MULTI-DISCIPLINARY DESIGN PROJECT - 2020/1
Module code: ENGM001
Module Overview
Module purpose: This module was conceived to answer the SARTOR 3 requirement that each MEng student participates in a multi-disciplinary design activity. It involves students from Aerospace, Civil, Chemical, Electronic, Mechanical and Medical Engineering working in groups which contain at least 3, and often 4, disciplines. The projects are conceived by Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE) Visiting Professors from Industry (who enjoy the active support of their sponsoring organisation). It aims to emulate an intensive Industrial Design Project.
Module provider
Chemical and Process Engineering
Module Leader
WEBB Roger (Elec Elec En)
Number of Credits: 30
ECTS Credits: 15
Framework: FHEQ Level 7
Module cap (Maximum number of students): N/A
Overall student workload
Workshop Hours: 5
Independent Learning Hours: 285
Lecture Hours: 8
Tutorial Hours: 7
Laboratory Hours: 13
Module Availability
Semester 1
Prerequisites / Co-requisites
N/A
Module content
Working in multidisciplinary groups, students will underake a design project specified by a RAE Visiting Professor from industry and approved by the Academic Steering Committee that manages the module.
Assessment pattern
Assessment type | Unit of assessment | Weighting |
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Project (Group/Individual/Dissertation) | REPORTS, PRESENTATION, POSTER & VIVA | 100 |
Alternative Assessment
Not applicable: students failing this module resit the whole module in the following academic year, or may choose to leave with a BEng (Honours) Degree.
Assessment Strategy
The assessment strategy is designed to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate their skills in multi-disciplinary group project work.
Thus, the summative assessment for this module consists of the following.
1 An Inception Report
Marks are awarded for the clarity, structure, conciseness, quality of explanation and presentation of the report in accordance with the agreed criteria. [Assesses Learning Outcomes 2,3,4,5,6]
Weighting 10% of project total (a group mark)
2 A Final Report
Marks are awarded for the clarity, structure, conciseness, quality of recent academic sources used in your bibliography, quality of explanation and presentation of the report in accordance with the agreed criteria. [Assesses Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,4,5,6]
Weighting 5% of the project total (a group mark)
10% of the project total based on those sections of the report attributed to named individuals (an individual mark)
3 An Executive Proposal
Marks are awarded for the clarity, structure, conciseness, quality of explanation and presentation of this part of the Final Report in accordance with the agreed criteria. [Assesses Learning Outcome 5]
Weighting 5% of the project total (a group mark)
4 Engineering Judgement
Marks will be awarded for the Engineering Judgement demonstrated in the project work based on contact with the students during the course of the project, the reports submitted, the oral presentations and subsequent questions and the oral examination. Marks will be awarded on the basis of the difficulty of the objectives set, the way in which those objectives have been met, the understanding displayed including the impact of project finance, overall rate of progress and level of initiative shown. [Assesses Learning Outcomes 1,2,4]
Weighting 35% of the project total (an individual mark)
5 Sustainability
An important part of Engineering Design is an appreciation of sustainability. It is important, therefore, that you make full consideration of this in your design. You should consider this within the context of, for example, the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, the Planetary Boundaries framework (Steffen et al., 2015) and/or Raworth’s (2017) Safe Operating Space for Humanity.
Where appropriate, use of tools for the assessment of environmental impact of the project should be used. These will vary according to the nature of the project but may include, for example, Life Cycle Assessment (for assessment at product or plant level), use of Multipliers derived from Environmental Input-Output Models (for assessment at a higher scale such as a community). If using multipliers you should show an understanding of how the multipliers are derived, even if they simply use figures from published databases. Primary and/or secondary data can be used in the assessment, as appropriate.
Assessment should be made of the environmental impacts of the final project design, and how it compares with appropriately chosen alternatives. The assessment should also include discussion of trade-offs that were made between different types of impacts (for example, water use might have been increased in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions). This discussion may be, if appropriate, in the form of a discussion of the trade-off between the progress towards the various UN Sustainable Development Goals.
An assessment of how future policies might enable the sustainability of the final project design to be enhanced can be included if appropriate. This may include, for example, consideration of taxes/subsidies, and legislation / regulations.
Types of indicators of sustainability might include: Environmental indicators (such as greenhouse gas emissions, water usage, biodiversity etc.); Social indicators (such as child labour, health and safety, respect for indigenous rights etc.); and Financial indicators. [Assesses Learning Outcome 7]
Weighting 5% of the project total (a group mark)
6 Research Skills/Referencing
Marks will be awarded depending upon the quality and appropriateness of the references you use as well as the style of referencing you adopt which should be in line with the library recommendations. [Assesses Learning Outcomes 4]
Weighting 5% of the project total (an individual mark)
7 Oral Presentation
Marks are awarded for the use of the voice, the pace and timing of the presentation, the body language, the presentation introduction and conclusion, the planning and content, the linking between speakers, the quality of visual aids, the use of the visual aids and the overall impression created. [Assesses Learning Outcomes 3,5]
Weighting 5% of the project total (a group mark)
8 Poster Presentation
This element of assessment is the production of an A0 poster for which marks are awarded for quality, structure, content, clarity and presentation. In particular the marker will be looking at the story told by the poster (is it a visual abstract of the project?), the visual appeal, the overall design and layout and the mix of pictures/charts/graphs and text. [Assesses Learning Outcomes 3,5]
Weighting 5% of project total (a group mark)
9 Project Management
Marks will be awarded for the use, upkeep and production of good project management tools during the project. Milestones and deliverables should be assigned and reviewed as a part of the project meetings. The group’s ability to keep the project management tool up to date and neither be hampered by it nor ignore it will be evaluated. [Assesses Learning Outcomes 2,6,8]
Weighting 5% of project total (a group mark)
10 Communication and Team-working Skills
Marks will be awarded for each students communication and team-working skills (preparation, clarity of expression, eye contact, use of visual aids, ability to respond to questions, confidence, support of team members, contribution to team discussions etc.) as exhibited during group meetings, the oral presentations and oral exam. This is recorded each week by mutual agreement of the tutors and Visiting Professor. [Assesses Learning Outcomes 3,4,5,6,8]
Weighting 10% of project total (an individual mark)
Allocation of Group Marks
The supervisors award a single mark for each element of the assessment. When the mark is awarded to the group the mark awarded to each student will be this mark multiplied by an individual weighting factor reflecting both the supervisory staffs’ and the group members’ views of each student's input to the group activity. The weighting factors will be calculated using a confidential response form completed by each group member and submitted to Professor Webb before the Poster Presentation.
Formative assessment and feedback
For the module, students will receive formative assessment/feedback in the following ways.
- Formative assessment is provided from interaction at the formal weekly group meetings where progress by each of the students is discussed.
- Two of the meetings (in weeks 4 and 8) are undertaken with each student in isolation, in order to provide individual feedback to the student on his/her progress and receive feedback from the students on their own opinions of progress.
- Extensive written and oral feedback is provided on the Inception Report at around week 5/6.
Module aims
- This module aims to provide students experience of a complex design activity as a member of a multi-disciplinary design group.
Learning outcomes
Attributes Developed | ||
1 | Undertake a simple financial appreciation of a complex design | CPT |
2 | Undertake a complex design and integrate it with design components from other disciplines. | KCPT |
3 | Communicate the components required to complete the project and how each individual design component is integrated with the others | PT |
4 | Discuss complex specifications and implement a detailed well referenced technical design | KCPT |
5 | Explain their disciplines contribution to the project design to others outside of their discipline | KCPT |
6 | Work with others as a member of a multidisciplinary team | KPT |
7 | Appreciate the need and risk involved in innovation | PT |
8 | Organise and participate in formal minuted project meetings. | PT |
Attributes Developed
C - Cognitive/analytical
K - Subject knowledge
T - Transferable skills
P - Professional/Practical skills
Methods of Teaching / Learning
Mechanisms of teaching and learning used in the module include the following.
- Weekly meetings with the RAE Visiting Professor from industry and members of academic staff.
- Consultations with other members of academic staff acting as subject experts.
- Lectures on specialist subjects e.g. Project Finance, Innovation, Research Methods, etc.
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 |
---|---|---|---|
Communication Systems MEng(CORE) | 1 | Core | Each unit of assessment must be passed at 50% to pass the module |
Computer and Internet Engineering MEng(CORE) | 1 | Core | Each unit of assessment must be passed at 50% to pass the module |
Electrical and Electronic Engineering MEng(CORE) | 1 | Core | Each unit of assessment must be passed at 50% to pass the module |
Electronic Engineering MEng(CORE) | 1 | Core | Each unit of assessment must be passed at 50% to pass the module |
Electronic Engineering with Audio-Visual Systems MEng(CORE) | 1 | Core | Each unit of assessment must be passed at 50% to pass the module |
Electronic Engineering with Communications MEng(CORE) | 1 | Core | Each unit of assessment must be passed at 50% to pass the module |
Electronic Engineering with Computer Systems MEng(CORE) | 1 | Core | Each unit of assessment must be passed at 50% to pass the module |
Electronic Engineering with Nanotechnology MEng(CORE) | 1 | Core | Each unit of assessment must be passed at 50% to pass the module |
Electronic Engineering with Space Systems MEng(CORE) | 1 | Core | Each unit of assessment must be passed at 50% 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 2020/1 academic year.