Automotive Engineering

MSc Full-time

Suitable for International Students?

Yes

Course Introduction

This course provides advanced knowledge and understanding of vehicle control, mechatronics, and computer-aided engineering techniques designed to meet the up-to-the-minute needs of the automotive industry.

Examples of projects:

• Model-based powertrain control
• Design and prototyping of hybrid vehicles
• Turbocharge evaluation and optimisation

Course Syllabus

2011/12: (C) = Core, (O) = Option

Semester 1 (50 Credits - 4 x (C) Modules and 1 x (O) Module):

• Control Systems Design (20 Credits split over both Semesters, 10 Credits per Semester) (C)
• Engine and Powertrain † (10 Credits) (C)
• Engine Mapping and Calibration (10 Credits) (C)
• Virtual Vehicle Prototyping (10 Credits) (C)                              
• Computer Applications of Numerical Methods (10 Credits) (O)
• Design Optimisation (10 Credits) (O)
• Engineering Vibration (10 Credits) (O)
• Interdisciplinary Competitive Design (20 Credits split over both Semesters, 10 Credits per Semester) (O)
• Materials Failure Analysis † (10 Credits) (O)

Semester 2 (50 Credits - 3 x (C) Modules and 2 x (O) Modules):

• Control Systems Design (20 Credits split over both Semesters, 10 Credits per Semester) (C)
• Vehicle Drive-Train Analysis (10 Credits) (C)
• Vehicle Dynamics † (10 Credits) (C)
• Finite Element Methods (10 Credits) (O)
• Interdisciplinary Competitive Design (20 Credits split over both Semesters, 10 Credits per Semester) (O)
• Risk Management (10 Credits) (O)
• Sustainable Energy (10 Credits) (O)
• Vehicle Control Systems (10 Credits) (O)

Semesters 1 and 2, and end of Semester 2 onwards (80 Credits - 1 x (C) Module):

• MSc Project (80 Credits) (C)

Modules marked with an † are Level-3 modules. No more than two Level-3 modules can be chosen for the entire MSc course