ENGINEERING AT CAMBRIDGE · 3B4 Electric drive systems 3B5 Semiconductor engineering 3B6 Photonic...
Transcript of ENGINEERING AT CAMBRIDGE · 3B4 Electric drive systems 3B5 Semiconductor engineering 3B6 Photonic...
GEOFF PARKS DIRECTOR OF UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS
ENGINEERING AT CAMBRIDGE
ENGINEERING
Engineers are ingenious people who apply science and technology to the fulfilment of human needs and aspirations
Engineers and engineering impact on every aspect of modern life
To practise as an engineer requires •! Knowledge of engineering fundamentals •! Imagination and creativity to apply them •! Insight into the social consequences
STUDYING ENGINEERING
•! Gives you a scientifically rigorous training
•! Develops creativity and team-working skills
•! Enables you to make a real difference to the world outside
•! Keeps your options open
•! Gives you excellent job prospects
A unified department covering
•! Aeronautical Engineering
•! Bioengineering
•! Civil Engineering
•! Electrical Engineering
•! Information Engineering
•!Manufacturing Engineering
•!Mechanical Engineering
Chemical Engineering also available
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING
No “Automotive Engineering” but…
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING
~150 Academic Staff
~260 Research Staff
~1200 Undergraduate students
~800 Postgraduate students
10% of the University
FACILITIES
•! Library – over 30,000 books and 300 current journals available 14 hours/day – plus main University and College libraries
FACILITIES
•! Computing – over 200 machines dedicated to student use available 14 hours/day, 7 days/week
•! Language Unit – providing courses in Chinese, French, German, Japanese and Spanish
FACILITIES
•! Workshops – for work and play
FACILITIES
2013 INTAKE
Men 245 (79%) Women 66 (21%)
Deferred 44 (14%)
Home 217 (70%)
EU 25 (8%) Overseas 69 (22%)
Total Entry 311
Fee Status
COURSE STRUCTURE
Years 1 & 2 – a common, broad foundation in the fundamentals of engineering analysis and design in all the major engineering disciplines
Years 3 & 4 – specialisation in depth in chosen field of interest
1ST & 2ND YEAR COURSES
Lecture courses + associated coursework in: •!Mechanical Engineering •! Thermodynamics & Fluid Mechanics •! Civil & Structural Engineering
•!Materials •! Electrical & Electronic Engineering
•! Control & Information Engineering •!Mathematical Methods •! Business Economics
•! Design & Engineering Applications
•! Engineering Tripos Parts IIA & IIB
•!Manufacturing Engineering Tripos (MET) Parts IIA & IIB
•!Management Studies Tripos (MST)
SPECIALIST COURSES
ENGINEERING TRIPOS SPECIALIST COURSES
•! Aerospace and Aerothermal Engineering
•! Bioengineering
•! Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
•! Electrical and Electronic Engineering
•! Electrical and Information Sciences
•! Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
•! Information and Computer Engineering
•! Instrumentation and Control
•! Mechanical Engineering
4D15 Sustainable water engineering
4D16 Construction and management 4D17 Plate and shell structures
4E1 Technological innovation: research and practice 4E4 Management of technology
4E5 International business economics
4E6 Accounting and finance 4E7 Enterprise and business development
4E8 Design and management of manufacturing systems 4E9 Quantitative techniques in operations management
4E11 Strategic management
4E12 Project management 4F1 Control system design
4F2 Robust multivariable control 4F3 Non-linear and predictive control
4F5 Digital communications
4F6 Signal detection and estimation 4F7 Digital filters and spectrum estimation
4F8 Image processing and image coding 4F10 Statistical pattern processing
4F11 Speech processing
4F12 Computer vision and robotics 4F13 Machine learning
4G1 Systems biology 4G2 Biosensors
4G3 Computational neuroscience
4G4 Biomimetics 4G5 Biomolecular modelling
4G6 Cellular and molecular biomechanics 4M1 French
4M2 German
4M3 Spanish 4M4 Japanese
4M6 Materials and processes for microsystems (MEMS) 4M9 Surveying field course
4M12 PDEs and variational methods
4M13 Complex analysis and optimisation 4M14 Sustainable development
4M15 Sustainable energy 4M16 Nuclear power engineering
4I1 Strategic valuation
4I7 Electricity and environment 4I6 Synthetic biology
4I8 Medical physics
3A1 Fluid mechanics I
3A3 Fluid mechanics II 3A5 Thermodynamics and power generation
3A6 Heat and mass transfer 3B1 Radio frequency electronics
3B2 Integrated digital electronics
3B3 Switch-mode electronics 3B4 Electric drive systems
3B5 Semiconductor engineering 3B6 Photonic technology
3C1 Materials processing and design
3C2 Materials process modelling and failure analysis
3C3 Machine design - tribology 3C4 Machine design - transmissions
3C5 Dynamics
3C6 Vibration 3C7 Mechanics of solids
3D1 Soil mechanics 3D2 Geotechnical engineering
3D3 Structural materials and design
3D4 Structural analysis and stability 3D5 Environmental engineering I
3D6 Environmental engineering II 3D7 Finite element methods
3E1 Business economics
3E2 Marketing 3E5 Human resource management
3E6 Organisational behaviour and change 3E8 Modelling data and dynamics in
management
3E9 Accounting and finance 3F1 Signals and systems
3F2 Systems and control 3F3 Signal and pattern processing
3F4 Data transmission
3F5 Computer and network systems 3F6 Software engineering and design
3G1 Introduction to bioscience 3G2 Mathematical physiology
3G3 Introduction to neuroscience
3G4 Medical imaging and 3D computer graphics 3G5 Biomaterials
3I1 Data structures and algorithms
4A2 Computational fluid dynamics
4A3 Turbomachinery I 4A4 Aircraft stability and control
4A7 Aerodynamics 4A8 Environmental fluid mechanics
4A9 Molecular thermodynamics
4A10 Flow instability 4A11 Turbomachinery II
4A12 Turbulence and vortex dynamics 4A13 Combustion and IC engines
4A15 Aeroacoustics
4B2 Power electronics and applications 4B5 Nanotechnology
4B6 Solid state devices and chemical/ biological sensors
4B7 VLSI design, technology and CAD
4B8 Electronic system design 4B10 Optoelectronic technologies
4B11 Photonic systems 4B13 Electronic sensors and instrumentation
4B14 Solar-electronic power: generation
and distribution 4B18 Advanced electronic devices
4B19 Renewable electrical power 4B20 Display technology
4C1 Design against failure
4C2 Designing with composites 4C3 Electrical and nano materials
4C4 Design methods 4C5 Design case studies
4C6 Advanced linear vibration
4C7 Random and non-linear vibration 4C8 Applications of dynamics
4C9 Continuum mechanics 4C15 MEMS design
4C16 Advanced machine design
4D5 Foundation engineering 4D6 Dynamics in civil engineering
4D7 Concrete and masonry structures 4D8 Pre-stressed concrete
4D10 Structural steelwork
4D11 Building physics 4D13 Architectural engineering
4D14 Contaminated land and waste containment
3RD/4TH YEAR MODULES
•!~120 modules to choose from
•! You choose 18 modules: 10 in year 3 and 8 in year 4
•! At least 10 modules must be associated with your specialisation
•!Modular structure offers great choice and flexibility
COURSE PROGRESSION
PART IA
CHEM ENG PART IB
PART IIA
PART IIB
320
25
235
MST
BA
MEng
MET IIA
MET IIB
45
<10
Exchange
25
ACCREDITED BY ALL THE RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTIONS
TEACHING PROGRAMME LECTURES
TEACHING PROGRAMME LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS
• Instrumentation
• Computing (C++, Matlab)
• Engineering Drawing (CAD)
• Exposition (presentation skills)
TEACHING PROGRAMME SPECIAL PRACTICAL COURSES
• Foreign Languages
•! Engine Strip & Rebuild
•! Computer Build
•! Workshop Skills
TEACHING PROGRAMME YEAR 1 PROJECTS
• Lego Mindstorms
• Product Design
• Structural Design
• Integrated Electrical Project
• Integrated Design Project
TEACHING PROGRAMME YEAR 2 PROJECT
TEACHING PROGRAMME YEAR 3 PROJECTS
Two from • Design • Fieldwork • Language
TEACHING PROGRAMME YEAR 4 PROJECT
Major project that occupies half your time and involves research and/or design, often with industrial links
Aerodynamics of speed skiing
Optimal smoothing of
surface-mapped femoral data
The holographic clock
SUPERVISIONS / TUTORIALS TEACHING PROGRAMME SUPERVISIONS
A TYPICAL WEEK
10.00-11.00
9.00-10.00 Laboratory Drawing
11.00-12.00 Lecture Laboratory
Examples Free
12.00-13.00
13.00-14.00
14.00-15.00
15.00-16.00
16.00-17.00
17.00-18.00 Supervision
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Lecture
Lecture
Lecture
Lecture
Lecture
Lecture
Lecture
Lecture
Lecture
Lecture
Drawing
Supervision
•! Engineering today is almost always multidisciplinary
•! Cambridge Engineering graduates have an appreciation and understanding of all the major engineering disciplines
•! This flexibility = employability
BENEFITS OF OUR COURSE STRUCTURE
“ When I came to Cambridge I wasn’t sure what sort of engineer I wanted to be, but I knew I didn’t want to be a Chemical Engineer or a Civil Engineer.
I’ve just finished the 3rd year – specialising in Civil Engineering. ”
Kathy Gubbins (Jesus College)
BENEFITS OF OUR COURSE STRUCTURE
OUR COURSES GIVE YOU
•! A broad scientific and engineering education
•! In-depth knowledge of your specialist subject
•! Problem-solving skills
•! A creative approach
•! Team-working skills
•!Mathematical and computing skills
•! The ability to analyse data
•! Communication and presentation skills
•! Research skills
A balance of specialist and transferable skills much in demand by employers
OUR COURSES GIVE YOU OUR COURSES GIVE YOU
GRADUATE CAREERS
The average starting salary of 2012 Cambridge Engineering graduates:
£29,500
•! Excellence in Teaching and Research
•! Partnerships with Industry – Cambridge isn’t in the heart of “Silicon Fen” by chance
•! Unique Course Structure
•! Flexibility
•! Graduate Demand
WHY CHOOSE CAMBRIDGE?
•! engineering@cambridge (prospectus)
•! Guide to Undergraduate Admissions in Engineering
•! Cambridge University Undergraduate Prospectus
•!Website:
www.eng.cam.ac.uk/admissions
MORE INFORMATION
AIDE MEMOIRE