Course summary

Digital Design and Manufacturing refers to a convergence of complementary computing technologies that, in combination, have the potential to create an industrial revolution whose impact on productivity is comparable to the introduction of steam power or the adoption of mass production. This course provides students with a broad understanding of the theories and practices required to enable successful implementation of these digital technologies in industrial applications. Technologies and digital manufacturing The fundamental technologies underpinning digital manufacturing are:

• Sensing

• Automation

• Information

• Additive manufacturing

• Simulation and modelling

• AI

• Data mining

• Image recognition

• Network communications

• Geometric modelling

• established academic strengths in all the key technologies associated with digital manufacturing

• both the breadth and depth of research activities needed to underpin a postgraduate programme in this area

• staff who have a comprehensive knowledge of both the state-of-the-art and also emerging trends and technologies