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| Unit name |
Design and Computing 1 |
| Unit code |
CENG16300 |
| Credit points |
20 |
| Level of study |
C/4
|
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24)
|
| Unit director |
Professor. Crewe |
| Open unit status |
Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None
|
| Co-requisites |
None
|
| School/department |
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering |
| Faculty |
Faculty of Engineering |
Description including Unit Aims
Overall Aim: To introduce and develop some basic engineering design skills and develop key skills in some of the main engineering software packages. Design : To enable students to develop an understanding of engineering design and to develop some basic design skills. Computing: To enable students to develop an understanding of the role of computers in engineering and to develop some basic skills using a few key software packages.
Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, successful students will:
- be able to demonstrate an appreciation of the environmental, economic, social, professional and interdisciplinary contexts, scope and purpose of civil engineering in delivering sustainable development;
- be able to demonstrate an appreciation of how civil engineering fulfils its purpose through design as a process of individual and collective learning;
- demonstrate ability to formulate and solve complex civil engineering problems at the conceptual and detailed levels;
- demonstrate ability to plan and manage the design process, including an appreciation of the role of formal processes and codified design rules;
- demonstrate ability in basic graphical communication (e.g. sketching and technical drawing), and in written and oral presentation.
- have an understanding of the role of computation in civil engineering;
- have developed basic skills in computer coding;
- have been introduced to the use of MATLAB programming environment for engineering computation purposes;
- be able to draft basic drawings and objects using AutoCAD
Teaching Information
Lectures, design classes, computer classes and laboratories
Assessment Information
The whole unit will be assessed through coursework/projects: Systems analysis project (15%), Drawing exercises and Design & Build project (20%), Conceptual design project (15%) and computing practical (50%).
Reading and References
- BSI Education. Construction Drawing Practice for Universities and Colleges (PP7319), 1989 (out of print, copies in Engineering Library).
- Jude D.V. and Matkin R.B. Civil Engineering Drawing, 1983 (out of print, copies in Engineering Library).
- Online resources associated with the packages used in the unit.
