The Third Year EEE/ISE

B.Eng. / M.Eng.Information for students finishing

second year in 2011

Third year organiser EEE: Paul MitchesonISE coordinator: Jeremy Pitt

3rd year - overview

• Years 1 and 2 were about giving you core knowledge across all of EEE/ISE

• Now you get to specialise and concentrate on the things that you find the most interesting

• The good news – most people consider year 2 is the hardest

• In year 3 there is a group design and build project for MEng and individual project for BEng

What must happen for you to move from EE/ISE2 to EE/ISE3?

Step 1 - Pass your EE2/ISE2 Exams• Good luck• Don’t cheat (don’t take prohibited items into the exam

room – this is an exam offense)• If you are suspected of cheating, the case is handled by

registry: the dept has little or no say in your fate• Exam Offenses Policy is available at:

http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/registry/exams/examoffences

There are 3 options if you are found guilty of cheating:• Minor reprimand (impossible if you have done anything

other than something totally trivial)• Fail the year (most likely)• Expulsion (automatic on second offense)

This Years Exam Results

• 2011 Examiners meeting is Friday 8th July

• Pass/Fail (only) indication available from Monday 11th July on the dept web site

• Full results from Registry in late July

• Make sure Registry and the U/G Office have an up to date address for you

What if it all goes wrong?

• If you marginally fail your result is deferred and you may be given a Supplementary Qualifying Test (SQT)

• Maths SQT is normally an examination here in London in early September

• EE SQT will normally be in the form of a re-sit of selected questions here in London in the same week

• Problem cases interviewed soon after 11th July

Assuming you pass…..

You need to know and consider:

• The differences between the degree streams• The lecture courses on offer (you now have

options…)• The marking and coursework scheme• The critical times for responses from you

Step 2 - Deciding Streams

Three year courses:• B.Eng. EE• B.Eng. ISE

Four year courses:• M.Eng. ISE• M.Eng. E&E Eng (Technology Oriented)• M.Eng. E&E Eng with Management• M.Eng. E&E Eng with Year Abroad• M.Eng. ISE with Year Abroad

B.Eng. or M.Eng. ?• Little difference in first two years – general material• Choice now is between 1 year or 2 years of specialisation• 4th year courses are M.Sc. Courses

• about 40 E&E Eng options to choose from• ISE students can also choose from around 10 DoC

courses• M.Eng. EEE has an entrance requirement

• >50% in second year overall and >50% in Maths and no SQTs from EE2

• Year abroad requires higher grade (>55%) and evidence of language skills for some cases.

• M.Eng. ISE has an entrance requirement • >50% in second year overall and no SQTs or resits• Year abroad requires higher grade (>55%) and evidence

of language skills for some cases.

M.Eng. or B.Eng. ?

• M.Eng. necessary for UK Chartered Engineer• www.theiet.org/careers/profreg/ • Possible to become chartered with 2(ii) B.Eng plus an

approved master degree

• Most countries in the world expect engineering degrees to be at least 4 years.

• Bologna declaration foresees European norm of 3-year Bachelor’s degree followed by 2-year Master’s degree for professional engineers

• A Master’s (M.Eng.) degree as a first degree not always understood outside UK – although with Bologna and ECTS this is not really an issue

Year Abroad Scheme

Students go abroad in their final year to one of the following:

• ENST Paris (for students specializing in Communication), • INPG Grenoble, • Ecole Polytecnique, • Politecnico of Milan, • KTH (for students specializing in Power), • LTH (for students specializing in Control), • KU Leuven, • University of Seville, • University of Rome "Tor Vergata“ • RWTH Aachen, • ETH Zurich, • TU Delft, • ParisTech. • University of California • National University of Singapore. • Tel Aviv University

Information via the intranet and advice from Prof. Astolfiwww3.imperial.ac.uk/people/a.astolfi/teaching/yearabroad

• Final decision to go abroad is taken during the 3rd year

• Students need to follow technical stream in 3rd year if in E&E Eng

Step 3 – Choose coursesEEE Eng Autumn Term Subjects (Provisional)Code Course Title Code Course Title3-01 Analogue ICs and

Systems

3-02 Instrumentation

3-03 Communication Systems

3-07 Digital Signal Processing

3-09 Control Engineering

3-10 Mathematics for Signals and Systems

3-14 Power Electronics 3-06 VHDL and Logic Synthesis

3-18 Microwave Technology

3-14 will clash with 3-06

EEE Eng Spring Term Subjects (Provisional)Code Course Title Code Course Title3-19 Real Time DSP

3-05 Digital system Design

3-11 Advanced Electronic Devices

3-08 Advanced Signal Processing

3-12 Optoelectronics 3-16 Artificial Intelligence

3-13 Electrical Energy systems

3-17 Communication Networks

3-11 will clash with 3-08, 3-12 will clash with 3-16 Even if lectures do not clash, the exams will…

ISE Subjects Autumn Term (Provisional)

(check DoC's database for details of DoC courses)

All optional

• EE3-03 Communication Systems• EE3-06 VHDL and Logic Synthesis• EE3-07 Digital Signal Processing• EE3-09 Control Engineering• EE3-10 Mathematics for Signals and Systems• EE3-15 User-centred Information Systems• CO335 Distributed Systems• CO337 Simulation and Modelling• CO343 Operations Research

Clashes currently unknown as timetable also depends on DoC

ISE Subjects Spring Term (Provisional)

(check DoC's database for details of DoC courses)

All optional except databases

• EE3-05 Digital System Design• EE3-08 Advanced Signal Processing• EE3-16 Artificial Intelligence• EE3-17 Communication Networks• EE3-19 Real-time Digital Signal Processing• CO317 Graphics• EE4-52 Embedded Systems• CO526 Compulsory Databases• CO318 Custom Computing• CO341 Introduction to Bioinformatics• CO527 Computer Networks and Distributed Systems• CO528 Concurrent Programming

Clashes currently unknown as timetable also depends on DoC

Award of Honours for EE3 BEng

Part III is worth 1/2 of your degree

• Each technical module has associated coursework. • Within each module, the coursework weighting can vary but is normally

25% or 40% or 100% with a written examination making up the remainder of the mark.

• Modules that are 100% coursework will normally include a class test weighted at 15%.

• The overall module mark is weighted as 65% of Part 3• The individual project is worth 35% of Part 3

See the award of honours page on the EE web

Award of Honours for EE3 MEng

Part III is worth 5/16 of your degree

• Each technical module has associated coursework. • Within each module, the coursework weighting can vary but is normally

25% or 40% or 100% with a written examination making up the remainder of the mark.

• Modules that are 100% coursework will normally include a class test weighted at 15%.

• The overall module mark is weighted as 80% of Part 3• The individual project is worth 20% of Part 3

See the award of honours page on the EE web

Numbers of Lecture Courses - EEE

Basic Lecture Course Programme• B.Eng.: 6 Technical + 1 Humanities/Business/Language• M.Eng. (T, EY or ISE): 7 Technical + 1 H/B/L• M.Eng. (EM) : 3 Business + 5 Other (Technical or H/B/L)

Extra Subjects• B.Eng or M.Eng.: 1 extra course (T or B) can be taken (Only 1

humanity allowed per year)

Other Considerations for M.Eng. (EM)• All 6 Core business courses must be taken across 3rd and 4th year

(minimum of 2 core courses taken in year 3)• At least 7 technical lecture courses must be taken across 3rd and 4th

year• 3rd year lecture courses can be taken in 4th year (unlike T and EY)

Numbers of Lecture Courses - ISE

Considerations for ISE

• CO526 Databases is compulsory • At least one optional technical course from both E&E Eng and Doc:

» B.Eng.(ISE): CO526 + I DoC + 1 E&EEng + 1 H/B/L + 3 DoC/E&EEng

» M.Eng.(ISE): CO526 + I DoC + 1 E&EEng + 1 H/B/L + 4 DoC/E&EEng

Choosing Extra Subjects EEE and ISE• Each course carries 20 hours of coursework as well as the 20 lectures• You have to be good to cope with the extra work• You can start more courses than you intend to finish (but not Business

courses)• You may only do one Humanities course• There is a distorted average used when computing marks with an extra

subject

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Should I take an extra subject?

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If the mark in your additional subject is less than half the average of the best 8, you loose.

Don’t take extra subjects unless you are doing well. Better to just pass 7 subjects than just fail 8

Step 4 – register for courses

• Technical subjects are registered on the EE web pages

• Humanities subjects are registered on the humanities web pages and once confirmed you must then register the course on the EE pages.

• Business school options are also registered first with BS and then with EE once confirmed

Business School Subjects

• Registration opens in June and runs until September - but popular courses fill up quickly so register ASAP after registration opens (first-come, first-served)

• Details via Business School webpage

• These courses can not be dropped once chosen (i.e. after the closing date)

• Once you have a place, also register it at E&E Eng. Registration page

Special Consideration for M.Eng.

• Your choices in third year affect the range of choices you can make in fourth year

• There are about 40 technical subjects in 4th year

• They are not evenly distributed across the topic areas: Comms, Sig. Proc. & Control & Power have lots of courses

• In general, you need third year courses as preparation for fourth year courses even if they are not strictly pre-requisites. This should influence your choice in third year. Check prerequisites.

Project Work

B.Eng. • Individual Project• Dr Tom Clarke will give details early next year• You can suggest a project or pick from list• The range of topics is likely to be similar to that shown on the

20010/11 websiteM.Eng.

• EEE Group Project – design and build• ISE Group Project on intelligent agents and multi-agent

systems• ISE students can organise an Industrial Elective if they wish

Project interviews/presentations occur in last week of Summer term. Do not be away.

Just in case you missed that…

(Group) project interviews/presentations/ demos occur in last week of Summer term. Do not

be away.

Step 5 - Programme Advice

• You will have a meeting with tutor in first week of next academic year

• Look through the course descriptions on the EE website

• Try to balance subjects sensibly between terms• Your third year tutor is normally your first or second

year tutor• Year Group Meeting: (probably) Monday of first week

next year

Critical Times

Humanities registration has opened (first come first serve)27th May - Course Information meetingJuly/August - E&E Eng Dept registration web-page opens

• Confirm your choice of stream • Register provisional choice of subject options• You will be emailed when this opens

11th July – Pass Fail info available from web20th June – BS registration opensSeptember - Final Registration of Stream (B.Eng. / M.Eng.)September - Cut-off of Provisional Subject RegistrationOctober - Course Advice Session (register before advice)Mid February - Final Registration of all E&EEng/DoC Subjects

The IET Power Academy

• An industry and IET initiative to promote careers in the electrical power industry

• Offers bursaries (£2200 p.a. plus £1000 toward fees) plus summer placements and training – subject to upcoming revision

• Talk to Dr Chaudhuri for more information• And look at:

http://www.iee.org/poweracademy/

Industrial Scholarships

Get connected with employers in the electronics industry and benefit from:

An annual bursary of up to £1,500 Paid summer work placements Industrial mentoring Professional development and training

UKSEF offers industrial scholarships to students studying BEng and MEng degrees in electronics or electrical and electronic engineering at UKESF partner universities. Successful candidates are matched with sponsoring companies for scholarships that include annual bursaries, paid summer work placements and mentoring.

Further information is available from the UG Office

And Back to Step 1…

Good luck in your exams!