The Faculty Board of Engineering give notice that the form of the examinations to be taken in the Easter Term 2009 shall be as follows. Arrangements for reading time before the examination starts, and for papers not mentioned below, are as for last year.
| Lecture course | Paper (and suggested format) |
| Mechanical engineering | Paper 1 |
| Thermofluid mechanics and heat transfer | Section A (4 short questions and 2 long questions) |
| Mechanics and mechanical vibrations | Section B (4 short questions and 2 long questions) |
| Structures and materials | Paper 2 |
| Structures | Section A (4 short questions and 2 long questions) |
| Materials | Section B (4 short questions and 2 long questions) |
| Electrical and information engineering | Paper 3 |
| Linear circuits and devices | Section A (3 short questions and 2 long questions) |
| Digital circuits and information processing | Section B (3 short questions and 1 long question) |
| Electromagnetics | Section C (2 short questions and 1 long question) |
| Mathematical methods | Paper 4 |
| Michaelmas Term material | Section A (3 short questions and 2 long questions) |
| Lent/Easter Term material | Section B (3 short questions and 2 long questions) |
| Computing | Section C (2 short questions) |
| Examination | Number of questions |
| Paper 1 - Mechanics | 6 |
| Paper 2 - Structures | 6 |
| Paper 3 - Materials | 6 |
| Paper 4 - Thermofluid mechanics | |
| Thermofluid mechanics | 6 |
| Paper 5 - Electrical engineering | |
| Linear circuits and devices | 2 |
| Electrical machines | 3 |
| Electromagnetic fields and waves | 2 |
| Paper 6 - Information engineering | |
| Linear systems and control | 3 |
| Communications, and signal and data analysis | 3 |
| Paper 7 - Mathematical methods | |
| Vector calculus | 3 |
| Linear algebra and probability | 3 |
| Paper 8 - Selected topics Paper 8 is divided into eight sections. |
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| Section A: Introductory business economics Candidates are required to answer one question only. |
2 |
| Sections B-H: | |
| Section B: Civil and structural engineering | 3 |
| Section C: Mechanics, materials, and design | 3 |
| Section D: Aerothermal engineering | 3 |
| Section E: Electrical engineering | 3 |
| Section F: Information engineering | 3 |
| Section G: Engineering for the life sciences | 3 |
| Section H: Manufacturing, management, and design | 3 |
For Papers 1-3: Candidates are required to answer not more than four questions, which may be taken from either section.
For Papers 4, 6, and 7: 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.
For Paper 5: Candidates are required to answer not more than four questions and must answer at least one question from each section.
For Paper 8: Candidates who are not offering a foreign language as an option are required to answer four questions, taken from only two of sections B-H. Not more than two questions from each section may be answered.
Candidates who are offering a foreign language as an option are required to answer not more than two questions from one of sections B-H.
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.
Single module examinations will last one and a half hours. Double module examinations (3A1 and 3A3) will last three hours. There will be ten minutes of 'reading time' before each module (including double modules). Candidates should present themselves in the examination room fifteen minutes before the advertised start time of each paper. Late arrivals disturb other candidates: please arrive in plenty of time.
The Examiners will take into account course-work done by candidates according to the scheme published by the Faculty Board.
Standard databooks, as newly issued at the beginning of this academical year, will be available at all examinations. Where additional data sheets or databooks were provided for a particular course they will be attached to the relevant examination paper.
Candidates will be allowed to take into the Examination Hall only officially marked calculators as set out in the notice concerning calculators published by the Faculty Board on 1 October 2008 (Reporter, p. 28).
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.
| 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 |
| 3C5 | Dynamics | p |
5 |
3 |
| 3C6 | Vibration | p |
4 |
3 |
| 3C7 | Mechanics of solids | p |
4 |
3 |
| 3C8 | Machine design | p |
4 |
3 |
| 3D1 | Geotechnical engineering I | p |
4 |
3 |
| 3D2 | Geotechnical engineering II | p |
4 |
3 |
| 3D3 | Structural materials and design | p |
4 |
3 |
| 3D4 | Structural analysis and stability | p |
4 |
3 |
| 3D5 | Water engineering | p |
4 |
3 |
| 3D6 | Environmental geotechnics | p |
4 |
3 |
| 3D7 | Finite element methods | p |
4 |
3 |
| 3E1 | Business economics | p |
4 |
2 |
| 3E2 | Marketing | p |
4 |
2 |
| 3E3 | Modelling risk | p |
4 |
2 |
| 3E5 | Human resource management | p |
4 |
2 |
| 3E6 | Organizational behaviour and change | p |
4 |
2 |
| 3E10 | Operations management for engineers | p |
4 |
2 |
| 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 |
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| 3G2 | Mathematical physiology | p | 4 | 3 |
| 3G3 | Intoduction to neuroscience | p | 4 | 3 |
| 3G4 | Medical imaging and 3-D computer graphics | p | Section A: 2 | 1 |
Section B: 2 | 1 |
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Section C: 2 | 1 |
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| 3G5 | Biomaterials | p | 4 | 3 |
| 3I1 | Data structures and algorithms (CST) | p | Section A: 1 | 1 |
Section B: 3 | 2 |
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| 4A1 | Nuclear power engineering | p | 4 | 3 |
| 4C4 | Design methods | p and c | 4 | 3 |
| 4D16 | Construction and management | p and c | 5 | 3 |
| 4M12 | Partial differential equations and variational methods | p | 4 | 3 |
| 4M13 | Complex analysis and optimization | p | 4 | 3 |
Section A: Complex analysis Section B: Optimization | 3 |
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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 module 4C7 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 on 1 October 2008 (Reporter, p. 28), on the use of calculators in examinations, and should consult the main notice to candidates on display in the Inglis Corridor, Department of Engineering, for further details of the examination.
| 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) | 4 | 3 |
| 4A3 | Turbomachinery I (p and c) | 3 | 2 |
| 4A8 | Environmental fluid mechanics (p) | 4 | 3 |
| 4A9 | Molecular thermodynamics (p) | 4 | 3 |
| 4A10 | Flow instability (p) | 4 | 3 |
| 4A11 | Turbomachinery II (p and c) | 3 | 2 |
| 4A12 | Turbulence (p) | 4 | 3 |
| 4A13 | Combustion and IC engines (p) | 4 | 3 |
| 4A14 | Silent aircraft initiative (p) | 4 | 3 |
| 4B2 | Power microelectronics (p) | 4 | 3 |
| 4B5 | Nanotechnology (p and c) | 5 | 3 |
| 4B6 | Solid state devices and chemical/biological sensors (p) | 4 | 3 |
| 4B7 | VLSI design, technology, and CAD (p and c) | 5 | 3 |
| 4B11 | Photonic systems (p) | 4 | 3 |
| 4B13 | Electronic sensors and instrumentation (p) | 5 | 3 |
| 4B15 | Advanced telecommunications networks (p and c) | 3 | 2 |
| 4B17 | Photonics of molecular materials (p) | 4 | 3 |
| 4B18 | Advanced electronic devices (p) | 5 | 3 |
| 4B19 | Renewable electrical power (p) | 4 | 3 |
| 4C2 | Designing with composites (p and c) | 4 | 3 |
| 4C3 | Electrical and nano materials (p) | 5 | 3 |
| 4C4 | Design methods (p and c) | 4 | 3 |
| 4C6 | Advanced linear vibrations (p and c) | 4 | 3 |
| 4C7 | Random and non-linear vibrations (p and c) | 4 | 3 |
| 4C8 | Applications of dynamics (p and c) | 4 | 3 |
| 4C9 | Continuum mechanics (p and c) | 3 | 2 |
| 4C15 | MEMS: design (p and c) | 4 | 3 |
| 4C16 | Advanced machine design (p and c) | 6 (3 in Section A, 3 in Section B) |
3 (2 in Section A, 1 in Section B) |
| 4D6 | Dynamics in civil engineering (p and c) | 4 | 3 |
| 4D7 | Concrete and masonry structures (p and c) | 4 | 3 |
| 4D9 | Plate and shells: theory and computation (p and c) | 4 | 3 |
| 4D10 | Structural steelwork (p and c) | 4 | 3 |
| 4D11 | Building physics (p and c) | 6 (2 each in Sections A, B, and C) |
3 (1 each from Sections A, B, and C) |
| 4D14 | Contaminated land and waste management (p and c) | 4 | 3 |
| 4D16 | Construction and management (p and c) | 5 | 3 |
| 4F1 | Control system design (p and c) | 3 | 2 |
| 4F2 | Robust multivariable control (p and c) | 3 | 2 |
| 4F3 | Nonlinear and predictive control (p) | 4 | 3 |
| 4F5 | Advanced wireless communications (p) | 4 | 3 |
| 4F6 | Signal detection and estimation (p) | 4 | 3 |
| 4F7 | Digital filters and spectrum estimation (p) | 4 | 3 |
| 4F8 | Image processing and image coding (p) | 4 | 3 |
| 4F10 | Statistical pattern processing (p) | 5 | 3 |
| 4F11 | Speech and language processing (p) | 4 | 3 |
| 4G1 | Computational and systems biology (p) | 3 | 3 |
| 4G4 | Biomimetics (p) | 3 | 2 |
| 4G6 | Cellular and molecular biomechanics (p) | 4 | 3 |
| 4I4 | Information theory, pattern recognition, and neural networks (p) | 3 | 2 |
| 4M12 | Partial differential equations and variational methods (p) | 4 | 3 |
| 4M13 | Complex analysis and optimization (p) † | 4 | 3 |
| 4M15 | Sustainable energy (p and c) | 3 | 2 |
† The written paper for this module will be divided into sections. Further information is shown below.
The written paper for Module 4M13 will be divided into sections as follows:
| 4M13 | Section A | Complex analysis |
| Section B | Optimization |
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.
The examinations for Papers P1, P2, P3, and 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.
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.
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.
There will be two written papers, each marked out of 100 marks, totalling 200 marks. Candidates take both papers.
The examinations for each paper will last three hours. Each paper will comprise six questions. Candidates will be expected to answer four questions on each paper.
There will be five module assessments, each marked out of 20 marks, totalling 100 marks. The following modules are assessed: Assembly and electronics engineering, Component engineering, Process manufacture, Human resources, and Marketing and business policy.
The Examiners will take into account course-work done by candidates as follows:
300 marks divided as follows:
| Manufacturing systems and robot lab: | 45 marks |
| One two-week industrial assignment: | 35 marks |
| One four-week industrial assignment: | 70 marks |
| Individual long project: | 150 marks |