Imperial College London

In this course, students develop their understanding of electronics components and systems architecture and how these are used in different types of biomedical instrumentation. Students then use this knowledge during a practical task to develop an instrument prototype following a set of bioengineering/biomedical specifications.

This course develops the understanding, securely based on materials science, of various common failure modes, the reasons for their occurrence and how we seek to avoid failure by design. This course enables students to predict component failures under multiaxial loading conditions due to yielding, fracture, fatigue and creep mechanisms and to identify these failure mechanisms in practice, and to design against them.

In this course, students learn how images are formed, how they are represented on computers and how they can be processed by computers to extract semantic information. Students develop algorithms for detecting interesting features in images, design neural networks to perform natural image classification, and explore algorithms for solving real-world problems such as hand-written digit recognition and object detection.  

This course introduces students to the fundamental concepts of normal tissue development and how researchers have used this information to imitate nature in a lab setting, engineering cells and tissues that may be used to model diseases, treat disease, or develop drugs. Discussion topics include: societal challenges for tissue engineering, cell building blocks, normal tissue development and regeneration, adult stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells, challenges in imitating nature, cell and tissue therapy, gene therapy, and drug development.

This course explores the materials in electronic devices used to emit light, transmit light, and detect light and shows you how these elements can be combined to create integrated systems for fibre optic communications, solar energy conversion, and displays.

This course gives students an understanding of the fundamental science governing the electronic and ionic conductivity of metal oxides and to then use this knowledge to describe the operation of devices based on these properties, such as gas sensors, fuel cells, batteries, varistors, and PTCRs.

This course explores aspects of electrical power in the context of a wider energy system. The first aspect is electronic “switch-mode” circuits for conditioning and converting power such as in the grid interface for solar and wind energy systems. Circuits for various types of conversion between DC voltage levels and to/from AC are analyzed in order to support circuit design to meet a performance specification. The second aspect covers the electromagnetic devices such as transformers, motors, generators, and transmission lines of an AC power systems. The performance and efficiency of each type of electromagnetic device will be analyzed. The link between these devices and how frequency and voltage of a power system are controlled will be illustrated. The course concludes with a discussion of the transition needed in power systems to achieve zero carbon dioxide emissions and the roles of power electronic, electromagnetic, and information technologies have in that transition.

This course gives students a thorough grounding in electromagnetic systems in electrical engineering. It teaches students how electromagnetic systems provide the foundation of understanding and designing systems as diverse as electrical motors to wireless communication. The Maxwell equations are the basics of Electromagnetism. Students use vector calculus to solve these equations and apply them in low frequency and high frequency applications. Low frequency applications forms strong links with analogue and power electronics whilst high frequency application covers communications and sensing.

This course takes students through the idea of transmitting information from one point to another in the presence of noise. The course introduces students to both analogue and digital transmission, show how the two are connected, and explain the differences (e.g. signal-to-noise ratio vs. bit error rate). The course also introduces students to information theory, and the fundamental theoretical limits of compression and channel coding it identifies.

This course enables students to learn about and engage with engineering in the context of global society and within the engineering industry. Students apply this knowledge to create and plan initiatives, gaining an understanding of being an EDI champion and improving interpersonal skills. This course will provide students with the knowledge and critical understanding of the key issues surrounding equality, diversity and inclusion in engineering, STEM and wider society and to identify and evaluate actionable methods of embedding EDI into engineering education and/or industry