BEng (Hons) Aerospace Engineering with Foundation Year

To ensure that students develop competence in the use of current computer aided design software and are able to apply it to appropriate system, component and assembly design problems.

The main aim of this module is to develop basic skills of engineering experimentations so that students can safely undertake laboratory and workshop work as well evaluate and discuss experimental findings.

To provide the concepts to underpin the discipline of Mathematics and enable students to model and analyse engineering systems, generate numerical values for system parameters, manipulate data to find system responses under defined conditions, evaluate the effects on systems of changes in variables and communicate ideas and results mathematically.

Provides students with the basic mathematical knowledge and skills that are fundamental to the applications of mathematics in modelling and solving engineering problems.

Builds on the fundamental concepts and skills established in Engineering Mathematics I and provide students with intermediate and advanced mathematical tools to model and solve engineering problems.

This module will investigate the principles which underpin the science of engineering systems. Covering both mechanical and electrical principles it will provide the basis for further study in specialist areas.

To introduce students to the fundamental skills, practices and attitudes of professional engineers through a series of graded active group learning experiences involving experimental testing, design and build, problem solving and investigation

To provide students with an in-depth understanding of the principles and practice of instrumentation and control systems and develop learners understanding of time and frequency domain, analysis of process control systems and the use of controller designs to achieve specified system performance.

Develop an understanding of the basic principles, cycles, systems and laws of thermodynamics and their application to engineering thermodynamic systems; in conjunction with the reasoning ability and practical skills required of the modern engineer.

To provide students with practical experience of translating engineering design theory into practice by way of setting a realistic industrial problem to be solved by product design and manufacture. To develop skills to enable students to create a simple concept design, with appropriate justification and documentation, to build and test a working prototype. To report on the proposed manufacture of the product using current engineering practices, whilst ensuring economic viability and environmental sustainability.

To relate the structure of engineering materials to their properties and understand how this will affect them in service. To link the properties of materials to processing and manufacturing methods and analyse the optimum combinations for the task in hand. Utilise analytical methods to determine key factors of materials related to in service components and structures and there production methodologies. Analyse in service behaviour, types and levels of stress, loads and failure modes. To provide a link to design, analysis, experimentation and decision making.

To develop the students’ knowledge with regard to the impacts that engineering activity can have on the environment, on commerce, both local and global and upon society and individuals.

This module is designed to give students an in-depth understanding of the aerospace industry requirements with relation to human factors via taught examples and case studies. The challenges associated with practical application of currently available safety tools are examined, together with the latest strategies to enhance understanding and management of maintenance error. The module aims to consider a range of issues involved in the use and evaluation of products, equipment and other ergonomics interactions in the aviation industry.

To develop knowledge, understanding and skills related to super and sub-sonic aerodynamics, by providing a comprehensive understanding of aerospace aerodynamics and the interaction with other systems. While also examining the techniques and methods used for aerodynamic testing and simulation through practical exercises and computational fluid dynamics simulation (CFD).

This module aims to develop the students’ ability to use current technologies and techniques to apply solutions to current engineering problems faced within industry, as well as developing research methods and project management skills along with presentation and data interpretation techniques.