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This module comprises two design exercises: the first examines practical vibration isolation requirements, and the second focuses on designing an acoustic exhaust or intake system to meet specified performance criteria. The investigation will be carried out in groups. Teams are expected to consult relevant literature extensively, covering the fundamental physical mechanisms of noise and vibration generation, transmission, and measurement.

Each group will present its findings and demonstrate a solid understanding of the underlying theory. In addition, teams should provide justified recommendations for potential design improvements that could be considered or implemented. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session.

This module comprises two design exercises: the first examines practical vibration isolation requirements, and the second focuses on designing an acoustic exhaust or intake system to meet specified performance criteria. The investigation will be carried out in groups. Teams are expected to consult relevant literature extensively, covering the fundamental physical mechanisms of noise and vibration generation, transmission, and measurement.

Each group will present its findings and demonstrate a solid understanding of the underlying theory. In addition, teams should provide justified recommendations for potential design improvements that could be considered or implemented. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session.

Some engineering problems cannot be solved by adding more material or damping alone. Active control offers a different approach: instead of passively resisting an unwanted disturbance, it introduces carefully designed secondary sources or actuators whose outputs cancel or reshape a system's response. The same principle quietens aircraft cabins, controls precision machinery and underpins the noise-cancelling headphones millions of people use every day.

You will build a firm understanding of the physics behind active control and learn to model and analyse it across sound, vibration and mechatronics problems. Working through a range of industrial applications, you will see how the feasibility of a control strategy is assessed, where it succeeds and where its limits lie. In doing so, you will develop the analytical skills to predict how a controlled system behaves and to judge when active control is the right engineering choice.

By the end of the module, you will be able to formulate and analyse active control problems, evaluate candidate solutions against real system requirements, and reason confidently about the trade-offs involved. This places you at the meeting point of acoustics, dynamics and control engineering, a field with growing demand across transport, manufacturing and consumer technology, and provides a strong basis for advanced study or research in active and smart systems.

This aim of this module is to build an understanding of the physics of active control. Active control is a method for realising control through the use of secondary sources or actuation, whose outputs are designed to modify the response of a system. Techniques for modelling and analysis of active control of sound, vibration and mechatronics problems will be presented. The feasibility of active control will be demonstrated in a variety of industrial applications.

This aim of this module is to build an understanding of the physics of active control. Active control is a method for realising control through the use of secondary sources or actuation, whose outputs are designed to modify the response of a system. Techniques for modelling and analysis of active control of sound, vibration and mechatronics problems will be presented. The feasibility of active control will be demonstrated in a variety of industrial applications.

Some engineering problems cannot be solved by adding more material or damping alone. Active control offers a different approach: instead of passively resisting an unwanted disturbance, it introduces carefully designed secondary sources or actuators whose outputs cancel or reshape a system's response. The same principle quietens aircraft cabins, controls precision machinery and underpins the noise-cancelling headphones millions of people use every day.

You will build a firm understanding of the physics behind active control and learn to model and analyse it across sound, vibration and mechatronics problems. Working through a range of industrial applications, you will see how the feasibility of a control strategy is assessed, where it succeeds and where its limits lie. In doing so, you will develop the analytical skills to predict how a controlled system behaves and to judge when active control is the right engineering choice.

By the end of the module, you will be able to formulate and analyse active control problems, evaluate candidate solutions against real system requirements, and reason confidently about the trade-offs involved. This places you at the meeting point of acoustics, dynamics and control engineering, a field with growing demand across transport, manufacturing and consumer technology, and provides a strong basis for advanced study or research in active and smart systems.

Some engineering problems cannot be solved by adding more material or damping alone. Active control offers a different approach: instead of passively resisting an unwanted disturbance, it introduces carefully designed secondary sources or actuators whose outputs cancel or reshape a system's response. The same principle quietens aircraft cabins, controls precision machinery and underpins the noise-cancelling headphones millions of people use every day.

You will build a firm understanding of the physics behind active control and learn to model and analyse it across sound, vibration and mechatronics problems. Working through a range of industrial applications, you will see how the feasibility of a control strategy is assessed, where it succeeds and where its limits lie. In doing so, you will develop the analytical skills to predict how a controlled system behaves and to judge when active control is the right engineering choice.

By the end of the module, you will be able to formulate and analyse active control problems, evaluate candidate solutions against real system requirements, and reason confidently about the trade-offs involved. This places you at the meeting point of acoustics, dynamics and control engineering, a field with growing demand across transport, manufacturing and consumer technology, and provides a strong basis for advanced study or research in active and smart systems.

Some engineering problems cannot be solved by adding more material or damping alone. Active control offers a different approach: instead of passively resisting an unwanted disturbance, it introduces carefully designed secondary sources or actuators whose outputs cancel or reshape a system's response. The same principle quietens aircraft cabins, controls precision machinery and underpins the noise-cancelling headphones millions of people use every day.

You will build a firm understanding of the physics behind active control and learn to model and analyse it across sound, vibration and mechatronics problems. Working through a range of industrial applications, you will see how the feasibility of a control strategy is assessed, where it succeeds and where its limits lie. In doing so, you will develop the analytical skills to predict how a controlled system behaves and to judge when active control is the right engineering choice.

By the end of the module, you will be able to formulate and analyse active control problems, evaluate candidate solutions against real system requirements, and reason confidently about the trade-offs involved. This places you at the meeting point of acoustics, dynamics and control engineering, a field with growing demand across transport, manufacturing and consumer technology, and provides a strong basis for advanced study or research in active and smart systems.

Some engineering problems cannot be solved by adding more material or damping alone. Active control offers a different approach: instead of passively resisting an unwanted disturbance, it introduces carefully designed secondary sources or actuators whose outputs cancel or reshape a system's response. The same principle quietens aircraft cabins, controls precision machinery and underpins the noise-cancelling headphones millions of people use every day.

You will build a firm understanding of the physics behind active control and learn to model and analyse it across sound, vibration and mechatronics problems. Working through a range of industrial applications, you will see how the feasibility of a control strategy is assessed, where it succeeds and where its limits lie. In doing so, you will develop the analytical skills to predict how a controlled system behaves and to judge when active control is the right engineering choice.

By the end of the module, you will be able to formulate and analyse active control problems, evaluate candidate solutions against real system requirements, and reason confidently about the trade-offs involved. This places you at the meeting point of acoustics, dynamics and control engineering, a field with growing demand across transport, manufacturing and consumer technology, and provides a strong basis for advanced study or research in active and smart systems.

This module will introduce the techniques and contemporary methods used in active remote sensing systems, focusing on LIDAR and RADAR systems. The module will cover the fundamental principles of active remote sensing (e.g. the measurement techniques of these systems). Additionally, the module will focus on practical application areas of data from these systems, specifically in terrestrial systems, such as three-dimensional (3D) topographic mapping, forests characteristics mapping and surface deformation.