We hope you’re looking forward to starting at Warwick in the autumn.

At this point in the year you might be considering how you can prepare to start your MSc studies. To help you we have listed a few resources below that you might like to look at over the next few months. Some are available online and can be read during the summer. Others can be found in the University of Warwick Library and can be read during your first few weeks at Warwick.

MSc Advanced Mechanical Engineering

• MacKay, David, Sustainable Energy without the hot air, David MacKay FRS: Contents (withouthotair.com), Green Books, 1 Dec. 2009
• Petroski, Henry, The Essential Engineer (Why science alone will not solve our global problems), Vintage, 23 Feb. 2010
• Winchester, Simon, Exactly (how precision engineers created the modern world), HarperCollins, 2 May 2019
• Petroski, Henry, Invention by Design – How Engineers get from Thought to Thing, Harvard University Press, 24 Aug. 1998
• Norman, Eddie, Cubbit, Joyce & Whittaker, Mike, Advanced Design and Technology, Longman, 28 Sep. 2000
• Madhaven, Guru, Think Like an Engineer: Inside the minds that are changing our lives, Oneworld, 7 Apr. 2016]

 

MSc Biomedical Engineering

• Introduction to Modelling from Mike Chappell:
  • Chappell, Michael (2021). PHYSIOLOGY FOR ENGINEERS: Applying Engineering Methods to Physiological Systems. SPRINGER. ISBN-10: ‎ 3030397041]
• Biomedical Signal Processing and Signal Modeling
  • Bruce, SKU SONG0471345407, ISBN 9780471345404
• https://uk.mathworks.com/discovery/biomedical-signal-processing.html

 

MSc Communications and Information Engineering

• This book covers the basics of at least three modules in the degree course:
  • Rappaport, Theodore S., Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice, ‎ Prentice Hall; 2nd edition 2001

• This book talks about topics in Computer Science modules:

o Aggarwal, Charu C., Data Mining: The Textbook, ‎ Springer; 2015]

 

MSc Electrical Power Engineering

• Electric vehicles : prospects and challenges / edited by Tariq Muneer, Mohan Lal Kolhe, Aisling Doyle, E-Book, Elsevier, 2017.
• Pathways to a smarter power system / edited by Akın Taşcıkaraoğlu, Ozan Erdinç, E-Book, Academic Press, 2019.
• Power electronics in renewable energy systems and smart grid: technology and applications / edited by Bimal K. Bose, E-Book, Wiley, 2019.
• Sustainable power generation : current status, future challenges, and perspectives / Nikolay Belyakov, E-Book, Academic Press, 2019.]

 

Don’t forget to have a look at our Offer Holder Hub: a guide to everything you need to know about studying on one of our MSc courses in the School of Engineering.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to get in contact via a Live Chat or by email: eng-pgadmissions@warwick.ac.uk.