Contents

Course Handbook for the Engineering MPhil and PhD Degrees and 2017/2018

The Graduate Studies Office:................................................................................................................. 2 

Course Requirements: All Research Degrees ........................................................................................ 3 
Modules and RDCs ........................................................................................................................ 3 
First-Year Report ........................................................................................................................... 4 
MPhil Dissertation ................................................................................................................................. 4 
Examination Procedure .................................................................................................................. 5 
Registration for the PhD Degree: ........................................................................................................... 5 
PhD Second Year Review ...................................................................................................................... 5 
Supervision ............................................................................................................................................ 6 
Working Hours, Residence and Holiday Entitlement ............................................................................ 6 
Working while you study ............................................................................................................... 6 
Permission to Reside Outside ........................................................................................................ 7 
Leave to Work Away ..................................................................................................................... 7 
Sick Leave.............................................................................................................................................. 7 
Intermission............................................................................................................................................ 7 
Procedure ....................................................................................................................................... 8 
Submission Deadline and Extension Applications ................................................................................ 8 
Inadequate Reasons for Seeking an Extension .............................................................................. 8 
Procedure ....................................................................................................................................... 9 
Problems, Complaints and Appeals ....................................................................................................... 9 
Department of Engineering .................................................................................................................. 10 
Departmental Organisation .......................................................................................................... 10 
Department Facilities: .................................................................................................................. 11 
Useful Links: ................................................................................................................................ 11 
Access to the Department .................................................................................................................... 11 
Engineering Buildings on the West Cambridge Site ........................................................................... 12 
Whittle Laboratory ....................................................................................................................... 12 
Electrical Engineering Building ................................................................................................... 12 
Schofield Centrifuge Centre ........................................................................................................ 12 
The Alan Reece Building ............................................................................................................. 12 
Intellectual Property Rights ................................................................................................................. 13 
Plagiarism ............................................................................................................................................ 14 
University-wide statement on plagiarism .................................................................................... 14 
Timetable of events for First Year Research Students in Engineering ................................................ 16 

Appendix A – Engineering Modules for Graduate Students

Appendix B – Researcher Development Courses

You should also consult the Code of Practice:

http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/students/studentregistry/current/graduate/policy/quality/cop/
The Graduate Studies Office:
Location
Room BEO 24, Office Floor, Baker Building, Trumpington Street

Admissions Enquiries:
01223 7 48233

Current Students and Degree Committee:

01223 7 48230

e-mail: [email protected]

Staff:

Mrs Lorraine Baker

Office Manager, Degree Committee Administrator

Mr Peter Brown
Administrator – Admissions & EPSRC Studentships

Mr Ronald Collinson
Administrator – Taught Courses and Modules

Secretary of the Degree Committee

Dr David Cole

Deputy Head of Department (Graduate Studies)

Professor Holger Babinsky

Graduate Student Mediator

Mr Allan McRobie

Information about the Department and facilities can be found on the Intranet:
http://intranet.eng.cam.ac.uk/
and on the Graduate Studies web pages:
http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/graduates/graduates-overview
General information on Graduate Studies can be found on the Student Registry Web Pages:
http://www.cambridgestudents.cam.ac.uk/

The METEOR module selection system can be found here:

http://meteor.eng.cam.ac.uk/login

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Course Requirements: All Research Degrees
If you are a PhD student, you will not initially be registered for this degree. Instead, your admission
is for a probationary year, during which your registration status will usually be PhD (probationary). At
the end of the first year, if your progress has been satisfactory, you can expect to be registered
retrospectively for the PhD degree from the date of your admission to the Department. After
registration, you usually continue with your research for a further two years for the PhD degree.

Occasionally, a student’s performance in the first year indicates that he or she is unsuited to research
at the doctoral level in the Department. In this case the student would not be registered for the PhD,
but would leave the course at that point or be offered the opportunity to register for a different degree.

All probationary PhD students and students registered for the Engineering MPhil programme follow a
similarly structured first year. You will spend most of your time on your research project, which you
write up as a first-year report (if you are a probationary PhD student) or thesis/dissertation (if you are
registered for the research MPhil). Additionally, students are normally required to take two modules
and one Researcher Development Course (RDC).

Modules and RDCs

Students starting in October are required to take at least two 16-lecture modules, chosen in
consultation with your Supervisor, from the list of approved modules. Each module lasts for one term
and has an associated workload of about 40 hours. The module timetable and syllabuses can be
found on the Departmental web pages (see page 2). Students who have previously studied at
Cambridge may be granted exemption from taking one module.

Students who start in January are required to attend at least one module in their first term (Lent Term)
which will be formally assessed by the time of the first-year review meeting. The second module may
be waived on application to the Graduate Studies Office. Students who have started in April (which
only occurs in exceptional circumstances) are required to attend at least one module in the following
Michaelmas Term.

Students may take a 'reading club' in place of a second module. A reading club comprises a group of
students led by a member of staff who meet for 2 hours weekly for one term to work through a book
or collection of papers. Students who are taking only one module may not replace it with a
reading club.

The acquisition of Research skills (that is, skills not specifically associated with your own research
topic, which are more widely applicable) forms an important part of your development during your
research. All first-year research students are required to attend regular sessions of a Researcher
Development Course (RDC), and your Supervisor will provide details of the course you should join.
Typical activities within the RDC include reviewing the literature, preparation and delivery of
presentations and posters, and development of writing skills.

You must enter your selection of Modules/Reading Clubs, and the RDC you will be taking, on our
online module-entry system, METEOR (http://meteor.eng.cam.ac.uk/login) by the published deadline.
METEOR lists the modules and reading clubs that you can take. You must select three entries on
METEOR, including the RDC.

If you believe that you are eligible for a module exemption, you must ask your supervisor to
email the Graduate Studies Office in support of this exemption.
If your supervisor recommends that you take modules in other Departments, you need to get
permission from the Graduate Studies Office in advance. Your supervisor is responsible for
making arrangements for you to take the examination.

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Modules are generally assessed by coursework, written examinations, or a combination of both.
Coursework submission deadlines are set by the course lecturer. All written examinations of modules
are held early in the Easter Term.

Attendance at Examinations is compulsory. If you have a disability or a specific learning difficulty,

your college tutor can apply for you to be allowed extra time for the exam. In case of illness you should
complete the Allowance for Illness form on our Modules web page:
http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/graduates/current-graduate-students/first-year-assessment/modules

Each written examination paper normally has a duration of one and a half hours plus an initial 10
minutes reading time. Past examination papers for modules can be found on the Teaching Office web
pages. Standard data books for use in examinations are available from the Graduate Studies
Office. Please consult the Module Leader or your Supervisor about the relevant data books that will
be provided in the examination rooms for a particular module. Students whose first language is not
English should note that dictionaries may not be taken into the examination rooms. Only certain
models of calculator are approved for use in University examinations. Further information on
examinations can be found on the Teaching Office web pages:
http://teaching.eng.cam.ac.uk/information/all/part-iib/root

First-Year Report
Probationary PhD students are required to submit two soft-bound copies of a 10,000-15,000 word
report on the work that they have been doing that year, and will be doing for the rest of the course.
The report – the title of which will have been agreed previously with your Supervisor – is to be
submitted to your Head of Division's office by the published deadline. Earlier submission is
encouraged. The Degree Committee attaches importance to submission by the due date, and the
Secretary of the Degree Committee is required to inform it of the name of any student who fails to
submit by the prescribed time. Extensions to the deadline for the First Year Report will not
usually be granted except in case of illness or other grave cause. Your supervisor or College Tutor
should contact the Graduate Studies Office requesting an extension, which will be considered by the
Secretary of the Degree Committee.

Your report should indicate that you have done a good deal of reading and obtained a thorough grasp
of your research problem(s). It should contain an informed survey of the relevant literature, a clear
statement of the objectives of the research, a description of the methods to be used and a carefully
thought out programme for the research which includes realistic estimates of timings and dates.

The aim should be to complete the research by the end of the eighth term of residence, leaving six
months for the satisfactory completion and examination of the dissertation. Although the regulations
for the PhD degree allow up to twelve terms before permission for an extension needs to be sought,
it is expected that the course leading to the PhD should be completed in three years; you may not be
able to secure funding for longer than this.

If you have any questions concerning the content and format of your report, you should raise these
with your Supervisor who will explain what is required.

MPhil Dissertation
A pre-meeting will be held with your Supervisor and Adviser 2 – 3 months before your submission
date: at this meeting you should present an outline of your dissertation for discussion. Before
submission, your supervisor will expect you to give him or her drafts of the dissertation for comment.
The Degree Committee will appoint two examiners for you who will be experts in your field of study,
one of whom will be from outside the University.

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Examination Procedure
Two soft bound copies of the final version of your thesis must be submitted to the Graduate Studies
Office. The typical length of an MPhil thesis is 10,000-15,000 words. The Degree Committee cannot
give permission to exceed the word limit of 15,000 words. The examiners of your thesis will want to
satisfy themselves that it is clearly written, that it takes account of previously published work
on the subject and that it represents a contribution to learning. The regulations for the
Engineering MPhil programme also require that the thesis provides evidence that you can design
and carry out investigations, assess and interpret the results obtained and place the work in
the wider perspective of the subject.

You will be required to attend an oral examination on your thesis and on the general field of knowledge
within which it falls. The oral examination is normally held in the Department within eight weeks of
the submission date. One-year students planning to leave the country at the end of their course may
need to be examined early and should aim to submit his or her thesis well before the last possible
date.

Registration for the PhD Degree:

To be registered for the PhD Degree, you must pass the following steps:
1. Pass two modules (unless you have been granted an exemption). The pass mark for all modules
is 50%. A list of approved modules can be found on the Graduate Studies web pages. The
second module can be replaced with a Reading Club.
2. Attendance at a Researcher Development Course (RDC). Your supervisor will advise you which
RDC you should attend.
3. First Year Report – the First Year Report must be submitted by the due date to your Divisional
Administrator.
4. First Year Assessment – this assessment is in three parts
a) Preliminary Meeting with your Supervisor and Adviser
b) Technical Meeting with your Supervisor and an Assessor
c) Formal Meeting with the Head of Division (or Deputy) and Assessor (in some cases an
additional assessor will be appointed)

The most important element of your first year assessment is your first year report and your defence
of it in the technical and formal meetings. At the formal meeting, your performance in the Modules
and your attendance at the RDC will also be considered. A marginal fail in one module can be
compensated by an exceptional First Year Report. At the end of the Formal Meeting, the Head of
Division will send a recommendation to the Graduate Studies Office. After a successful first year
review, this recommendation will be for registration for the PhD degree. If you are not successful,
there is a range of possible outcomes.

PhD Second Year Review

Towards the end of your second year of research, there will be a second progress review meeting
with your Supervisor and Adviser to discuss and assess your work over the first two years, and to
agree a programme leading to the submission of your PhD dissertation by the deadline, usually no
later than the end of your tenth term.

At this stage it is likely that you will have written a journal paper or conference paper that could be
considered at the meeting. Failing that, your Supervisor may require you to produce an outline of
your PhD dissertation for consideration. At the meeting you will formally agree a programme for the

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completion of your PhD dissertation which, after amendment, if necessary, will be signed by your
Supervisor, your Adviser and yourself.

Also by the end of your second year of research, you should have demonstrated that your oral and
written presentation skills have reached a satisfactory level.

Supervision
The number of regular one-on-one meetings with your supervisor varies considerably between
students and throughout the course of your study. Normally, it is expected that you see your
supervisor at least twice a term (and not less than eight times in each academical year) to review your
progress. At the start of your course you should agree with your supervisor how often you meet, who
initiates meetings and how you are expected to prepare. In addition to your Supervisor, you will have
an Adviser appointed by your Head of Division. Your Adviser will take an interest in your research
and from time to time with others he or she will formally review your progress. If you are in difficulty
in relation to your course, you should discuss the problem with your Supervisor or Adviser.

In addition to your Supervisor there are other members of staff in the Department who by virtue of
their position may be able to offer assistance or advice. These include, the Graduate Student
Mediator (Allan McRobie), your Head of Group or Head of Division, the Secretary of the Degree
Committee and the Deputy Head of Department (Graduate Studies). If your difficulties are not
specifically related to your course you may find that your College Tutor can help or advise you.

If you wish to make a formal complaint concerning any aspect of your supervision, you should arrange
a meeting with the Secretary of the Degree Committee.

Working Hours, Residence and Holiday Entitlement

As a Graduate Student you are expected to work 40 hours per week throughout the year (including
during the summer months when undergraduate students are not in residence). Working hours should
generally conform to the Department working hours between 8.00 and 18.00. Many of you will find
that you will also be working in the evenings, especially towards the end of your course. Holiday
arrangements should be made in consultation with your supervisor. A nominal allowance of 33 days
holidays (including bank holidays) will usually be permitted.

The University requires research students to be actively pursuing their research and resident within
ten miles of Great St Mary’s (the University church) throughout the year; this includes the summer
months when undergraduate students are not in residence.
If you will be absent from Cambridge, or will not be actively pursuing your research for a period of
more than two weeks, you must apply for permission to reside outside the University precincts, to
work away (eg, on fieldwork), or to intermit your studies, as appropriate. These procedures are all
described below.

Working while you study

It is a requirement of the University that all full time postgraduate students have their funding fully in
place before they start their course. Under no circumstances will the need to earn money be
accepted as a valid reason for failing to complete a course or an assignment on time. Students
on one year courses are not normally allowed to undertake any type of paid work during their period
of study, although on a few courses, permission may be given for students to give undergraduate
supervisions. These regulations do not apply to part-time students.

The University does not allow students to undertake paid work outside the University or a
college while they are studying full-time, and you should not expect to accrue additional income
in this way. However, academic-related work, especially teaching undergraduates, can provide

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postgraduate students with valuable transferable skills; a limited amount of this type of work is
encouraged, provided it does not interfere with your studies. As a PhD student, you may be able to
undertake – with the approval of both your supervisor and your college tutor – a small amount of
academic work, such as supervising undergraduates, invigilating examinations, working in a
university/college library, or demonstrating in a laboratory. However, you should not rely on such work
to generate essential income for your studies. The University stipulates that no more than ten hours
a week may be spent in such activities; please note that some grant awarding bodies only allow a
maximum of six hours per week. If you are an overseas student, your visa may state that you can
work up to 20 hours a week, but you will still be in breach of the University regulations if you work for
more ten hours a week. For more information, see: http://www.cambridgestudents.cam.ac.uk/your-
course/graduate-study/your-student-status/working-while-you-study

Permission to Reside Outside

If you wish to live outside of the ten-mile limit on a permanent basis, you must apply for permission to
reside outside the University precincts via your CamSIS self-service page.

Leave to Work Away

If you plan to be away from Cambridge (or the place you have been permitted to reside) to undertake
research or field work you must apply for Leave to Work Away, via your CamSIS self-service page
well before you leave. The date you are leaving Cambridge and the proposed return date should be
included in your application to work away. In all cases a risk assessment, signed by yourself, your
supervisor, and the Departmental Safety Officer, must be either uploaded with your application or
forwarded to the Graduate Studies Office. Students in their first year are not usually given leave
to work away.

Your application will be considered sequentially by your Supervisor, by a representative of the

Department, by your College, by a representative of the Degree Committee, and by a representative
of the Student Registry. You will be able to track the progress of your application on CamSIS, and will
receive the final verdict by email from the Student Registry. More information on Leave to Work Away
is available here:
http://www.cambridgestudents.cam.ac.uk/your-course/graduate-study/your-student-status/work-
away-cambridge

Sick Leave
If you are ill and cannot attend the Department for any reason you should let your supervisor know;
in some Divisions you may be asked to inform the administrator or laboratory manager. If you are not
able to work for a long period of time or have to leave Cambridge for several weeks, you may have
to apply to intermit your studies (see below). Your College Tutor should be able to advise you on this
and any personal problems you may have.

If you are not able to attend an examination or need an extension to deadlines for module coursework
you should contact the Graduate Studies Office as soon as possible.

Intermission
If you are unable to work on your thesis project for more than two weeks, you are strongly encouraged
to apply for intermission (a break from study). The most common reasons for intermission are
maternity and paternity leave, taking up (unpaid) internships, bereavement, and suffering from
incapacitating illness.

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You will not be allowed to intermit to go on a placement which is intrinsic to your research (in this
case, you should instead seek leave to work away – see above), to take up employment or otherwise
raise money, or for visa reasons.

Time spent on intermission does not count towards your total time on the course, and your submission
deadline will be moved accordingly.

Procedure
You should apply through your CamSIS self-service either in advance of the intermission (if it is
foreseeable), or as soon as possible afterwards. The University is reluctant to approve intermission
applications made more than 30 days after the event.

If you are applying for intermission for medical reasons, you should upload a supporting letter from a
medical practitioner, alternatively you can submit any medical evidence directly to the Student
Registry. Supporting letters may also be required in other circumstances. The application will be
considered sequentially by your Supervisor, by a representative of the Department, by your College,
by a representative of the Degree Committee, and by a representative of the Student Registry. You
will be able to track the progress of your application on CamSIS, and will receive the final verdict by
email from the Student Registry. More information on intermission is available here:
http://www.cambridgestudents.cam.ac.uk/your-course/graduate-study/your-student-
status/intermission

Submission Deadline and Extension Applications

It is important that, if at all possible, you submit your PhD dissertation before your submission
deadline. It is possible to apply for an extension, but such a request must be supported by a robust
case, usually citing circumstances beyond your control. Your thesis should be your main focus during
your time at Cambridge, and the Degree Committee will not support extensions for students who have
not maintained this focus. Students who do not submit within four years and have not applied to
extend the submission deadline with be automatically removed from the Register.

Inadequate Reasons for Seeking an Extension

It would be very difficult for the Degree Committee to support a case dependent on any of the
following:
 loss of data or work which could have been avoided by more rigorously backing-up your
computer files (your backups should be updated frequently and regularly, and should not all
be stored on the same device);
 spending excessive time participating in voluntary non-academic pursuits, including social
activities, sporting activities, and University societies (see also the section on ‘Working while
you study’ above);
 spending excessive time engaged in academic activities unrelated to your thesis project,
including attending conferences, writing papers, working on other research projects, and
teaching;
 poor time-management and planning, where this is not related to a disability, a medical
condition, or grave external circumstances;
 failure to provide a draft of your thesis to your supervisor in time for you to be able to respond
to feedback before the submission deadline;
 support from a funding body to continue your project.

Additionally, if you find yourself totally or almost totally unable to work on your dissertation for a
significant period at any point during the PhD, you should apply for intermission at that time or shortly
after (see above), rather than waiting to apply for an extension closer to your submission deadline.
You may not be granted an extension if you should previously have applied for intermission.

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Procedure
If you are approaching your submission deadline and believe that you will be unable to submit on
time, and have good reasons for being unable to submit, you should apply through your CamSIS self-
service as soon as it becomes clear that you will be unable to submit on time. You will be prompted
to set out the reasons that you need an extension, and you will be asked to propose a new submission
deadline. You should discuss a realistic new deadline with your supervisor in advance.

This application will be considered sequentially by your Supervisor, by a representative of the

Department, by your College, by a representative of the Degree Committee, and by a representative
of the Board of Graduate Studies. You will be able to track the progress of your application of CamSIS,
and will receive the final verdict by email from the Student Registry. More information on extension
applications is available here: http://www.cambridgestudents.cam.ac.uk/your-course/graduate-
study/your-student-status/extending-your-end-registration-date

Problems, Complaints and Appeals

If you are in difficulty in relation to your course, you should discuss the problem in the first instance
with your Supervisor or Advisor. There are also a number of other people who may be able to help
you if there are difficulties in doing this, including the Head of your Research Group or Head of
Division, the Secretary of the Degree Committee and the Deputy Head of Department (Graduate
Studies). The Graduate Student Mediator can also offer confidential help and advice if you are in
dispute with your supervisor. If your difficulties are not specifically related to your course, you should
contact your College Tutor. If you wish to make a formal complaint, you should arrange a meeting
with the Secretary of the Degree Committee. Further advice is available from the Student Registry.

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Department of Engineering

Departmental Organisation
Head of Department Professor D Cardwell

Deputy Head of Department (Graduate Studies) Professor H Babinsky

Deputy Head of Department (Teaching) Dr C Y Barlow

Operating Divisions

The Department is divided, by academic subject, into six divisions:

Divisional
Division Subject Area Head of Division
Administrator

Energy, Fluid Mechanics &

A Professor R S Cant Mrs Katia Babayan
Turbomachinery

B Electrical Engineering Professor M E Welland Mrs Ann Martin

C Mechanics, Materials & Design Professor R S Langley Ms Claire Whittaker

Mrs Sharon
D Civil Engineering Professor S D Guest
Nightingale

E Manufacturing and Management Professor A D Neely Mrs Maggie Harriss

F Information Engineering Professor W Byrne Mrs Rachel Fogg

Secretary of the Degree Committee Dr D J Cole

Director of Research and Finance Mr P Guildford

Secretary of the Department Mrs S Collins-Taylor

Finance Manager Dr J Tran

The Graduate Student Mediator Mr F A McRobie

Contact details for all staff and students are available on the Intranet

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Department Facilities:

Catering: On the Main Site in Trumpington Street the North Common Room,
on the second floor is open from 07.30 to 16.15. Tea is available free of charge
from 9.30. A range of sandwiches, snacks and cakes are available all day.
Payment should be made by your University Card which you can top-up on-
line http://epos.eng.cam.ac.uk/ or you can top-up with cash in the Common
Room when it is not busy.

Satellite sites at West Cambridge have alternative local arrangements.

Telephones are available only for business in connection with your work. The Fax, which is available
in the Enquiry Office, is also for business use but private messages, which are paid for, may be sent.

Useful Links:
Computing facilities http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/itservices/
Department of Engineering Library http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/services/library-and-information-
service
Health and Safety http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/safety/

Access to the Department

For reasons of safety and security the buildings and laboratories of the main site of the Department
are protected by Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) and an Access Control System using proximity
cards. The Institute for Manufacturing, Electrical Engineering Building, Schofield Centre and Whittle
Laboratory have their own arrangements. All staff and students of the Department are issued with a
university card which should be worn at all times and affords access to the Department out of hours.

Buildings: Baker and Inglis buildings have no access restrictions between 08.00 and 17.15 hours
Monday to Friday. Outside those hours access to both buildings is available by proximity
card. Normal access rights for Graduate Students are defined as 07.00 to 22.00 hours seven days a
week. Anyone requiring access outside these hours should ask their Supervisor to write to the
Security Office.

Rooms: Once inside the building, access to rooms and the Library is allowed until 22.00 hours but
not thereafter unless special arrangements are made.

Laboratories: Normal hours are 08.00 to 17.00 hours. Certain Laboratories have access controlled
by proximity card, all of which become active out of hours. Persons wishing to work after 17.00 hours
may continue up to 22.00 hours provided another person is present. Permission to work after 22.00
hours must be obtained from your Supervisor. Working alone in a laboratory is an increased risk to
your safety and requires a Risk Assessment (cleared by the Safety Office, room BNO-41) and deemed
to be appropriate by your supervisor.

Working ‘after hours’: Special permission to enter the Department after 22.00 hours may be
requested through a Late Work Permit Form, available from the Security Office. The form requires
authorisation from your Supervisor and Head of Division. The security team have instructions to
challenge anyone not wearing a university card and to escort from the building anyone unable to
produce one.

Holiday shutdowns are notified in the Weekly Bulletin in advance for the Christmas period, Easter
and the Late Summer Bank Holiday. Since permission to work in the Department during these periods

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will normally be denied, you should arrange your work programme so as to avoid the shutdown
periods.

Car parking is not available on the Main Site for research students during weekdays and offending
vehicles are likely to be wheel clamped. Students have permission to park cars on the Main Site
during the evenings and at weekends and access through the vehicle barrier is by proximity card.

Engineering Buildings on the West Cambridge Site

Whittle Laboratory
1 JJ Thomson Avenue

The Whittle Laboratory houses the Turbomachinery Group – part of Division A.

Electrical Engineering Building

9 JJ Thomson Avenue

The Electrical Engineering Building houses the Electrical Division – Division B.

Schofield Centrifuge Centre

The Schofield Centrifuge Centre is part of the Civil Engineering Division – Part of Division D.

The Alan Reece Building

Charles Babbage Road

The Alan Reece Building is home to the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) – Division E.

Interactive Map of West Cambridge: http://map.cam.ac.uk/West+Cambridge+Site

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Intellectual Property Rights
Extract from Ordinances, Chapter 13, Section 2

14. The entitlement to intellectual property rights in material created by a student shall rest with the
student, with the following exceptions:

1. (a)Where a student is sponsored by a third party, a condition of sponsorship may be that the
sponsor may own any intellectual property developed during the period of sponsorship.
Sponsored students are, therefore, advised to check the terms of their sponsorship
agreement.
2. (b)Where a student is working on a sponsored project as part of his or her coursework or
research, the sponsor may own any intellectual property that the student develops. This will
be specified in the research contract and the supervisor or Department should inform
students if this is the case as early as possible in the admissions process and in any case
prior to the start of their research.
3. (c)Where a student is working in collaboration with others in a manner that gives rise to joint
creation of intellectual property, or interdependent intellectual property, the student may be
required to assign intellectual property to the University or place the results in the public
domain without restriction. He or she will be treated in the same way as University staff
under these regulations. If this case is likely to arise, students should be so informed at the
offer of admission where practical, and in any case prior to the start of their research.

A student who believes that clause (c) above has been inappropriately applied may make an
application to the University Technology Referee under Regulation 15.

A sponsorship agreement may also place a requirement on the student and his or her examiners to
undertake to keep results confidential while steps are being taken to protect intellectual property or
to establish exploitation arrangements. The student may also be required to submit the dissertation
to the sponsor for scrutiny before submitting it for examination. Any confidentiality agreement whose
purpose is to delay public disclosure for the purpose of protection should usually not have effect for
longer than three months from the time the sponsor is notified of intent to publish. When the
University obtains an assignment of student-created intellectual property, it undertakes to provide
the student with a share in such financial returns from the exploitation as there may be on the same
basis as that applying to University staff by virtue of Regulation 25.

15. Where a dispute occurs between the University and a University staff member, a person referred
to in Regulation 12 or a student, or between staff members, a person referred to in Regulation 12
and/or a student, as to the application of these regulations or the terms of the agreement on which
they should enter, or on which they have already agreed to proceed, concerning the commercial
exploitation of any intellectual property rights, or the subject matter to which such rights relate, the
dispute shall, at the request of either, be referred to a University Technology Referee in accordance
with Regulations 32–39..

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Plagiarism

Don’t be a copy cat!

The confidence which a reader has in the contents of a report, paper or dissertation is based on
trusting the author. An important contribution to building that trust is through the author demonstrating
clearly how they have built on the work of others and giving full credit to previous contributions as well
as identifying unambiguously which parts of the overall work are their own, original contribution. That
is the role of references in technical writing: to give recognition to other people’s work and to provide
an ‘audit trail’ of links to previous work. Developing a good style of referencing takes some effort: in
many cases, facts and ideas are so well known and standard that no reference is needed but if you
have doubts about whether the reader might misinterpret the extent of your own contribution you
should always refer explicitly to the source of any previous work. Please note this also applies to
computer codes etc.

University-wide statement on plagiarism

The General Board, with the agreement of the Board of Examinations and the Board of Graduate
Studies, has issued this guidance for the information of candidates, Examiners and Supervisors. It
may be supplemented by course-specific guidance from Faculties and Departments.

Plagiarism is defined as submitting as one's own work, irrespective of intent to deceive, that which
derives in part or in its entirety from the work of others without due acknowledgement. It is both poor
scholarship and a breach of academic integrity.
Examples of plagiarism include copying (using another person's language and/or ideas as if they are
a candidate's own), by:

 quoting verbatim another person's work without due acknowledgement of the source;
 paraphrasing another person's work by changing some of the words, or the order of the
words, without due acknowledgement of the source;
 using ideas taken from someone else without reference to the originator;
 cutting and pasting from the Internet to make a pastiche of online sources;
 submitting someone else's work as part of a candidate's own without identifying clearly
who did the work. For example, buying or commissioning work via professional agencies
such as 'essay banks' or 'paper mills', or not attributing research contributed by others to a
joint project.

Plagiarism might also arise from colluding with another person, including another candidate, other
than as permitted for joint project work (i.e. where collaboration is concealed or has been forbidden).
A candidate should include a general acknowledgement where he or she has received substantial
help, for example with the language and style of a piece of written work.
Plagiarism can occur in respect to all types of sources and media:

 text, illustrations, musical quotations, mathematical derivations, computer code, etc;

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  material downloaded from websites or drawn from manuscripts or other media;
 published and unpublished material, including lecture handouts and other students' work.

Acceptable means of acknowledging the work of others (by referencing, in footnotes, or otherwise)
vary according to the subject matter and mode of assessment. Faculties or Departments should issue
written guidance on the relevant scholarly conventions for submitted work, and also make it clear to
candidates what level of acknowledgement might be expected in written examinations. Candidates
are required to familiarize themselves with this guidance, to follow it in all work submitted for
assessment, and may be required to sign a declaration to that effect. If a candidate has any
outstanding queries, clarification should be sought from her or his Director of Studies, Course Director
or Supervisor as appropriate.

Failure to conform to the expected standards of scholarship (e.g. by not referencing sources) in
examinations may affect the mark given to the candidate's work. In addition, suspected cases of the
use of unfair means (of which plagiarism is one form) will be investigated and may be brought to one
of the University's Courts. The Courts have wide powers to discipline those found guilty of using unfair
means in an examination, including depriving such persons of membership of the University, and
deprivation of a degree.

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Timetable of events for First Year Research Students in
Engineering

Not at First Registered for any For students starting in

Qualification (Probationary PhD) October 2017

Submission of modules on METEOR 31 October 2017

Progress Review Meeting 2 July 2018

Submission of First Year Report to 4:00 pm, 31 August 2018

Divisional Administrators

Engineering MPhil (by research)

Submission of modules on METEOR 31 October 2017

Progress Review Meeting 2 July 2018

Submission of Thesis – to Graduate 4:00 pm, 31 August 2018

Studies Office

Not at First Registered for any For students starting in

Qualification (Probationary PhD) January 2017

Submission of modules on METEOR 07 February 2018

Progress Review Meeting 28 September 2018

Submission of First Year Report to 4:00 pm, 30 November 2018

Divisional Administrators

Extensions to the First Year Report Deadline are not permitted without prior
permission of the Secretary of the Degree Committee.

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 Appendix A: Engineering Modules for Graduate Students
Modules for 2017–18

Number and title of module Term Mode Contact CRSID

Group A: 4A2 Computational fluid dynamics M C Prof P. G. Tucker pgt23
Energy, fluid 4A3 Turbomachinery I M E&C Dr N. R. Atkins nra27
mechanics, and 4A4 Aircraft Stability and Control M C Dr W. R. Graham wrg11
turbomachinery 4A7 Aerodynamics M C Dr J. P. Jarrett jpj1001
4A9 Molecular Thermodynamics M E Dr A. J. White ajw36
4A10 Flow instability L E Prof G. R. Hunt grh20
4A12 Turbulence and vortex dynamics L E Prof P. A. Davidson pad3
4A13 Combustion and IC engines L E Prof S. Hochgreb sh372
4A15 Aeroacoustics M E Dr A. Agarwal aa406
Group B: 4B2 Power Microelectronics M E Prof F. Udrea fu10000
Electrical 4B6 Solid State Devices and Chemical/Biological L E
engineering Sensors Prof D. Chu dpc31
4B11 Photonic Systems M E Prof T.D. Wilkinson tdw13
4B13 Electronic Sensors and Instrumentation L E Dr P. A. Robertson par10
4B19 Renewable Electrical Power M E Dr T. J. Flack tjf1000
4B21 Analogue Integrated Circuit M E Prof A. Nathan an299
4B22 Flexible Electronics L E Dr F. Torrisi ft242
4B23 Optical Fibre Communication L E&C Dr S. J. Savory sjs1001
4B24 Radio Frequency Systems L E&C Dr M. J. Crisp mjc87
4B25 Embedded Systems for the Internet of M C
Things Dr P. Stanley-Marbell ps751
Group C: 4C2 Designing with composites M E&C Dr A. E. Markaki am253
Mechanics, 4C3 Electrical and Nano materials M E Dr J. H. Durrell jhd25
materials, and 4C4 Design Methods M E Dr J. M. Cullen jmc99
design 4C5 Design Case Studies L C Dr P. O. Kristensson pok21
4C6 Advanced Linear Vibrations M E&C Prof J. Woodhouse jw12
4C7 Random and Non-linear Vibrations M E&C Prof R.S. Langley rsl21
4C8 Applications of Dynamics L E&C Prof D. Cebon dc29
4C9 Continuum Mechanics M E Dr G. J. McShane gjm31
4C15 MEMS: Design L E&C Prof A. Seshia aas41
Group D: 4D4 Construction Engineering L C Dr I. Brilakis ib340
Civil, structural, 4D5 Foundation Engineering L E&C Dr G. Biscontin gb479
and 4D6 Dynamics in Civil Engineering L E&C Prof S.P.G Madabhushi mspg1
environmental 4D7 Concrete Structures M E&C Prof C. R. Middleton crm11
engineering 4D8 Pre-stressed Concrete L E Prof T. J. Ibell tji10
4D10 Structural Steelwork M E&C Mr F. A. McRobie fam20
4D13 Architectural Engineering M C Dr R. Choudhary rc488
4D14 Contaminated Land and Waste Containment M E&C Prof S.P.G Madabhushi mspg1
Group E: 4E1 Innovation and Strategic Management of M E&C
Management Intellectual Property Dr F. Tietze ft263
and 4E3 Information Systems M C Dr S. Pachidi sp805
manufacturing 4E4 Management of technology M C Dr T. H. W. Minshall thwm100
4E5 International business economics L C Dr J. Kroezen jk632
4E6 Accounting and finance M C Dr O. Cole oc219
4E11 Strategic management L C Prof S. M. Ansi sma31

• ‘M’ refers to the Michaelmas (Winter) term; ‘L’ refers to the Lent (Spring) term.
• ‘Mode’ refers to mode of examination: either by coursework (C), by written examination (E), or both (E&C).
• The email addresses of contacts consist of that person’s CRSID, ending with @cam.ac.uk. For example, if
somebody’s CRSID is rwdc2, that person’s email address is [email protected].
 Number and title of module Term Mode Contact CRSID
Group F: 4F1 Control System Design M E&C Dr I. C. Lestas icl20
Information 4F2 Robust and Non-linear Systems and Control L E Dr F. F. Forni ff286
engineering 4F5 Advanced Communications and Coding L E Dr J. Sayir js851
4F7 Statistical Signal Analysis M E Dr S. S. Singh sss40
4F8 Image processing and Image Coding L E Dr J. Lasenby jl221
4F10 Deep Learning and Structured Data M E Prof M. J. F. Gales mjfg100
4F12 Computer Vision M E Prof R. Cipolla rc10001
4F13 Probabilistic Machine learning M C Prof C. E. Rasmussen cer54
4F14 Computer Systems L E&C Dr A. H. Gee ahg13
Group G: 4G1 Mathematical Biology of the Cell L C Dr T. H. Savin ts573
Engineering for the 4G2 Biosensors L C Prof A. Seshia aas41
Life Sciences 4G3 Computational Neuroscience L C Prof M. Lengyel ml468
4G4 Biomimetics L C Dr M. L. Oyen mlo29
Group I: Imported 4I10 Nuclear Reactor Engineering M E Dr E. Shwageraus es607
Modules 4I11 Advanced Fission and Fusion Systems L E Dr E. Shwageraus es607
Group M: 4M12 Partial Differential Equations and L E
Multidisciplinary Variational Methods Prof P. A. Davidson pad3
modules 4M14 Sustainable Development M C Dr K. A. MacAskill kam71
4M16 Nuclear Power Engineering L E Dr G. T. Parks gtp10
4M17 Practical Optimisation M C Prof R. Sepulchre rs771
4M18 Present and Future Energy Systems M E Dr P. Palmer prp11
4M19 Advanced Building Physics M C Dr M. Overend mo318
4M20 Robotics M C Dr F. Iida fi224
4M21 Software Engineering and Design L E Dr E. Punskaya op205
Group R: 5R5 Advanced Experimental Methods in M C Prof S.P.G Madabhushi mspg1
Research modules Geomechanics
5R7 Advanced Numerical Methods in Geomechanics L C Dr G. Biscontin gb479
5R10 Turbulent Reacting Flows M C Prof E. Mastorakos em257
5R13 Experimental Methods in Mechanics M+L C Prof J. Woodhouse jw12
5R17 Integrated System Design L C Dr P. O. Kristensson pok21
Additional ESD150 Driving Change Towards Sustainability M C Dr R. A. Fenner raf37
Borrowing ESD200 Sustainability Methods and Metrics M C Dr R. A. Fenner raf37
Modules made ESD360 Resilience and Hazard Mitigation in Future L C Dr R. A. Fenner raf37
available by other Cities
MPhil/MRes ESD450 Policy, Legislation and Government L C Dr R. A. Fenner raf37
courses in the ESD560 Innovations in Sustainable Manufacturing L C Dr D. C. Morgan dcm32
Department and ESD650 International Development L C Dr R. A. Fenner raf37
across the ESD700 Infrastructure Design of Poor Settlements in L C Dr R. A. Fenner raf37
University Developing Countries
ESD900 Management of Resilient Water Systems L C Dr R. A. Fenner raf37
Before selecting ETB1 Clean Fossil Fuel Technologies M C Dr S. A. Scott sas37
modules prefixed ETB2 Renewable Energy 1: Wind, Wave, Tidal and L C Dr S. A. Scott sas37
with ‘ESD’, please Hydro
gain the permission ETB3 Renewable Energy 2: Solar and Biofuels M+L C Prof N. Swaminathan ns341
of the named
GRM1 Science of Graphene, Related Layered L E Prof A. Ferrari acf26
contact, as there
Materials, and Hybrid Systems
will be limited
GRM2 Technology of Graphene, Relayed Layered M E Dr A. Lombardo al515
places on these
Materials, and Hybrid Systems
modules.
NT01 Characterization techniques M E Dr C. Ducati cd251
NT04 Nanofabrication techniques L E Dr Z. Barber zb10
NT07 Physics at the nanometre-scale M E Dr V. Narayan vn237
Reading Groups RC3 Robust Control M+L C Prof M. C. Smith mcs1000
Can replace one RC4 Manufacturing Management L C Dr C. Velu cv236
module RC13 Advanced Manufacturing Technologies M+L C Professor W. O’Neill wo207
RC15 Engineering Design L C Dr N. Crilly ac846
RC18 Nuclear L C Dr G. T. Parks gtp10

• ‘M’ refers to the Michaelmas (Winter) term; ‘L’ refers to the Lent (Spring) term.
• ‘Mode’ refers to mode of examination: either by coursework (C), by written examination (E), or both (E&C).
• The email addresses of contacts consist of that person’s CRSID, ending with @cam.ac.uk. For example, if
somebody’s CRSID is rwdc2, that person’s email address is [email protected].
September 2017
 Appendix B: Research and Communications Clubs

Division A

5CA2: Energy 1 Leader: Professor M P Juniper

[email protected]

5CA4: Fluid Mechanics Leader: Professor H Babinsky

[email protected]

5CA5: Turbomachinery Leader: Dr G Pullan

[email protected]

Division B

5CB1: Electrical Engineering Leader: Dr H J Joyce

[email protected]

Division C

5CC1: Materials, Mechanics and Design Leader: Dr S Huang

[email protected]

Division D

5CD1: Civil Engineering Leader: Professor A Al-Tabbaa

[email protected]

Division E

5CE1 Manufacturing Leaders: Dr F Tietze

[email protected]

Division F

5CF3: Information Engineering Leader: Professor R Cipolla

[email protected]

September 2017