ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL STUDIES 1 WITH INDUSTRIAL PLACEMENT - 2019/0

Module code: EEEM054

Module Overview

Expected prior/parallel learning: The coursework in this module is closely linked with the student’s activities in his/her 90-credit Extended Project, as appropriate. All the coursework, as far as is practicable, should relate to and complement the project work by conducting auxiliary studies on issues of wider context.

Module purpose: The module introduces the students to a range of aspects of engineering professional practice which should enable them to see modern electronic engineering in a wider context, encompassing e.g. health and safety, project formulation and planning, contract bidding. It is designed to be closely coupled with the tasks and activities associated with the 90-Credit Extended Project. In particular, the module coursework complements and supports the project in terms of professional skills for successful project management. The module is complementary to module EEM055 (Engineering Professional Studies 2) offered in Semester 2.

Module provider

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Module Leader

WANG Ning (Elec Elec En)

Number of Credits: 15

ECTS Credits: 7.5

Framework: FHEQ Level 7

JACs code: H100

Module cap (Maximum number of students): N/A

Overall student workload

Independent Learning Hours: 145

Lecture Hours: 1

Seminar Hours: 4

Module Availability

Semester 1

Prerequisites / Co-requisites

None.

Module content

Indicative content includes the following.

Unit 1: Project planning

            Project objectives and scoping

            Requirements and requirements analysis

            System specification

            Functional system design

            State of the art review

                        Technology

                        Patent search

                        Research

            R&D proposal

            Project management tools

            Project plan/Levels 1 and 2

            Deliverables

            Project costing

            Management methods

            Risk assessment and contingency plans

Unit 2: Project reporting/communication

            Written reports

                       Technical writing

Deliverables

                        Management reports

                        Weekly/monthly reports

            Presentations

                        Technical

                        Research

                        Public/Outreach

Unit 3: R&D project bidding

            Technology levels

Funding bodies

            Funding opportunities calls

Contract tendering

Internal authorisation processes

Contracts

Collaboration agreement

Unit 4: Research and Development

            Nature of research

            University and industrial research

            Awareness of parallel developments

            Positive/negative results reporting

            Characteristics of research projects

            Scientific paper writing

            Citation indices

            Research ethics

            Research methodology

Unit 5: Health and safety

            Legal responsibility

            Health and safety procedures

            Behavioural safety

Assessment pattern

Assessment type	Unit of assessment	Weighting
Coursework	1) PATENT SEARCH - 25% 2) PROJECT PROPOSAL - 25% 3) PROJECT PROPOSAL AND MONITORING - 25% 4) FOUR-PAGE CONFERENCE PAPER	100

Alternative Assessment

Not applicable: students failing a unit of assessment resit the assessment in its original format.

Assessment Strategy

The assessment strategy for this module is designed to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate the following:

Ability to conduct state of the art technology and research review

Ability to plan a technical project and to write project proposals

Effective project reporting

Communication skills to present their project to different audiences, including specialists and general public

Appreciation of safety issues

Thus, the summative assessment for this module consists of the following.

Patent search (25%). (Circa 6 pages) Due Tuesday Week 5

Project proposal (25%). (6 page maximum) Due Tuesday Week 8

Project planning and monitoring (25%). (6 page maximum) Due Tuesday Week 11

Four-page conference paper (25%). Due Tuesday Week 14

These deadlines are indicative. For confirmation of exact dates and times, please check the Departmental assessment calendar issued to you.

Formative assessment and feedback

For the module, students will receive formative assessment/feedback in the following ways.

During lectures, by question and answer sessions

During meetings with his/her project supervisor

Via the marking of written reports

Via assessed coursework

Module aims

R&D project planning
State of the art review of technology and research
R&D project proposal writing and project bidding
Risk assessment
Project reporting
Communication to different audiences
Research into future technologies
Health and safety

Learning outcomes

		Attributes Developed
001	Investigate and define a problem, taking into account constraints such as environmental and sustainability limitations, health and safety and risk assessment. Gain comprehensive understanding of design processes. Ability to critically evaluate current research and advanced scholarship in electronic engineering, and to evaluate methodologies and develop critiques of them (C,P,T,K).	KCPT
002	Understand customer and user needs, including aesthetics, ergonomics and usability	T
003	Generate an innovative design and to demonstrate how established techniques of enquiry are used to create and interpret knowledge in electronic engineering.	CP
004	Identify and manage cost drivers	T
005	Demonstrate familiarity with the design process and the methodology of evaluating outcomes	CP
006	Acquire knowledge and comprehensive understanding of management and business practices.	K
007	Evaluate risks, including commercial.	P
008	Comprehensively understand current engineering practice and predict likely developments, as well as to deal with complex issues both systematically and creatively, to make sound judgements, and communicate their conclusions to specialists and nonspecialists	CT
009	Demonstrate extensive understanding of a wide range of engineering materials/components.
010	Demonstrate understanding of appropriate codes of practice and industry standards
011	Demonstrate awareness of quality issues	P

Attributes Developed

C - Cognitive/analytical

K - Subject knowledge

T - Transferable skills

P - Professional/Practical skills

Methods of Teaching / Learning

The learning and teaching strategy is designed to achieve the specified learning outcomes by teaching the course syllabus in lectures, and by guided learning using on-line resources. The independent study will be supported by setting the coursework in the context of the 90-credit project. The assimilation of knowledge, and transferable professional skills will be acquired through coursework involving four assessed items.

Learning and teaching methods include the following.

Lectures and seminars (10 hours)

On-line courses. (30 hours)

Guided study

The student is expected to attend all the course lectures before the start of their project. The coursework will be marked against a generic marking scheme defined for each assignment.

Indicated Lecture Hours (which may also include seminars, tutorials, workshops and other contact time) are approximate and may include in-class tests where one or more of these are an assessment on the module. In-class tests are scheduled/organised separately to taught content and will be published on to student personal timetables, where they apply to taken modules, as soon as they are finalised by central administration. This will usually be after the initial publication of the teaching timetable for the relevant semester.

Reading list

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Programmes this module appears in

Programme	Semester	Classification	Qualifying conditions
Electronic Engineering (EuroMasters) MSc	1	Optional	A weighted aggregate mark of 50% is required to pass the module

Please note that the information detailed within this record is accurate at the time of publishing and may be subject to change. This record contains information for the most up to date version of the programme / module for the 2019/0 academic year.