Unit name | Communications CDT Group Project |
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Unit code | EENGM8890 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
Unit director | Professor. Morris |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None, |
Co-requisites |
None. |
School/department | Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering |
Faculty | Faculty of Engineering |
The group project involves an investigation into the design of an unfamiliar product, process or system. It offers the opportunity for an in-depth study of a specialist subject as part of group (normally 5 students per group), and requires both research and theoretical/practical application. The group project requires each group member to contribute a total of 200 hours of effort, and is carried out under the guidance of a member of staff. Importance is given to the planning of the work programme; the setting and achievement of objectives; laboratory recordkeeping; appropriateness of the design (including costing where appropriate); analysis of the results and overall presentation of the work.
Aims:
The precise aim of each group project wil vary between the project groups each year. The CDT will recruit students from mathematics, computer science and electrical engineering. This means that the groups will contain a range of different skills. Each group will be assigned a project designed to test the skills of the group in group working and research skills. In this way the students will be encountering new challenges and are encouraged to seek and propose their own solutions to these challenges and hence demonstrate the ability to operate effectively as a group. The project will involve the design and performance analysis of hardware or softare, or a mix of both. Documentation of the work involves both the day-to-day recording of information in a laboratory notebook, together with a group report at the end of the project.
Students will be expected to:
Self-learning and individual research
Group project work
Individual and group instruction/training in use of equipment and softare
One-to-one tuition
The students will be assessed per group - all students will be awarded marks based on overall group performance as per the marks breakdown below. To ensure that all members have contributed fully to the project each group wil be asked to provide a peer assessment of each group members contribution to the project.
Interim Assessment - written report and talk, 8% (All ILOs)
Group presentation - quality of presentation and response to questioning, 20% Performance assessment by advisor - Motivation, project management; design and practical implementation, 12% (All ILOs)
Group Project Report of approximately 8,000 - 10,000 words, marked by two people:
Advisor's assessment of Report - content & communication, 30% (All ILOs
Assessor's assessment of Report - content & communication, 30% (All ILOs)
Project-dependent - supplied by group project advisor