Course Structure
The students will be required to take eight modules, and complete one life-cycle analysis project and one extended research project (examined via a literature review, a written report and a viva) for completion of the MPhil.
Core modules
The students will follow and will be assessed on the 8 core modules. Four core modules will be taught in Michaelmas term and four core modules will be taught in Lent term. Example of core modules would be:
- Introduction to Energy Materials
- Lifecycle Analysis
- Experimental Techniques for Understanding Energy Materials
- Computational Techniques for understanding Energy Materials
- Nurturing and Managing Innovation in Science
- Energy Generation
- Electrochemistry, Energy Storage, Electrocatalysis
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Efficient Energy Usage
Extended Research Project
The research project will be conducted by all MPhil students during the final months of the course. The projects will be designed to be preceded by a review of the literature concerned with the same area of science or technology. Both parts will be conducted under the supervision of one or two people offering the project, e.g. co-supervision by two researchers at different Departments or a researcher at the University and a researcher at a collaborating business/company.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, students will have:
- A thorough and multi-disciplinary knowledge in state-of-the-art energy materials science and technology.
- A good understanding of the industrial and business relevance of the subject matter of the course.
- Demonstrated abilities for the critical evaluation of new energy materials science and technology.
- Demonstrated originality in tackling and solving problems and autonomy in the planning and implementation of research.