Final Year project

The MEng Research and Development Project provides an open ended challenge to each individual student. Most students regard their projects as the highlight of their degree. It makes up 50% of the final year mark (MEng) and the best students can make a real contribution to the state of the art in modern engineering. Recent final year projects have included:

• CFD Investigations into the In-Cylinder Flow in a Cummins Mid-Range Engine
• The Robotic Simulation of Butterfly Flight
• Elasto-plastic Finite Element Analysis: Observations on Iterative versus Incremental Stress Updating Schemes
• Massive Models using Meshless Methods - Mathematical Musings
• Tension Testing of Concrete Specimens Reinforced with Large Diameter Bar
• Endwall Profile Design for the Durham Cascade
• Particle Model for Pollution Dispersion in the Strait of Gibraltar
• Mechanical Characteristics of Novel Thermoplastic Elastomers
• Durham University Solar Car Instrumentation System
• UAV Autogyro
• Satellite Dish Control System
• Improved Light Out Coupling for OLEDs
• Design of a Running Simulator: Improving Prosthetic Foot & Trainer Technology
• GeotechML: Representing Slopes & Landslides on the World Wide Web
• The Use of Large-scale 3D Metrology in Engineering Measurement