| Unit Title: | Group Project 3 |
| Unit Code: | EENG38030 |
| Year: | 2011/12 |
| Unit Organiser: | Dr P.A. Warr |
| Teaching Block: | 1 & 2 |
| Credit Points: | 30 |
The aim of this unit is for the students to experience working in a team on a substantial design project which is relatively open-ended in nature. It allows the practise, application and integration of concepts covered elsewhere in the degree programme, as well as exposing the students to the problems of team dynamics.
Prerequisites: Pass at 2nd year and progression to MEng.
Co-requisites: None
Having completed the project successfully, students will:
Group Project
Dr P.A. Warr
The system to be designed will be based on a supplied mobile unit (a buggy) and will be able to move around an arena populated with a number of ‘targets’ at various locations. The buggy is to be connected to a PC and PSU via an umbilical cord for communication and power supply.
Groups will earn points for assessing a number of targets, placed within an arena, in a timely and elegant manner. The targets contain electrical circuits that may be assessed via conductive contacts. A competition based on a points system will form part of the overall mark for this project.
Each target is to be electrically tested by the buggy and data on its characteristics is to be presented on a PC screen. The arena will also contain ‘blockers’ that mask certain areas. This makes accessing the higher point scoring targets more interesting and also complicates the route-finding algorithm.
|
Name |
Type |
% of final mark |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trials | Competition | 24 | A group assessment based on criteria defined in the buggy briefing documents. |
| Design Folder | Group Report | 18 | A group assessment based on the contents of the Design Folder. |
| Poster Session/ Sub-systems | Presentation | 18 | A group assessment based on the Poster Session and demonstration of the buggy sub-systems. |
| Peer Assessment | Peer | The mark for the three elements above are modified according to group contribution. | |
| Project Report | Individual Report | 40 | An individual report is submitted by each member of the group. |
