CEG3503 : Hydrosystems Engineering
- Offered for Year: 2025/26
- Module Leader(s): Dr Vassilis Glenis
- Lecturer: Dr Manuel Herrera, Professor Claire Walsh, Professor Richard Dawson, Dr Anna Murgatroyd
- Owning School: Engineering
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 1 Credit Value: | 10 |
| ECTS Credits: | 5.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
To demonstrate and equip engineers with skills, knowledge and experience to design key components within the hydrosystem. Key components include: drainage systems, pumping stations, hydropower systems, reservoirs and dams.
Outline Of Syllabus
Taking a hydrosystemic perspective, the syllabus will cover a range of hydrosystem engineering challenges and solutions: Lectures and practical tutorials will include:
*Introduction to the Hydrosystems thinking and application.
*Flood risk: types of flooding, flood risk management, design storms, hydrodynamic modelling
*Urban drainage and pumping stations: as components of effective and efficient drainage systems to minimise flood risk.
*Coastal engineering: challenges, and management
*Reservoir design: calculating the size of a reservoir to ensure a reliable water supply in the future.
* Reservoir operation: derivation of operating rules to ensure that water is supplied with a specified long-term reliability.
*Hydropower systems: to regulate river flows and power generation.
*River engineering: flow dynamics, sediment transport and river morphology; river training; working with nature to stabilize rivers and ensure the safety of populations and infrastructure in river corridors.
*River flow modelling using alternative AI methods.
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 11 | 1:00 | 11:00 | Lecture |
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 2:00 | 2:00 | Computer based online exam |
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 15:00 | 15:00 | Revision for exam |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Small group teaching | 1 | 11:00 | 11:00 | Tutorials |
| Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 1 | 61:00 | 61:00 | Includes background reading and reading lecture notes for a full understanding of material |
| Total | 100:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
To impart the basic qualitative and quantitative understanding represented by the knowledge outcomes via a mix of self-learning and formal teaching, including lecture presentations and discussions/tutorials with active student participation. Computer practical will enable the student to do some flood risk modelling and introduce the coursework
Students are expected to organise their own revision timetable and may allocate a different time ratio for independent study and revision from the suggestion given here.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Exams
| Description | Length | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Examination | 120 | 1 | A | 100 | NUMBAS Exam. AHEP4: C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7 |
Formative Assessments
Formative Assessment is an assessment which develops your skills in being assessed, allows for you to receive feedback, and prepares you for being assessed. However, it does not count to your final mark.
| Description | Semester | When Set | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prob solv exercises | 1 | M | undertaken in class to check knowledge and understanding. |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
Examination to ensure the student understands the concepts taught on the course and how to apply them to practical problems.
AHEP4: C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- CEG3503's Timetable