Students taking the Aeronautical specialisation must complete either ME2135 Intermediate Fluid Mechanics or ME3123 Applied Thermofluids (offered from AY2026/27 onwards), and select TWO courses from Group A and TWO courses from Group B.

¹ Only students with level 4 standing and GPA = or > 3.5 are allowed to read level 5000 courses.

Note:

• A minimum of 12 units of the specialisation requirements must be earned from courses read at NUS.
• Out of the 20 units of specialisation courses read, up to 8 units may be used to meet (i) the Specialisation requirement and (ii) another requirement, e.g., College, Faculty, Second Major, Minor, Specialisation or other requirements.
• ME4232 Small Aircraft and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles will no longer be offered starting from AY2024/2025. Students who have previously taken ME4232 may count ME4232 towards the requirement for Group A courses.

Students taking the Aeronautical specialisation must complete ME2135 Intermediate Fluid Mechanics, select TWO courses from Group A and TWO courses from Group B.

¹ Only students with level 4 standing and GPA = or > 3.5 are allowed to read level 5000 courses.

Note:

• A minimum of 12 Units of the specialisation requirements must be earned from courses read in NUS.
• Out of the 20 Units of specialisation courses read, up to 8 Units may be used to meet (i) the Specialisation requirement and (ii) another requirement, e.g., College, Faculty, Second Major, Minor, Specialisation or other requirements.

Students taking the Energy and Sustainability specialisation must:

• Complete at least THREE courses (of which up to two can be ME5000-level courses) from the list below AND complete ME4101A Bachelor of Engineering Dissertation (related to Energy and Sustainability).
• Students will NEED to present their Final Year Project in a poster session.

OR

• Complete at least FIVE courses (of which up to two can be ME5000-level courses) from the list below.

¹ Only students with level 4 standing with GPA = or > 3.5 are allowed to read level 5000 courses.

Students taking the Industry 4.0 specialisation must complete TWO core courses and THREE technical electives.

¹ Only students with level 4 standing and GPA = or > 3.5 are allowed to read level 5000 courses.

Students taking the Robotics specialisation must complete at least THREE courses from the list below AND complete ME4101A Bachelor of Engineering Dissertation (must be related to Robotics – prior approval should be sought from the coordinator)

OR

complete FIVE courses from the list below.

¹ Only students with level 4 standing and GPA = or > 3.5 are allowed to read level 5000 courses.

Note: A minimum of 12 Units of the specialisation technical electives requirements must be earned from courses read in NUS.

To guide students in choosing the elective courses in a focused manner, the elective courses are arranged in three tracks. Students are encouraged to choose their elective courses within the same track. However, students are allowed to “mix-and-match” the electives outside these tracks.

Students are required to complete 20 units of courses to fulfil the requirements of the Specialisation in Space Technology programme. This includes two core courses and two elective courses. The programme requirements are as follows:

Note:

(1) For students in the Innovation and Design Programme (iDP) from AY2021 to AY2024 intake, CDE4301 Innovation & Design Capstone may be replaced by another 8 Units of Recommended Technical Electives of this Specialisation, i.e., they will do EE3105 Beyond Sky - New Space Technology and Applications (4 Units) and four courses from the basket of technical electives (16 Units). These students may work on a topic that is relevant to this Specialisation for their final year project (FYP) (CDE4301), but the Units from the FYP course will not be counted towards this Specialisation to avoid triple counting (Common Curriculum; Second Major; Specialisation).

(2) iDP students could use CDE2311 Introduction to Space Systems (4 Units) in place of EE3105 Beyond Sky - New Space Technology and Applications (4 Units) for this Specialisation. However, iDP students can still choose to read EE3105 if they choose not to read CDE2311 as one of their iDP electives.

(3) CDE4301 Innovation & Design Capstone and CG4001 B.Eng Dissertation are 12-units each. The excess 4 units will not be counted towards this Specialisation.

Core Courses

EE3105 Beyond Sky – New Space Technology and Application

Students will learn the different classification of satellites, the space environment, orbital mechanics, the building blocks of a satellite, and the various processes of environmental testing to qualify the satellite for space applications. The process of preparing the satellite for launch and operation will also be covered. The various applications of satellite such as remote sensing, GPS, communication and weather monitoring will also be explained.

EE4002D/R Capstone on satellite related projects

Students will have the opportunity to work on challenging hands-on projects involving satellites. Examples of recent projects are UHF Ground Station for Small Satellite Testing and Real-time Operation, Power Management System of Small Satellite, Advanced Control of a Miniaturized Control Moment Gyroscopes (CMG), Development of a Micro-Pulsed Plasma Thruster, Development of a Robust Firmware Upgrade Module for MCU in Satellite Operating in Space, Development of a Mission Planning Software for Operation of a Spaceborne GNSS Receiver, Design and development of a spacecraft simulator, etc.

Elective Courses

EE4115 Remote Sensing and Analysis with Deep Learning Technique

This subject provides an introduction to the use of satellites to perform the remote sensing application using an optical camera or synthetic aperture radar (SAR). Image preprocessing and enhancement techniques will be learnt. Deep learning techniques will be introduced to perform image classification, change detection, etc.

Other courses cover the basic building blocks of a satellite. For example, the RF subjects (EE3131C, EE3104C, EE4101) will provide knowledge on how a satellite transmits and receives telemetry data between a satellite and a ground station which are separated by at least a few hundred kilometres, as well as sending large amounts of data from a satellite to the ground station via a high speed RF microwave data link. The control subject (EE3331C) will be useful for understanding how a satellite controls its orientation based on the conservation of angular momentum. The power electronics subject (EE4503) is also important for a satellite which is harvesting its energy based on solar panels and stores its excess energy via Li-Ion batteries through the DC-DC converters. Embedded hardware system (EE4218) is used for the onboard computer and also as the processing unit for payload data.

EE4314 Eyes from above: Guidance, Navigation and Control

Small satellites and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are revolutionising fields like surveillance, agriculture, disaster response, and environmental monitoring. This course will dive deep into the exciting world of guidance, navigation, and control systems. Through engaging project-based learning, students will gain experience applying cutting-edge techniques to real-world scenarios involving satellites and UAVs. Our syllabus covers essential theories, including intelligent path planning for guidance, multi-sensor fusion for navigation, and advanced control techniques.

Note: NUS policy on Specialisation Double-counting rules

For AY2021/22 intake onwards, if a student double counts Capstone project, e.g., EE4002D/R (8 units), to fulfil one Specialisation and Common Curriculum, then he/she cannot double count any technical elective for that Specialisation and another programme.  This applies to students taking Space Technology (SPT) Specialisation which has a compulsory SPT-related capstone.

Students who are using capstone to fulfil SPT Specialisation, they cannot map any SEP modules to SPT specialisation. 

Students are responsible to check and ensure these rules are abided.