EEE8097 : Individual Project
- Offered for Year: 2023/24
- Module Leader(s): Dr Matthew Armstrong
- Owning School: Engineering
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
| Semester 2 Credit Value: | 10 |
| Semester 3 Credit Value: | 50 |
| ECTS Credits: | 30.0 |
Aims
To enhance the ability of the student to apply their engineering and computing expertise to investigate a complex problem.
Outline Of Syllabus
The lectures from the Library and Writing Development Centre will include the following:
• Features of academic writing
• Strategies and techniques to avoid plagiarism
• Writing a project proposal
• Writing a literature review
• Writing your research project
• Electronic Resources
• The Academic Internet
• Academic Integrity
The individual assignment will lead to the analysis, design and development of an original system or device and involve multi-disciplinary skills. The overall theme of the project will be provided by an academic staff supervisor who will assist in project monitoring. Assessment of the project is via presentation, demonstration and coursework.
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 100:00 | 100:00 | Technical Paper (Final Report) |
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 5:00 | 5:00 | Demonstration |
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 50:00 | 50:00 | Literature Review |
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 25:00 | 25:00 | Oral Presentation |
| Guided Independent Study | Directed research and reading | 1 | 50:00 | 50:00 | Searching and reading background material and publications. |
| Guided Independent Study | Skills practice | 1 | 50:00 | 50:00 | Circuit board construction; software development |
| Guided Independent Study | Project work | 1 | 300:00 | 300:00 | Design and construction of devices and/or software. |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Dissertation/project related supervision | 20 | 1:00 | 20:00 | Staff contact hours are estimated as this depends on the number of students on the module. |
| Total | 600:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
This project requires the student not only to adapt the factual, conceptual and procedural knowledge acquired from a wide range of modules to a specific problem but also to enhance their strategic knowledge by undertaking a project in which he/she is wholly responsible.
Consequently it will require the student to demonstrate a wide range of skills
1. Subject-specific skills - design skills plus an overall understanding of a wide range of subject matter related to
the project
2. Core skills - ability to plan and organise the work, together with exercising problem solving skills, also to demonstrate numeracy and computer literacy skills and finally submit a written report on the work.
3. Cognitive skills - ability to analyse the results and present them in a coherent manner.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Exams
| Description | Length | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral Examination | 30 | 3 | A | 20 | Final demonstration |
| Oral Presentation | 15 | 2 | M | 10 | N/A |
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | 3 | M | 60 | 6000 words (technical paper) |
| Written exercise | 3 | M | 10 | Literature review (1500 words) |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
The technical paper (final report) is an appropriate way to assess both the depth of theoretical knowledge and understanding and the students’ problem solving skills and will also assess data and information acquisition and evaluation skills. The project demonstration gives students the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and improved transferable skills.
The oral presentation and literature review are integral parts of the project assesment as they will test the students' skills in gathering information, relative to their project, and presenting it to others.
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- EEE8097's Timetable