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Module

ENG3099 : General Engineering Interdisciplinary Design Project (Inactive)

  • Inactive for Year: 2024/25
  • Module Leader(s): Professor Peter Gosling
  • Owning School: Engineering
  • Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters

Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.

Semester 1 Credit Value: 10
Semester 2 Credit Value: 30
ECTS Credits: 20.0
European Credit Transfer System

Aims

To give the student scope for developing their analysis and design capabilities as an engineer. The project provides the opportunity to practise skills and techniques learned in previous modules as well as investigating and developing new areas of interest to support the project objectives. Projects may include components of design, materials, electronics, engineering science, mathematical modelling, etc, as well as managing time and resources. Projects are allocated by the module leader in broad themes and students will be encouraged to indicate their areas of interest.

Outline Of Syllabus

A combination of group (25%) and individual (75%) interdisciplinary design project work.

A 2(TBC)-day intensive project workshop to define and explore cross-disciplinary engineering concepts with an emphasis on ethics and sustainability, and to define individual projects which address analysis and design problems arising in a chosen concept.

Develop an individual project (with supervisory guidance) from within the scope of the group concept, which is designed to give the student scope for developing their capabilities as an engineer.

The basis of the individual project should be an applied engineering topic, which may involve design, analysis, computing or experimental studies.

The module requires the student to apply themselves to the project in preparation for professional practice, to direct their own activities with appropriate supervision where required and to deliver a coherent document which addresses the project objectives.

Time management and coordination of necessary resources at group and individual levels will be required and should be evidenced.

Teaching Methods

Teaching Activities
Category Activity Number Length Student Hours Comment
Guided Independent StudyAssessment preparation and completion160:0060:00Target non-timetable hours to complete coursework assignment submission
Guided Independent StudyAssessment preparation and completion15:005:00Assessed oral discussion with question and answers
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesLecture61:006:00Briefings and instructions
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesSmall group teaching62:0012:00Supporting School Seminar Series
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesWorkshops118:0018:002 day residential workshop to develop individual project topics from an multidisciplinary engineerin
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesDissertation/project related supervision201:0020:00Project supervision
Guided Independent StudyIndependent study1279:00279:00Recommended regular personal study throughout teaching period
Total400:00
Teaching Rationale And Relationship

To develop the students subject-specific skills, core academic skills and key personal skills. The actual nature of the work will be highly varied and diverse depending upon the nature of the project.

Students will be given a briefing lecture on the project in semester one and are expected to work on the project throughout the semester.

Assessment Methods

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

Exams
Description Length Semester When Set Percentage Comment
Oral Examination602A60Assessment of understanding and achievement, including presentation, discussions, logbook and other project documents.
Other Assessment
Description Semester When Set Percentage Comment
Report2M35Final Report (25 pages max)
Poster2M5N/A
Assessment Rationale And Relationship

N/A

Reading Lists

Timetable