Electronics & Electrical
Engineering BEng/MEng
Pre-entry pack
www.gla.ac.uk/schools/engineering
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Welcome
Contents
I hope you are looking forward to starting as a first
year engineering student at the University of
Glasgow. Whether you already live in Glasgow or
are moving here for the first time there will be a lot
of new things to get used to and opportunities to
take advantage of, both in your studies and in your
spare time.
Before you throw yourself into your busy student
life this taster pack will give you a flavour of what
it is like to study engineering. It is supplemental to
information you will receive separately about
registration and induction.
I hope you find the material provided useful –
remember it’s just a sampler so you are not
expected to know everything in this pack before
you arrive! We’ve put links to more information on
a webpage – including the solution to the math
problems, links to the university web pages and
sites of engineering interest. Find it all at:
www.gla.ac.uk/schools/engineering/studentstaff/
forstudents/infopacks/
Programme Structure 03
From years 1 to 5.
Timetable and
04
wider reading
An example timetable &
suggested reading.
Mathematics revision 05
example exercises.
Research
06
Quantum Transport
Student organisations 07
GUES, FemEng, EWB &
Formula Student.
Get in touch
08
If you have any questions
please feel free to get in
touch.
Best Wishes,
@GlasgowUniEng
#GlasEng2014
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Electronics & Electrical Engineering
MEng/BEng Programme Structure
MEng and BEng programmes follow the same curriculum up to the end of third year.
Please note: The curriculum as outlined may be subject to change prior to the start of the programme. Full
course descriptors can be found at www.gla.ac.uk/coursecatalogue
Year 1
• Electronic Engineering 1X
• Electronic Engineering 1Y
• Engineering Skills 1*
• Materials 1*
• Dynamics 1*
• Engineering Mathematics 1*
• Thermodynamics 1*
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Year 2
• Analogue Electronics 2
• Digital Electronics 2
• Electrical Circuits 2
• Electronic Design Project 2
• Electronic Devices 2
• Embedded Processors 2
• Engineering Electromagnetics 2
• Power Electronics 2
• Introductory Programming 2
• Engineering Mathematics 2
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Options
• Intro to Business Reporting & Financial Accounting
• Microeconomics E1
• French for Engineers
• German for Engineers
• French Language for International Mobility 1
• German Language for International Mobility 1
• Elements of Law For Engineers
• Managerial & Organisational Context E1
Year 3
• Communication Systems 3
• Control EE3
• Digital Circuit Design 3
• Electromag Compatibility 3
• Electronic Circuit Design 3
• Electronic Devices 3
• Electronic System Design 3
• Engineering Career Skills 3
• Engineering Mathematics EE3
• Power Engineering 3
• Real Time Computer Systems 3
• Team Design Project EE3
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Computer Architecture
4
Distributed Algs &
Systems 4
SEFS4
Component Based SE
(M)
Acoustics and Audio
Tech 4
Biosensors and
Diagnostics 4
Computer Arch and
Comms 4
Control 4
Digital
Communication 4
Digital Signal
Processing 4
Microwave Elect and
Opto Dev 4
Microwave & Optic
Trans Sys 4
Power Systems 4
Robotics 4
VLSI Design 4
Cellular Biophysics 4
Navigation Systems 4
Radar and ElectroOptic Sys 4
Power Electronics and
Drives 4
Avionic Systems 4
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Computer
Architecture 4
Distributed
Algorithms &
Systems 4
SEFS4
Component Based SE
Acoustics and Audio
Tech 4
Biosensors and
Diagnostics 4
Computer Arch and
Communications 4
Control 4
Digital
Communication 4
Digital Signal
Processing 4
Microwave Elect &
Optoelect Devices 4
Microwave & Optic
Trans Systems 4
Power Systems 4
Robotics 4
VLSI Design 4
Cellular Biophysics Navigation Systems 4
Radar and ElectroOptic Sys 4
Power Electronics and
Drives 4
Year 5
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Design Special Topic
Individual Project 5
Options
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Year 4
BEng
• Individual Project
EE4
MEng
• Integrated System
Design Project 4
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Team Project EE4
Options
Options
• Advanced
Networking & Comms • Advanced
Networking & 4
Comms 4
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common curriculum
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Robust Control 5
Computer Comms M
Intro to Wind
Engineering
Micro and Nano
Technology
Micro and Mm Wave
Circuit Des
Optical
Communications
Real Time Embedded
Programming
Energy Conversion
Systems M
Microwave Elec and
Opto Devs M
Energy from Waste
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Timetable
Staff Profile
Sample timetables show an average schedule. You will have lectures
every day probably, between 2 and 4 hours per day. In addition you
will have laboratories or tutorials which allow you to develop what you
have learnt in the lectures. The number of laboratory sessions or
tutorials you have over the term will depend on the subject, but in the
first year there will typically be 1-2 laboratories and 2-3 tutorials per
week and these will all start in the third week of term.
A definitive copy of your timetable will be available on MyCampus,
once you have registered. You should check this regularly as updates
will be made. www.gla.ac.uk/students/myglasgow/
Professor Scott
Roy Head of
Electronics and
Electrical
Engineering
Degree Timetable – Electronics & Electrical Engineering Year 1 (Semester 1)
MON
09.00 – 10.00
Electronic
Engineering 1X
Engineering
Skills 1
TUES
WED
Lab
Engineering
Skills 1
Lecture
Materials 1
JWS354
Lecture
12.00 – 13.00
13.00 – 14.00
14.00 – 15.00
Lab
15.00 – 16.00
16.00 – 17.00
Electronic Engineering 1X/Materials
JWS354
SAMPLE
Lecture
Lecture
Hunterian AG
JWS354
Electronic
Engineering 1X
Materials 1
THUR
11.00 – 12.00
Lecture
R408
Lecture
FRI
10.00 – 11.00
Engineering
Mathematics 1
Lecture
Lecture
BO203
JWS354
Electronic
Engineering 1X
Engineering
Mathematics 1
Lecture
Engineering
Mathematics 1
Tutorial 2
Engineering
Mathematics
1
Lab
Electronic Engineering 1X
Lab
Engineering
Skills 1
Tutorial 2
Materials 1
Lecture
BO222
JWS354
Electronic
Engineering 1X
Engineering
Mathematics 1
Electronic Engineering 1X/Materials
Tutorial 2
Engineering
Mathematics
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Please note that you are expected to do several hours of independent
study per week, for each subject, throughout the term. In fact studying
engineering is like a full time job, you’ll require good time
management to balance study and other commitments.
Most teaching is done in 50 minute lectures and each lecturer will
present in their own style. Most will give handouts or make notes
available online but you will be expected to take notes during the
lecture.
Online you will find extracts from first year lectures – they are only a
tiny part of a large course and can only give you an approximate idea
of content and level. They have been taken from part way through the
course so some concepts may be used which were explained earlier
in the course, and you’re not expected to understand it before you
arrive.
Wider reading
Due to the nature of the programme we don’t provide a specific
reading list, below is a suggestion of wider reading:
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After completing a B.Sc. in
Physics and Electronic
Engineering in 1987, from what
was then the Department of
Natural Philosophy at the
University of Glasgow, I then
completed Ph.D studies in1994,
investigating “Engineering
aspects of extended single
electronic systems”
Lab
JWS354
Lecture
Biography:
Hambley, A.R. (2008) Electrical Engineering, 3rd Edition; Prentice
Hall ISBN 132066920
Toulson, R. & Wilmshurst, T. (2012) Fast and Effective Embedded
Systems Design - Applying the ARM mbed, 1st Edition; Newnes ISBN 9780080977683
Tocci, R.J. & Widmer, N. & Moss, G. (2010) Digital Systems:
Principles and Applications, Prentice Hall ISBN 130856347
Research Interests:
Much of my research involves
bespoke Monte Carlo and
commercial drift-diffusion
simulation of Si, SiGe and
strained Si MOSFETs, UTB-SOI
FETs and Double Gate FETs.
Work on Silicon was kick-started
by the UK project SiGe for MOS
technologies, and continues as
part of the EU consortia
SINANO and PULLNANO.
Teaching:
I teach Analogue Electronics
and Digital Circuit Design.
Interesting fact:
I am the only academic in the
School of Engineering
registered as able to perform
weddings.
www.gla.ac.uk/schools/engineering/staff/scottroy/
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Mathematics Revision
@GlasgowUniEng
#GlasEng2014
Here are a few exercises to help you to revise your mathematics
before you come to university. All of the techniques should have been
covered in Higher Mathematics but the questions are dressed up in
exercises
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language mathematical
of engineering, which
may make
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do basic calculations
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youfor
half
as you use these skills . It will be a challenge but very profitable
an hour to solve a quadratic equation, for instance. We will help you to develop this skill during
your future career. I have included numerical answers to some of the
your university course. It will be a challenge but very profitable for your future career.
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solutions
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questions
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on info
the School
of Engineering’s
web site
at www.gla.ac.uk/engineering/infopacks.
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don’t
look
at these until
you have tried the exercises yourself.
exercises
yourself.
1. Figure 1(a) shows a widely used circuit called a potential divider formed by two resistors.
The input and output voltages are given in terms of the resistances by
Vout =
R2
Vin .
R1 + R2
Use this to find the unknown quantities in figures 1(b)–(e). [0.5 V, 500 Ω, 12 V, 16 kΩ.]
Stick in at the early
morning maths
lectures, you’ll be
surprised how quickly
you might forget the
basics and this will
really pay off for
later years
Mark Doyle
4th Year Aeronautical
Engineering student
(a)
(b)
(c)
R1
5V
R2
1 kΩ
Vout
R1
5 kΩ
Vin
10 V
Vout
(e)
12 kΩ
9 kΩ
Vin
(d)
R2
9V
1 kΩ 2 V
0.4 V
2kΩ
1V
Figure 1: A selection of potential dividers.
(a) inverting amplifier
Vin
R1
−
+
(b) non-inverting amplifier
R2
1
Vout
−
Vin
R2
+
Vout
R1
Figure 2: The classic inverting and non-inverting amplifier circuits.
2. A remote control draws 10 mA while it is being used and 10 µA when it is idle. (Make
sure that you know the powers of 10 for the prefixes in mA and µA. How about kA and
nA?) What is the average current drawn, assuming that it is used for 5 minutes per day?
Which is more significant, the current drawn when it is operating or idle?
[45 µA]
The control’s batteries are rated at 100 mAh. This means that the product of the current
in mA and lifetime in hours is 100. For example, they will provide 100 mA for 1 hour or
0.1 mA for 1000 hours. How long will they last in the remote control? [About 3 months]
3. Figure 2 shows two classic circuits based on an operational amplifier – the component
shown by the triangular symbol. They act as (a) inverting and (b) non-inverting ampli-
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Quantum Transport
Professor Asen Asenov, Dr Vihar Georgiev, Professor Scott Roy
Our Quantum Transport Simulations are based on
self-consistent solution of Poisson’s equation and non-equilibrium
Green’s function (NEGF) approach. NEGF formalism is a
generalization of the Landauer’s formalism to treat many body
systems at room temperature in context of one particle. The
electrostatic potential and the electron density, which serve as an
initial condition for the Poisson-NEGF cycle, are obtained from a
density gradient of Drift-Diffusion equations. The Hamiltonian used in
the discretization of the NEGF equations is an effective-mass
Hamiltonian that folds the full crystal interaction into the electron
effective masses. We can perform calculations in ballistic and
scattering regime where in the latter case sources of incoherent
scattering such as phonon interaction, are currently included in NEGF
module. The Poisson-NEGF cycle is iterated until density and current
converges. We developed two methods based on either fully-3D or
coupled mode space approach self-consistent methodology to solve
electron transport equations. The NEGF module is included in the
‘atomistic’ simulator Garand. For more information visit:
www.gla.ac.uk/schools/engineering/research/divisions/ene/
Monte Carlo Transport
Professor Asen Asenov, Professor Scott Roy
The Glasgow 3D Monte Carlo simulator is a generalised device
simulator developed in concert with, and now available as a module
in, Garand - the Glasgow ‘atomistic’ device simulator. It has been
designed specifically for the investigation of intrinsic statistical device
variability where variation in carrier transport, in addition to electrostatic modulation, is an important consideration. It is complimentary to
the drift-diffusion module of Garand, working in the same simulation
domain and with the same sources of statistical variability.
I would recommend
hard work & getting
involved in order to
gain valuable
experiences that will
help after graduation
Orla Murphy
Electronics with Music
Graduate
The general design of the simulator allows the simulation of electron
and hole transport within Silicon, Germanium and III-V materials in
combination with all relevant sources of statistical variability in a variety of device structures from conventional bulk through to IFQW and
FinFET. Scattering is captured through a combination of traditional
bulk scattering rate models and directly via the quantum corrected
potential that is most accurate for treating position dependent
scattering from random dopants and interface roughness that leads to
transport variation between microscopically unique devices.
@GlasgowUniEng
#GlasEng2014
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Engineering societies
Formula Student
Each year Formula Student (FS)
challenges university students
from around the world to design
and build their own single-seat
racing car, which is then put to
the test at the famous
Silverstone Circuit. University
teams from multiple disciplines
work together, developing
creative solutions, building
teamwork and
communication skills, and
learning how to deliver projects
to budget and deadlines.
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Engineers
20 Hours a week
12
Months
1
Car
Glasgow University Engineering Society
(GUES)
GUES hosts a variety of events each year ranging from social
events to industry and career building events. We want you all to
enjoy and make the most of your university career so we encourage
as many students to attend these events as possible as all provide
unique opportunities: whether it be a fun night out with fellow
engineers of all disciplines and ages, or a chance to talk to industry
buffs in a familiar and comfortable environment.
We hope that all of these events will provide a chance for you all to
relax a little during the busy semesters alongside fellow students,
some of whom may be able to shed some light on what is ahead of
you in your University career. I hope to see many of you over the
next coming year at our events! Rebecca Findlay GUES President
For more information or details about how to get involved:
Email: info@gues.org.uk
Facebook: Glasgow University Engineering Society
The Female Engineering Society (FemEng)
FemEng is a network formed within GUES, with the sole aim of
bringing the women in the School of Engineering together. In
connection with pre-existing organisations such as Interconnect
(Equate), WES and Athena Swan, FemEng has established strong
links with industry and academics alike. Through holding events
which are tailored to suit the women that attend them, FemEng
helps to encourage the minority. Cocktail nights, bake-offs, talks
from inspirational women and the opportunity to engage in intense
projects overseas - just a look-in of what to expect from being a part
of this rapidly growing society. It’s not about being super girly, it’s
about doing things we enjoy and by joining the society you can
contribute ideas of events you would like to see happening. In
addition to this, through FemEng, girls have had the chance to visit
schools and conferences to help talk to younger women about the
importance of engineering and engaging them in STEM from a
younger age.
Engineers without Borders (EWB)
For more information or details
about how to get involved
contact :
Email: contact@ugracing.co.uk
Facebook: fb.me/
UGRacingFSAE
Twitter: UGRacing_fsae
EWB UK is an international development organisation that removes
barriers to development through engineering. Our programmes
provide opportunities for young people to learn about engineering’s
role in poverty reduction. By taking part in our activities, our
members are making a difference to people’s lives around the world.
GUEWB is one of the charity’s branches in UK universities. Founded
earlier this year, the Society has already made good connections to
our neighbours at Strathclyde and taken on a fantastic core group of
students to spearhead our efforts into 2015. This year our meetings
will take place every Tuesday. For more information and updates,
visit us on our Facebook page at Glasgow University EWB or drop
us an email at ewb.glasgowuni@gmail.com.
Please come along to:
The Electronics and Electrical Engineering Induction Event:
Thursday 18th September
Arrive
Lunch
Welcome session
Icebreaker session
End
13:00
13:05
13:30
15:00
16:30
The Induction event will take place in the Sir Charles Wilson Building:
University of Glasgow
1 University Avenue
Glasgow
G12 8QQ
Useful contacts:
School of Engineering School Office
Email schoolofengineering@glasgow.ac.uk
Tel 0141 330 2032
School Liaison Administrator
Email alison.gore@glasgow.ac.uk
Tel 0141 330 4914
School of Engineering Teaching Office
Email eng-teachingoffice@glasgow.ac.uk
Tel 0141 330 7558
Admissions enquiries
Email kelly.robertson@glasgow.ac.uk
Tel 0141 330 8153
Accommodation enquiries
Email accom@glasgow.ac.uk
Tel 0141 330 4743
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