Postgraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2021-2022 (archived)

Module ENGI44810: Future Vehicles 4

Department: Engineering

ENGI44810: Future Vehicles 4

Type	Tied	Level	4	Credits	10	Availability	Available in 2021/22

Tied to	H1K609
Tied to	H1K909

Prerequisites

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Corequisites

As specified in programme regulations.

Excluded Combination of Modules

As specified in programme regulations.

Aims

This module is designed solely for students studying Department of Engineering degree programmes.
To provide an overview and describe the characteristics of future transport devices.
To explain the working principles of systems for future transport devices.
To explain the technical, as well as economical, constraints and solutions for future vehicles.
To introduce and familiarise students with analytical methods and simulation tools for system design and analysis.

Content

Overview of low carbon transport
Low carbon vehicle drive-trains
Vehicle energy consumption, emissions and alternative fuels
Future trends

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:

A knowledge of benefits and limitations of technologies currently used or being developed for future transport devices.
An appreciation of the impacts of reducing the carbon footprint of transport systems on the existing infrastructure for transport.
An understanding of component and system design for different and typical future vehicles.
A knowledge of trends and developments in the areas of future vehicles.

Subject-specific Skills:

An awareness of current technology, analysis methods and industrial practises along with the ability to apply those methods in novel situations.
An in-depth knowledge and understanding of specialised and advanced technical and professional skills, an ability to perform critical assessment and review and an ability to communicate the results of their own work effectively.

Key Skills:

Capacity for independent self-learning within the bounds of professional practice.
Specialised numerical skills appropriate to an engineer.
Mathematics relevant to the application of advanced engineering concepts.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

The module content is delivered in lectures and is reinforced by problem sheets, equipping students with the required problem solving capability.
Students are able to make use of staff 'Tutorial Hours' to discuss any aspect of the module with teaching staff on a one-to-one basis. These are sign up sessions available for up to one hour per week per lecture course.
Written timed examinations are appropriate because of the wide range of analytical, in-depth material covered in this module and allow students to demonstrate the ability to solve advanced problems independently.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity	Number	Frequency	Duration	Total/Hours
Lectures	20	Typically 1 per week	1 Hour	20
Tutorial Hours	As required	Weekly sign-up sessions	Up to 1 Hour	10
Preparation and Reading				70
Total				100

Summative Assessment

Component: Examination		Component Weighting: 100%
Element	Length / duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
Written Examination	2 hours	100%

Formative Assessment:

N/A

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University