Performance, Evaluation and Control (PEC) is the point in SPP where the tools you have been given are applied. There is some[1] new material in this course; specifically around finance and how the money works within organisations. This ranges from very high-level external reporting to the mechanics of costing products and making financial decisions.

You will be using these new skills coupled to tools from previous modules to build a specific business case ready for presentation to a Capital Acquisition Committee, an exercise we will do on Thursday evening.

To get there you need to be able to deploy the concepts of performance management, and critically discuss its nature. A secondary objective is to give you opportunity to discuss and critically evaluate your own business unit’s metrics and measures, to assess their usefulness and integration with your company’s overall strategy.

The module’s assessment is both by written assignment (85%) and by in-module assessment (15%). As a result the written assignment is shorter than usual.

The module will contribute directly to equipping the participants with the skills and knowledge necessary to lead within a process based company.

PPS-ES94R (20/21)

The course is in general on the introduction and application of a specific numerical analysis method, namely finite element method (FEM), soil behaviour and practical simulation of tunnel and other geo-structures simulations using FEM.

This course is to introduce students to the principles of modern energy storage and fuel cells and their applications, including grid-scale storage, vehicle propulsion and portable electronics. The module will provide students with a firm grounding in the thermodynamic principles of electrochemical, electrical and and mechnical energy conversion with a focus on fuel cells and energy storage methods, e.g., batteries, supercapacitors and pumped hydro. 

By the end of the module the student should be able to:

Demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge the components of advanced battery and fuel cell systems, and autonomously apply the principles governing their operation to solve complex problems.

• Independently perform systematic and detailed calculations to evaluate figures of merit, such as efficiency and power.

• Show sound understanding of the components, operation, and limitations of advanced, state-of-the-art energy storage systems such as flow batteries, supercapacitors, and flywheels.

• Evaluate the current, and hypothesize the future requirements of energy storage and fuel cell applications.

• Evaluate specifications and demonstrate an autonomous ability to select and size appropriate energy storage technologies.

• Demonstrate sound understanding of mechanical and thermal energy storage methods, and critique their effectiveness in various applications and illustrating technology limitations.

Critique the material requirements for current and future fuel cell and energy storage technologies, and show a sound understanding of the main degradation mechanisms.

ES97701BC (19/20)

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Principal aims

To develop a firm understanding of the principles of modern design, maintenance and assessment of healthcare technologies, including: medical devices, novel treatment and therapeutic technologies, technologies for a healthy life-course, systems and environments for care delivery. This module will provide the student with a firm grounding in methods and tools for design, management and assessment of health technologies for prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation.

Principal learning outcomes

At the end of the module, students will be able to • Understand the physical and physiological principles that underpin complex medical devices for prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation. Compare and contrast the main aims, principles and components of these four categories of medical devices • Characterize, describe, explain, identify, locate and recognize the main components of the principal healthcare technologies for prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation using functional diagrams and block diagrams. • Apply methods to systematically evaluate, design and manage advanced healthcare technologies • Critically assess the appropriateness of innovative health care technologies by reading a health technology assessment report. • Participate in multidisciplinary studies aiming to critically evaluate the technological feasibility and cost-effectiveness of a new medical device. Identify, classify, prioritize medical or epidemiological needs and participate in studies aiming to identify the most suitable technological solutions to satisfy those needs • Participate in multidisciplinary working group for the systematic design and development of innovative medical devices

Timetabled teaching activities

20 lectures (4 using eLearning platform), 6x1hr seminars, 1x2hr site visit, 2x1hr examples classes (total 30 hrs), 1 hr project supervision per group

Departmental link

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/eng/eso/modules/year4/

Other essential notes

Advice and feedback hours are available for answering questions on the lecture material (theory and examples).

Module assessment

The module aims to equip students with the research skills necessary to support masters’ level learning in engineering and facilitate engagement with the individual project through equipping students with a broad research skill set. It will additionally provide students with the professional and team skills to support the course and their career in engineering.

Due to the influence of Covid-19, the majority of the teaching will be conducted online (as detailed below) except “Communications and Teamwork” which is currently time tabled to take place face to face during weeks 5 to 7. But sessions can be run in MS teams for the international students who have not arrived on campus by then.

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A module for the English, Media and Intercultural course.