Modules

Areas studied typically include: Year one: gives students a solid grounding in chemistry and analysis along with modules in materials resources (raw materials and how we recycle products), laboratory sessions introduce you to the equipment and modules in material properties and structure introduce you to the basics of materials engineering. Year two: you will dive in deeper to the material science. You will learn about smart and functional materials used in energy generation and how they can be applied to solve challenges with global warming and climate change. Courses on microstructure evolution and control will teach you about how metals solidify and why that is important for final properties. There are practical classes looking at material failure case studies and computation labs investigating how we can be smarter in the way we design new materials and manufacturing processes. A module on Manufacturing technology details how different materials (metals, polymers, ceramics, composites) are used to make a range of components and products. Modules such as Deformation and Order and Disorder in materials will study how materials behave under stress and what this does to their internal structure. Year three: modules on composites, polymers, ceramics and metals will become more advanced and applied. A Propulsion module will focus specifically on the aerospace sector where materials are being used at their limits, and a module on Degradation will study how the environment can damage materials and what we can do to prevent it. Finally, a large Research Project will run throughout the year where you will apply your knowledge to a project that can be on anything related to materials. Students can put forward their own proposals or they can work on a proposal developed by our academic staff or our industrial partners. Year four (MEng): Aerospace Materials Engineering, Entrepreneurship for Engineers, Environmental Analysis and Legislation, Power Generation Systems, Simulation Based Product Design

Professional bodies

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• Materials, Minerals and Mining, Institute of