The Engineer and the Environment lectures will cover issues in environmental legislation and environmental impact, life cycle analysis and sustainability. Product Design builds on previous material and the Part IIA Process Design project to introduce an important mode of design, where the attributes of the final product dictate the selection of the process route or technology. These compulsory subjects will involve 50 - 60 lectures and will be assessed by a mixture of classes, extended essays and written examination. Lectures may be augmented by presentations given by visiting researchers and speakers from industry. A range of topics will be offered, which will vary from year to year, and which will reflect the research interests of the teaching staff.
Assessment is by written examination.
The three papers on advanced topics will be structured so that students concentrate their studies on around six courses each of 16 lectures, or equivalent. Each student reading for Part IIB will undertake a research project, usually in collaboration with another student and closely supervised by a member of staff. Normally the work involves a combination of theoretical, computational and experimental investigations and is carried out over the Michaelmas and Lent terms. Members of staff may choose to offer an Advanced Process Design or Product Design investigations as an alternative to a research project. Guide is expected to be available in late October or early November 2001.