Lectures and laboratory sessions during term 2 of this module will focus on the design and the operational characteristics and internal architecture of the embedded systems for monitoring inputs and changing outputs using specialised software (Keil MDK )

This module introduces professional electronic engineering skills including: 

• laboratory safe working practice
  
• effective soldering, circuit building, circuit testing
  
• design and implementation of a number of embedded systems
• giving effective presentations
  
• 3D object design and 3D printing
  
• creative group thinking and team working to complete a group project.
  

The module is supported with weekly pre-recorded mini-lectures, quizzes, live seminar and tutorial sessions, as well as electronics laboratory and 3D design and printing sessions.

In this module, you will learn about the biomedical application of engineering, specifically electronics and signal processing and how this has revolutionised modern healthcare practices.  We will look at the origin and nature of biomedical signals, such as Electrocardiogram (ECG), Electromyogram (EMG), Electroencephalogram (EEG) and Photoplethysmogram (PPG) (and how to pronounce them!).  We will learn how to acquire these signals from the human body, sample and process them for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.  We will also introduce medical imaging technologies such X-Ray, Computed Tomography (CT) Scans and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and how image processing is used to enhance them.  Finally, we will learn about time-frequency analysis and how it can be used to give insight into the nature of the biomedical signals and inform diagnosis.

This module develops a comprehensive understanding of the theory behind digital signal processing (DSP) and progresses to include how DSP can be implemented in real-time with embedded systems.  Initially, you will be introduced to DSP using the MatLab software interface.  Material will include sampling theorem, digital filtering, the discrete Fourier transform, the z-transform and adaptive filtering.  You will also gain an understanding of how to program hardware to perform industry standard DSP algorithms such as filtering, spectral analysis and including Wiener filtering and adaptive echo cancellation.

EE5016: Mobile and Optical Fibre Communications

This module introduces professional electronic engineering skills including: 

• laboratory safe working practice
  
• effective soldering, circuit building, circuit testing
  
• design and implementation of a number of embedded systems
• giving effective presentations
  
• 3D object design and 3D printing
  
• creative group thinking and team working to complete a group project.
  

The module is supported with weekly pre-recorded mini-lectures, quizzes, live seminar and tutorial sessions, as well as electronics laboratory and 3D design and printing sessions.

This module introduces programming in C++ alongside good programming practice in a fun and engaging manner. The aim of this module is to provide theoretical and practical knowledge of programming in C++. This is a practical module in C++ programming that makes use of lectures and laboratory sessions. It introduces the concept of a computer program and compilation in the context of objective-orientated programming (C++), and relevant indicative topics include: digital representation of numbers (decimal, binary, hexadecimal), user interfacing, printing to screen, and then works through core aspects of C++ including looping ('for' and 'while'), conditional statements ('if', 'if … else', '?', 'switch .. case', 'break') and error handling. Laboratory examples will be set to explore the topics covered in practice.

This module introduces the fundamentals of electronic circuit theory from Ohm's Law and Kirchhoff's Laws through Source Transformation and AC sinusoidal responses.  Further, semiconductor devices such as diodes and bipolar junction transistors are introduced along with operational amplifiers.  The module consists of weekly pre-recorded mini-lectures, live seminars, quizzes and tutorial sessions along with laboratory sessions supported by circuit simulation software.

Individual Scientific Project introduces the concept of a formal substantive project and poster presentation to Foundation Year students.

Lectures and laboratory sessions during term 1 of this module will focus on hardware control using the myRIO and LabVIEW, a widely used graphical programming environment designed to interface with embedded systems produced by NI (formerly National Instruments).  The LabVIEW environment enables rapid design and implementation of user friendly interfaces hosted on a computer or on the "cloud" for system control or, can run/deployed as stand-alone systems, for autonomous control.

The aim of this module is to provide theoretical and practical knowledge in control engineering. This module will make extensive use of MATLAB and the control toolbox in the context of solving control engineering problems and its indicative content includes the step response of first and second order systems and the effect of varying the time constant on overshoot and settling times, the use of bode plots, root locus, Nyquist plots, error estimation. Practical control systems will be explored theoretically and practically.   

The aim of this module is to provide theoretical and practical knowledge on the materials that underpin electronic devices. This module encompasses the solid-state physical macro- and nano-scale properties of solid conductor, insulator, semiconductor and optoelectronic materials that make them useful in electronic devices, considering their structures, the behaviour of electrons, electrical conduction,  thermal conduction, how dopants are used and their interaction with light.  Understanding is applied to a variety of devices, including diodes, MOSFET transistors, photovoltaic cells and Hall probes.  Existing electronic materials as well as future developments will be explored. 

This module is designed to follow on from EE1020 Electronic Circuits and Components building on the knowledge gained on circuit elements and analysis leading to the design and application of more advanced analogue electronic circuits and systems.  Topics include small-signal (AC) analysis of transistor amplifier circuits, Field Effect Transistors (FETs), active filters, current mirrors and differential amplifier circuits.  The module is delivered through weekly pre-recorded mini-lectures supplemented by live MS Teams lectures and tutorial exercises, these are then followed by practical lab experiments that demonstrate the theory of each concept in turn.

This module focuses on sustainable engineering and professional engineers' conduct and ethics. On sustainable engineering aspect, the concept of balancing resources and materials needed for electronic product manufacturing and consumption/use with their corresponding impacts on the environment and society is explored in-depth. Specifically, students learn the nature of sustainable engineering challenges, sustainability assessment concepts, life cycle networks, logical steps for life cycle assessment study, life cycle costing and green engineering principles. Varieties of activities are adopted for teaching this aspect of the module including the use of case studies, MATLAB-based exercises, group-based exercises, lectures etc.

In this module you will design digital logic circuits and become familiar with the principles of hardware description languages, in particular VHDL for Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) designing. You will evaluate and make decisions about specific digital system designs, taking account of constraints such as speed, power, size, etc. and interpret simulation results and modify them to complete a given practical task.

The aim of this module is to cover the entire process of using a primary source of energy, converting it to electricity and delivering the generated electricity to where it is required. It provides students with useful knowledge and skills which can further be applied during the fourth year course on renewable energy systems. This course covers the power system basics, such as complex power, calculations including phasors, reactive compensation, power factor, conversion of circuits to phasor domain, instantaneous values, three phase circuits, calculations related to transmission lines, transformers, per unit calculations, synchronous and induction machines, powerflow and optimal power flow. Labs are designed to allow students to actively engage with the covered material and to work through the calculations using Matlab as well as hand calculations.

This is a major group project in which students will work on an agreed practical problem that is relevant to tomorrow's societal needs and agreed with their supervisor. The working practice of the groups will be modelled on industrial practices in terms of planning, keeping proper records of meetings and the progress of work, and students will each take on a responsibility within the team that is vital to the professional and successful running of the group project. The overall aim is to provide students with a full appreciation of mechanisms that can support professional group working and its management in engineering practice in the context of exploring and researching solutions to a topic relevant to society.

The module provides an in-depth understanding of technology innovation and change management.  This provides context within which projects are selected and managed. 

The module consists of ten three-hour sessions of lectures and discussions. All sessions are live; there are no pre-recorded lectures to watch.

The description of each session, shown in the column to the left, gives the exact dates, times and locations. Click on the session name for more information about that session, including the lecture materials, readings and self-assessment test.

The course intends to promote understanding of global logistics and supply chain management - from the point of view of the trader, the supplier, the manufacturer and with an emphasis on the different challenges and opportunities within global supply chains. Additionally, the relationship between emerging technologies and sustainable principles within global logistics and the wider supply chain environments is also explored.