ENG2201 : Sustainable Design, Creativity, and Professionalism – Elements (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: | 15 |
| Semester 2 Credit Value: | 25 |
| ECTS Credits: | 20.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
This module aims to enable students to design, analyse, create, and communicate , sustainable, ethical, and integrated, digitally-driven, multi-disciplinary design solutions at element or component level.
Outline Of Syllabus
1. Introduction to reliability, hazard and risk concepts, risk frameworks, risk management, and resilience
2. Sustainability (e.g., materials selection & manufacture (especially, e.g., durability and carbon), project economics, the Urban Observatory - https://urbanobservatory.ac.uk )
3. Ethics (e.g., health and safety, ethical resourcing (material & human), … )
4. Digital sensor technologies (mechanical, environmental, … impacts/actions)
5. Digital sensing design and data analysis (e.g., C, Python, Java, …)
6. Digital visualization and communication (e.g. 3D-CAD, VR, enhanced-reality, …)
7. Digital fabrication – e.g., introduction to CNC machining, 3D-printing, electronic circuits, …)
8. Creating – a digitally-enabled element or component
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 10 | 1:00 | 10:00 | N/A |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Practical | 10 | 2:00 | 20:00 | N/A |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Drop-in/surgery | 10 | 1:00 | 10:00 | N/A |
| Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 1 | 60:00 | 60:00 | N/A |
| Total | 100:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
* Key for Teaching Methods abbreviations:
SO - Synchronous online
NSO - Non-synchronous online PIP - Present in person
S1 - Semester 1 S2 - Semester 2 Wksp - Workshop
The design project helps students to acquire skills in communicating ideas, concepts and solutions effectively. Drawing and Computer-Aided Design skills are achieved through CAD exercises in Semester 1 and in the design project in Semester 2. Programming skills are achieved through C and MATLAB programming activities.
Professional skills are developed in Semester 1 through an investigation on ethical issues on a general engineering topic and a video presentation.
Digital skills are developed throughout the module, including assessments through digital lab workbooks.
The problem-solving aspects of the Design and Create activity enable the students to demonstrate a broad range of understanding and the analysis and synthesis of skills to novel situations.
Written reports and video presentations allow students to learn about ethical issues and professional skills, while also providing opportunities for reflection and critical analysis.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Exams
| Description | Length | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Written Examination | 120 | 1 | A | 100 | N/A |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
The knowledge gained in the module is expected to be an understanding of the principles of structural reliability analysis and the application of those principles to structural engineering applications using an example of commercially available software. The assessment is a combination of short questions and a smaller set of more exploratory questions. The short questions are a mix of numerical and written forms that randomly assess the full breadth and content of the module. The longer, exploratory questions are based on numerical studies and experiments performed using computation via the selected commercially available software.
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- ENG2201's Timetable