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Focus Areas

The six focuses stipulated in the syllabus of the BEng in Mechanical Engineering programme for student admitted in 2022-2023 and thereafter:

A student may choose to claim any of the following six Focuses according to the rules listed in the application form.

(I) Robotics, Drones and Control (All the following three elective courses)

► MECH3433           Robotics, Drones and Autonomous Ground Vehicles

► MECH4404           Automatic Control

► MECH4427           Innovative Design and Unmanned Aerial Systems

(II) Aerospace Engineering (At least three of the following elective courses)

► MECH3416           Fundamentals of Aeronautical Engineering

► MECH3433           Robotics, Drones and Autonomous Ground Vehicles

► MECH4414           Materials for Engineering Applications

► MECH4415           Applied Stress and Strength Analysis

► MECH4421           Viscous Flow

► MECH4427           Innovative Design and Unmanned Aerial Systems

(III) Intelligent Built Environments (At least three of the following elective courses)

► MECH3429           Air Conditioning and Refrigeration

► MECH3430           Fire Protection in Buildings

► MECH3431           Utility Services in Buildings

► MECH4409           Energy Conversion Systems

► MECH4423           Building Energy Management and Control Systems

► ELEC4149             Basic Lighting Engineering

 

(IV) Materials Science and Engineering (At least three of the following elective courses)

► MECH4411           Heat Transfer

► MECH4414           Materials for Engineering Applications

► MECH4415           Applied Stress and Strength Analysis

► MECH4421           Viscous Flow

► BMED3600           Biomaterials Science and Engineering

► ELEC3347             Electronic Materials and Quantum Physics

 

(V) Environmental Engineering (At least three of the following elective courses from 3 different categories)

► Category 1           CIVL3111     Wastewater treatment

► Category 2           CIVL3115     Solids and Hazardous Waste Management

► Category 3           MECH3420  Air Pollution Control

Category 3           MECH4428  Sound and vibration

► Category 4           MECH4409  Energy Conversion Systems

► Category 4           MECH4423  Building Energy Management and Control Systems

► Category 5           MECH4411  Heat Transfer

(VI) Energy Engineering (All the following three elective courses)

► MECH4409           Energy Conversion Systems

► MECH4411           Heat Transfer

► MECH4423           Building Energy Management and Control Systems

Remarks: In principle, double counting is not permissible.  A particular Elective Course shall be counted towards one Focus Area only. A student can claim two or more Focus Areas provided that no course is being counted twice.

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