Module overview
This module provides an introduction to intensive group project work in collaboration with an industrial or academic customer. Students work in groups of at least four people on a project typically based on an idea from an industrial partner, or from an academic research project looking to transfer technology to industry or build a demonstrator/proof of concept.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Apply design processes and methodologies and adapt them in unfamiliar situations
- Generate innovative designs for products, systems, components or processes to fulfill new needs
- Apply engineering techniques, taking account of a range of commercial, legal, ethical, environmental, sustainability and industrial constraints
- Apply mathematical and computer-based models for solving problems in engineering
- Liaise with customers in order to determine the scope and requirements of your project, and the criteria for judging its success
- Assess the limitations of particular cases when solving engineering problems, and reflect on and critically evaluate the effectiveness of your chosen approach
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Acquire specialist knowledge through critical study of the relevant research literature
- Solve unfamiliar problems and address challenges encountered during the course of your project
- Relate your project to current activities in research and development, and identify any potential novel contributions that might arise from your project
- Understand and analyse an engineering problem and design a solution based on sound financial, economic, legal, social, ethical and environmental considerations
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- A range of subject areas that are relevant to your project, including some from outside engineering, and their application to your project
- Design processes, methodologies, specialist tools and techniques used to design, analyse, implement and verify systems in your area of engineering
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Present and explain joint technical work, both in written form and in formal group and individual presentations
- Make effective use of available resources (human, economic and time)
- Work as part of a team to manage your project, by planning and allocating tasks, and by coordinating your activities with those of your team mates
Syllabus
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Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
The content of this module is delivered through lectures, the module website, directed reading and pre-recorded materials.
Students work on their understanding through independent study and with formative assessments in the form of coursework assignments.
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Wider reading or practice | 114 |
| Completion of assessment task | 300 |
| Follow-up work | 6 |
| Lecture | 12 |
| Project supervision | 12 |
| Preparation for scheduled sessions | 6 |
| Total study time | 450 |
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Individual report | 25% |
| Group Presentations and Report | 5% |
| Group report | 60% |
| Individual reflection | 10% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal