r/leavingcert • u/laserbeam96 LC2025 • 11d ago

University 🎓 Anyone doing mh304/306

Is anyone doing engineering in Maynooth? Genuinely cannot find anyone doing it or even talking about it.

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u/Neither_Sail8869 11d ago

Hiya, I'm going into my second year of RID (Robotics and Intelligent Devices - Mh306), whatcha wanna know :D ?

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u/laserbeam96 LC2025 11d ago

I’d love to know the maths modules you took and are taking?

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u/Neither_Sail8869 11d ago

Ye ofc. Keep in mind for Mh306, we don't have electives, all of our classes are mandatory.

I will also include non-pure math modules as all modules have math in it other than programming (most of the time).

First semester:

Pure math :

Differential Calculus and Linear Algebra (Linear Algebra is all year long).

Heavy math based (90% math):

Statics and Dynamics -ye it's all math other than Free body diagrams .

Electronic engineering- Lots of math as the course itself is about circuit analysis. (Be careful on this one, make sure to pay attention, otherwise it's easy)

For all of the above modules you'll have lectures, tutorials and labs.

Less math:

PBL 1 (Usually a team of 4 people) - For first semester we had 2 pbls, of 6 weeks each I think- first was a CAD one in SOLIDWORKS- design a given idea, and the second one was a PCB design in EasyEda (I recommend using any other one for the most parts as EasyEda just sucks, but learn the basics of Easy Eda and present your work in it) -you'll also have to do a given idea.

Introduction to programming 1- not much to say about this one, learn the basics of Phyton.

Second semester:

Pure math:

Integral Calculus and Linear Algebra.

Heavy math based (90% math):

Physics for engineers 2/ Experimental Physics- As you may guess, lots of math.

Introduction to Systems and Control- Now this one. You'll have to look out for this one. Pay attention to the notes lectures, labs (which will introduce you to MATLAB programming). ALL of the module notes are already provided to you on your first class- and it's for good reason and the professor will tell you, if you don't pay attention - YOU WILL FAIL. Just study the notes, be there for lectures and ask as many questions as you can and do exercises. THIS was legitimately the hardest math module for the entire year, not because it's hard, oh no - it's because it's different from the other modules. Otherwise the math itself is quite easy, but YOU HAVE TO pay attention, it's not like missing Calculus or Algebra classes- if you don't pay attention THIS WILL come back to bite your ass. Guaranteed.

Less math:

Robotics PBL project: We had to do a PID controlled robot using the Makeblock Ultimate 2 kit. My team had 7- 8 members (usual for the final project) and we did 2 robots (only team to do 2 robots) : an object following robot and a lead (that will be followed by the main robot). Now, there's some math in this one such using your existing System and Control Knowledge, calculate info , create graphs blah blah blah, but you'll be grand if you pay attention to all modules.

Introduction to programming 2: Pretty much no math at all, you'll do OOP programming in Phyton, finish the fundamentals of Phyton and begin to study Java, not much though as you'll have to transfer your knowledge from Phyton to Java yourself.

So yeah. Those are the modules. The pure math ones are the easiest by far btw. They are purely logical, just make sure to pay attention to the steps of solving solutions and you'll be grand otherwise.

Sorry if I wasn't very thorough with my description, but hey if you have any questions let me know .

I really enjoyed the course! It's so incredibly fun, but it is a hard course. Most people will drop out even before the second semester and I'm pretty sure like 15 people have advanced to second year... Anyway it IS an amazing course though. (Edit: spacing)

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u/laserbeam96 LC2025 11d ago

Damn looks like I got my work set out for me. It acc looks fun and intresting so I’m excited now. Let me ask tho I was just wondering to we have to do multivariable calculus? Like partial derivatives and that, I keep seeing people talking about it.

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u/Neither_Sail8869 11d ago

Oh yeah, Definitely. You'll either start them on Calculus or Systems through partial differential equations and then progress to differential equations and transforms in 2nd year. Mr Laplace is waiting haha

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u/laserbeam96 LC2025 10d ago

And sorry can I ask what do we cover in the physics modules?

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u/Neither_Sail8869 10d ago

No problem.

Sem 1 - First we did what physics 1 would have been -

Electronic engineering fundamentals- where you learn the basics of electromagnetism (this module will actually teach you better than the experimental physics 1 and when you'll progress to Experimental physics/Physics 2 for engineers in second semester you'll be better off than everyone else) along with Statics and Dynamics - basic mechanical knowledge/how forces are applied when an object is static/not moving , when it's moving, how it moves etc.

For electronics we had labs, tutorials , lectures and assignments (some used tinkercad to simulate basic circuits when away from lab)(so you'll get circuit knowledge, how voltage , resistance,current work)

For Statics and Dynamics we had tutorials and lectures along with class work and assignments.

Sem 2 - Experimental physics (continuation for scientists , for us engineers we'll join it for the first time) - start more in depth of electromagnetism (will be so easy for you as Fundamentals thought you well especially circuit analysis) , Optics , Light, Waves, Sound waves and then the module goe sinto beginner Atomic & Nuclear Physics (but we don't do that, well we are required to , you can still do whatever you want tho 😁 ) .

Oh and for this we have great labs, as experimental physics is .. experimental, you're gonna do lots of experiments ...lol. and tutorials and assignments and quizzes.

You'll enjoy it.

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u/laserbeam96 LC2025 9d ago

Sound good I might take nuclear physics as well if I can as I quite liked it for lc physics. I doubt we do heat transfer or anything like quantum physics?

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u/Neither_Sail8869 9d ago

No no, just very basic stuff. Experimental physics in general will just introduce us to all of the basic concepts, it's not too complex.

But I actually have some quantum books myself if you are interested. Or any module materials - I have all of them saved up so if you want to see them .(Btw the course changes from time to time so it's not guaranteed everything is the same) :)

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u/laserbeam96 LC2025 8d ago

Sorry man but last 2, how do I check the modules I’ll be taking next month? And also we take a class called signals and systems right? Also cheers bro for answering all my questions so far.

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