Engineering Studies

Course summary

Unit 1: Engineering Principles - you will develop your mathematical and physical scientific knowledge and understanding to enable you to solve problems set in an engineering context. You will explore and apply the algebraic and trigonometric mathematical methods required to solve engineering problems and mechanical problems, such as static, dynamic, fluids and thermodynamic systems. The electrical and electronic problems you will encounter cover static and direct current (DC) electricity, DC circuit theory and networks, magnetism, and single-phase alternating current theory. Unit 2: Delivery of Engineering Processes Safely as a Team - you will examine common engineering processes, including health and safety legislation, regulations that apply to these processes and how individual and team performance can be affected by human factors. You will learn the principles of another important process, engineering drawing, and develop two-dimensional (2D) computer-aided drawing skills while producing orthographic projections and circuit diagrams. Finally, you will work as a team to apply a range of practical engineering processes to manufacture a batch of an engineered product or to safely deliver a batch of an engineering service. Unit 3: Engineering Product Design and Manufacture - you will examine what triggers changes in the design of engineering products and the typical challenges that engineers face, such as designing out safety risks. You will learn how material properties and manufacturing processes impact on the design of an engineering product. Finally, you will use an iterative process to develop a design for an engineering product by interpreting a brief, producing initial ideas and then communicating and justifying your suggested solution. Unit 4: Electronic Devices and Circuits - you will cover the simulation, construction, testing and evaluation of analogue electronic circuits based on diodes and transistors and combinational and sequential logic digital circuits. You will also use software to simulate circuits and use typical bench instruments to test them.