You will carry out a major individual project working on a real-world engineering challenge. You will also work as part of a Group Design Project to design an aircraft of the future and can study furthermore specialist topics such as Autonomous Vehicles or Experimental Fluid Mechanics.

Compulsory modules

The aim of this module is to complete the students' education and training in the particular discipline by asking them to tackle a reasonably challenging engineering problem. The problem should involve the student:

  • Carrying out background research, preparatory work, planning and preliminary investigations.
  • Extending their knowledge, demonstrating initiative and communicating the results to the appropriate engineering community.

The aim of this module is for the student to undertake the design of an aerospace system within the framework of a self managed multidisciplinary team.

Optional modules

The aim of this module is for the student to be able to discuss and demonstrate the application of various experimental methods used to measure, characterise and analyse fluid flows.

The aim of this module is for the student to understand and apply advanced simulation methods for ground and air vehicle aerodynamics applications. This module is suitable for both Aero and Auto students. Students with an FYP using CFD may find this module particularly useful.

The aim of this module is to give students an understanding of reliability and availability concepts and their interaction, modelling systems with dependencies, phased mission, and maintainability issues.

The aim of this module is to enable the student to understand the fundamental theory, design and operation of hydrogen fuel cells and fuel cell systems with application to propulsion applications and focus on the proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC).

The aims of this module are to provide current understanding and initiate independent research in areas that can or may reduce environmental impacts of aeronautical propulsion systems.

This module aims to provide an introductory overview on fundamental technologies in autonomous vehicles and to familiarise the students with common vehicle control methods, sensor fusion techniques, path planning/following algorithms and example driving-assistance functions.

This is a 10 credit module from the University-wide language programme.