Postgraduate Prospectus 2013 - Swansea University

Engineering
Research opportunities
MPhil, PhD, EngD, MRes and
MSc by Research
RAE2008 73% of staff in Swansea’s
College of Engineering are classed as
producing research of world-leading
or internationally excellent quality
(4* and 3*):
• Civil Engineering – 2nd in the UK*
• General Engineering – joint 5th
in the UK*
• Materials Engineering – joint 8th
in the UK*
Engineering is the practical application
of scientific and technical theories to
everyday challenges. It touches every
part of our lives, from the largest
construction projects to developing
medical devices at the nanoscale,
Engineering’s newest frontier.
Engineering at Swansea University is
a cutting-edge multidisciplinary learning
environment with state-of-the-art teaching
and research facilities. The College offers
a broad portfolio of postgraduate courses
that reflect our research strengths and
the changing needs of industry, and
welcomes proposals for postgraduate
research projects that complement
staff research interests.
Research degrees in Engineering will:
• provide you with new and specialised
research skills
• prepare you for a career in academic
research and teaching
• equip you with skills relevant for a
rewarding career in a wide range of
diverse engineering sectors, including
automotive, aerospace, power
generation, communications, and
medical instrumentation and devices
Professors
J Bonet (Head of College)
S G R Brown (Deputy Head of College)
S Adhikari
M R Bache
K Board
T Chen
J Choi
T C Claypole
M Cross
E A De Souza Neto
N Doran
M G Edwards
Y Feng
G Fourlaris
M Friswell
D T Gethin
O Hassan
N Hilal
A W Lees
M Mahric
H N McMurray
K Morgan
D R J Owen
P Nithiarasu
D Peric
V Randle
D Reeve
P Rees
PhD, MPhil degrees and MSc by Research
are offered in a wide range of research
areas. You are advised to contact our
admissions and recruitment office
regarding your chosen area of interest
before making an application by email to:
engineering@swansea.ac.uk
In addition to the PhD, MPhil and MSc by
Research options, the College also offers
a four-year doctorate EngD degree. The
industry-linked EngD Steel Technology
(Steels Training Research and Innovation
Partnership – STRIP) benefits from close
collaborations with TATA along with other
companies from within the metals supply
chain. The course includes various
technical and non-technical taught
modules. Projects are typically in the field
of process metallurgy, product and
applications, automotive, coatings and
corrosion and computer modelling. The
scheme enables talented students from an
engineering or science background to
study for a doctorate and gain valuable
industrial experience at the same time.
Often, the graduates from this scheme go
on to work with their sponsoring company
and achieve substantive positions within
the business. For further information,
please visit: www.swansea.ac.uk/engd
J Sienz
G Stratton
H D Summers
J Watkins
M Webster
P R Williams
D A Worsley
Academic and research staff 214
Postgraduates 443
Entry requirements:
Normally a good Honours degree
(first-class or 2.1) in a subject relevant
to the area of research.
The EngD Structural Materials for Gas
Turbines programme focuses specifically
on the materials requirements of aerospace
companies such as Rolls-Royce
(Aeroengines). The research activities
encompass titanium alloys, nickel alloys,
aluminium alloys, high strength steels and
advanced composite materials and
explore every aspect of their development,
processing and in-service application.
The four-year programme includes
technical, professional and business
modules combined with industry-based
research projects.
Research Strengths
Staff research interests cover a broad
range of engineering disciplines,
including:
• Advanced Telecommunications
• Aerospace Engineering
• Chemical and Biological Process
Engineering
• Civil and Computational Engineering
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Medical Engineering and Radiation
Physics
• Nanotechnology
• Sports Science and Engineering
English Language requirement:
IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each
component) or Swansea University
recognised equivalent.
Scholarships and Bursaries
A range of postgraduate scholarships and
bursaries is available for PhD and MPhil.
The Materials Research Centre offers
competitive studentships, of £15,000
upwards, to UK and EU students for
Engineering Doctorate (EngD)
programme. For further details,
please visit: www.swansea.ac.uk/
scholarships/Postgraduate
Research activity is undertaken by several
internationally recognised research centres
and groups within the College.
Civil and Computational Engineering
Centre
Over the last 30 years, Swansea
University has been at the forefront of
international research in the area of
computational engineering. Engineers at
Swansea have pioneered the
development of numerical techniques,
such as the finite element method and
associated computational procedures that
have enabled the solution of many
complex engineering problems.
The Civil and Computational Engineering
Centre represents an unrivalled
concentration of knowledge and expertise
supported by state-of-the-art research
facilities. When the RAE results are turned
into a weighted average, Civil
Engineering at Swansea ranked second
in the UK for research quality. The Centre
is recognised as a Centre of Excellence
by the Welsh Government and has been
designated as a preferred academic
partner by BAE Systems in the areas of
both computational electromagnetics
and computational engineering.
How can I find out more?
Visit our website:
www.swansea.ac.uk/engineering
Engineering Recruitment
and Admissions Team:
Email: engineering@swansea.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1792 295514
Visit the University:
see page 174 for details
Current research encompasses a range
of themes in the area of computational
and applied mechanics, including:
• Applied Mechanics
• Biomedical Engineering
• Casting
• Computational Electromagnetics
• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Environmental Modelling
• Geotechnics
• High-Performance Computing
• Error Estimation
• Computer-Based Simulation of
Polymer Processing
• Human/Computer Interfaces
• Intelligent and Adaptive Computing
• Inverse Problems and Imaging
• Mesh Generation
• Multi-Physics Modelling
• Partical-Based Meshless Methods
• Powder Compaction
• Structural and Multidisciplinary
Optimal Design
• Tidal Stream and River Turbines
• Virtual Reality and Visualisation
of Computational Data
• Simulation of Multi-Fracturing
Solids and Particulate Media
Applications can be made online
at: www.swansea.ac.uk/applyonline
– see pages 176 – 177 for
further information
For details of the Master’s and MRes
courses available in Engineering,
please see page 50.
Materials Research Centre
The quality of the research and
postgraduate training programmes in the
Materials Research Centre (MRC) have
been recognised through the Queen’s
Anniversary Prize, with the award citation
defining Materials Engineering at Swansea
as a ‘recognised centre of excellence,
with an international reputation’.
The Centre’s Engineering Doctorate
(EngD) degrees provide specialist
programmes that integrate training
and research in collaboration with the
power/aerospace industries and the
steel technology sector. PhD programmes
focus on fundamental aspects of
materials development, processing
and applications.
Materials research at Swansea is housed
in spacious purpose-built accommodation,
with well-equipped modern laboratories,
multimedia suites and excellent
postgraduate study rooms. Specialist
research facilities include:
• comprehensive computer systems for
specialist and general purposes
• world-leading equipment for
characterisation of the mechanical
properties of metallic, ceramic,
polymeric and composite materials
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