Aims

The aims of the course are to:

• Link engineering principles to understanding of biosystems in sensors and bioelectronics.

Objectives

As specific objectives, by the end of the course students should be able to:

• Extend principles of engineering to the development of biosensors and bioelectronic devices.
• Understand the principles of signal transduction between biology and electronics. • appreciate the basic configuration and distinction among biosensors and bioelectronic systems.
• Appreciate the basic configuration and distinction among biosensors and bioelectronic systems.
• Demonstrate appreciation for the technical limits of performance.
• Make design and selection decisions in response to measurement and actuation problems amenable to the use of biosensors and bioelectronic devices.
• Be able to evaluate novel trends in the field.

Content

This course covers the principles, technologies, methods and applications of biosensors and bioelectronics. The objective of this course is to link engineering principles to understanding these biosystems. It will provide the student with detail of methods and procedures used in the design, fabrication and application of biosensors and bioelectronic devices. The fundamentals of measurement science are applied to electrochemical and optical signal transduction. The fundamentals of electrophysiology are applied to implantable and cutaneous bioelectronic devices. Upon successful completion of this course, students are expected to be able to explain biosensing and transduction techniques, design and construct biosensor instrumentation, and explain the techniques of recording and stimulation of electrically active cells and tissues.

Introduction to Biosensors

• Overview of Biosensors
• Fundamental elements of biosensor devices
• Engineering sensor proteins

Electrochemical Biosensors

• Electrochemical principles
• Amperometric biosensors and charge transfer pathways in enzymes
• Glucose biosensors
• Engineering electrochemical biosensors

Optical Biosensors

• Optics for biosensors
• Attenuated total reflection systems

Diagnostics for the real world

• Communication and tracking in health monitoring
• Detection in resource limited settings

Introduction to Bioelectronics

• Neurons and other electrically active cells
• Recording and stimulation of electrically active cells
• Foreign body response

Implantable electronic medical devices

• Cardiac pacemaker
• Cochlear implants
• Deep brain and spinal cord stimulators
• Brain-Computer Interfaces
• Ethical and regulatory issues

Wearable devices

• Wearable electrophysiology devices
• Wearable biosensors
• Power, processing and communication
• Emerging trends

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Objectives

As specific objectives, by the end of the course students should be able to:

• Introduce the geology and geotechnical properties of the seabed in renewable energy and hydrocarbon producing regions;
• Learn about the key geotechnical design aspects and challenges of an offshore wind farm;
• Develop awareness of the geohazards prevalent in the offshore environment;
• Introduce offshore site investigation techniques and methods of sediment characterisation;
• Introduce the design of geotechnical offshore infrastructure including pipelines, shallow foundations, piles and anchors, for both renewable energy and hydrocarbon producing facilities;
• Develop an awareness of the potential impact of scour on subsea infrastructure.
• Understand the key technogy and knowledge transfer from oil and gas operations to renewable energy applications

Content

Introduction (1 hour: cna24)

• A historical perspective on energy production in the offshore environment
• Design of offshore wind farm and layout
• Geotechnical challenges associated with offshore wind turbines
• Knowledge transfer potential from oil and gas operations to renewable energy applications

The offshore environment (1 hour: sas229)

• Continental drift and plate tectonics
• Extent and topography of the Continental margins
• Sediment characteristics, distribution and origins
• Offshore geohazards

Offshore site investigation (2 hours: sas229)

• Purpose and techniques
• Geophysical and geotechnical surveys
• In-situ tests: cone penetrometer, full-flow penetrometers and vane shear
• Sampling methods
• Simple shear testing: strain and pore pressure accumulation
• Model testing

Pipelines and cables (2 hours: sas229)

• Pipeline and cable systems and terminology
• Routing and hazard avoidance
• Installation
• Hydrodynamic stability and thermal expansion management
• On-bottom stability: embedment, axial and lateral resistance
• Buried stability: uplift resistance

Monopiles and piled foundations (3 hours: cna24)

• Types and applications
• North Sea examples: oshore renewables and hydrocarbon producing platforms
• Axial response:
  • Capacity and stiffness
  • Behaviour in clay / sand / rock
  • Linear elastic pile stiness solutions
  • Numerical analysis using the load transfer method
• Lateral response:
  • Limiting lateral resistance and design charts
  • Typical P-y curves
  • PISA
  • Design for cyclic loading

Anchors and suction buckets (2 hours: cna24)

• Type of buoyant facilities and mooring configurations
• Types of anchor:
  • Surface / gravity anchors
  • Embedded anchors: piles, drop anchors, caissons and drag anchors
• Design principles for:
  • Anchor chain response
  • Drag anchors
  • Drop anchors
  • Suction caissons
• Next generation anchors

Shallow and Spudcan foundations (1 hours: cna24)

• Offshore shallow foundations:
  • Types and applications
  • Ultimate limit state: bearing capacity and failure envelope approaches
• Introduction to spudcan foundations and mobile jack-up platforms
  • Installation procedures
  • Design considerations
  • Bearing capacity and combined loading capacity

Ocean waves and scour (2 hours: dl359)

• Ocean waves
• Wave loads, wave boundary layer
• Sediment transport
• Scour and scour remediation techniques

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Objectives

As specific objectives, by the end of the course students should be able to:

• Introduce the geology and geotechnical properties of the seabed in renewable energy and hydrocarbon producing regions;
• Learn about the key geotechnical design aspects and challenges of an offshore wind farm;
• Develop awareness of the geohazards prevalent in the offshore environment;
• Introduce offshore site investigation techniques and methods of sediment characterisation;
• Introduce the design of geotechnical offshore infrastructure including pipelines, shallow foundations, piles and anchors, for both renewable energy and hydrocarbon producing facilities;
• Develop an awareness of the potential impact of scour on subsea infrastructure.
• Understand the key technogy and knowledge transfer from oil and gas operations to renewable energy applications

Content

Introduction (1 hour: cna24)

• A historical perspective on energy production in the offshore environment
• Design of offshore wind farm and layout
• Geotechnical challenges associated with offshore wind turbines
• Knowledge transfer potential from oil and gas operations to renewable energy applications

The offshore environment (1 hour: sas229)

• Continental drift and plate tectonics
• Extent and topography of the Continental margins
• Sediment characteristics, distribution and origins
• Offshore geohazards

Offshore site investigation (2 hours: sas229)

• Purpose and techniques
• Geophysical and geotechnical surveys
• In-situ tests: cone penetrometer, full-flow penetrometers and vane shear
• Sampling methods
• Simple shear testing: strain and pore pressure accumulation
• Model testing

Pipelines and cables (2 hours: sas229)

• Pipeline and cable systems and terminology
• Routing and hazard avoidance
• Installation
• Hydrodynamic stability and thermal expansion management
• On-bottom stability: embedment, axial and lateral resistance
• Buried stability: uplift resistance

Monopiles and piled foundations (3 hours: cna24)

• Types and applications
• North Sea examples: oshore renewables and hydrocarbon producing platforms
• Axial response:
  • Capacity and stiffness
  • Behaviour in clay / sand / rock
  • Linear elastic pile stiness solutions
  • Numerical analysis using the load transfer method
• Lateral response:
  • Limiting lateral resistance and design charts
  • Typical P-y curves
  • PISA
  • Design for cyclic loading

Anchors and suction buckets (2 hours: cna24)

• Type of buoyant facilities and mooring configurations
• Types of anchor:
  • Surface / gravity anchors
  • Embedded anchors: piles, drop anchors, caissons and drag anchors
• Design principles for:
  • Anchor chain response
  • Drag anchors
  • Drop anchors
  • Suction caissons
• Next generation anchors

Shallow and Spudcan foundations (1 hours: cna24)

• Offshore shallow foundations:
  • Types and applications
  • Ultimate limit state: bearing capacity and failure envelope approaches
• Introduction to spudcan foundations and mobile jack-up platforms
  • Installation procedures
  • Design considerations
  • Bearing capacity and combined loading capacity

Ocean waves and scour (2 hours: dl359)

• Ocean waves
• Wave loads, wave boundary layer
• Sediment transport
• Scour and scour remediation techniques

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Objectives

As specific objectives, by the end of the course students should be able to:

• Introduce the geology and geotechnical properties of the seabed in renewable energy and hydrocarbon producing regions;
• Develop awareness of the geohazards prevalent in the offshore environment;
• Introduce offshore site investigation techniques and methods of sediment characterisa- tion;
• Introduce the design of geotechnical offshore infrastructure including pipelines, shallow foundations, piles and anchors, for both renewable energy and hydrocarbon producing facilities;
• Develop an awareness of the potential impact of scour on subsea infrastructure.

Content

The offshore environment (2 hours: sas229)

• A historical perspective on energy production in the oshore environment
• Continental drift and plate tectonics
• Extent and topography of the Continental margins
• Sediment characteristics, distribution and origins
• Offshore geohazards

Offshore site investigation (2 hours: sas229)

• Purpose and techniques
• Geophysical and geotechnical surveys
• In-situ tests: cone penetrometer, full-flow penetrometers and vane shear
• Sampling methods
• Simple shear testing: strain and pore pressure accumulation
• Model testing

Pipelines (2 hours: sas229)

• Pipeline systems and terminology
• Routing and hazard avoidance
• Pipeline installation
• Hydrodynamic stability and thermal expansion management
• On-bottom pipelines: embedment, axial and lateral resistance
• Buried pipelines: uplift resistance

Shallow foundations (2 hours: cna24)

• Types and applications
• Ultimate limit state: bearing capacity and failure envelope approaches
• Installation of embedded shallow foundations
• Serviceability limit state: immediate and consolidation settlements
• Removal of shallow foundations

Piles (2 hours: cna24)

• Types and applications
• North Sea examples: oshore renewables and hydrocarbon producing platforms
• Axial response:
  • Capacity and stiffness
  • Behaviour in clay / sand / rock
  • Linear elastic pile stiness solutions
  • Numerical analysis using the load transfer method
• Lateral response:
  • Limiting lateral resistance and design charts
  • Typical P-y curves
  • PISA
  • Design for cyclic loading

Anchors (2 hours: cna24)

• Type of buoyant facilities and mooring configurations
• Types of anchor:
  • Surface / gravity anchors
  • Embedded anchors: piles, caissons and drag anchors
• Design principles for:
  • Anchor chain response
  • Drag anchors
  • Suction caissons
• Next generation anchors

Scour (2 hours: dl359)

• Scour processes: sediment transport and scour hole development
• Scour hole measurement techniques
• Predicting scour around: pipelines and pile foundations
• Scour remediation techniques

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Aims

The aims of the course are to:

• convey the principles of analysis and design of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures
• evaluate the issues associated with reinforced and prestressed concrete structures which are core to the future use of the material, including sustainability, durability, and construction technology
• place concrete into context within the UN sustainable development goals

Objectives

As specific objectives, by the end of the course students should be able to:

• explain the principles of limit state design in the context of sustainability
• analyse how construction processes inform design choices
• evaluate the carbon impacts of concrete structures
• create safe, durable, sustainable, and serviceable reinforced and prestressed concrete designs

Content

Concrete is the world's most widely used man made material. This course will build on the knowledge you already have (2P8 and 3D3) to continue to examine the role of reinforced and prestressed concrete in the built environment. At the end of the course you will be capable in the design of both reinforced and prestressed concrete, understanding when each is appropriate to use. We will also place them in the wider context of sustainable design, examining how good design can save significant amounts of concrete and carbon dioxide emissions.

4D7 content is relevant to UN SDGs 11 (Sustainable cities and communities), 12 (Responsible consumption and production), and 13 (Climate Action).

4D7 Content

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