Unit name | Design Project 4 (EDES) |
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Unit code | CENG30013 |
Credit points | 40 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Dr. Harper |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
CENG20015 Design Project |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of Civil Engineering |
Faculty | Faculty of Engineering |
In Design Project 4, work is conducted in groups of 4-6 students to develop an in-depth understanding of a product or system through research and modelling activities. Although the students communicate and share relevant knowledge as a team, each student has his/her own individual project and develops expertise in a subject area that is valuable to the group design project undertaken in Year 5 (Design Project 5). The individual project involves a detailed investigation of an artefact, process or sub-system that is vital to the overall product/system’s functionality, including the associated economic, environmental, business and social design drivers. Depending on the specific project, the construction of analytical and/or physical models is used to quantify design parameters and to understand manufacturing implications. Each student’s project has separate objectives and reporting, and is marked independently. The projects are run in association with industrial companies and relevant University research teams.
The unit aims to give each student an experience of planning, conducting and recording a detailed research/modelling activity, in order to develop specialist knowledge that can be applied in the Year 5 Group Design Project. A strong emphasis is placed on enhancing the student’s ability to develop and apply analytical models, both to evaluate existing designs and to aid future design work. The unit’s project management lectures aim to provide an understanding of techniques that can be used to co-ordinate project tasks, manage risk, and achieve goals on time and to budget. These techniques can be applied both within this unit’s individual project and during the Year 5 Group Design Project.
On successful completion of the unit the student will be able to:
Students will work in allocated groups supported by a Project Advisor and Specialist Advisors as required and an advisor from the Industrial Sponsor. Lectures/Labs on Modelling and Project Management are provided to support the work undertaken and each group has at least 3 formal meetings with their Industrial Sponsor during the course of the project (1 Project Introduction Meeting and 2 Progress Review Meetings). Work is presented to staff, students and industrialists at the end of the project via a poster display at a Projects Colloquium.
1. Formative 'Must-Pass' interim assessment (not graded)
2. Summative final assessment worth 100% of the unit