MEng Aerospace Engineering with a Year in North America
ObjectivesThis course, which is similar to our standard four-year MEng course, enables you to spend the third year studying aerospace engineering at a leading university in the USA or Canada. This provides the opportunity to experience a different culture and develop international business skills in addition to taking engineering courses. You then return to Sheffield and rejoin your original peer group for the fourth and final year.
Entry requirements-GCE/VCE A Levels - 340 points (AAB) from 3 A Levels, or 2 A Levels and 2 AS Levels -BTEC National Diploma - 320 points with Distinction in Further Maths for Technicians -Scottish Highers - 340 points including AH Maths and Physics from 3AH or 2 AH plus 2H -Irish Leaving Cert. - 340 points from 5 Highers including 77 and 64 in Maths and Physics HL -International Baccalaureate - 32 points including 6 HL Maths and Physics -Core Requirements - GCE A Level Maths plus either GCE A Level Physics or VCE A Level Engineering/Science. Students without Maths or Physics can enter our courses after taking the first year of H301 MEng/MechF (Mechanical Engineering with a Foundation Year).
Academic titleAerospace Engineering with a Year in North America MEng
Course descriptionThis is a list of modules that have been offered in the past. We expect similar modules to be offered for courses starting in 2009.
Typical First Year Modules
Module/Unit
-Microstructure and Mechanical Properties
-Analogue Circuits for Aerospace
-Control
-Electrical Circuits for Aerospace Engineers
-Engineering Mechanics
-Fundamental Engineering Mechanics
-Introduction to Aerospace Design
-Introduction to Aerospace Engineering I
-Thermofluids
-Mathematics A I (Electrical/Control/Aerospace)
-Mathematics A II (Electrical/Control/Aerospace)
-Mathematics B I (Electrical/Control/Aerospace)
-Mathematics BII (Electrical/Control/Aerospace)
Typical Second Year Modules
Module/Unit
-Modelling, Simulation and Control
-Aerostructures and Performance
-Avionic Systems
-Basic Java Programming and Problem-Solving
-Fluids Engineering
-Mathematics III (Control)
-Object Oriented Design and Programming with Java
-Discrete Systems (Aerospace)
-Communication Systems
-Design of Structures, Machines and Systems
-Dynamics of Structures and Machines
-Electronic Devices in Circuits
-Fracture Mechanics and Corrosion
-Materials Design, Selection and Performance
-Thermodynamic Cycles and Heat Transfer
Typical Third Year Modules
Module/Unit
-Study Year in North America
Typical Fourth Year Modules
Module/Unit
-Advanced Materials and Manufacturing
-Advanced Software Engineering Seminars
-Aerospace Computing
-Aerospace Materials Case Studies
-Aerospace Systems and Structures
-Antennas and Propagation
-Composites Manufacturing
-Composites in Service
-Computational Fluid Dynamics
-Computer Modelling and Validation
-Controller Design: Advanced Methods
-Electromagnetic Compatability
-Environment - Gaseous Emissions
-High Temperature Materials for Aerospace
-Java E-Commerce
-Marketing Management
-Motion Control and Servo Drive Systems
-Navigation, guidance and sensor fusion
-Neural Networks
-Non-Linear Systems
-Power Electronics
-Robust and Multivariable Control
-Software Measurement and Testing
-Technology Strategy and Business Planning
-Theory and Application of Turbulence
-Aerospace Individual Investigative Project
-Aerospace Individual Investigative Project
-Aerospace Individual Investigative Project
-Aerospace Individual Investigative Project
-Aerospace Individual Investigative Project
-Aerospace Individual Investigative Project
-Advanced Materials and Manufacturing
-Aerospace Computing
-Aerospace Systems and Structures
-Antennas, Radar and Navigation
-Composites Manufacturing
-Composites in Service
-Composites, Nanocomposites and Mulitphase Materials
-Computer Modelling and Validation
-Control of Structural Vibrations
-Engineering Composite Materials
-Motion Control and Servo Drive Systems
-Navigation, guidance and sensor fusion
-Neural Networks
-Optimisation and Search
-Structural Vibration: Analysis and Practice
-System Architectures
-Tribology of Machine Elements