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Welcome

BEng (Hons) Electronic Engineering

School of Science, Engineering and Environment

• Dr. Martin Hope BEng PhD

m.d.hope@salford.ac.uk

BEng (Hons) Electronic Engineering With foundation year

The foundation year

• Engineering Methodology 1 and 2

Algebra, logarithms, introduction to calculus, problem solving in velocity and acceleration, differentiation, integration and matrices.

• Foundation Physics A

Basic physics - numerical problem solving. mechanics, properties of matter and wave propagation.

• Foundation Physics B

Electronics and electricity, and fields (magnetic, electric, gravitation etc.)

• Foundation Physics Laboratory

Experimental design, scientific measurement methods and data analysis.

• experiments covering mechanics, thermal physics, electricity and waves.
• Foundation IT and Study Skills

Development of IT, research, team working, presentation and scientific reporting skills.

Course organisation

• Duration of course – 3 Years (4 years with Industrial Placement)
• 2 semesters each year

Semester 1: September to January, Semester 2: February to June

• Each semester consists of

11 weeks of teaching + 1 week for revision + 2 weeks for assessment

• Around 6 modules per year

120 credits worth of material. Each module 20 or 40 credits

• Average student workload is 12-15 hours per week (lectures,

tutorials, workshops) plus at least as many hours of private study

• Making a total of around 35 hours
• Modules assessed by examination and /
• r assignment

Degree Organisation

• Year 1 – provides correct foundation for entry to Year 2
• Year 2 – contributes 25% towards the final classification
• Optional Year – Industrial Placement. Contributes towards

final classification

• Final Year – contributes 75% towards final classification

Electronic Engineering Year 1

• Technologies in Context (1 + 2) NL (Presentation, Report)

History of electronics and communications, Societal impacts, Evolution of technology, Future trends

• Digital Electronics I (1 + 2) MDH, HTR (Simulation, Exam)

Basic gates, logic functions, CAD and VHDL, K-maps, storage element and timing Latches, registers, counters, synchronous ccts, combinational ccts, encoding / decoding, timing analysis

• Analogue Electronics (1 + 2) PD (CW, Exam)

Electronic principles, circuit design / measurement, CAD (SPICE), analogue construction (breadboard / veroboard)

• Introduction to Computers & Network Systems

(1 +2) OA (CA 60%, Exam 40%)

Introduction to the computer, OS concepts, peripherals, networking and security

• Mathematics (1) GSM (CA 60%, Exam 40%)

Algebra, trigonometry, Geometry, Vectors, Complex numbers, Calculus

• Mathematics and Computing (2) GSM / IM (CA 60%, Exam 40%)

Further calculus, series (Taylor, Maclaurin, Fourier etc) Computer programming (structure, flow, I/O) solution to problems.

Electronic Engineering Year 1

• Digital Signal Processing (1 + 2) JA (Simulation, Exam)

Sampling, Aliasing, Quantisation and Dither, A to D, D to A, FFT, Digital filters (FIR, IIR)

• Mathematical Methods and Applications (1 + 2)

TS (CA 60%, Exam 40%)

Vector calculus, Matrices and determinants, Magnetics (flux and induction), LR, RC and LCR circuits, AC theory, Impedance and resonance

• Computing Laboratory (1 + 2) IM (CA 50%, Exam 50%)

Computational electronics / physics – programming numerical methods Computational Lab – interfacing for data acquisition / control

Electronic Engineering Year 2

• Digital Electronic II (1+2) MDH / SLH (CW, Exam)

A-D, D-A, sampling, state machines, Design example, Programmable Logic

• Digital Communications Systems Group Design

Project (1+2) SLH (Project 100%)

Combinational digital logic, simulation VHDL – FPGA, testing / debugging

• Antenna and Transmission Systems (2) MDH / NL (CW, Exam)

Propagation models, transmission line theory, EM waves, optical fibre, PCB traces

Electronic Engineering Year 2

Optional Industrial Placement Year

• Placement arranged by us (with work from you)
• Apply academic knowledge to real world
• Learn what business is about
• Learn to work in a team
• Learn to communicate – reports and presentations
• Gain competence and confidence
• Enhanced job prospects – make contacts,
• pportunities for professional development
• Paid a salary
• Usually results in higher degree classification

Industrial Placement Year Examples

NPD Electrical Engineering Intern:

• Blue Rig
• Test setups in the lab
• Work Instructions for VEE Pro

Programs

• NPD/VAVE

Maintenance Engineer:

• Virtualization of in-house servers
• Motorola wireless network installation
• VOIP phone system (over 120) and 12

switch network installation

• Rollout of company’s first PBX phone

system using SIP – testing-development- tweaking

• Configuring the Wi-Fi system for a high

school and the local area

• Power and Control Systems (1 + 2) OA (Lab 40%, Exam 60%)

Feedback and Control systems, Laplace and z-transforms, sampling Energy supply, power systems, loading and matching, energy conservation

• DSP and Machine Learning (1) FL (Practical, Exam)

Signal process, resonator models, speech synthesis / recognition, applied digital filters 1 and 2, audio coding

• Embedded Systems (1) HTR (Practical, Exam)

Embedded systems, Microcontrollers, ASM, I/O concepts, The C programming language, interfacing, UARTS, Interrupt programming, real-time / distributed systems

Electronic Engineering Final Year

Electronic Engineering Final Year

• IoT – The Internet of Things (2) SH / NL (CW, Exam)

WAN & GWAN protocols, embedded systems, interfacing, device communications

• Major individual project (1 + 2) (Supervisor / assessor)

Real life problems Acquire personal skills not easy to learn in other ways Research, design, delivery and documentation A good discussion point at job interviews

Good reasons to study Electronic Engineering at Salford

• Salford has a reputation for providing a ‘real world’

experience combining theory with practice thanks to our close links to industry and the professions.

• An established history of providing quality education in

engineering.

• Good student experience - (National Student Survey)
• A friendly campus environment with professionally qualified

teaching and research active staff.

Thank you!