The unifying topic of “Introduction to Human Genetics” is how genes and their interactions, either with other genes or with the environment, make...

Introduction to Human Genetics (BIOL0010)

The aim of this module is to introduce students to the fundamental technical knowledge needed to design a structure from top to bottom. It is composed of three...

Materials, Mechanics and Making (BARC0006)

The aim of this module is to introduce students to the fundamental technical knowledge needed to design a structure from top to bottom. It is composed of three main segments integrated into one module: materials, structures, and geotechnics. Taught via lectures, lab demonstrations, tutorials, and a scenario, students will develop a holistic and in-depth understanding of the complex factors that govern the design process, and will grow technically in order to be able to develop sustainable solutions in the realm of materials, structures and geotechnics. The module will also introduce the fundamentals of soil mechanics required for site investigations and foundation selections and analysis. It will introduce students to concepts of structural form, efficiency, equilibrium, deformation and states of stress and discuss safety, risk and failure in structures. The course will introduce students to material and structural selection within the creative design process.

Aims and objectives:

On successful completion of the course, each student will aim to achieve the following learning outcomes:

 Develop the capacity to judge a design’s need for material that is sufficiently strong and durable, able to cope with local climate regime, and holistically sustainable.

 Obtain knowledge about the behaviour and failure conditions of a structural element.

 Obtain information about behaviour and failure of soils, interaction of soils with water, drainage, settlement and consolidation

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