BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's degree at the University of Salford

Introduces key skills in mechanical design, CAD, project management, and workshop practice. Working in teams, students take part in a group project based on the IMechE Design Challenge, developing communication, teamwork, and project management skills. Covers CAD modelling, engineering drawing, and design principles, along with project planning, risk management, and resource allocation.

Introduces core principles of Engineering Dynamics and Electrical Engineering, applying mathematics, natural science, and engineering methods to analyse motion and electrical systems. Covers kinematics, kinetics, Newton's laws, energy principles, and circuit theory. Activities include interpreting technical literature, investigating systems using laboratory skills, and selecting appropriate materials, equipment, and technologies.

Introduces key principles of engineering materials and structural analysis. Covers stress, strain, beam theory, torsion, thermal stresses, frameworks, and Mohr's circles. Explores material testing, properties through bonding mechanisms, strengthening methods, phase diagrams, heat treatment, and corrosion principles. Includes types and use of polymer materials.

Develops core mathematical concepts, notation, and techniques essential for solving complex engineering problems. Reinforces prior knowledge and introduces calculus and algebra to support the application of engineering principles. Emphasises selecting and applying appropriate analytical techniques.

Introduces fundamental manufacturing processes such as casting, forming, machining, and finishing. Explains how materials behave during production and how to choose suitable methods for different applications. Explores production cost, efficiency, and sustainability with attention to environmental and societal impact.

Introduces core principles of thermodynamics and fluid mechanics, applying mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering principles to complex problems. Covers energy transfer, fluid behaviour, and analytical and computational techniques for thermofluid modelling. Includes practical investigation skills through laboratory work.

Extends core mathematical knowledge by introducing a broader range of techniques relevant to the analysis and solution of complex engineering problems. Covers differential equations, numerical methods, partial differentiation, determinants, matrices, Laplace transforms, and functions of a complex variable.

Introduces the principles and techniques for the design and analysis of dynamic systems and feedback control. Applies knowledge of mathematics, statistics, natural science, and engineering principles to model and analyse complex mechanical problems.

Develops understanding of compressible flow machines, phase change fluids, vapour power cycles, psychrometry, and heat transfer concepts. Covers gas dynamics, speed of sound, Mach number, Euler and continuity equations. Includes turbomachinery (centrifugal and axial pumps, turbines) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) using modern simulation software.

Covers manufacturing methods and industrial processes, with emphasis on selecting appropriate materials, technologies, and recognising limitations. Explores quality management systems and continuous improvement within engineering contexts. Includes engineering management principles, commercial awareness, and legal considerations such as intellectual property.

Develops a solid understanding of structural integrity, fitness for service, and the mechanical properties of materials and components. Introduces analytical methods for assessing structures under various loading conditions. Covers yield criteria and failure theories, direct stiffness method, and Finite Element Analysis (FEA). Includes composite systems, fracture, metal fatigue, and high temperature creep.

Extends knowledge and experience in robotic design via the writing of clear and concise specifications, the generation and presentation of concepts, performing appropriate calculations and selecting suitable materials, actuators, sensors and computer hardware and software. Provides additional computer systems skills and applications of CAD and IT in support of communication and analysis and presentation of data.

Involves working independently on a substantial research or industrially relevant task, requiring critical evaluation of technical literature and other reliable sources of information. Promotes the application of an integrated or systems-based approach to solve complex engineering challenges. Considers environmental and societal impacts and develops solutions that minimise adverse effects.

Has two main components: industrial management in which students are introduced to the commercial issues which must be addressed by engineering businesses, and the principles of quality management systems; and project preparation which develops the ability to work independently, become competent in analysing and assessing the value of information, and develop effective communication skills both written and orally.

Focuses on two core areas: Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and Structural Mechanics. FEA provides a computational technique to model complex problems by discretising structures into elements. Structural Mechanics builds on this by applying first principles to analyse statically indeterminate structures, beams on elastic foundations, and thick and thin-walled pressure vessels. Includes plate theory.

Provides an introduction to the design and analysis of both analogue and digital feedback control systems, and to introduce the application of fundamentals in multi-degree of freedom vibrations and vector analysis of 3-dimensional mechanics problems.

Extends knowledge and experience in design: the writing of clear and concise specifications; the generation and presentation of concepts; performing appropriate calculations, selecting suitable materials, treatments and manufacturing processes; the development of the concepts into workable schemes and their communication in a form suitable for manufacture including dimensional toleranced scale drawings or sketches.