Engineering Design - H150

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Engineering Design - H150

• A new degree programme which started in 2001

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Why this new degree?

• All major projects are interdisciplinary
• Interdisciplinary working at degree level is rare
  or non-existent
• Leaders of interdisciplinary projects need to be
  able to understand enough of all the
  participating disciplines

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Who wants the graduates?

• The Royal Academy of Engineering
• ARUP W.S.Atkins Airbus
• British Telecom Corus GKN
• VetcoGrey Motorola SmithsAerospace
• Hewlett-Packard Arup
• Renishaw Rolls-Royce Weir SH

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Why is this degree so good?
The students

• The students are brilliant

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Why is this degree so good?
The students

• The students are brilliant http//www.cabotquartet
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• They will really know their Engineering basics
• They will understand the context environmental,
  legal, social
• They will have worked on designs in
  multi-disciplinary teams

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Why is this degree different?

• Multi-disciplinary design
• Placements in our companies
• Large scale design by project groups
• Backed by major companies
• Research Communication

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SET Exhibition of EngD Bridge
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Winning Crane

• 2004 8UF 24CF 27 arrived

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Front view of Winning Crane
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Three Cranes
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Research Communication

• One eighth of the programme
• Economic, social, environmental understanding
• Communication skills https//www.fen.bris.ac.uk/en
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• A real understanding of all fundamentals

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Large scale design projects

• Big futuristic design concepts
• Develop the ideas and technologies in years 1,2,4
• Groups find solutions in year 5
• Companies inspire and fund ideas

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This Years Large Scale Projects

• Renishaw Automated Assembly of high precision
  probe
• AIRBUS Seaplane Freight terminal
• Motorola Robot Security Guard
• ARUP Avon Barrage
• Atkins Wing Strut design in Composites

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Avon Barrage Project
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Avon Barrage lock for ships
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BLADE explores Extreme Dynamics of

• High rise buildings
• Aircraft components wings, rotors . . .
• Bridges
• Process plants
• Anything where dynamic behaviour is important

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BLADE One of the new Labs
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BLADE Other Facilities
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Why choose this degree?

• Built in links to good companies
• Experience helps you get the sort of job you
  want
• Small group course wonderful people
• Exciting large scale group projects

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The Admissions Problem 1

• Courses usually make 3 to 4 offers per place
• Some applicants fail to make the offer, some
  prefer to go elsewhere
• The result is a random set of students

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The Admissions Problem 2Engineering Design needs

• 4 Aeronautical
• 4 Civil
• 4 Computer
• 4 Electrical
• 4 Engineering Maths
• 4 Mechanical
• You dont get this by chance!

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So What happens!

• If we want you ie you have passed your interview
• And you want to come then barring a serious
  accident you come
• 2001 30CF 26 arrived
• 2002 1 UF 17CF 17 arrived
• 2003 9 UF 21CF 29 arrived

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But - You are part of the selection process

• Dont come on this course unless you are
  seriously ambitious
• Dont come on this course unless you know you are
  seriously bright

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Questions please.
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Design Case Studies in Year 1

• Power Distribution Pylons Cables
• Heat Exchanger for Power Plant
• How to make loudspeakers speak differently
• Stayed cable membrane roofing
• Computer controlled car robots

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