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ENGI44X10: Future Vehicles

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Type	Tied
Level	4
Credits	10
Availability	Not available in 2023/24
Module Cap	None.
Location	Durham
Department	Engineering

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None

Excluded Combinations of Modules

None

Aims

This module is designed solely for students studying on the Master of Energy Systems Management.
To provide an overview and describe the characteristics of future transport devices.
To explain the working principles of systems for future transport devices.
To explain the technical, as well as economical, constraints and solutions for future vehicles.
To introduce and familiarise students with analytical methods and simulation tools for system design and analysis.

Content

Overview of low carbon transport
Low carbon vehicle drive-trains
Vehicle energy consumption, emissions and alternative fuels
Future trends

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:

A knowledge of benefits and limitations of technologies currently used or being developed for future transport devices.
An appreciation of the impacts of reducing the carbon footprint of transport systems on the existing infrastructure for transport.
An understanding of component and system design for different and typical future vehicles.
A knowledge of trends and developments in the areas of future vehicles.

Subject-specific Skills:

An awareness of current technology, analysis methods and industrial practises along with the ability to apply those methods in novel situations.
An in-depth knowledge and understanding of specialised and advanced technical and professional skills, an ability to perform critical assessment and review and an ability to communicate the results of their own work effectively.

Key Skills:

Capacity for independent self-learning within the bounds of professional practice.
Specialised numerical skills appropriate to an engineer.
Mathematics relevant to the application of advanced engineering concepts.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

The module content is delivered in lectures.
Students can make use of staff 'Tutorial Hours' to discuss any aspect of the module with teaching staff. These are sign up sessions which will be available to the students.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity	Number	Frequency	Duration	Total
Lectures	20	Typically block taught over two weeks for full time students	1 hour	20
Tutorial hours	As required	Sign-up sessions	Up to 1 hour	5
Preparation and reading				75
Total				100

Summative Assessment

Component: Coursework		Component Weighting: 100%
Element	Length / Duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
Assignment: technical problem-solving exercise	Equivalent to 2 hours of examination effort	100

Formative Assessment

Online problem sheet

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