• Basic Dynamics, Rigid Body Motion, Vector
• Methods, Single Dot Vibration
• Vibration Damping and Effects
• Forced Oscillation
• Introduction to 2 depth of field
• 1-d wave equations
• Mechanisms
• Vector analysis of mechanisms for position, velocity and acceleration
• Crank-slider mechanisms

• Design codes and standards
• Energy methods in structural analysis
• Impact
• Fatigue analysis
• Fracture mechanics
• Creep and plastic stress analysis

• Design and application of machine elements
• Application of Electromechanical elements
• Materials of construction
• Manufacture of mechanical elements
• Design and realisation of electromechanical systems

• Stress concentration
• Bending of composite beams torsion
• Elastic plastic analysis
• Buckling of struts
• Beam deflections
• Mohrs circle for stress and strain
• Rosette analysis
• Failure criteria for ductile and brittle materials

• System modelling
• Time response of first and second order systems
• Block diagram representation
• Frequency response of first and second order
• System identification
• S-Plane and Root Loci
• Controllers (PID, IP-D, etc)

This module is designed to give the student an opportunity to undertake individual and self-directed work, in an area of their choice, related to their award, and to further develop their engineering-based knowledge.
The project may encompass any aspect of engineering, and may result from a student’s industrial work, personal interest or experience at the university.
The learning will be predominantly independent, self-directed study, with the support of a project supervisor / the module leader.

• The principles and practice of a number of conventional and renewable power generation systems including technical, economic, environmental and political considerations.
• Review of basic concepts of energy, power and efficiency; energy use inhuman activity.
• Renewable Energy systems: power from water, wind, biomass, solar  electricity generation and solar thermal systems.
• Overview of power from nuclear energy
• Basics of electrical machines and distribution networks; structure of the Singapore electricity industry.
• Energy use in Transport
• Future vehicle developments

• Controls Review and introduction to LabView
• Low-level interfacing of software with
  hardware
• High-level graphical programming tools to
  implement real-time computation tasks
• Digital logic
• Analog interfacing and power amplifiers
• Measurement and sensing
• Electromagnetic and optical transducers
• Control of mechatronic systems

• Material Science Concepts
• Electrical and thermal conduction of solids
• Modern theory of solids
• Semiconductors, electronic ceramics and polymers
• Dielectric materials and insulation
• Magnetic properties of materials
• Optical properties of materials
• Superconductivity
• Processes in semiconductor manufacturing

Structure-property relations in materials

• The atomic model of materials
• Application of basic quantum mechanics principles to bonding theory
• Levels of structure in materials
• Examples of structure-property relations
• Principles
  and processes for the manipulation and control of structure in materials
• Failure processes and failure mechanisms in materials

Sandwich structures

• Stiffness-limited design
• Theory, design, manufacture and
  application of sandwich structures in motor vehicle and aerospace engineering
• Smart materials and smart structures
• Definition
• Science and principles of smart
  materials
• Smart materials in different materials systems
• Current and future applications of smart materials and smart structures

Engineering ceramics

• Fabrication, properties and applications
• Designing with ceramics
• Weibull statistics
• Principles of material selection for ultra high temperature and hypersonic applications

Metallurgy of nickel-base superalloys, titanium alloys and intermetallic compounds

• Processing, phase transformations, microstructural control and properties
• Titanium alloy compressor blades
• Diffusion bonding and superplastic forming
• Turbine blades
• Control of creep failure

New frontiers in materials science

• Carbon science and technology
• Graphene
• Nanoscience and nano technology
• Material science frontiers in medicine and biomedical engineering

This module covers the steps of collecting data, analysis, modelling, probability testing, and life-cycle consideration in assessing the reliability of the machines and processes of your manufacturing process.

The current holy grail of manufacturing management in engineering companies is a manufacturing process that only requires human intervention for computer aided design and then the computer takes over – producing prototypes, measuring the outputs/products that it creates and self-corrects along the way, creating the optimal manufacturing processes and settings to achieve the desired product outcome. This is SMART manufacturing technology.