Courses and Events Available to Lecturers

A range of courses and events are available to lecturers in Wales and Northern Ireland through 'Engineers Make It Happen'.

Places are 'subject to availability' but available places are provided to lecturers at no cost; and travel, accommodation and subsistence costs are all reimbursed by the Programme.

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) will provide lecturers with access to its vibrant events diary. Please view the courses on the IMechE website and then e-mail us to see if a place is available on your chosen course or event: cpd@engineersmakeithappen.co.uk

The Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) is kindly providing lecturers with access to its comprehensive events. Courses are available at two levels: 'Professional Learning' and 'Mid Career' . Please view the websites and then e-mail us to see if a place is available on your chosen course or event: cpd@engineersmakeithappen.co.uk

Lloyd's Register Marine Training Services provides various marine-related courses that lecturers may attend. View the course details and their dates and then let us know of any course you are interested in attending by e-mailing us at cpd@engineersmakeithappen.co.uk

Rolls-Royce is allowing lecturers access to some of its courses that are usually only open to company employees. If you wish to check the availability of a place on any of the courses below, please e-mail us on: cpd@engineersmakeithappen.co.uk

Date	Course
To be confirmed, please express your interest to us	Basic Gas Turbine 1 day The 1-day Basic Holistic Gas Turbine course explains the fundamentals of how turbojets and turbofans work, identifies engine features, and supports this with a simple sketch-an-engine and sketch-a-compressor/turbine exercise.
To be confirmed, please express your interest to us	Intermediate Holistic Gas Turbine 5 days The 5-day Intermediate Holistic Gas Turbine course covers a broad range of gas turbine theory at a balanced level of detail. There are just over 100 pictures each supported by a half page of notes. The theory is supported by an engine design exercise featuring hand-calculations on performance, aerodynamics and mechanics topics. Areas covered in this course include: • Gas turbine fundamentals • Gas physics • Simple turbojet or turboshaft cycle calculations • T/S diagrams, intercooling, recuperation, reheat • Variation of engine efficiency and work output • Turbofans • Component aerodynamics • Intakes, nozzles, thrust reverse • Component mechanics • Systems • Engine design exercise • Guided visit to engine exhibits
19th - 21st October and 9th - 11th November	Excellence Through Programme Management 3 days To give delegates an integrated view of, and training in, how to get any work done more effectively by the application of Programme Management principles. Areas covered in this course include: • The Deming Cycle • The importance of understanding customer requirements • Basic risk management • Planning and scheduling using critical paths • Monitoring and control • An opportunity to apply these to a case study
To be confirmed, please express your interest to us	Basic Stress Loads 3 days This 3-day course is designed to: help delgates understand/revise basic theory and principles involved in stress analysis and loads sources/derivation provide knowledge of basic stress/loads aspects and considerations involved in the various major components of gas turbine engines provide necessary stress/loads background and appreciation for personnel involved with Gas Turbine Engineering, particularly Mechanical integrity aspects Areas covered in this course iclude: Basic stress - direct, bending, shear, elastic/plastic behaviour, creep, elastic instability, failure modes and criteria - ultimate and proof strength - high and low cycle fatigue, stress concentrations, principle stress, biaxiality, sources of stress - pressure load, rotation, thermally induced, "g" and gyro, basic vibration ideas - natural frequencies/sources of excitation - avoidance of resonance, means of changing natural frequency. Whole engine concerns - mounting, whole engine structure, shaft whirl, balancing rotating components and assemblies. Loading: "g" and gyro, thrust, component thrusts/drag. Casings - loading - pressure and end loads plus engine structural loads. Avoidance of permanent set - margin against set and failure, stress concentrations - holes, bossing around holes. Blade containment. Bolted joints, torque tightening, low cycle fatigue of bolts in a bolted structure. Vibration - excitation, engine orders - response, natural frequencies, various mode shapes, avoidance of running range resonance's, snubbers, interlocking shrouds, dampers. Blades - loading - CF, pressure, thermal - stacking, stress balancing, stress concentrations, root fixing, cooling holes. Discs - loading - rim load, CF, pressure, thermal, mean hoop stress, neck radial stress, free ring hoop stress, rim balance, design against permanent set, overspeed burst. Low cycle fatigue - stress concentration features, critical areas, cob centre transient thermal, life estimation/prediction. Vibration - bladed disc modes. Shafts - loading - torque, CF, end load, design against permanent twist, low cycle fatigue, stress concentrations, life prediction, shaft whirl (whole engine).
To be confirmed, please express your interest to us	Aircraft Noise Appreciation 1 day To introduce those with no prior knowledge of aircraft noise to the subject and to enable delegates to understand the units, terminology, noise sources and certification issues. Areas covered in this course include: Basics What is sound, what is noise, what is music? Frequency ranges, tones, harmonics, broadband noise dB scale, Noy scale, EPNL, typical levels Noise source combinations, dB arithmetic Aircraft Noise Engine & airframe sources, where they come from. Fan, turbine, jet, airframe – relative levels Legislation ICAO, QC rules & current aircraft levels (Stages 3,4 etc) Certification process – conditions and procedures Rolls-Royce Processes Component design to control noise (liners, cut-off/on, etc) Verification processes (11-bed, fan rig, nozzle rig, flight test)
To be confirmed, please express your interest to us	Introduction to TRIZ 1 day The course aims to: To give you a basic introduction to TRIZ so that you gain an understanding of its benefits and key tools Enable you to encourage its use on appropriate problems at the right time To obtain your approval for extending its use across the company and the next phase of the implementation plan Areas covered in this course include: TRIZ Background & Basic Approach Business Benefit & Usage in Rolls-Royce Overview of TRIZ Tools TRIZ Limitations - The Innovation Equation TRIZ Implementation
To be confirmed, please express your interest to us	Structural Integrity Overview 2 days The overview course is intended to be a pre-cursor for a more in depth programme of courses aimed at Structural Integrity. (If you have completed Introduction to Materials Engineering or Manufacturing Technology Foundation, this course is unlikely to be suitable as there is significant overlap.) Explain what Structural Integrity is, what needs to be considered and how to do it. Explain the basic aspects of Structural Integrity: What are the processes? Who needs to be involved? How do you do it? Who needs to be told of the output? How are the requirements communicated to ensure delivery? Areas covered in this course include: Structural Integrity and Manufacturing Technology Non-Destructive Examination Residual Stress Material Selection Mechanical Properties Deformation Mechanical Properties related to in-service loading Stress Systems and Assessment Characterisation techniques Structural Integrity – an overview