Engineering Degree Programmes at the University of Liverpool

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Engineering Degree Programmes at the
University of Liverpool

• Dr Mark W. Johnson

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Liverpool
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The University of Liverpool- a major civic
university
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About 14,000 full-time students
Approx 1400 students in the Faculty of Engineering
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1400 Students in Engineering
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Undergraduate Degrees

• Aerospace
• Civil
• Electrical Electronics
• Integrated
• Materials
• Mechanical

• Aerospace (Engineering)
• Civil (Civil)
• Electrical Electronics (Electrical)
• Integrated (Engineering)
• Materials (Engineering)
• Mechanical (Engineering)

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Undergraduate Degrees

• BEng or MEng - accredited engineering programmes
• BSc technology programmes with less emphasis on
  engineering and mathematics, possibly more on IT,
  multimedia, materials science, design, etc.
• BEng and BSc - three years full-time study ?
  honours Batchelors degree
• MEng - advanced level, four years full-time study
  ? honours Masters degree

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Mechanical Engineering Degree
Year 1
Mathematics (22.5 credits) Electrical Engineering
(22.5 credits) Thermodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
(15 credits) Mechanics of Solids and Machines (15
credits) Computing (15 credits) Materials (15
credits) Design (15 credits)
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Mechanical Engineering Degree
Year 2
Engineering Analysis (15 credits) Mechatronics
(7.5 credits) Thermodynamics (15
credits) Aeroengines (15 credits) Mechanics of
Solids (15 credits) Dynamics (15
credits) Industrial and European Studies (7.5
credits) Materials (15 credits) Design (15
credits)
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Mechanical Engineering Degree
Year 3
Project (30 credits) Heat Transfer (15
credits) Viscous Fluid Flow (15
credits) Structural Failure Modes (15
credits) Dynamics and Control (15
credits) Management (7.5 credits) Experimental
Methods (7.5 credits) Finite Elements (7.5
credits) Design (7.5 credits)
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Teaching methods

• Conventional lectures
• Interactive Teaching
• Project Based Learning
• Problem Based Learning
• Web based (Distance) Learning

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Motivation for CDIO

• Students poorly motivated by conventional
  teaching methods
• Currently experimenting with alternative teaching
  approaches
• Funding of 27m for building refurbishment which
  will include the building of a 200 seat project
  lab