Master of Engineering (MEng)

MEng Materials Science and Engineering with Nanomaterials

Explore nanomaterials, with a direct impact on all aspects of modern life.
  • Duration: 4 Years Full Time
  • Year of entry: 2025
  • UCAS course code: F206 / Institution code: M20
  • Key features:
  • Scholarships available
  • Accredited course

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Fees and funding

Fees

Tuition fees for home students commencing their studies in September 2025 will be £9,535 per annum (subject to Parliamentary approval). Tuition fees for international students will be £38,000 per annum. For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.

Policy on additional costs

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).

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Course unit details:
Technical & Biomedical Textiles

Course unit fact file
Unit code MATS43902
Credit rating 15
Unit level Level 7
Teaching period(s) Semester 2
Available as a free choice unit? No

Overview

This programme unit draws on the expertise of several members of staff, to provide a wide range of topics in the latest developments of technical textiles.

Aims

The programme unit aims to introduce science and engineering concepts and principles of technical textiles in biomedical, transportation and protective applications. This module covers production and application of functional fibres, textile composites, nano functional textiles and biopolymer fibres and textile devices and scaffolds in automotive industries, medical industry, personal protections, healthcare and wellbeing.

Learning outcomes

A greater depth of the learning outcomes will be covered in the following sections:

  • Knowledge and understanding
  • Intellectual skills
  • Practical skills
  • Transferable skills and personal qualities

Teaching and learning methods

This unit makes use of a blend learning and teaching approach, including the following activities: Lectures, group projects, problem-based learning and laboratory testing work, which will be delivered in the forms of asynchronous independent study via online lecture videos and project group studies, and synchronous Q&A structured discussions via online workshop. Blackboard will be used to present lecture notes, supporting materials and a feedback test for the unit.  The lectures will develop the theoretical subject knowledge, whilst the tutorials and laboratory work will expand and evaluate the application and importance of different techniques.

Knowledge and understanding

  • Demonstrate understanding of the requirements of textile materials in textile bioengineering, biomedical textiles, nano functional textiles, composites, protective textiles, automotive textiles and filtration applications;
     
  • Relate the performance of technical products to the design and production of these products;
     
  • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of textile product engineering as a tool to produce technical and biomedical textile products to meet the end-use requirements.
     

Intellectual skills

  • Appreciate the analytical content in technical and biomedical textile subjects;
     
  • Demonstrate skills necessary to relate product performance to the factors in the manufacturing processes.
     

Practical skills

  • Write a cogent report based on literature reviews
     
  • Carry out mini group project to design technical textile and/or biomedical textile product concepts
     

Transferable skills and personal qualities

  • Conduct critical analysis, solve problems; demonstrate numeric skills, communication and presentations skills, team work ability developmemnt.

Assessment methods

Method Weight
Written exam 70%
Written assignment (inc essay) 30%

Feedback methods

Feedback given (written and verbal).

Recommended reading

  1. Astrom, B T, Manufacturing of Polymer Composites, London, Chapman and Hall, 1997
  2. Textile Structural Composites, edited by Tsu-Wei Chou and Frank Ko, Elsevier Science, Oxford, 1989
  3. Miravete, A, 3D Textile Reinforcements in composite materials, Woodhead, Cambridge, 1999
  4. Long AC, Design and Manufacture of Textile Composites, Woodhead, Cambridge, 2005 
  5. Horrocks AR, Anand SC, Handbook of Technical Textiles, Woodhead, Cambridge 2000
  6. Scott Richard A, Textiles for Protection, Woodhead, Cambridge 2005
  7. Li Y and Dai X Q, Biomechanical Engineering of Textiles and Clothing, Woodhead, Cambridge, 2006
  8. Anand S C, Kennedy J.F, Miraftab M and Rajendran S., Medical Textiles and Biomaterials for Healthcare, Woodhead, Cambridge, 2006
  9. Li Y and Wong A S W, Clothing Biosensory Engineering, Woodhead, Cambridge, 2006
  10. Shishoo R, Textiles in Sport, Woodhead, Cambridge, 2005
  11. Jenkins M, Materials in Sports Equipment, Woodhead, Cambridge, 2003

Journals:
AATCC Review, Advanced Materials, Carbon, Carbohydrate Polymers, Chinese Journal of Scientific Instrument (Supplement), Colloid and Polymer Science, Coloration Technology, Composite Interfaces, Composite Structures, High Performance Polymers, Journal of Polymer Science-Part B Polymer Physics
Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, Journal of the Textile Institute, Macromolecules, Materials Letters, Nature, Nano Letters, Polymer, Polymer Journal, Polymer Testing, Sen'I Gakkaishi, Science, 
Smart Materials and Structures, Textile Progress, Textile Research Journal, Advanced Healthcare Materials 
 

Study hours

Scheduled activity hours
Lectures 30
Independent study hours
Independent study 120

Teaching staff

Staff member Role
Yi Li Unit coordinator

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