ENGINEERING AT CAMBRIDGE

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

2014 INTAKE

Men 241 (73%) Women 87 (27%) Deferred 27 (8%) Home 216 (66%)

EU 30 (9%)

Overseas 82 (25%) Total Entry 328

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

1

& 2

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

3

4

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

Nanotubes and graphene for polymer

optoelectronics Use of thorium in

a PRISM reactor Super-tall timber high-rise design

SUPERVISIONS / TUTORIALS

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 2013 Cambridge Engineering graduates:

£30,100

•  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?

•  Guide to Undergraduate Admissions in Engineering

•  Cambridge University Undergraduate Prospectus

•  Website:

www.eng.cam.ac.uk/admissions

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