Unit name | Individual Research Project |
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Unit code | MENG35000 |
Credit points | 40 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Professor. Croxford |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
MENG30007 Engineering Management |
School/department | School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering |
Faculty | Faculty of Engineering |
The Individual Research Project provides students with an opportunity to develop the skills required to scope and solve real, open-ended problems, to plan and organise work, and effectively communicate results. This involves evaluation of academic literature to establish the state of the art in the relevant discipline, in order to address an open-ended engineering question through analytical, design, numerical and/or experimental methods.
The projects are wide-ranging and often multidisciplinary. Projects may be scientific and involve the study of certain phenomena, may be technology or product-orientated with a design emphasis, or may be on a topic related to systems and management.
Upon successful completion of the unit students will be able to:-
Students will be allocated an academic member of staff who will supervise their work throughout the duration of the project. The overall specification of the project is decided by the supervisor with input from the student. They will discuss technical aspects and the supervisor will advise on project direction in regular meetings. The individual research supervision meetings are complemented by a series of non project-specific resources on topics such as planning, literature searching, report writing and presentation skills.
The single graded summative assessment is based on a written report followed by a viva. In addition, a stage gate assessment must be passed by the students. Failure to complete this must-pass assessment element to a satisfactory level in the allocated time will result in failure of the unit.
Students will receive formative feedback on their progress during their supervision meetings.
Specified by project supervisor.