Lightweight Structures and Impact Engineering MSc

Program Overview

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Overview

Brunel University London provides this world-leading MSc degree with scholarships for the next generation of lightweight structures and impact engineers. Scholarships are available for September 2023.

Delivered near Cambridge at the National Structural Integrity Research Centre (NSIRC), Brunel's unique Lightweight Structures and Impact Engineering MSc focuses on preparing you to design and analyse advanced lightweight structures to support carbon reduction targets for transportation, offshore, marine and defence sectors.

In reducing structural weight, it is essential not to compromise safety, as structural integrity and impact response under extreme loading become key design drivers.

As new simulation and material technologies emerge, there is a continuing need for CAE specialists to competently work across several engineering disciplines. With over 15 years' experience providing graduates to industry, including: JIaguar Land Rover, Aston Martin, McLaren, and Rolls-Royce, this postgraduate engineering degree programme targets two key areas:

Firstly, understanding the linear and non-linear material and structural response over different operating conditions, which may include large or rapid deformation, failure (static and transient), and high strain rate loading (inertial effects, wave propagation and shockwaves).

And secondly, providing specialist training and competency in advanced simulation methods (mesh-based and meshfree) and application to lightweight structural design.

Key features:

Prestigious scholarships available

Industry based programme delivered at NSIRC (Cambridge), providing access to specialist equipment and CPD training opportunities through TWI (CSWIP)

Internship and placement options

NAFEMS accredited Finite Element Analysis training

Aligned with Engineering Council accreditation

Taught in condensed blocks to support full-time/part-time study

Industry-led dissertation projects

Significant networking opportunities through direct contact with the industry at NSIRC and contribution to NSIRC annual PhD conference

Laptop provided with full access to engineering software for the duration of your studies

The College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences & TWI are offering the

NSIRC scholarship

for Home, EU and Overseas fee paying students starting the full-time MSc  in September 2023.

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Program Outline

Course content

The course is delivered in blocks usually across two weeks. Plus, you'll benefit from extra tutorial support via timetabled self-study time.

A formative study block in structural mechanics and stress analysis supports those who may not have a direct mechanical engineering background.

Working in groups encourages personal responsibility of learning to achieve a collaborative goal. The group design project is student-led and supported by industry. It not only develops your ‘soft’ skills in communication, problem-solving, planning, and project management, but also gives you experience in dealing with the complexities of working within a design team.

You’ll have the opportunity to undertake an internship or placement after completion of the taught modules and your dissertation.

This course can be studied 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time or 24 months full-time with placement, starting in September.

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Year 1

This course has a placement option. Find out more about work placements available.

Please note that all modules are subject to change.

Read more about the structure of postgraduate degrees at Brunel

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Careers and your future

Brunel's lightweight structures and impact engineering degree will equip you with the knowledge and transferable skills required by leading employers in the transportation, offshore and defence sectors. Your training in advanced simulation across different operating conditions is highly desirable.

Our graduates are extremely well placed to take up employment, as:

Research and Development Engineer

Manage, or contribute to industry-relevant research or development in areas concerning engineering structures

Design and Development Engineer

Design and develop engineering solutions, covering: safety engineering (crashworthiness and impact protection); structural integrity; structural analysis; stress analysis

Also, we have graduates who take up doctoral training. They enjoy working and networking in a professional environment and continue their education through PhD study within NSIRC.

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Assessment and feedback

Applied assessments and examinations help prepare you to successfully submit your individual dissertation. You’ll be given opportunities for experiential learning in project management and working individually (and as a team) on an initially unfamiliar problem to improve your communication skills.

You will develop your communication skills through technical report writing, oral and poster presentations.

Read our guide on how to avoid plagiarism in your assessments at Brunel.