syllabus
- 1. Engineering for Society BSc, University of Sussex Syllabus Engineering & Design • Design, Model and Manufacture 1,2 & 3 • Electrical Design • Engineering Design • Visual communication • Human Computer & Machine Interaction • Practical Electronics in Society • Web 3D applications • Mathematical Skills for Engineering • Computing with Matlab • Principles of Technology • Technology for 21st Century Society • Mechanics • Selection of Materials 1 & 2 • Statistics for Engineers • Business & Project Management • Project Management & Ethics • Career Development • Energy & Power • Engineering for the Environment · Social & Environmental Sciences • Human Environmental Impact Case Studies • Introduction to Environmental Pollution • Global Climate Change and Environmental Science • Climate Change Science and Policy • Introduction to Environmental Economics • Aquatic Pollution, Processes & Impacts • Economic Perspectives on Sustainability • Economic Perspectives on Innovation Final Project chosen by Jakob Kaye Engineering Inspired by Nature Focusing on Wind and Hydro Power Systems: Achieved 72% grade for final report whereby Jakob developed and built a working scale model of an innovative tidal turbine design, based on research from natural design observing successful pollinators, birds and animals as well as weather patterns and oceanic dynamics. As well as generating ‘usable’ and accessible force from the tide, Jakob took inspiration from the Austrian Engineer Viktor Schauberger to observe water quality and developed the turbine to enhance and support biological systems in which the technology was placed.