Aims

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed the module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

A1.  The threshold concepts underpinning the range of key, ethical, managerial and legal issues typically encountered by an IT professional;

A2.  The deeper issues associate with one or more selected topics identified from within the identified themes;

A3.  The specific topic areas which are associated with the main legal issues typically encountered by an IT professional

Intellectual Skills

Having successfully completed the module, you will be able to:

B1.  Identify, access and critically review appropriate and relevant literature drawn from academic, technical, legal, professional business sources

B2.  Assess and respond to the needs of different audiences

B3.  Audit, evaluate and critically reflect upon strengths and weaknesses in knowledge, skills and abilities

B4.  Evaluate and critically reflect upon self-presentation, particularly those aspects that relate to career development

Employability/Transferable/Key Skills

Having successfully completed the module, you will be able to:

D1. Communicate ideas in written and oral forms in appropriate styles for different audiences

D2. In written communications, make appropriate and effective use of layout and referencing conventions

D3. Work with others

D4. Develop an understanding of individual approaches to independent learning, incorporating personal preferences, strengths and weaknesses.

Aims

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• the technical principles of the World Wide Web;
• the technical issues in creating and publishing content on the World Wide Web;
• the legal issues when publishing content on the World Wide Web.

Aims

• propose fabrication strategies of nanostructures suitable for nanodevices
• have an understanding of how size influences physical properties
• identify appropriate characterisation techniques
• demonstrate awareness of future nanotechnologies
• optimize the design of a transistor by adjusting length scales and doing profiles
• predict electrical characteristics of devices using both hand calculation and simulation software
• improve processing steps in the fabrication of Si devices

Aims

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• A1. understand the issues surrounding navigating the languages of different disciplines;
• A2. articulate case studies in the application of interdisciplinary approaches to real-world problems
• A3. apply methods for constructing arguments from multi-disciplinary perspectives
• A4. perform critical analysis in an interdisciplinary setting
• A5. demonstrate teamwork and time management

Subject Specific Intellectual

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to:

• B1. prepare an argument from a multi-disciplinary perspective for a given problem
• B2. critically evaluate arguments and weigh their merits
• B3. work effectively in a group to deliver a targeted report
• B4. appreciate the interdependence and conflict inherent in a group project

Transferable and Generic

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to:

• C1. handle some of the conflict inherent in a group project
• C2. make critical judgements of your own and other peoples work
• C3. take responsibility for scheduling and running group meetings

Disciplinary Specific

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to:

• D1. synthesise disciplinary perspectives to inform a public understanding of the web

Aims

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Demonstrate understanding of key network theory concepts for resistive circuits.
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the operation of bipolar, field effect transistors, and op-amps
• Understand the key concepts of modern communications and their application in communication systems.
• Understand the concepts of transfer functions, block diagrams, poles and zeros and simple feedback systems

Subject Specific Intellectual

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to:

• Apply key network theory to allow the abstraction of problems
• Appreciate the importance of linearising systems, and the use of linear models
• Determine the transfer function and step response for a system of any order
• Derive transfer functions for mechatronic and electromechanical systems
• Use Matlab to investigate a range of problems related to electronic circuits
• Meet this module's contribution to the subject specific intellectual learning outcomes of ELEC1029.

Transferable and Generic

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to:

• Record and report laboratory work
• Understand the principles of defining problems in standard form to allow standard solutions
• Meet this module's contribution to the transferable and generic learning outcomes of ELEC1029.

Subject Specific Practical

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to:

• Analyse simple circuits containing active elements such as bipolar transistors, FETs and Op-amps
• Appreciate the practical limitations of such devices
• Understand the links between mathematical concepts and be able to apply them to a range of engineering problems
• Meet this module's contribution to the subject specific practical learning outcomes of ELEC1029.

Aims

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Understand the principles governing electrostatic, electricity and electromagnetism.
• Have basic knowledge of electrical materials and their behaviour to electromagnetic fields
• Develop knowledge of energy storage, batteries and sustainable energy

Subject Specific Intellectual

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to:

• Apply underlying principles to solve practical problems.
• Use mathematical skills to analyse real problems.
• Meet this module's contribution to the subject specific intellectual learning outcomes of ELEC1029.

Transferable and Generic

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to:

• Have ability to use fundamental knowledge to investigate new and emerging technologies.
• Understand engineering principles and apply them to analyse key engineering processes.
• Record and report laboratory work.
• Undertake laboratory experiment as part of a small team.
• Meet this module's contribution to the transferable and generic learning outcomes of ELEC1029.

Subject Specific Practical

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to:

• Identify material applications based on its behaviours under electromagnetic fields.
• Perform range of electrical measurements on dc motor performance.
• Relate B-H loop to hysteresis loss of magnetic materials.
• Meet this module's contribution to the subject specific practical learning outcomes of ELEC1029.

Aims

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Understand the nature of semiconducting materials
• Understand the physics that influences the presence of charge carriers in a semiconductor
• Describe the factors that influence the flow of charge in semiconductors
• Describe the operation of semiconductor devices
• Calculate voltage and current changes in semiconductor devices

Subject Specific Intellectual

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to:

• Develop understanding of solid state physics
• Develop analytical approaches to understanding semiconductor devices
• Meet this module's contribution to the subject specific intellectual learning outcomes of ELEC1029.

Transferable and Generic

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to:

• Develop analytical approaches to understanding complex physical systems
• Undertake laboratory experiments
• Complete a formal report on laboratory experiments
• Meet this module's contribution to the transferable and generic learning outcomes of ELEC1029.

Subject Specific Practical

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to:

• Use knowledge of physics to understand the behavior of semiconductor devices
• Apply appropriate mathematical techniques to solve semiconductor problems
• Understand the operation of semiconductor devices
• Apply appropriate techniques to solve semiconductor device problems
• Apply appropriate laboratory techniques to measure semiconductor properties
• Apply appropriate laboratory techniques to measure semiconductor device characteristics
• Meet this module's contribution to the subject specific practical learning outcomes of ELEC1029.

Aims

Knowledge and Understanding

 Having successfully completed the module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of: 

• A1. Basic concepts and principles in mechanics of solids
• A2. Dynamics of particles and vehicles; rotation of a rigid body
• A3. Energy and momentum conservation
• A4. Statically determinate and indeterminate systems
• A5. Relations between stress, strain and deformation
• A6. Mechanical properties of matter
• A7. Basics of beam design and structural analysis
• A8. Applications of superposition principle
• A9. Buckling and stability of columns
• A10. Energy methods

 Intellectual Skills 

Having successfully completed the module, you will be able to:

•  B1. Derive particle and vehicle trajectory equations
• B2. Predict motion of rigid bodies
• B3. Calculate stresses and strains in mechanical systems
• B4. Formulate stability criteria and explore mechanical instabilities
• B5. Analyse simple mechanical systems
• B6. Indentify failure criteria for mechanical systems
• B7. Calculate beams deflection and twisting of shafts
• B8. Apply superposition principle for analysis of combined loading

Subject Specific Skills 

Having successfully completed the module, you will be able to:

• C1. Explain the meaning and consequences of mechanics
• C2. Demonstrate theory of mechanics applied to simple practical situations
• C3. Explain the design principles for simple mechanical devices
• C4. Apply mathematical methods and vector algebra to mechanical problems

Employability/Transferable/Key Skills

Having successfully completed the module, you will be able to:

• D1. Work in a small team to conduct an experiment
• D2. Operate simple instrumentation equipment

Aims

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Understand the logical behaviour of digital circuits.
• Understand the advantages and disadvantages of programmable logic devices.
• Know how to describe digital hardware using a software-style language.
• Understand how a basic microprocessor can be built from standard building blocks.

Subject Specific Intellectual

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to:

• Analyse combinational and sequential digital circuits.
• Design combinational and sequential digital circuits.
• Configure programmable logic devices using a hardware description language.
• Meet this module's contribution to the subject specific intellectual learning outcomes of ELEC1029.

Transferable and Generic

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to:

• Manage your time in a laboratory.
• Present and explain your work in written reports.
• Meet this module's contribution to the transferable and generic learning outcomes of ELEC1029.

Subject Specific Practical

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to:

• Design combinational logic using Karnaugh maps.
• Design sequential logic using ASM charts.
• Design and verify combinational and sequential systems using SystemVerilog.
• Use a number of electronic design automation tools.
• Meet this module's contribution to the subject specific practical learning outcomes of ELEC1029.

Aims

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Describe the system on chip design flow
• Use industry standards Synosys and Cadence tools to implment a design from concept to silicon
• Describe the main security threats from Hardware design prespectives
• Review the states of the arts hardware secuirity method and devices