BEng (Hons) Electronic Engineering with a Year in Industry Bachelor's degree at the University of Nottingham

You will be involved in the development of an autonomous vehicle building on knowledge learned in other parts of the course. The work will be lab-based and undertaken in project weeks giving you a break from lectures in each semester. You will work on this module for a third of the year.

This module introduces you to various themes that are at the forefront of today's electrical and electronic engineering systems. Topics include Smart Grids, Medical Electronics, Electric Transportation, Big Data. Topics cover critical technological enablers and breakthroughs and their commercial and socio-economic impact.

This module introduces you to the algebra of complex numbers. It provides a key mathematical tool for analysis of linear mathematical and engineering problems. You will study the complexity of solving general systems of equations using matrix techniques and review the calculus of a single variable. You will have a three hour lecture and workshops each week.

This module provides an introduction to electronic and information systems and covers a wide range of topics including digital electronics, amplifiers, filters, semiconductor devices, diodes, transistors, communications and noise in electronic systems. Taught material is reinforced through coursework exercises which make use of circuit simulation tools.

This module explores the technical skills required to analyse, design and implement solutions to practical engineering problems. Students will be provided with the skills required to design and develop code solutions that can implemented on multiple platforms. These skills will be further enhanced through their ongoing use in the project component of the first year.

Our world relies on reliable and secure electricity supplies, this module will introduce you to the concepts and challenges faced in generating traditional and renewable electrical energy.

Following on from year one, this module continues to introduce to a variety of themes that are at the forefront of contemporary electrical and electronic engineering systems. Topics covered will vary each year and typical subjects might include: Smart Grids, Bio-sensing, Medical Electronics, Photonics, Electric Transportation, The Internet of Things.

Quality Software Engineering demands consideration of good design practice to produce robust, reliable, portable, maintainable and cost-effective codes. This module covers a range of good practice topics and also introduces Object Oriented Programming (OOP) as an elegant and reliable means of constructing inherently good quality software. Encapsulation, polymorphism and inheritance will be considered in detail.

This module introduces you to the underpinning technologies for the conditioning, control and conversion of electrical energy. Topics covered include: power electronics, control, electrical machines, renewable energy.

In this module you will study: intermediate level electronic analogue circuits and their use within more complex systems, digital design techniques, software tools, communications systems, sources and impact of noise and interference.

This module introduces a range of activities from the design and development cycle undertaken to provide practical solutions to electronic engineering problems. The activity focuses on a hands-on laboratory-based project and develops teamworking skills. Students undertake the development of an electronics and communications system from concept to functional prototype.

This module introduces a range of activities from the design and development cycle undertaken to provide practical solutions to electronic engineering problems. The activity focuses on a hands-on laboratory-based project and develops teamworking skills. Students undertake the development of a power electronic converter system from concept to functional prototype.

Electrical and electronic engineers are often required to analyse and solve the problems they encounter. This module will teach you the required mathematical skills and suitable software tools needed for you to start modelling these problems yourself. Topics covered include: analysis techniques for dynamic systems with application to communications and control theory, analysis techniques for digital systems and statistical analysis of signals and data.

Subject to you meeting the relevant requirements, this year will be spent in industry. The placement year opportunity enables you to take what you've learned and apply it to real projects in a professional working environment. You will be supported by a placement tutor in securing a position and they will keep in touch during the year to see how you are getting on. The placement year can provide you with a source of income and can even lead to a job offer before you've graduated.

This module covers the design and analysis of electronic systems used in telecommunications particularly wireless devices. Devices covered typically include passive components such as transmission lines, directional couplers, periodic structures, and active devices such as amplifiers and oscillators.

Engineers working in industry usually find that they become involved in extended practical or theoretical projects. This module provides an opportunity for you to work in a similar situation. You'll indicate your project preferences then work under the supervision of an expert member of staff to write a dissertation on your work and present it publicly. You'll have weekly individual tutorial with your project supervisor, but otherwise you'll be expected to work alone.

This module provides you with an in-depth understanding of both full and semi-custom CMOS integrated circuit design. It is biased towards electronic systems rather than solid state devices. Topics covered include: CMOS gate DC and transient performance, CMOS chip fabrication processes, Analysis of delays in logic gates driving capacitive loads, VLSI layout design techniques, rules and limitations, Electrical parameters and measurement of parasitics, Power dissipation - static and dynamic, Combin

This module assesses your ability to develop a business plan based on an idea for a new product. You will learn various models, tools and concepts that are commonly used in business including: Belbin's model of team formation, PEST and SWOT analysis, basics of marketing, product life cycle, technology audits, finance sources, intellectual property, ethics, product design. By the end of this module, you will be confident in writing and assessing rudimentary business plans and making informed deci

This module covers advanced analytic mathematical techniques used to provide exact or approximate solutions to common classes of ordinary differential equations (ODES) typical in Engineering. Techniques covered include: method of variation of parameters, Laplace transform methods, Taylor series method, Frobenius method, asymptotic regular perturbations and strained coordinates, multiple scales.

This module focuses on Cybersecurity.

The aim of the module is to introduce you to the concepts and operating principles of modern digital communication systems. The module will use several system examples such as compact disk, local area networks and digital television to illustrate the application of these concepts and operating principles.

This module covers architectures for embedded systems, the operation of a microcontroller and its programming, assembly language directives and instructions, the interfacing of microcontrollers, embedded peripherals and interrupts, communications protocols used in embedded computing, introduction to larger scale embedded systems.

This module provides knowledge of the fundamentals of mobile communications and its application to real systems. Typical subjects might be 3rd and 4th generation systems, OFDM and MIMO and how 5th generation systems are likely to develop.

This module introduced the main concepts related to optical devices, systems and networks. Topics typically include characteristics of optical fibres and a range of active and passive optical devices such as for example transmitters, detectors, amplifiers, multiplexers, filters and couplers.

This module gives an Introduction to fundamentals of robotics, and introduces students to: Direct Kinematics, Inverse Kinematics, Workspace analysis and specifying appropriate robotic manipulators for industrial processes.

This module covers a selection of topics where information is acquired from sensors and subsequently electronically processed. Applications will typically include, optical, acoustic, non-destructive evaluation, medical and bio-photonics.