School of Engineering and Materials Science Mechanical Engineering
Undergraduate Degree Programmes: • H301 MEng Mechanical Engineering • H302 MEng Mechanical Engineering with Industrial Experience • H300 BEng Mechanical Engineering • H304 BEng Mechanical Engineering with Industrial Experience
Mechanical Engineering
The School of Engineering and Materials Science The School of Engineering and Materials Science (SEMS) has a long standing reputation for excellent teaching and research involving international collaboration with industrial, clinical and university partners. Queen Mary has been teaching engineering for over 100 years and was the first UK university to establish a Materials Science degree. SEMS has a population of over 1,000 students and an annual intake of approximately 350 students on to a range of engineering and materials science degrees. SEMS is proud of its teaching and all of our degrees are ranked as either the best in London or within the top five (2014 National Student Survey) and Queen Mary itself has recently been recognised as one of the top 100 universities in the world (2014 QS World Ranking). Furthermore, SEMS is proud and excited to announce that we are investing ÂŁ25million to develop additional laboratory spaces which will include dedicated teaching areas exclusively for the use of our undergraduate students.
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Mechanical Engineering at Queen Mary Mechanical Engineering is the application of physical science to solve real world problems. On one of our Mechanical Engineering modules you will learn how parts, machines or systems work and how to design and analyse them. You could work on a micro heat exchanger, a jet engine, a power station or even a simple machine, such as a kettle or a toaster. The Mechanical Engineering degrees cover a broad range of engineering subjects reflecting the specialist knowledge of the academic staff, such as: • Cutting-edge energy research into biofuels, nanofuels and nanofluids • Inter-disciplinary development with materials, aerospace and biomedical engineering • Thermo-fluids, combustion, turbomachinery and propulsion • Vehicular engineering and crash worthiness • Computational engineering and high performance computing The Mechanical Engineering degrees at SEMS are accredited by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (iMechE) which means that you can progress to Chartered Engineer status (CEng). Mechanical Engineering at SEMS is ranked 4th in London for student satisfaction (2014 National Student Survey) with over 90 per cent of the students on this degree saying that staff are good at explaining things.
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Degree Structure
Mechanical Engineering at Queen Mary is offered as either a three year BEng or a four year MEng and both are available with industrial experience. During the first two years of the degree, you will gain a solid foundation in the principles of engineering by studying core engineering modules alongside two modules which are specialist to Mechanical Engineering. In Year 3 and Year 4, you will specialise in a greater number of modules specific to Mechanical Engineering. Year 4 allows you to pick all of the modules you will study which means you can tailor your studies to match your career aspirations. A description of each module, and what it entails, can be found on our website under 'Structure'. In order to fully support our first year students, who are new to university study, we have developed a new module called 'Transferable Skills for Engineers and Materials'. This module is designed to help students adapt to the challenges and requirements of reading for a degree.
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The modules shown in bold are the specialist Mechanical Engineering modules
Year 1
Energy Conversion Systems Thermodynamics 1 Engineering Materials in Design Engineering Design Methods Mathematical Techniques for Engineers Mechanics of Fluids 1 Engineering Design Methods Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics Engineering Mechanics: Statics Transferable Skills for Engineers and Materials
Year 2
Heat Transfer and Fluids Mechanics 1 Energy Conversion Analysis Management of Design Design for Manufacturing Dynamic Models of Engineering Systems Engineering Instrumentation Design for Manufacturing Solid Mechanics Control Systems Analysis and Design
Year 3
Individual Mechanical Engineering Research Project Materials Selection in Design Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics 2 Computer Aided Engineering for Solids and Fluids Options: Environmental Engineering Combustion in Automotive Engines Robotics Environmental Engineering Spacecraft Design
Year 4
Optional Industrial Experience
Year 5
Research and Design Mechanical Engineering Team Project Options: Advanced Combustion in Reciprocating Engines Advanced Gas Turbines Vehicular Crashworthiness Renewable Energy Sources Advanced Environmental Engineering Robotics Advanced Spacecraft Design Computational Engineering Computational Fluid Dynamics Introduction to Law for Science and Engineering Numerical Optimisation in Engineering Design Queen Mary University of London 4
How you will learn
A variety of teaching methods are employed in SEMS, including lectures, small tutorials, laboratory practicals, Problem-Based Learning activities and project work. Specialist modules are delivered to small groups of Mechanical Engineering students. Assessment is continuous throughout your degree, with written reports, projects, presentations, group work and exams in the summer semester. You can revise for your exams using QMplus which is the University's online learning environment. QMplus allows you to access videos of your lectures and any associated handouts.
Research Projects In the third year, you will undertake an individual research project which will get you involved with the cutting edge research taking place at SEMS. It is an opportunity for you to apply the skills and techniques learnt from previous years’ studies and focus on your particular area of interest. You will work on your own, but will get support, guidance and advice from your project supervisor, other members of staff, researchers and technicians. Examples of recent individual research projects include: • Using hydrogen to power the London Olympics • Novel turbine system for Tidal Power • Biofuels for IC Engines • Component Design for Formula Student Racing Car • Crash and structural modelling • Can a vehicle be powered using only liquid nitrogen? We aim to produce projects that are of sufficient quality to be presented at international conferences or published in peer-review journals.
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Design Projects In the fourth year, you will undertake a major design project. This offers you a challenging and realistic assignment, helping you prepare for the real world in professional engineering. You will manage your own project in association with academic supervisors and industrialists. The following are examples of previous group design projects: • Energy and energy balances in renewable technologies • Aerodynamic design of a solar-powered racing car • Improving the energy efficiency of the engineering building • The generation of electrical power by human movement • Drop testing of bicycle helmets • Novel microchannel heat sinks for cooling electronic devices This project is not only a stimulating and immensely enjoyable part of the degree, but is also highly valued by employers.
Facilities SEMS has excellent laboratory and computational facilities which include, amongst others, a Heat Transfer Lab, a Student Workshop and Wind Tunnels. SEMS are excited to be spending £25 million on developing a new undergraduate Experimental and Testing Area which is to be completed in September 2015. The new facilities will encompass four specialist areas and will be fitted with bespoke equipment designed with the needs of our students in mind. We are also spending an additional £500,000 on new apparatus.
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Employability
Industrial Experience All our BEng and MEng degrees are available with an Industrial Experience component in which you will take a relevant industrial placement for one year. Students on these degrees will normally spend the year in industry after their second year of a BEng degree or third year of an MEng degree. The Industrial Experience year is not assessed as part of your degree but is instead operated on a pass/fail basis where you will receive 120 credits for the year. There are many benefits to participating in a year of industrial experience, not only in the practical experience you will gain but also the professional contacts you will make. The year working in industry will significantly help to develop your communication, problem solving and team working skills. It will also give you invaluable experience to use when applying for professional positions after graduation and the year in industry counts toward the requirements of applying to be a chartered engineer. Many employers will automatically offer a place on their graduate schemes to students who participated on year placements with them. SEMS has excellent links with industry which are essential for all our students who take a year in industry. As a student, you are not guaranteed an industrial placement and will have to be proactive in finding a suitable placement. However, we have a dedicated member of staff who will provide support in locating a placement with our extensive industrial links. There is an active Industrial Liaison forum, which has a direct impact on our degrees by encouraging employers to sponsor and support the students and to provide real design case studies to engage the students throughout the curriculum. Recent case studies that have been taught and assessed were delivered by Bridgestone, DePuy, Apatech, Artis, Corus, BAE, DSTL and Rolls Royce.
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Careers Career prospects are excellent for students graduating with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Queen Mary especially as we are approaching an age where mechanical engineers will be responsible for the the future of travel with schemes, for example, such as High Speed Rail. The thorough grounding in basic engineering coupled with other subjects, provides graduates with considerable employment and career flexibility. As an engineer you will develop numerous transferable skills, which include computer literacy, numerical skills and problem solving capabilities, which will be of huge value whatever career path you choose to take. The 2014 Destinations Survey confirmed that 85 per cent of graduates from SEMS were in employment and/or study six months after graduation. Queen Mary Mechanical Engineering graduates have a strong earning power, with an average salary of ÂŁ24,000 six months after graduation (2014 National Student Survey).
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Staff teaching on your degree There are over 70 members of academic staff teaching within SEMS. Below are the specialist Mechanical Engineering staff: Dr Eldad Avital Fluid Mechanics and acoustics: Computational Aero-Acoustics, Aerodynamics and Hydrodynamics, fluids-structure interaction, biofluids Dr Lorenzo Botto Multiphase flows and complex fluids. Mechanics of soft materials and interfaces. Surface tension phenomena. Dr Adrian Briggs Enhanced Heat Transfer, Two-Phase Flow, Condensation Dr Federico Carpi Biomedical and bioinspired mechatronic devices based on smart materials; polymer artificial muscles; electrical and magnetic systems for non-invasive diagnostics. Dr Fabian Duddeck Crashworthiness, NVH, car bodydesign Optimisation, robust design, FEM, BEM Dr Steve Dunn Functional (ferroelectric) materials, photochemistry of functional materials, nanostructured PV devices, energy harvesting, nanostructured materials, solar energy Dr Fariborz Motallebi Flow Control, Aerodynamics of Sport Vehicles, High Speed Aerodynamics, Boundary Layer Flows, Instrumentation and Optical Diagnostics in Flow Measurements Dr Hazel Screen Connective tissue mechanics, microscale mechanics, nanoscale mechanics, tendon, heart valve, mechanobiology, tissue engineering, tissue diseases. 9 Queen Mary University of London
Mr Raza Shah Engineering design and product development through the application of engineering and applied science and technology. Dr M Hasan Shaheed Approaches: System Design, Modelling, Identification, Control, Optimisation, Artificial Intelligence Professor John Stark Electrospray technology, spacecraft propulsion, Spacecraft Design, Direct printing Dr Yi Sui Numerical methods, multiscale modelling, multiphase flow, contact line dynamics, oil/gas transport, biofluids, blood flow, capsule/cell dynamics, fluid-structure interaction Mr Adam Sutcliffe Design, manufacturing processes, CAD, future of design, industrial, product and service design solutions. Dr Ranjan Vepa Simulation, control engineering, aeroelasticity, smart structures, flow control, biomimetic robotics, biomedical control systems Dr Hua Sheng Wang Enhanced heat transfer, Condensation and boiling, HVAC, Refrigeration, Renewable energies, Energy storage. Dr Peter Wormleaton Senior Lecturer in Environmental Engineering Flooding, River Engineering, Numerical River Modelling Dr Guang Li Dynamics and control systems, marine energy, battery power management
Why Study Mechanical Engineering at Queen Mary? • Student Satisfaction Mechanical Engineering at Queen Mary is ranked 4th in London for student satisfaction (2014 National Student Survey). • Accredited Degree Accreditation by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers enables graduates to progress to Chartered Engineering status. • Specialist Mechanical Engineering modules The degree offers a broad spectrum of stimulating mechanical engineering modules throughout the degree. • Experimental and Computational Facilities Students utilise a range of excellent laboratory facilities for experimental and computational practicals and project work. • Research Projects Individual 3rd year research projects provide a fantastic opportunity for students to participate in the internationally leading research taking place at Queen Mary. • Design Projects The 4th year group design project enables students to work on a real engineering design problem often in association with industry. • Staff Students are taught by enthusiastic, approachable and friendly staff, with internationally recognised expertise in many specialist areas of mechanical engineering. • Career Prospects Our graduates are highly valued by employers providing exciting engineering job opportunities and excellent employment in a range of careers. • New Experimental Facilities SEMS is spending over £25million on new facilities, apparatus and bespoke equipment with a completion date of September 2015. • Queen Mary University of London Queen Mary has a long standing reputation for academic excellence with a friendly, diverse and multicultural campus situated in the heart of London and is one of the top 100 universities in the world (2014 QS World Rankings). • Member of the Russell Group Queen Mary is one of only 24 universities who make up the prestigious Russell Group. This Group represents the leading universities in the UK. Employers specifically target Russell Group universities because of the calibre of these institutions' graduates. Queen Mary University of London 10
For further information contact: School of Engineering and Materials Science Queen Mary University of London Mile End Road London E1 4NS Tel: +44 (0)20 7882 8736 email: sems-ugadmissions@qmul.ac.uk This brochure is intended as a summary guide for your reference. Please visit out website for full details on our degrees www.sems.qmul.ac.uk
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