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thedevamper) wrote2020-08-27 02:31 pm
thedevamper) wrote2020-08-27 02:31 pm
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This is the final engineering class and at the end of the term Nikola expects his students to undertake apprenticeships or to start working on the island using the skills he has taught them or assisting others. There will be several modules to undertake but each student to complete the course must do an individual project, if they wish to continue engineering and spread the workload over two terms they are more than welcome to do so but they will not finish the class and be given a grade unless they complete this project.
MODULES
Individual Project
As part of this you will be expected to complete an individual project which can either benefit the student themselves or others who live on the island it can be as simple as a toaster or as complex as a hover ambulance but it must be all your own work. You can use existing designs and you can consult with Nikola or other experts in the field but the actual work itself must be done by the student.
-To use engineering knowledge developed to plan, carry out and control a project in a topic of their choice.
-Students must write proposals, progress and final reports and give presentations (possibly hosted at the Library in front of an audience.)
-Students projects must be up to professional standards.
Heat Transfer
-To give students a good understanding of the mechanisms of heat transfer and equip them with the understanding and ability to solve significant engineering problems.
-To learn how to carry out complex performance and design calculations
CLASS PROJECT: The FLIGHT problem.
ASSIGNMENT: N/A students should focus on their individual project.
Engineering Fluid Mechanics
-To introduce the idea of viscosity in fluid mechanics, the basic principles of laminar and turbulent flow.
-To understand and evaluate the Fanning and Darcy friction factors.
-To introduce concepts of boundary layers and potential flow theory.
CLASS PROJECT: The DRAG problem
ASSIGNMENT: N/A students should focus on their individual project.
Vibration and Control
-To learn analysing vibrational systems and multiple degrees-of-freedom.
-To understand control concepts (Nyquist, root locus, bode plots...)
-To explain and design simple SISO control systems.
CLASS PROJECT: The BRIDGE problem
ASSIGNMENT: N/A students should focus on their individual project
Structural Failure Modes
-To understand the modes of failure of structural members and components under various static or quasi-static loads.
-To use and analyse various failure modes.
CLASS PROJECT: The FAILURE problem
ASSIGNMENT: N/A students should focus on their individual project
Introduction to Finite Elements
-To understand and develop knowledge of finite element technique and its limits.
-To understand typical engineering applications.
CLASS PROJECT: The ELEMENTARY DEAR WATSON problem
ASSIGNMENT: N/A students should focus on their individual project
Management of Design
-To develop interest and awareness of engineering project management.
-To develop professional (or you know Nikola's lack of, he may get someone in to co-lecture who is more respectable) attitudes towards engineering management.
-To give help with management of current student individual project.
CLASS PROJECT: The GROUP MANAGEMENT problem
ASSIGNMENT: N/A students should focus on their individual project
Advanced Modern Management
-To introduce modern management with guest lectures.
-To develop an understanding of management tools.
CLASS PROJECT: The NIKOLA TESLA problem (what to do when your boss is Nikola Tesla... or you know something.
ASSIGNMENT: N/A students should focus on their individual project
Aeroengines 2
-To analyse a convergent-divergent nozzle.
-To understand turbine blading and aeroengines.
-To conduct an analysis of a simplified axial flow compressor/turbine.
CLASS PROJECT: The TURBINE problem
ASSIGNMENT: N/A students should focus on their individual project
Please Note...
-Students will not be encouraged to take on additional work on top of their current workload or apprenticeships during this period of study but afterwards Nikola will write them references if they want to continue on in apprenticeships or join the island scientific community.
MODULES
Individual Project
As part of this you will be expected to complete an individual project which can either benefit the student themselves or others who live on the island it can be as simple as a toaster or as complex as a hover ambulance but it must be all your own work. You can use existing designs and you can consult with Nikola or other experts in the field but the actual work itself must be done by the student.
-To use engineering knowledge developed to plan, carry out and control a project in a topic of their choice.
-Students must write proposals, progress and final reports and give presentations (possibly hosted at the Library in front of an audience.)
-Students projects must be up to professional standards.
Heat Transfer
-To give students a good understanding of the mechanisms of heat transfer and equip them with the understanding and ability to solve significant engineering problems.
-To learn how to carry out complex performance and design calculations
CLASS PROJECT: The FLIGHT problem.
ASSIGNMENT: N/A students should focus on their individual project.
Engineering Fluid Mechanics
-To introduce the idea of viscosity in fluid mechanics, the basic principles of laminar and turbulent flow.
-To understand and evaluate the Fanning and Darcy friction factors.
-To introduce concepts of boundary layers and potential flow theory.
CLASS PROJECT: The DRAG problem
ASSIGNMENT: N/A students should focus on their individual project.
Vibration and Control
-To learn analysing vibrational systems and multiple degrees-of-freedom.
-To understand control concepts (Nyquist, root locus, bode plots...)
-To explain and design simple SISO control systems.
CLASS PROJECT: The BRIDGE problem
ASSIGNMENT: N/A students should focus on their individual project
Structural Failure Modes
-To understand the modes of failure of structural members and components under various static or quasi-static loads.
-To use and analyse various failure modes.
CLASS PROJECT: The FAILURE problem
ASSIGNMENT: N/A students should focus on their individual project
Introduction to Finite Elements
-To understand and develop knowledge of finite element technique and its limits.
-To understand typical engineering applications.
CLASS PROJECT: The ELEMENTARY DEAR WATSON problem
ASSIGNMENT: N/A students should focus on their individual project
Management of Design
-To develop interest and awareness of engineering project management.
-To develop professional (or you know Nikola's lack of, he may get someone in to co-lecture who is more respectable) attitudes towards engineering management.
-To give help with management of current student individual project.
CLASS PROJECT: The GROUP MANAGEMENT problem
ASSIGNMENT: N/A students should focus on their individual project
Advanced Modern Management
-To introduce modern management with guest lectures.
-To develop an understanding of management tools.
CLASS PROJECT: The NIKOLA TESLA problem (what to do when your boss is Nikola Tesla... or you know something.
ASSIGNMENT: N/A students should focus on their individual project
Aeroengines 2
-To analyse a convergent-divergent nozzle.
-To understand turbine blading and aeroengines.
-To conduct an analysis of a simplified axial flow compressor/turbine.
CLASS PROJECT: The TURBINE problem
ASSIGNMENT: N/A students should focus on their individual project
Please Note...
-Students will not be encouraged to take on additional work on top of their current workload or apprenticeships during this period of study but afterwards Nikola will write them references if they want to continue on in apprenticeships or join the island scientific community.