Fundamentals of Manufacturing and CAD ENG5311

  • Academic Session: 2025-26
  • School: School of Engineering
  • Credits: 10
  • Level: Level 5 (SCQF level 11)
  • Typically Offered: Semester 1
  • Available to Visiting Students: No
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No

Short Description

The course provides practical insight into the skills and software foundational to advanced meso- micro- and nano-manufacturing techniques. Students will become familiar with Computer Aided Design software, with specific application to ultrasmall manufacturing processes.

Timetable

Two sessions of two hours per week

Requirements of Entry

None

Excluded Courses

None

Co-requisites

None

Assessment

30% Set Exercise - initial training in Computer Aided Design tools

30% Project work - development of CAD model of nanoscale system

40% Report: 10% Report on CAD exercises, 30% Report on development of model of nanoscale manufactured system

Course Aims

This course aims to develop students' abilities to assess the benefits of Computer Aided Design tools, to use them efficiently and effectively, and to put those simulations in the context of data from real, fabricated and experimentally measured manufactured products.

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ design, model, simulate and assess structural and functional elements in microscale manufactured systems using state-of-art Computer Aided Design tools,

■ describe key processes in the manufacture of microelectronic, micro-electro-mechanical, and photonic systems, critically assessing the advantages and disadvantages of each process, and its susceptibility to effective computer modelling,

■ analyse data from experimental measurement on manufactured systems with micro- or nano-scale components, critically assessing results obtained and responding clearly in written form.

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components of the course's summative assessment.

 

Students should attend at least 75% of the timetabled classes of the course.

 

Note that these are minimum requirements: good students will achieve far higher participation/submission rates. Any student who misses an assessment or a significant number of classes because of illness or other good cause should report this by completing a MyCampus absence report..