Think of any modern manufacturing or utility supply process, and you're seeing automated assembly lines, robotic systems and programmable controls. This post graduate qualification gives you the advanced knowledge you need to create these systems and devise innovative solutions in the broad field of automation and control.
Taking your existing knowledge of engineering theory and practice, the course focuses on the essential areas of this specialist field, such as embedded systems, control system design. Using specialist equipment in our dedicated laboratories, you'll learn to use Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, the industry standard for the development of effective control systems.
So that you'll be prepared for the extra demands of a senior or management role, you'll also develop project management skills and research techniques. You'll graduate with a skill set that has the potential to take you to the top of your profession.
When recruiting for senior roles, employers expect a correspondingly high level of specialist technical and organisational skills. This course equips you with those abilities: on graduation, you can expect to be able to analyse particular industrial applications and evaluate possible solutions in terms of automated (dedicated/flexible) or mixed manual/automated systems, design and develop embedded systems to meet predetermined specifications, and design and implement a distributed control system utilising PLCs and SCADA technology.
You'll also be able to design a product or process using a Mechatronic design methodology, critically evaluate a given research project and deliver the project proposal involving literature review, analyse management problems and synthesise solutions.