japanese | M11 | Course-work | |
4M9 | Surveying field course | Long vac | Course-work | |
4M12 | Partial differential equations and variational methods | L6 | Exam | |
4M13 | Complex analysis and optimization | M1 | Exam | |
4M14 | Sustainable development | M- | Course-work | |
4M15 | Sustainable energy | L9 | Exam and course-work | |
Group R: Research modules available to certain undergraduates |
5R1 | Stochastic processes and optimization methods | L7 | Course-work |
5R5 | Advanced experimental methods in geomechanics | L- | Course-work |
RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMBINATIONS OF MODULES CANDIDATES MAY CHOOSE TO OFFER
Candidates, when choosing modules for examination, may not offer two or more modules from any one of the following numbered sets. In addition, students may take not more than three from the following: 4Ex; 4Ix; 4M1-4 and (when available) 4D16.
No candidate who offered any module for Part IIA may again offer the same module for Part IIB.
Group R modules are restricted to candidates who have been classed with a First in Part IIA of the Engineering Tripos; candidates may not offer more than one module from this group.
MICHAELMAS
Set | No. | Title |
M1 | 4C4 | Design methods |
Shared with IIA | 4M13 | Complex analysis and optimization |
M2 | 4A2 | Computational fluid dynamics |
4B19 | Renewable electrical power | 4D14 | Contaminated land and waste management |
M3 | 4A7 | Aerodynamics | 4C2 | Designing with composites | 4F10 | Statistical pattern processing | M4 | 4A8 | Environmental fluid mechanics | 4B17 | Photonics of molecular materials | 4C6 | Advanced linear vibrations | 4G6 | Cellular and molecular biomechanics |
M5 | 4F6 | Signal detection and estimation | 4D11 | Building physics |
M6 | 4A9 | Molecular thermodynamics | 4C3 | Electrical and nano materials | 4G3 | Computational neuroscience |
M7 | 4A3 | Turbomachinery I | 4C9 | Continuum mechanics | 4F1 | Control system design |
M8 | 4B2 | Power microelectronics | 4C7 | Random and non-linear vibrations | 4D10 | Structural steelwork | 4F7 | Digital filters and spectrum estimation |
M9 | 4A4 | Aircraft stability and control | 4B11 | Photonic systems | 4G4 | Biomimetics |
M10 | 4A14 | Silent aircraft initiative | 4B5 | Nanotechnology |
M11 | 4M3 | Spanish | 4M4 | Japanese |
Set | No. | Title |
L1 | 4C8 | Applications of dynamics | 4D16 | Construction and management | 4F11 | Speech and language processing |
L2 | 4C15 | MEMS: design | 4D6 | Dynamics in civil engineering | 4F8 | Image processing and image coding |
L3 | 4A12 | Turbulence and vortex dynamics | 4B6 | Solid state devices and chemical/biological sensors | 4C5 | Design case studies | 4D9 | Plates and shells: theory and computation |
L4 | 4A13 | Combustion and IC engines | 4B15 | Advanced telecommunications networks | 4D15 | Sustainable water engineering | 4F2 | Robust multivariable control |
L5 | 4A10 | Flow instability | 4B7 | VLSI design, technology, and CAD | 4D7 | Concrete and masonry structures | 4F5 | Advanced wireless communications | 4G5 | Biomolecular modelling |
L6 Shared with IIA |
4A1 4M12 |
Nuclear power engineering Partial differential equations and variational methods |
L7 | 4M1 | French | 4M2 | German | 5R1 | Stochastic processes and optimization methods |
L8 | 4A11 | Turbomachinery II | 4B18 | Advanced electronic devices | 4F13 | Machine learning |
L9 | 4B13 | Electronic sensors and instrumentation | 4C16 | Advanced machine design | 4D4 | Ground engineering | 4F3 | Non-linear and predictive control | 4M15 | Sustainable energy |
Mich | 4D13 | Architectural engineering |
Mich | 4E1 | Technological innovation: research and practice |
Mich | 4E4 | Management of technology |
Lent | 4E5 | International business economics |
Mich | 4E6 | Accounting and finance |
Lent | 4E11 | Strategic management |
Lent | 4E12 | Project management |
Lent | 4E13 | Game theory and auctions for engineering applications |
Lent | 4G1 | Systems biology |
Mich | 4I1 | Strategic valuation (TPE6) |
Lent | 4I3 | Entrepreneurial science and innovation policy (TPE5) |
Lent | 4I4 | Information theory, pattern recognition, and neural networks (Physics module) |
Long Vac | 4M9 | Surveying field course |
Mich | 4M14 | Sustainable development |
Lent | 5R5 | Advanced experimental methods in geomechanics |