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| Unit name |
AVDASI 4 - Design Project |
| Unit code |
AENGM2003 |
| Credit points |
30 |
| Level of study |
M/7
|
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24)
|
| Unit director |
Mr. Sandy Mitchell |
| Open unit status |
Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
Successful completion of Year 2 Aeronautical Engineering course. |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department |
Department of Aerospace Engineering |
| Faculty |
Faculty of Engineering |
Description including Unit Aims
This Unit is a group design project focusing on a fixed-wing or rotary-wing aerospace vehicle with input from major industries.
Aims:
The aim of this unit is to exercise and consolidate the design, aeronautical engineering and management skills in the context of a complete aerospace vehicle design study. Upon successful completion of the project the student will:
- Have consolidated and developed design skills, which integrate those gained while pursuing individual technical units of the curriculum. The ability to use specific analytical or technical tools in concert to satisfy much broader criteria will have been enhanced. The ability to bring innovation and creativity into the design process will have been explored;
- Have developed an understanding of the need for compromise, i.e. the ability to recognise conflicting technical objectives and to find constructive compromises therefrom;
- Develop teamwork skills. The student must agree to join in collaborative efforts by the group members, simply to appreciate the disparate pressures on other people and the contributions these make to design efforts toward satisfaction of complex specifications;
- Develop communication skills both oral and written, which are required to achieve these ends within a group, and to assist the group in publicising its findings;
- Develop and exercise skills in using computers in the design process; and,
- Gain an understanding of the management of large group projects.
