曼彻斯特大学EEE专业介绍

Engineering and Physical Sciences Postgraduate brochurethe facts contents•Ranked 2nd in the UK for research quality in thissubject area in the latest Research Assessment Exercise•Pioneering teaching informed by the latest research•One of the largest schools of this discipline in the UK•Prestigious industrial partners, such as Rolls-Royceand National Grid, keep courses and researchcutting-edge• 4 million books in one of the UK’s best resourceduniversity libraries•University Careers Service voted the best in the UK•An exciting and diverse environment in one of thebest student cities in the world‘The University has superb industrial links, whichserve me well... I have no doubt that this will standme in good stead when I graduate.’Tom Feehally, PhD Electrical and Electronic Engineering The University2 Electrical and6Our tradition of success stretches back over 180 years.The birth of the computer, the splitting of the atom,the founding principles of modern economics – these and many more world-altering innovations have their roots at our University.Today, our research is internationally renowned across diverse disciplines and we actively assist our staff and students in turning many research and entrepreneurial ideas into commercial business ventures.The Russell Group represents the 20 leading UK universities that are committed to maintaining the very best research, an outstanding teaching and learning experience, and unrivalled links with business and the public sector.Our mission at Manchester – backed by an ongoing investment of more than £650 million in facilities,staff and buildings – is to become one of the world’s top 25 universities and the preferred destination for the best tutors, researchers and students.Research, discovery and innovationThe 2008 Research Assessment Exercise placed us third in the UK in terms of “research power” and assessed virtually all of our research as reachinginternational or national standards of excellence. We research in a wider range of areas than any other UK university, and are continuing to increase our number of first-rate professorships, improve our strong links to industry and public services, and invest in world-class facilities.Whether studying for a taught or researchpostgraduate degree, you’ll be directly involved with groundbreaking research, encouraged to adopt innovative approaches under the tutelage ofdistinguished international scholars, and to discover interdisciplinary ways of working that open up exciting new areas of discovery.Turning knowledge into enterpriseYour postgraduate work could contribute towards business and economic development outsideacademia. Manchester has an impressive track record of turning ideas into commercial reality, attracting world-class academics by providing a dynamic,first-class support system for them to participate and succeed in commercialisation projects. More than 100 ‘spin-out’ companies have been created in recent years based on our research.the universityPart of the distinguished Russell Group of universities, with a proud history of academic achievement and an ambitious agenda for the future, The University of Manchester offers you a learning experience rooted in a rich educational heritage and boosted by cutting-edge research and innovation – all at the heart of one of the world’s most vibrant cities.Career opportunitiesAs a Manchester graduate, you will be in goodcompany. No less than 23 Nobel Prize winners haveworked or studied here, and our alumni have animpressive track record of becoming leaders in theirfields: from philosopher Wittgenstein, to women'srights campaigner Christabel Pankhurst, and from SirTerry Leahy, Chief Executive of Tesco, to GeorgeRichards, President of Trinidad and Tobago.More than 4,000 recruiters each year from countriesaround the globe target our graduates. Consistentlyvoted the best in the UK by employers, our CareersService offers diverse practical, innovative services –many exclusively for postgraduates – to make youmore employable.Cosmopolitan campusOne of the UK’s largest and best-resourced academiclibraries, premier IT services and extensive studentsupport services are all on our campus, along withimpressive sports facilities, restaurants, bars, cafés anda shopping centre. Campus-based cultural attractionsinclude The Manchester Museum, Whitworth Art Galleryand Contact Theatre, while the University’s Jodrell BankObservatory lies further afield in Macclesfield.Europe’s largest Students’ Union provides excellentsupport services, hundreds of active student societiesand four live venues, including the famous Academy,attracting the best big name and upcoming bands.Join The University of Manchester…… and you will become part of one of Britain’s mostforward-thinking universities, which builds on itssuccess year on year – and invites you to do the same.electrical andelectronic engineering at manchesterThe School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at TheUniversity of Manchester is one of the largest and most successful schools of this discipline in the UK.Our student population exceeds 450 undergraduates and 350 postgraduates. Currently, we have58 members of academic staff working in specialist research clusters focusing on: control systems,electrical energy and power systems, microelectronics and nanostructures, microwave and communications engineering, power conversion and sensing, imaging and signal processing.Well-resourced, cutting-edge researchEach research area has excellent, well-equippedlaboratories, several of which have been established or refurbished by grants and donations, including some from industry. Our industrial partners include National Grid, Rolls-Royce, Syngenta, Agilent Technologies and Oxford Instruments, amongst many others.Our overriding research aim is to provide anenvironment where world-leading fundamental and applications-oriented research is conducted in the broad and fast-moving field of electrical and electronic engineering. Wherever appropriate,research is carried out by working in partnership with industry, national facilities and national and international university groups, or by pursuing commercial exploitation.We continue to recognise the changing priorities within our discipline, which are influenced by, and influence in turn, society, government (UK and EU)and commerce – and we remain responsive to them.Outstanding Research Assessment Exercise resultsThe RAE 2008 measured the quality of researchconducted in universities and other higher education institutions in the UK against international standards of excellence. Our School confirmed its position at the forefront of research in this subject area by being ranked second in the UK in terms of research quality,with over 70% of our research output assessed as internationally excellent or world leading, confirming our world class research reputation.The University of Manchester as a whole alsoperformed exceptionally well, rated third in the UK in terms of research power.Research highlightsWe have an extremely broad range of research activities with the School, and can therefore summarise here only a few of the recent majorresearch breakthroughs achieved by members of our academic and research staff:• State-of-the-art molecular beam epitaxial growth facilities are generating atom-scale precision III-V structures for ultra-high-speed devices • Provision of leading semiconductor device technology for the multinational Square Kilometre Arraytelescope project for 21st century cosmology research • Novel photonic technologies for THz and light emission and detection • Room temperature nanoelectronics based on broken symmetry geometry • Development of a new framework for assessing the security of a power system, ie its ability to avoid blackouts • Acoustek, a patented technique for the detection of leakage and blockage in long lengths of gas-filled pipelines, is now being commercialised by Pipeline Engineering Ltd()• Process control and condition monitoring work developed over the last ten years is currently being commercialised by the spin-out company Perceptive Engineering ()• Development of a novel form of rotary aircraft for military organisations and companies involved in nuclear decommissioning – which, when finished,will be able to roll along the ground and up walls,land and take off from uneven ground, and perch and observe from suitable urban structures • Establishment of the Syngenta University Innovation Centre to explore the use of sensors, information and communication technology in addressing the emerging challenges in food and water processes • Wireless sensor networks for applications in grain storage and nuclear decommissioning • First on-line measurements of moisture in fluidised beds by electrical capacitance tomography • Development of Signal Wizard, a uniquehardware and software system developed in the School, for designing, downloading and executing in real time almost any kind of digital filter or audio processing algorithm • Currently researching the impact that lightning protection systems for the new generation of super large wind turbines will make on radarperformance and how to mitigate its effectsKey research themesAs one of the largest schools of this discipline in the UK, we are home to a full range of activities within the spectrum of electrical and electronic engineering.The great breadth and depth of the research interests of our academic staff provide excellent opportunities for challenging and stimulating projects.We have recently added new major research themes in the subjects of Energy and E-Agri; areas that are critically important in the world today.It is predicted that the global demand for food and energy will increase by 50% by 2030 as thepopulation grows to 8.3 billion. Such overpopulation,together with the effects of climate change, will put further pressure on fragile infrastructures that provide energy, food and water for the mass population. In recognition of these global problems, the School has research themes centred on the provision ofsustainable technologies to support energy delivery and agricultural processes.Energy – Efficient energy delivery has been a major research theme of this School for over 50 years, but never has it been as important as it is today. Forexample, major cities in western countries suffer from blackouts due to decaying power supply infrastructure at a time when targets to reduce global warming create additional pressures on the implementation of renewables, clean technology and energy storage systems. This is a major themed area as the School is leading internationally in power systems and power conversion techniques.E-Agri – A new and exciting research theme for the School, E-Agri describes the application of electronic sensors and Information Communications Technology (ICT) to agricultural and food processes. Apart from climate change and overpopulation, thewesternisation of world diets is producing evengreater pressure on agriculture – approximately seven kilograms of grain is required to produce one kilogram of meat. Many of the benefits offertilisation, irrigation and seed selection have already been realised and a new impetus is required to deliver the necessary yield improvements. We believe that this impetus will come from sensor and ICT based control processes applied to agricultural processes.In addition to the above two key research themes, our School is also very actively engaged and internationally recognised for the work on the development of electronic systems for communications, sensing,medical and security applications.Collaboration with industryOur School offers excellent teaching and research facilities and has strong and growing links with industry. Thess have recently been amply demonstrated by the formation of:• The National Grid Power Systems Research Centre • The Oxford Instruments VG Semicon Molecular Beam Epitaxy Facility • The Centre for Electromagnetics, which includes the Millimetre Wave Laboratory that is sponsored by Agilent Technologies • The Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre in Electrical Systems for Extreme Environments • The Syngenta Sensors University Innovation CentreCareer opportunitiesOur graduates are highly sought after by employers,as indicated by independent surveys on employability,which consistently show our graduates to be the first choice of employers.Versatility, logical thinking, a wide experience in engineering as well as the development of analytical skills, provide openings into many careers.After graduation, many of our PhD students take up research positions in industry or move intomanagement positions in top engineering companies.Others take up postdoctoral research positions. Many of our higher degree graduates are now in senior industrial and academic positions throughout the world.Entry requirementsThis is normally an Upper Second class UK Honours degree, or international equivalent, in a relevant engineering or science discipline. Students will need an appropriate English language qualification, (typically IELTS 6.5 or equivalent); see our website for details. For more information, visit:/eee/postgraduate/taught Semester 1We currently offer six MSc courses:• Communication Engineering (CE)• Digital Image and Signal Processing (DISP)• Nanoelectronics (NANO)• Electrical Power System Engineering (EPSE)• Electrical Energy Conversion System (EECS)• Advanced Control and System Engineering (ACSE)Course structureAll six courses consist of 180 credits and share a common structure. Four taught course units are delivered in the first semester and three taught units in the second semester. Each taught unit is assessed by coursework or laboratory report, with written examinations at the end of semester one and two. During the second semester, students also produce a feasibility study, which then forms the basis of their dissertation project. The feasibility study unit will be assessed by means of a report.Students who pass the taught elements and feasibility study will progress to the project stage. A final dissertation is submitted in September.Each course lasts 12 months on a full-time basis, commencing in September. Some courses are offered on a part-time basis and can last up to five years.Semester 2SummerMSc in Communication Engineering (CE)The subjectThe explosive industrial and social evolution of today is largely owed to the rise and continued success of telecommunications, which have eliminated the barriers of delivering information in real time. Our Communication Engineering MSc course is one of the most successful and long-standingpostgraduate courses in the country. It has strong links with industries such as Agilent Technologies,Vodafone Group, the BBC and Her Majesty’s Government Communication Centre (HMGCC),amongst many others, through student awards and new and ongoing project collaborations.What you studyEvolving continually in line with the latestdevelopments and industrial practices, and making extensive use of the knowledge and expertise of our established Microwave and Communication Systems Group, this course explores up-to-date topics on telecommunications and microwave engineering. It covers comprehensive contents and in-depthmaterials, ranging from communication systems and network design levels, through to implementation using microwave circuits and systems. Starting with a wide range of basic fundamental materials, you progress through to advanced knowledge in existing cutting-edge technologies and recent research developments.Each student will also be allocated a uniquedissertation project in a specialised topic of research with industrial relevance.Progression and assessmentEach taught unit is assessed by coursework or lab report, with written examinations at the end of each semester. The feasibility study unit will be assessed by means of a written report.Students who pass the taught elements and feasibility study will progress to the project stage. A final dissertation will be submitted in September.Career opportunitiesThe course aims at developing critical skills andtraining high quality graduates in communication and microwave engineering, in preparation for fast-moving and highly demanding industries and world-class institutions globally.You will therefore be well equipped for a wide variety of communication and microwave engineering career opportunities in industry, research institutes, andconsultancies. A significant percentage of our graduates have also progressed to PhD research in our University,as well as in other prestigious universities worldwide.Course structureYou will complete seven taught course units, aproject feasibility study and a dissertation. The taught units and feasibility study unit are spread over the first two semesters.Each of the taught units is accompanied by arelated practical laboratory exercise. The course units may comprise of more than one component, and typically include:• Digital Communications • Information and Coding Theory • Antennas and Propagation • RF Analysis and Measurement• Probability Models for Communications • Adhoc Wireless Communication Networks• Wireless Communications • Mobile Networks • Microwave Circuits Design • Microwave Systems Design • Digital Signal ProcessingThe individual dissertation project will be allocated to you in your second semester, and will be supervised by an academic staff on a one-to-one basis. During semester two, you will undertake the project feasibility study, which mainly includes literature reviews, project assessment and planning. After the second semester examinations, you will fully embark on conducting your project from June to September.DurationFull-time 12 monthsFor further information, visit: /eee/ceMSc in Digital Image and Signal Processing (DISP)The subjectOver the last 15 years, there has been a paradigm shift respecting the transduction, representation and manipulation of information and signals in almost every conceivable arena.Analogue techniques have been supplanted by digital modalities. Although the introduction of digital systems may at first appear as an incremental advancement, the digital revolution is in fact fundamentally and qualitatively different from alltechnological revolutions that have gone before. With image and digital signal processing, it is possible to effectively re-write reality – because, just as the currency of the human brain is thought, so the currency of the digital domain is number.This has profound philosophical consequences, not only for science and technology, but also for wider society, the manner in which human beings conduct their everyday affairs and the relationships between individuals, organisations and communities.Young people considering the option of embarking on postgraduate study are deeply familiar with, and intuitively connected to, the digital world. Theyunderstand how to use it and to take advantage of its many manifestations. However, they rarely understand at a detailed level how it operates, what its limitations are, or indeed how digital systems can be employed in new circumstances, environments and applications.Course structureThe course has been structured in harmony with the wider research and teaching objectives of the School and, not least, with the desires of potential students.It is delivered via lectures, tutorials and laboratory classes. Every course unit represents 15 credits of effort, and includes a written paper. You will undertake compulsory core taught units and a substantial individual research project.The University’s e-learning system (Blackboard) is used for all course units as a repository for information,timetables, course material, discussion forums, and to upload coursework. The DISP MSc employs Blackboard for every unit, not just as a passive source ofinformation, but also to host self-teaching exercises. The course includes the following seven taught units:• Signals and Data Capture Engineering • Digital Image Processing• Digital Communication Engineering • Sensing and Transduction: Principles and Applications • Advanced Digital Signal Processing • Digital Image Engineering• Tomography Engineering and Applications Four taught units are delivered in the first semester,and three taught units in the second semester.What you studyThis course gives you a thorough, methodical and wide-ranging education in digital signal and image processing.It provides a rigorous mathematical and engineering framework for the discipline, and additionallyconsiders how the technologies are deployed, and the areas – both present and anticipated – that most benefit from its exploitation. The course is congruent with current global research themes in information acquisition, the digital representation of such information, its manipulation, processing andinterpretation. You’ll find such subjects to be modern,visionary, dynamic and entertaining.The entire course is delivered by staff solely from our School, which we find promotes a sense of ownership and commitment on the part of staff and students alike.Progression and assessmentEach taught unit is assessed by coursework orlaboratory report, with written examinations at the end of each semester. During the second semester, you also produce a feasibility study, which then forms the basis of your dissertation project. The feasibility study unit will be assessed by means of a report.Students who pass the taught elements and feasibility study will progress to the project stage. A final dissertation is submitted in September.Career opportunitiesDigital technology is rightly regarded as a key driver in relation to the technological and economicadvancement of a nation. Critically, education in digital imaging and signal processing will generate graduates who are eminently employable.You will therefore be well equipped for a wide variety of careers in digital systems design, imaging, signal processing and software design. A significant percentage of our graduates also progress to PhD research in our University, as well as to other prestigious universities worldwide.DurationFull-time 12 monthsTo find out more, visit:/eee/disp1918MSc in Nanoelectronics (NANO)The subjectFor more than 40 years, electronics has experienced growth at an unprecedented rate. Silicon-integrated circuit technology has been developed to the point where complex VLSI systems containing billions of transistors can be constructed on a sliver of silicon with an area of a few square centimetres. These phenomenal increases in capacity and performance have been reflected in Moore’s Law, which predicts that the number of transistors integrated onto a silicon chip doubles every 18 months.However, the shrinking of transistor dimensions cannot continue indefinitely – already the minimum feature size of devices is well below 45 nanometres (nm). This has led semiconductor manufacturers to refer to the technology entering the nanometre era, where device dimensions are measured in tens of nanometres. Based on current predictions, the scaling of traditional MOS transistors will reach a fundamental limit at around 22nm, beyond which it will be necessary to find new technologies that will form the basis for the electronic systems of the future. Research is already under way into a range of technologies that are potentialcandidates as successors to the silicon era, although none has yet emerged as a clear winner in the race.Course structureThe course consists of seven taught course units, a project feasibility study and a dissertation. The taught units and feasibility study unit are spread over the first two semesters. Each of the taught units isaccompanied by a related practical laboratory exercise. The course units comprise:• Fundamentals of Semiconductors • Inorganic Semiconductors • Semiconductor Device Physics • Organic Electronics• Organic Semiconductors • Processing and Devices• Nano-characterization and Materials Synthesis• Crystal Growth and Assessment • Nano-probes• Nano-processing technology• Inorganic Semiconductor Processing • Nano-Fabrication • Nano-Photonics• Optical processes in Inorganic Semiconductors • Nano-photonic devices • Nanoelectronic Devices• Nano-structures and nano-devices • Ultra High Speed Nanoelectronics Devices • Towards THz Nanotechnology • THz Electronics • THz PhotonicsThe individual dissertation project will be allocated to each student in the first semester. You will be supervised by an academic member of staff on a one-to-one basis. During semester two, you will undertake the project feasibility study, which mainly includes literature reviews, project assessment and planning. After the second semester examination, you will fully embark on conducting your project.In photonics, the field of the generation and control of light, III-V semiconductor devices currentlydominate. In recent years, scientists have learned how to engineer the interactions between nanoelectronic devices and light based on these semiconductors,opening the way for a variety of new applications,such as high efficiency white light sources and lasers operating at Terahertz (THz) frequencies.The recent progress in self-organised fabrication techniques for three-dimensional nanostructures on semiconductor surfaces has led to devices that have dimensions comparable to the De Broglie wavelength for electrons, and hence exhibit quantum behaviour. The exploitation of such “quantum dots” makes possible applications ranging from chirp-free, temperature-independent lasers, to devices for Quantum Computing,through to emitters of Quantum Entangled Photons.What you studyCollectively, all the above approaches come under the heading of Nanoelectronics, which forms the subject of this new MSc course.All of the taught course units are current areas of research for our Microelectronics and Nanostructures Group, a research group with a solid and long standing international reputation in the synthesis, characterisation and analysis, of advanced semiconductor materials.Progression and assessmentEach taught unit is assessed by coursework orlaboratory report, with written examinations at the end of semesters one and two. The feasibility study unit will be assessed by means of a report.Students who pass the taught elements and feasibility study will progress to the project stage. A final dissertation will be submitted in September.Career opportunitiesOur graduates are well equipped for a wide variety of semiconductor, electronic and nanotechnology engineering career opportunities in industry, research institutes, and consultancies, amongst others. We also expect a significant percentage of ourgraduates to progress to PhD research in our University,as well as at other prestigious universities worldwide.DurationFull-time 12 monthsFor further information, visit:/eee/nano2120MSc in Electrical Power Systems Engineering (EPSE)The subjectPower system engineering is about keeping things in balance. This extends not only to the balancebetween generation and load, or between production and consumption of reactive power, but also to the balance between the cost of energy and itsenvironmental impact, or the balance between the reliability of the supply and the investments needed to develop the system.What you studyThis course will teach you how to quantify both sides of these equations and then how to improve the balances through technological advances and the implementation of sophisticated computing techniques.In semester one, you learn how power systems are designed and operated. This involves studying not only the characteristics of the various components (generators, lines, cables, transformers, powerelectronics devices) but also how these components interact. Through lectures and computer-based exercises you become familiar with power flow and faultcalculations and you learn how the techniques used to study the behaviour of large systems. Experiments in our high voltage laboratory give you an appreciation for the challenges designing power system plant. During the summer, your MSc dissertation project gives you a chance to develop your research skills and to explore in depth one of the topics discussed during the course.Progression and assessmentEach taught unit is assessed by coursework orlaboratory report, with written examinations at the end of semesters one and two. The feasibility study unit will be assessed by means of a report and presentation. Students who pass the taught elements and feasibility study will progress to the project stage. Your final dissertation will be submitted in September.Career opportunitiesOver the last 30 years, hundreds of students from around the world have come to the University to obtain an MSc in Electrical Power Engineering or similar. After graduation, they went on to work for electric utilities, equipment manufacturers, specialised software houses, universities and consultancy companies throughout the world.Course structureThe course consists of seven taught course units, a project feasibility study and a dissertation. The taught units and feasibility study unit are spread over the first two semesters. Each of the taught units isaccompanied by a related practical laboratory exercise. The course units include:• Power System Modelling • Power System Analysis• Power System Plant, Asset Management, Condition Monitoring • Power System Operation and Economics• Smart Grids and Sustainable Electricity Systems • Power System Protection• Power System Dynamics and Quality of Supply The individual dissertation project will be allocated to each student in the second semester. You will be supervised by a member of academic staff on a one-to-one basis. You will also undertake a project feasibility study, which mainly includes literature reviews, project assessment and planning. After the second semester examination, you fully embark on conducting your project from June to September.DurationFull-time 12 months Part-timeup to five yearsFor further information, visit:/eee/epse。