Университет Шеффилда, BEng, Aerospace Engineering with Private Pilot Instruction

Year 1: Analogue circuits for aerospace; control; electrical circuits for aerospace engineers; engineering mechanics; fundamental engineering mechanics; ground training for flight; introduction to aerospace engineering i; mathematics a 1, a 2, b 1 and b 2 (electrical/control/aerospace); microstructure and mechanical properties; thermofluids. Year 2: aerostructures and performance; avionic systems; basic Java programming and problem-solving; communication systems; control system design; design of structures, machines and systems; dynamics of structures and machines; electronic devices in circuits; flight training; fluids engineering; fracture mechanics and corrosion; materials design, selection and performance; mathematics 3 (control); modelling, simulation and control; object oriented design and programming with Java; thermodynamic cycles and heat transfer. Year 3: advanced fluid mechanics; advanced mechanics of solids; aero propulsion; aerodynamic design; aircraft design project; aircraft dynamics and control; antennas, radar and navigation; applied noise and vibration; composite micromechanics and strong reinforcing fibres; computer architecture; concurrent systems; data structures and algorithms; database technology; deformation of materials; digital signal processing; distributed real-time control systems; electric and magnetic fields; electromechanical energy conversion; embedded control systems; embedded systems; engineering management; experiments and modelling; finite element techniques; flow and power; functional materials 3; human computer interaction and graphical interfaces; integrity of materials and components; manufacturing systems; mathematics 4 (electrical); principles of communications; reciprocating engines; renewable energy; space systems engineering; state-space control design; surface degradation and protection. Year 4: advanced computer architectures; advanced fluid mechanics; advanced materials and manufacturing; advanced software engineering seminars; aerodynamic design; aerospace computing; aerospace individual investigative project; aerospace materials case studies; aerospace systems and structures; antennas and propagation; antennas, radar and navigation; composites in service; composites manufacturing; computer modelling and validation; concurrent systems; control of structural vibrations; controller design: advanced methods; electromagnetic compatibility; engineering composite materials; flight dynamics and control; flow and power; high temperature materials for aerospace; motion control and servo drive systems; motion control and servo drive systems; neural networks; non-linear systems; optimisation and search; power electronics; robust and multivariable control; software measurement and testing; structural vibration: analysis and practice; technology strategy and business planning; tribology of machine elements.

This course spans a broad range of subjects from advanced materials and mechanical engineering through to computer science, electronic and electrical engineering and aerospace control systems; these are pulled together by the study of topics such as flight mechanics, propulsion, avionics and aerostructures.