ELEC3200 Industrial Studies

Module Overview

Students on our MEng and MComp programmes can follow a variety of curricula in their third and fourth years, offering a number of different experiences and opportunities.

Each programme will offer slightly different challenges yet students graduating from them will have achieved the same level of learning outcomes and studied the same extensive core curriculum. However, they will have had different opportunities for specialisation in both practical and theoretical research.

To be eligible for the one year placement our students are required to meet specified progression criteria at the end of their first, second and third years where appropriate. We require that they reach a standard of 58% averaged across all their studies, and that they pass all their studies at the first time of asking. Students achieving at this level at the end of the second year should be aspiring towards a minimum of an upper second class degree on graduation. We would anticipate that the majority of our placement students would achieve at a significantly higher level than this.

Aims & Objectives

Aims

Knowledge and Understanding

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

Experience of applying your academic skills and knowledge to solving real problems in industry.
A deeper understanding of the relevance of the material studied in your degree to a successful career in industry.

Subject Specific Intellectual

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

Relate the academic knowledge and skills acquired in your studies to real industrial problems.
Apply Design skills to real problems in industry.

Transferable and Generic

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

Demonstrate an understanding of the business practices and environment of the host company selected for your placement.
Evaluate health and safety risks associated with industrial work and identify procedures to keep them to an acceptable minimum
Work successfully as a member of a diverse team.
Understand the importance of intellectual property rights and confidentiality issues related to industrial project work.
Demonstrate an understanding of cost analysis.

Syllabus

Throughout the placement each student is contracted to their host organisation but remain enrolled on their university degree. The nature of the work undertaken by our students on placement is managed by the host organisation but we do ask that the following key aspects of the placement are recognised and accommodated.

(a) We are looking for placements on which our students work in a safe, supervised environment on activities that will use and develop their academic skills.

(b) The students need to have the opportunity to demonstrate initiative and their ability to apply their knowledge and develop research skills in the placement environment.

(c) The placement is assessed and contributes directly to their degree. Successful completion of the placement and assessments will mean that the title of the degree awarded will be appended ‘with Industrial Studies’. Elements of the assessment include a 1500 word mid-term report, a 10000 word final report, a poster and a 45 minute oral examination.

Learning & Teaching

Learning & teaching methods

A briefing session will be held at the start of the placement.

Applicants will be rquired to attend an interview training workshop and CV clinic with the Careers Hub.

There will be regular (quarterly) meetings with an Academic Supervisor.

The day-to-day supervision and direction of the project is carried out by a designated Industrial Supervisor at the collaborating organisation for the duration of the placement. Each student is assigned an Academic Supervisor at the University whose role is to liaise between the University, the placement organisation and the student. Academic Supervisors will maintain regular contact with the student and their Industrial Supervisor in the host organisation by phone, email and Skype as required. Additionally the Academic Supervisor will make at least two on-site visits to the student and their Industrial Supervisor to discuss their progress.

Assessment

Assessment methods

If the student fails this year, she will go on to complete the final year of her degree without earning the 'with Industrial Studies' title.

Method	Hours	Percentage contribution
Report on placement (10,000 Words)	-	55%
Oral examination	-	20%
Poster	-	10%
Mid-term report (1,500 words)	-	15%

Referral Method: There is no referral opportunity for this syllabus in same academic year

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FPProvisional000011 ANTH1 - HCI

Module Overview

Aims & Objectives

Aims

Learning & Teaching

Learning & teaching methods

Assessment

Assessment methods

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FPProvisional000010 ELEC3 - USMC3216 Advanced Electrical and Electronic Systems

Module Overview

This module focuses on how to create real electronic systems. It covers 'building block' circuits using biplolar transistors and FETs, and looks at the use and operation of op-amps. It also covers how to deliver timing in circuits, interfacing in mixed-signal electronic systems (using ADCs and DACs), and filters. It also looks at how to provide power to systems, and interface with sensors.

Aims & Objectives

Aims

Knowledge and Understanding

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

Demonstrate understanding of circuit analysis for bipolar and MOS circuits. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the requirements for and operation of sensor interface circuits, power supplies, data converters and oscillators. Understand the key concepts of feedback in electronic circuits. Understand the concepts of filter design, and be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of how to design a simple filter using operational amplifiers

Subject Specific Intellectual

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

Apply key circuit analysis theory to allow the abstraction of problems. Use feedback in circuit design and explain its importance. Apply filter design methods to design simple filters. Derive circuits for sensor interface circuits and oscillators. Use simulation to investigate a range of problems related to electronic circuits. Interpret datasheets and use them to aid the design of systems

Transferable and Generic

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

Record and report laboratory work. Define problems in standard form to allow standard solutions

Subject Specific Practical

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

Analyse simple circuits containing active elements such as bipolar and MOS transistors, and Op-amps. Appreciate the practical limitations of such devices. Apply links between mathematical concepts to a range of engineering problems

Syllabus

Transistor Modelling and Circuits

Ebers Moll Model for the bipolar transistor and its modifications.
Hybrid pi model and high frequency effects.
SPICE parameters for bipolar transistors.
Common emitter, common base and common collector amplifiers.
Bode Diagram, Bandwidth, low and high frequency effects.
Miller effect
Amplifier design.
Differential pair.

Operational Amplifiers

Design and properties of simple op amps
Effect of feedback network on BW. Closed loop and open loop Gain and BW with feedback. Interaction with internal pole of op-amp. Stability
Limitations of real op amps
- Slew rate
- Input and output range
- Offset voltage and current
- Noise sources

Timing

Why timing is important
Ring oscillators
Relaxation oscillators and 555 timers
Voltage-controlled oscillators
Frequency references – principles of quartz crystal as a frequency reference, use of dividers for different frequencies, integration of crystal oscillator into circuits

Data Conversion

Basic specs of converters: inc. sample rate (relation to Nyquist) linearity, resolution (relation to SNR)
Introduction to Analogue-to-Digital Conversion

Sample and Hold, analogue multiplexing
Anti-alias filter requirements.
Topologies: Successive Approximation, Dual Slope, Binary Weighted

Introduction to Digital-to-Analogue Conversion
- Properties of DACs
- R/2R ladder topology
- The need for reconstruction filters

Filters

Butterworth design using Sallen-Key circuit
Introduction to HF passive filters: Passive lumped element filters; SAW and ceramic filters

Sensor Interfacing

Resistive-output sensors
Bridge circuits
Differential amplifiers

Power supplies

Transformers and rectification
Linear regulators
Switching regulator types

System Considerations

System-level stability: decoupling, ground loops
Basics of EMC and screening
Examples of complete electronic systems

Learning & Teaching

Learning & teaching methods

Lecture - 36 hours per semester
Tutorial - 12 hours per semester
Specialist Lab - 6 hours per semester

Assessment

Assessment methods

Method	Hours	Percentage contribution
Feedback amplifier	-	5%%
Active filter	-	5%%
Design task	-	10%%
In class test	-	5%%
Exam	2 hours	75%

Referral Method: By examination

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FPProvisional000009 ELEC3 - USMC3214 Circuits and Mechatronic Systems

Module Overview

The module aims to provide a detailed understanding of the representation and analysis of dynamic systems, and their solution. It goes on to apply this to simple circuit problems as well as to mechanical systems. Vibration problems in mechanical systems are further studied using frequency response and energy approximation methods, and modelling and analysis is then extended to continuous mechanical systems, including beams and shafts. It will also provide an introduction to vibration measurments and testing as well as distributed systems that cannot be approximated by lumped parameters.

Aims & Objectives

Aims

Knowledge and Understanding

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

Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of: State-space method applied to circuit problems and mechanical systems. The causes and effects of vibration within various mechanical systems. Methods of analysis, measurement and control of vibration.

Subject Specific Intellectual

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

Students will be able to: Analyse and solve simple electrical circuit and mechanical system problems. Translate a physical problem in mechanical vibration to an appropriate dynamic model. Make engineering judgement on the problem or reducing vibration when required. Analyze the step and frequency response of a system to identify the form and paremeter values of a model.

Transferable and Generic

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

Students will be able to: Undertake laboratory experiment as part of a small team. Record and report laboratory work.

Subject Specific Practical

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

Students will be able to: Undertake measurements to estimate dynamic parameters of mechanical beams. Describe the commonly used equipment for stimulating a vibratory response and for collecting response data. Perform a transform analyis of signal data to estimate natural frequencies.

Syllabus

Mechanical Systems:

One Degree of Freedom Systems Application of Laplace transform and state space methods to mechanical systems. Analysis of dynamic response and role of Damping (Viscous and Coulomb) Base Excitation, Displacement Transmissibility Vibration Isolation.
Two Degree of Freedom Systems Modelling of two degree of freedom systems in state space form. Physical interpretation of solutions. Free Vibration and Normal Modes, Co-ordinate Coupling and Principal Co-ordinates, Forced Vibration, Damping, Impedance Matrix, Vibration Absorber. Decoupling using Modal Matrix.
Multi Degree of Freedom Systems Orthogonality, Modal Space Matrix Methods, Approximate Frequency Analysis, e.g. Rayleigh’s, Dunkerley’s Methods Lagrange’s Equations
Continuous Systems Vibration of Strings, Rods, Beams and derivation of equations of motion.
Application of Rayleigh’s method to approximate natural frequencies. Vibration and Instrumentation, Transmissibility.
Vibration measurement and testing - system identification, transform analysis of signals, random processes, data aquisition and signal processing
Distributed systems - solution of wave equation, sepration of variables, transverse vibration of beams.

State Space:

Application of circuit and mechanical analogies.
Need for state space method; definition of terms: state-variable, state-matrices, etc; consideration of the elements that store energy; formation of equations, in particular the formation of matrix equation in the form of X = A.X + B.E, nature of these terms.
Solution of state space equations by Laplace transform methods; solution of simple circuit network problems.
Solution of state equations in the time domain (linear-time invariant case): solution of the state differential equation (exponential of a matrix, its computation, forced- and free response in the state-space setting).

Learning & Teaching

Learning & teaching methods

Lecture - 24 hours per semester
Tutorial - 12 hours per semester
Specialist Lab - 6 hours per semester

Assessment

Assessment methods

Method	Hours	Percentage contribution
Cantilever vibration experiment	-	5%%
System identification experiment.	-	5%%
Exam	2 hours	90%

Referral Method: By examination

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FPProvisional000008 ELEC3 - USMC 3217 Mechatronic System Design Exercise

Module Overview

This module aims to introduce students to a range of electrical, electronic and mechanical devices and from this to provide an opportunity for then to explore the design process, to make mistakes and learn from them in a benign environment. The design and devlopment of a mechatronic system will be at the herat of this module.

Conventional laboratory experiments are useful mainly to assist understanding or analysis: because they are of necessity stereotyped; they are of limited usefulness when a circuit or system must be designed to meet a given specification. The majority of engineering tasks fall into this latter category, and therefore require design or synthesis skills that are distinct from the understanding of underlying engineering principles. This is additional to the analysis skills emphasized in the course so far. This module includes design assignments that have been devised to provide a bridge between 'conventional' experiments and the project work in the third and fourth years, (which in turn provide a bridge to 'real' projects in industry). The exercises have real deadlines and concrete deliverables and students are encouraged to be creative, develop imaginative solutions and to make mistakes.

The assignments have a common format:

· Customer orientated rather than proscriptive specifications are given

· Design work carried out, bringing academic knowledge to bear on practical problems

· Laboratory sessions are used for construction and verification of designs

· Allow students to demonstrate their communication skills in writing individual and group reports.

The differences between the assignments are in:

· Complexity

· Size of team

· Assessment credit

Aims & Objectives

Aims

Knowledge and Understanding

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

Defining the specification of an artifact that needs to be designed, tested and commissioned. The design process and the processes involved in project management. The problems associated with designing practical circuits and systems.

Subject Specific Intellectual

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

Develop a plan for the implementation of the design and the undertake those activities. Analyse the design as it evolves, and deduce problems with the subsequent rectification. Undertake an evaluation of the complete design and prepare a critical proccess. Appreciate the problems in dealing with uncertain and possibly ambiguous specifications. Synthesise simple circuits and systems.

Transferable and Generic

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

Write formal reports in a clear, technical style. Address problems associated with personal and group time management in a problem solving environment. Demonstrate an awareness of team structure and dynamics, together with an appreciation of individual responsibilities working both as a pair and in a larger grouping.

Subject Specific Practical

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

Undertake small scale mechanical and electronic construction Undertake realtime and embedded programming. Undertake detailed faultfinding of the developed circuits if required. Demonstrate familiarity with the advanced use of function generators, oscilloscopes and complex devices such as logic analysers and spectrum analysers. Understand and interpret technical literature and data sheets.

Syllabus

The development of individual practical skills through completion of a simple build and test exercise, incorporating soldering, circuit construction, tand integration with a part mechanical which needs to be controled and 'smart'.
Groups of students are required to undertake a design, build and test project against a predefined specification. The project assessment includes a competitive trial, individual log books, group reports and quality assessment of the designed system.
The groups will have seminars on project management and principles of design to support the activities.
The specific design exercises will include the designed and development of a 'simple' Segway

Learning & Teaching

Learning & teaching methods

Specialist Lab - 63 hours per semester
Lecture - 10 hours per semester

Assessment

Assessment methods

Method	Hours	Percentage contribution
Report and demonstration	-	100%

Referral Method: There is no referral opportunity for this syllabus in same academic year

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FPProvisional000006 ELEC6 - Bionanotechnology

Module Overview

Bionanotechnology is the study of biology, in particular biological machines, and the application of biological building blocks to solve engineering challenges and create new areas of technological development. Learning about the structure and function of the inner workings of biological systems such as cells, bacteria and viruses has been used to improve existing applications of nanotechnology and to develop entirely new applications. Examples of bionanotechnological study include: mechanical properties of materials, such as cell interaction with surfaces, nanopatterns and nanoparticles; electrical and optical effects, such as electrical stimulation, energy storage, absorption, luminescence and fluorescence; and computing via chemical wet computers and DNA computing.

This module provides an introduction to the theory and practice of bionanotechnology, and introduces students to working in a cleanroom and a wet laboratory. It covers the types of macromolecules which form the building blocks of life, covering cell components such as DNA and proteins, describing how they are synthesised, interact and the role they play in cells. The structure and forms of the different molecules and the process by which they are constructed and how they exchange information will be framed within the context of the operation of machines and the potential engineering uses that the naturally occurring mechanisms can be put to.

ELEC6205 includes an experimental exercise involving state-of-the-art equipment that is normally only used by researchers, to investigate the methods used for integrating biological materials and mechanisms with the artificial constructs of engineering. The experiment starts with fabrication and characterisation of a microstructured master mould, and continues with casting of an elastomeric stamp and printing microscale patterns of biological molecules. This will take place partly in the Mountbatten Teaching Cleanroom and partly in the bio-ECS lab (Centre for Hybrid Biodevices) in the Life Sciences building.

Aims & Objectives

Aims

Knowledge and Understanding

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

Biomolecules and biomolecular interactions
The relationship between Molecular Dynamics, nanoscale physics and macroscopic system behaviour

Subject Specific Intellectual

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

Explain biophysical mechanisms in the context of bionanotechnology and application areas
Evaluate the experimental techniques used to characterise bio-nano systems

Transferable and Generic

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

Critically analyse experimental procedures and results
Write concise and informative engineering laboratory reports

Subject Specific Practical

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

Perform engineering design calculations of molecular and biological effects
Perform some basic wet laboratory procedures, including soft lithography procedures involving biomolecules

Syllabus

Fundamentals
- Cells, antibodies, carbohydrates (storage and structural)
- Nucleotides, nucleic acids and DNA
- Amino acids, peptides, proteins and protein structure
- Biological membranes and ion channels
- The behaviour of molecules in solution
- Enzymes, kinetics and reaction rates
- Ligand-Protein interactions
- Sensing biomolecules (optical and electrical techniques)
- Electrokinetics and particle/molecular interaction forces

Applications
- Single molecule detection techniques
- Interfacing bio-systems with electronics
- Molecular motors
- Patterning single molecules and self-assembled monolayers
- Cell interactions with nano-structured surfaces.
- DNA technologies (e.g. sequencing)

Practical work:
- Fabrication of patterned wafer in clean room
- Surface modification procedures and evaluation
- Patterning biomolecules and guiding cells on patterned surfaces

Learning & Teaching

Learning & teaching methods

This module uses a combination of lectures, practical work, literature study and discussions of scientific publications. The laboratory report will require a short literature review.

Activity	Description	Hours
Lecture		22
Specialist Lab		12
Tutorial		6

Assessment

Assessment methods

The coursework will not be marked if the student has not attended the laboratory sessions.

Method	Hours	Percentage contribution
30% - Assignment. A discussion of the recent developments in microcontact printing, an explanation of rationale for lab procedures, and a critical and quantitative evaluation of the experimental printing performance.	-	30%
Exam	2 hours hours	70%

Referral Method: By examination and a new coursework assignment

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ELEC3223 Introduction to Bionanotechnology

Module Overview

This module provides an introduction to the theory and practice of bionanotechnology, and the challenges of commercialising new technologies. It covers the types of macromolecules which form the building blocks of life, covering cell components such as DNA and proteins, describing how they are synthesised, interact and the role they play in cells. The structure and forms of the different molecules and the process by which they are constructed and how they exchange information will be framed within the context of the operation of machines and the potential engineering uses that the naturally occurring mechanisms can be put to.

ELEC3223 includes a coursework component focussed on the technological applications in the topical area of this module. This will examine the broader areas where bionanotechnology is found and used in industry and what novel areas are currently being researched for future potential commercial development. This will cover the unique issues of the bridging the technology gap between applied research and product development in this highly multidisciplinary field.

Aims & Objectives

Aims

Knowledge and Understanding

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

Biomolecules and biomolecular interactions
The relationship between molecular mynamics, nanoscale physics and macroscopic system behaviour

Subject Specific Intellectual

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

Explain biophysical mechanisms in the context of bionanotechnology application areas
Analyse and discuss the engineering requirements of multidisciplinary technology based on biology

Transferable and Generic

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

Investigate and analyse research and development material from a variety of sources including newspapers, journal articles, patents and corporate documentation
Write critical reports addressing engineering problems, including assessment of the impact of new technologies

Subject Specific Practical

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

Perform engineering design calculations of molecular and biological effects
Explain the challenges of commercialising new technologies

Syllabus

Fundamentals
- Cells, antibodies, carbohydrates (storage and structural)
- Nucleotides, nucleic acids and DNA
- Amino acids, peptides, proteins and protein structure
- Biological membranes and ion channels
- The behaviour of molecules in solution
- Enzymes, kinetics and reaction rates
- Ligand-Protein interactions
- Sensing biomolecules (optical and electrical techniques)
- Electrokinetics and particle/molecular interaction forces

Applications
- Single molecule detection techniques
- Interfacing bio-systems with electronics
- Molecular motors
- Patterning single molecules and self-assembled monolayers
- Cell interactions with nano-structured surfaces.
- DNA technologies (e.g. sequencing)

Commercialisation
- Technology readiness levels
- Bringing new technologies to market
- Recently commercialised bio-nano technologies

Learning & Teaching

Learning & teaching methods

This module uses a combination of lectures, tutorials, literature study and discussions of research and development material from sources including journal articles and corporate documentation.

Activity	Description	Hours
Lecture		26
Tutorial		6

Assessment

Assessment methods

Method	Hours	Percentage contribution
30% - Assignment. An analysis of the impact of new technologies in the bionanotechnology field, written as a critical report discussing the the gap between applied research and product development.	-	30%
Exam	2 hours hours	70%

Referral Method: By examination and a new coursework assignment

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FPProvisional000004 ELEC3 - USMC 3211 Electromechanical tranduscers

Module Overview

To introduce the students to fundamental concepts of low frequency electromagnetics with application in mechatronic systems. To give students an appreciation of the importance of computational electromagnetics in the context of engineering and in electromechanical actuators.To introduce the students to fundamental numerical techniques for solving field problems.To equip the students with basic knpwledge of CAD skills applicable to electromagnetic devices. To introduce the students to the concept of principles of electromechanical energy conversion based on Hamilton’s principle.

Aims & Objectives

Aims

Aim

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

To introduce the students to fundamental concepts of low frequency electromagnetics with application in mechatronic systems

Knowledge and Understanding

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

To understand the Basic concepts of electromagnetic theory; To use Vector algebra in the electromagnetic field context; To understand Properties of static and time-varying electromagnetic fields as well as Physical meaning of Maxwell's equations A5. Mathematical description of fundamental laws of electromagnetism A6. Electric and magnetic properties of matter A7. Electromechanical energy conversion as based on Hamilton’s principle A8. Fundamentals of modelling and simulation techniques applied to electromagnetics A9. Dual energy bounds techniques A10. Principles of finite difference and finite element formulations A11. Advantages and limitations of various field modelling techniques

Subject Specific Intellectual

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

Demonstrate electromagnetic theory applied to simple practical situations; Explain the meaning and consequences of field theory; Apply Maxwell's equations to problems involving simple configurations ; Interpret electromagnetic solutions; Explain the operation of electromagnetic devices especially actuators; Apply mathematical methods and vector algebra to practical problems; Be familiar with running commercial electromagnetic design environment software; Set up, solve and interrogate solutions to problems using FE software

Transferable and Generic

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

Use electromagnetic CAD packages; Write technical reports; Work in a small team to conduct an experiment

Subject Specific Practical

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

Design, anlayze and test electromagnetic devices used as actuators in mechatronic systems

Syllabus

Approximate methods of field solution (2 lectures)

o Geometrical properties of fields; method of ‘tubes and slices’.

• Flow of steady current (2 lectures)

o Potential gradient; current density; divergence; nabla operator; Laplace's equation.

• Electrostatics (3 lectures)

o The electric field vector; scalar electric potential; Gauss's theorem and divergence; conservative fields; Laplace and Poisson equations; electric dipole, line charge, surface charge; solution of Laplace's equation by separation of variables; polarisation; dielectrics, electric boundary conditions.

• Magnetostatics (4 lectures)

o Non-conservative fields, Ampere's law and curl; magnetic vector potential; magnetization and magnetic boundary conditions; magnetic screening with examples.

• Electromagnetic induction (2 lectures)

o Faraday's law; induced and conservative components of the electric field, emf and potential difference.

• Maxwell's equations (2 lectures)

o Displacement current; Maxwell's and constituent equations; the Lorentz guage;

wave equation.

• Time-varying fields in conductors (3 lectures)

o Diffusion and Helmholtz equations; skin depth; eddy currents in slabs, plates and cylindrical conductors; deep bar effect.

• Computational aspects of approximate methods of field solution (1 lecture)

o The method of tubes and slices.

• Review of field equations (1 lecture)

o Classification of fields: Laplace's, Poisson's, Helmholtz, diffusion, wave equations; Vector and scalar formulations.

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• Finite element method (5 lectures)

o Variational formulation, first-order triangular elements, discretisation and matrix assembly; the art of sparse matrices; alternative approximate formulations (including Galerkin).

• Principles of electromechanical energy conversion (11 lectures)

o Generalised variables for electromechanical systems; Hamilton’s principle and Lagrangian state function; conservative and non-conservative systems; examples.

o Comparison between field and equivalent circuit calculations.

Analysis of elctromechanical systems

Learning & Teaching

Learning & teaching methods

Lectures, tutorials, labs and self study (coursework).

Assessment

Assessment methods

Method	Hours	Percentage contribution
Magnetostatic screening; Eddy currents screening; Electromagnetic actuator characterization.	-	15%
Electromagnetic actuator analysis.	-	20%
Exam	2 hours	65%

Referral Method: By examination

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FPProvisional000003 ELEC3 - USMC3208 - Power Electronics for Mechatronics Systems

Module Overview

To understand the concept of power electronics based converters for applications related to mechatronics.

Aims & Objectives

Aims

Aim

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

To analyse the operation of power electronic converters.

Knowledge and Understanding

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

To select suitable power electronic converters for different applications

Subject Specific Intellectual

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

To comprehend the operating principles of variable speed DC and AC motor drives

Subject Specific Practical

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

To select suitable drives for different applications

Syllabus

Introduction to power electronics
1. Introduce the concept of electronics power conversion
2. Revise circuit analysis techniques
3. Introduce power semiconductor devices (diode, Thyristor and power transistors)
4. Heating and cooling

DC-DC Converter
1. Buck Converter
2. Boost Converter
3. Buck-Boost converter
4. Operation, analysis and design techniques

DC-AC Converter
1. Single phase bridge inverter
2. Three phase two level voltage source inverter
3. Neutral point clamp (NPC) multilevel inverter (3 level)
4. Modulation techniques
5. Space vector theory

AC-DC Converter
1. Uncontrolled rectification
2. Controlled rectification

DC variable speed drives
1. Four quadrant operation
2. Motor control based on the DC chopper and H-bridge converter (common hardware topology).
3. Closed-loop transfer function and analysis
4. Stepper motors and operating principle

AC variable speed drives
1. Induction motor control - scalar control, open-loop flux vector control, closed-loop vector control.
2. Permanent magnet synchronous motor control (sinusoidal MMF distribution, trapezoidal MMF distribution/BLDC) – vector control.
3. Explanation of the motor control principles are based on the space vector representations of the three-phase electromagnetic quantities (e.g. voltage, current, flux).

Drives design and selection requirement
1. Power requirement (low and high power)
2. Basics of drives auxiliary components (gear, bearing, coupling, encoder)
3. Environmental protection (e.g. EMC, liquid, solid objects)
4. Sizing based on the position, speed, torque, and inertia requirements

Learning & Teaching

Learning & teaching methods

Lecture – 40 hours

Tutorial – 8 hours

Coursework x 1

Laboratory x 1– BLDC motor drives

Assessment

Assessment methods

Method	Hours	Percentage contribution
The course assesses both the power electronic aspects (e.g. pulse width modulation, switching/conduction/snubber losses) and motor aspects (torque, speed, power). Tentatively, this coursework will require the students to select the proper power switches and electric motors to meet the application needs. Then, they will simulate and verify the complete power converter-motor operation with the suitable PWM and control algorithm in the PSIM/PowerSIM Demo software (which is freely available from the official Powersimtech website). The simulated results must verify their design meeting the stipulated requirements.	-	10%
This laboratory exercise provides an introduction to open loop drives of a brushless DC (BLDC) motor using power electronics system. It provides opportunity for students to obtain hands-on experience with several tasks of increasing complexity. They will construct and control a three-phase inverter to understand how it works. Then, they will test a BLDC motor to determine the rotor position and construct the commutation tables. Ultimately, they will programme Ilmato to read the Hall sensor signals which further control the BLDC motor	-	5%
1. Test (mid semester) – 10% Duration: 1 hour Tentatively, the mid-semester test aims to assess the students’ understanding on the fundamentals of power electronics, such as the basic concept of electronic power conversion, semiconductor switches, heating and cooling, and DC-DC converter.	-	10%
	-	%
Exam	2 hours	75%

Referral Method: By examination

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FPProvisional000002 DEMO3 - test module for USMC

Module Overview

Aims & Objectives

Aims

Learning & Teaching

Learning & teaching methods

Assessment

Assessment methods

Method	Hours	Percentage contribution

Referral Method:

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