Aerospace Industry Organisation

Code

MMME4090

School

Mechanical, Materials & Manufacturing Engineering

Level

4

Credits

10

Semesters

Autumn UK

Summary

The module will offer a comprehensive account on the organisation practices across aerospace industry worldwide. It intends to strike a balance on the discussions between common practices in the industry and individual characteristics of a range of typical/leading companies. The contents will cover, but not restricted to, some of the following aspects:

• Products (air/space; commercial/military; airplanes/helicopters/UAVs)
• Markets (airframes/engines/systems; approximate shares of major players)
• Supply chain
• R&D
• Regulatory aspects (airworthiness certification; regulatory bodies)

In addition to designated lectures delivered by UoN members of staff, invited speakers will be sought from the front runners in the industry. The intended candidates are as follows

• an airframer (probably Airbus or Boeing UK)
• a major component supplier (e.g. GKN or Rolls Royce)
• an airline perspective (e.g. BA)
• a small component or equipment manufacturer, (e.g. an actuator company)
• a government perspective (e.g. someone from BIS, the Aerospace and Defence KTN the EU or even the MAA—regional aerospace alliance)
• a certification authority (e.g. CAA or similar).

Re-assessment
Students who fail this module overall and are required to complete a re-assessment will be re-assessed in all failed assessment components. The re-assessment mark for the module will be a combination of the marks from components passed first time and the components which have been re-assessed.
 

Target Students

Students must be registered on one ofthe MEng Aerospace Engineering courses: H400 or H40B

Classes

• One 2-hour lecture each week for 11 weeks

this module will have six lectures, one per week. Each lecture will be in the form of a 4 hour seminar.

Assessment

• 33% Coursework 1: (Aerospace Organisation): 1000 word report associated with one or more of the lectured topics
• 33% Coursework 2: (Certification): Answering the questions (1,000 words) set by the speakers on the airworthiness certification
• 34% Presentation 1: (Supply Chain): Presentation on one of more of the lectured topics - Maximum 10 minutes

Assessed by end of autumn semester

Educational Aims

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the module, students should be able to demonstrate:
• LO1 - an appreciation of the issues facing the airline industry today and the measures being taken to address these issues

• LO2 - a good working knowledge of the organisation and operation of the industry including and its importance to the worldwide economy

• LO3 - an overview of the use development and deployment of new technology and the route to market for components and systems for use in aircraft manufacture and operation

• LO4 - a knowledge of the regulatory framework under which the aerospace industry operates and the reasons for this level of certification and quality standards.

Conveners

• Professor Serhiy Bozhko