• Offered for Year: 2023/24

• Module Leader(s): Dr Dehong Huo
• Lecturer: Dr Oana Bretcanu, Dr David Golightly, Dr Adrian Oila, Dr Barry Gallacher, Dr Piergiorgio Gentile, Dr Mohsen Lahooti, Professor Tom Joyce, Dr Jinju Chen, Dr Andrew Aspden, Dr Daniel Frankel, Professor Nilanjan Chakraborty, Professor Kenneth Dalgarno, Dr Priscila Melo, Dr Ana Ferreira-Duarte, Dr Francis Franklin, Professor Domenico Formica, Dr John Hedley, Mr Peter Chapman, Professor Mark Robinson, Dr Immanuvel Paul, Professor Roberto Palacin, Dr Amirreza Aghakhani, Dr Umair Ahmed

• Owning School: Engineering
• Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus

Semesters

Aims

This module, the largest component of the MSc programmes, provides an opportunity for students to engage in an extended, in-depth study of some aspect of engineering appropriate to their MSc degree. The project allows students to participate in mainstream engineering work and to develop both engineering and organisation skills crucial in the modern industrial work place.

Outline Of Syllabus

By definition project-based-learning is highly variable in its content, depending on the industry or discipline focus, the specific topic(s), the knowledge and skills underpinning this, the prior capabilites of the student and the project focus (e.g. design or research and development or trouble-shooting, etc.) Emphasis will be placed on understanding and achievement. Project-based-learning requires students to demonstrate the application of knowledge, skills and understanding acquired elsewhere in the course or from their prior learning and/or experience. Normally, a 60 credit MSc Project will be constructed from the following elements whose weightings may vary in individual cases within the ranges indicated:
-       State-of-the-art review relevant to the MSc discipline and project topic(s) using appropriate tools-
Development and demonstration of relevant core skills (eg, design, scientific investigation, industrial
applications, problem analysis and solution, etc) through specified activities, and the ability to
report these.
-       Major engineering project work to be a given specification building on the above.
-       Project planning and management.

Teaching Methods

Teaching Activities

Teaching Rationale And Relationship

Project-based-learning will be used, but may be supplemented by taught elements (lecture, laboratory, seminar) to cover basic skills or review learning to date.
The emphasis is on the need to develop core skills for industry and the engineering profession, involving outputs such as:

-       the maintenance of traceable records of work (whether individual or shared),- industrial reports
-       technical or scientific papers- conference or fair posters - oral presentation.

Assessment Methods

The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners

Exams

Other Assessment

Formative Assessments

Assessment Rationale And Relationship

The understanding and achievement will be assessed using a verified statement of achievement, detailed discussion, log book and other project documents. The details of the assessment will depend on the discipline and the topic set and will be confirmed at the start of the project. The logbook tests the ability to maintain traceable professional records. Reports are typical methods of communication in industry.

Reading Lists

• MEC8095's Reading List

Timetable

• Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
• MEC8095's Timetable