Unit information: Research Skills in 2017/18

Unit name	Research Skills
Unit code	AENGM0036
Credit points	10
Level of study	M/7
Teaching block(s)	Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
Unit director	Dr. Ivanov
Open unit status	Not open
Pre-requisites	None
Co-requisites	None
School/department	School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Faculty	Faculty of Engineering

Description including Unit Aims

This unit is intended to develop professional research skills for planning scientific/engineering research projects with academic and industrial impacts. The students will learn how to critically review research papers in the area of interest, identify potential research subjects, and propose research projects, which are the core skills underpinning a successful research career. The activities within this unit are aligned with their individual research projects.

Intended Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the unit, students will be able to:

• undertake original research,
• plan and prepare a concise written technical report,
• orally present technical contents and information to a broader audience, including handling questions and tailoring technical and specialist knowledge,
• adopt a high standard of record keeping and management of information.
• In addition, the students will become familiar with major research challenges in composites processing (Journal Club) and their subject area (Literature Review).

Teaching Information

The unit will comprise seminars, tutorials, individual works on literature reviews related to research projects.

Assessment Information

The details of the assessments and weighting for each assessment is as follows

A. Journal Club: A series of short presentations (not assessed).

B. Journal Club: Report in a form of a project proposal – 30%

C. Literature Review: A report in a form of a review paper – 70%.

Reading and References

Appropriate references are supplied on the lectures for each component of the course. For the review element, students are advised individually by their project supervisor(s) on appropriate references depending on their project.