• Offered for Year: 2023/24

• Module Leader(s): Professor Roberto Palacin
• Lecturer: Dr Philip Hyde, Mr Peter Chapman, Dr Simon Benson, Professor Jari Pallari, Dr Ana Ferreira-Duarte, Dr Piergiorgio Gentile, Professor Kenneth Dalgarno, Dr Ben Wetenhall, Professor Brian Shaw, Dr Simon Lambert, Dr Richard Whalley, Dr Barry Gallacher, Professor Pengfei Liu, Dr Chuan Cheng, Professor Mark Robinson, Dr Umair Ahmed, Dr Oana Bretcanu, Dr Kayvan Pazouki, Dr Mohsen Lahooti, Dr David Golightly, Professor Tom Joyce, Professor Nilanjan Chakraborty, Professor Peter Gosling, Dr Peng Gong, Dr Dehong Huo, Dr Andrew Aspden, Dr Narakorn Srinil, Professor Domenico Formica, Dr Rosemary Norman, Dr John Hedley, Dr Francis Franklin, Dr Priscila Melo, Dr Pooya Sareh

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

• Capacity limit: 220 student places

Semesters

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

Aims

•An individual project set by supervisors within the School, and possibly associated industrial collaborations,
which is designed to give the student scope for developing his/her 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

•An individual study of aspects of engineering to investigate a research or 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 will be required and should be evidenced

Teaching Methods

Teaching Activities

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

Other Assessment

Formative Assessments

Formative Assessment is an assessment which develops your skills in being assessed, allows for you to receive feedback, and prepares you for being assessed. However, it does not count to your final mark.

Assessment Rationale And Relationship

Students are assessed individually for their performance of a significant engineering task.

Emphasis is placed understanding and achievement and the interpersonal skills to be expected of a professional engineer

Reading Lists

• MEC3098's Reading List

Timetable

• Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
• MEC3098's Timetable