MEng Group Project (860H1)
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MEng Group Project
Module 860H1
Module details for 2024/25.
45 credits
FHEQ Level 7 (Masters)
Module Outline
The MEng Group Project is a multi-disciplinary team project to address an engineering challenge of industrial interest. The team will be required to specify, design, construct, manufacture, test, and/or commission an engineering system, product, or process. The team must meet specifications, targets, milestones, report and presentation deadlines within a set budget applying scientific, technological, engineering, and project management principles. Relevant technical and state-of-the-art literature should be studied wherever relevant. Team members have distinct roles such as Team Leader and Secretary. The module is designed to develop a holistic understanding of system design, and experience of team-working (in a pseudo-industrial environment).
AHEP4 learning outcomes: M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M6, M7, M8, M9, M10, M11, M12, M13, M16
Module learning outcomes
Undertake a substantial contribution as a team player to the solution of an interdisciplinary engineering problem involving design, analysis, building, and testing
Understand different roles within a team and exercise leadership in an assigned area of responsibility
Develop, monitor and update a personal plan, identifying resources required, estimating effort and forming contingency plans to reflect a changing operating environment
Demonstrate an understanding of concepts from a range of areas including some outside engineering, and the ability to apply them effectively in engineering projects
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of design processes and methodologies and the ability to apply and adapt them in unfamiliar situations
Apply a holistic approach to the project brief by exercising professional judgments in terms of cost, market, environment, sustainability, safety and ethics
Contribute to a group presentation in order to communicate the technical information and findings of the project clearly to a combined specialist and non-specialist audience
Document the implementation and findings of the project in group technical reports which clearly identify the contributions of individual team members
| Type | Timing | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | 20.00% | |
| Coursework components. Weighted as shown below. | ||
| Group Presentation | A2 Week 3 (20 minutes) | 75.00% |
| Report | T1 Week 4 | 25.00% |
| Group written submission (2500 words) | Semester 2 Assessment Week 1 Thu 16:00 | 80.00% |
Timing
Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.
Weighting
Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.
| Term | Method | Duration | Week pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Semester | Project | 8 hours | 11111111111 |
| Autumn Semester | Project | 8 hours | 11111111111 |
| Autumn Semester | Seminar | 2 hours | 10000000000 |
| Autumn Semester | Project | 4 hours | 11111111111 |
| Spring Semester | Project | 4 hours | 11111111111 |
How to read the week pattern
The numbers indicate the weeks of the term and how many events take place each week.
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