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Third Year Courses: [2021/22]
ENGPHYS 3BA4: "Electronics 1: Circuits with Non-Linear and Active Components"
P-N junctions, diodes, bipolar junction transistors, field effect transistors, DC and AC modeling, differential amplifiers and operational amplifiers, feedback and oscillators, digital circuits and multivibrators, signal processing.
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ENGPHYS 3F03: "Principles of Solid-state Materials and Devices"
Application of quantum mechanics to the electronic, structural and optical behaviour of solids. Topics will include crystal structures, diffraction, electrical conductivity, band theory, lattice vibrations and semiconductors.
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ENGPHYS 3NM4: "Numerical Methods for Engineering"
Applied numerical methods for engineering including solution of systems of algebraic equations; numerical integration and differentiation; finite difference and finite element methods; ODE solutions; Optimization; Partial differential equations; Monte Carlo simulation.
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ENGPHYS 3L04: "Engineering Metrology: Fundamentals and Applications"
Introductory statistics for engineering, error analysis of experimental data, data visualization and curve fitting, hypothesis testing and making decisions, ANOVA, sensors for pervasive engineering measurements, waves in engineering measurements, noise and interference, instrument response and uncertainty, reliability and safety, introduction to feedback and control, and selected topics in state-of-the-art technologies.
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ENGPHYS 3EC4: "Professional Communication and Project Management"
Introduction to communication styles, team dynamics, oral and written presentation skills, effective two-way communication strategies, project management, problem analysis, and job skills
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ENGPHYS 3BB4: "Electronics II: Embedding and Programming a Micro-Controller"
Design and synthesis project in electronics, focused on integrating analog electronics with a microcontroller to create a PID-controlled device. Programming and interfacing the microcontroller are taught in weeks 1-6; the device is designed and built in weeks 7-12. Prior knowledge of basic electronics, including op-amps and transistors is required.
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ENGPHYS 3PN4: "Semiconductor Junction Devices"
Electronic properties of semiconductors: non-equilibrium carrier conditions; steady state and non-steady state; p-n junctions; Schottky diodes; bipolar junction transistors. Detailed coverage of a range of diodes including photodiodes, solar cells, light emitting diodes, zener diodes, and avalanche diodes.
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ENGPHYS 3SM3: "Statistical Mechanics"
An introduction to statistical distributions and their properties, and the statistical basis of thermodynamics at the microscopic level, with applications to problems originating in a modern laboratory or engineering environment.
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ENGPHYS 3W04: "Signals and Systems for Engineering"
A systems approach to measurement in which synthesis of topics such as Fourier transforms, signal processing and enhancement, data reduction, modelling and simulation is undertaken.
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ENGPHYS 4QC3: "Introduction to Quantum Cmputing"
An introduction to quantum computing including qubits, entanglement, quantum key cryptography, teleportation, quantum circuits and algorithms, spin qubits.
