Individual Project (H1043)
Individual Project
Module H1043
Module details for 2018/19.
30 credits
FHEQ Level 6
Module Outline
The Individual Project in Year 3 is a major component of your degree and builds upon all of your modules to date to explore in depth an engineering problem in the area of your degree course. It is designed to give you experience of the full cycle of an engineering project, from initial planning to final presentation, and involves management, resourcing, planning, scheduling, documentation, and communication. You will interact with a range of skilled people, complete work within budget and available resources, and by an agreed deadline. The project will involve the design, development and testing of a system and will include construction and measurement (for hardware projects) and code development and testing (for software projects). It will demand creative thinking, self-organisation and research skills. You will typically spend 10 hours per week for two terms on the project and it is assessed by an interim report at the mid-way point, a final technical report (dissertation) and a 20 minute oral presentation. You must keep a record of your work throughout the project in a bound and dated logbook, which is handed-in with the final report. The project is supervised by a single member of faculty, who takes on the role of technical director along with a second (minor) supervisor who provides occasional guidance and, in some cases, complimentary expertise.
AHEP3 Learning Outcomes
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Module learning outcomes
Apply creativity to the solution of a engineering research problem involving design, implementation, test and analysis
Undertake the planning of a project, identifying resources required, estimating effort and forming contingency plans for unexpected outcomes and problems arising
Apply engineering principles to address the chosen problem and demonstrate the ability to deal with technical uncertainty
Research and use technical literature and other information sources in addressing the problem
Select and deploy appropriate technical methods and techniques to address the problem
Exercise professional judgments in terms of cost, market, environment, sustainability, safety and ethics
Deliver an oral presentation in order to communicate the technical information and findings of the project clearly to a combined specialist and non-specialist audience
Document the implementation and findings of the project in technical reports
| Type | Timing | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | 25.00% | |
| Coursework components. Weighted as shown below. | ||
| Presentation | T2 Week 11 | 20.00% |
| Report | T1 Week 11 | 40.00% |
| Presentation | A2 Week 3 (20 minutes) | 40.00% |
| Dissertation (12000 words) | Semester 2 Assessment Week 1 Tue 16:00 | 75.00% |
Timing
Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.
Weighting
Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.
| Term | Method | Duration | Week pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autumn Semester | ONLINE INTERACTIVE | 1 hour | 11111111111 |
| Spring Semester | Project | 5 hours | 11111111111 |
How to read the week pattern
The numbers indicate the weeks of the term and how many events take place each week.
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