| Unit name | Sustainable Engineering Project |
|---|---|
| Unit code | CADEM0002 |
| Credit points | 60 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
| Unit director | Dr. Terzano |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you may not take alongside this one |
None |
| School/department | School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering |
| Faculty | Faculty of Engineering |
Students will be assigned to groups of 4-6 students that, where possible, represent a mix of the three pathways. Each group will follow an iterative process to engineer a sustainable solution to a real-world challenge, requiring an original contribution to knowledge. This final project acts as a focus for the accumulated skills resulting from other units within the MSc degree programme: the overarching aim is application of those skills within an iterative design process leading to a sustainable and potentially viable solution.
The unit offers a high degree of freedom to select and develop a project and allows you to work together as a collaborative team; spending a significant amount of time and effort on the research and development of a novel design within an engineering context. The result will be a completed solution which can be presented to potential stakeholders alongside a project document which provides a clear account of the research and design process. The individual presentation and viva will include a reflective summary of what has been learned through the process of doing the project. This unit provides an opportunity to refine and exercise a highly transferable set of skills including collaboration, self-awareness, self-reflection, self-management; creative design; research; analysis, critique and evaluation.
An overview of content
This is a supervised collaborative project and dissertation unit, as such there is no taught content. Your supervisor will support you to extend your knowledge and skills gained from previous units on your MSc programme.
How will students, personally, be different as a result of the unit
As a result of this unit, you will have the confidence to apply your knowledge, understanding and practical skills that you have gained throughout the MSc programme in order to engineer a sustainable design for an identified purpose, demonstrating the technical, innovative and design expertise required to become the next generation of leaders within engineering.
Learning Outcomes
This dissertation-type project is intended to promote self-directed and collaborative learning, which is experiential and problem-based. Projects will be researched, developed and produced with the guidance of one or more supervisors, and supported both conceptually and technically. The supervisory team may also include relevant professional mentorship from external industry partners.
Summary
100% coursework submission
Tasks which help you learn and prepare for summative tasks (formative)
Regular supervision meetings will help you prepare for your summative assessments. There is an early Project Proposal submission intended to help staff give you an early steer on the direction of your project and point you towards valuable resources and guidance. An additional Design Meeting formative assessment provides another opportunity for feedback from staff at the midway point of the project.
Tasks which count towards your unit mark (summative)
Project Document (group assessment) 60%
Individual Reflective Presentation and Viva (individual assessment) 40% - Each student should expect to present and answer questions on their individual contributions as well as on details about the overall project.
Each student will report regularly on their individual and group members' contributions to the project through a peer review process, which will be used to award individual marks within the group assessments for this unit if the contribution of the team members is not even.
When an assessment does not go to plan
In the case of required reassessment, where the student was unable to complete their contribution to the group project, we would enable the student resitting to undertake further individual development and critique of their group’s original submission, highlighting areas for improvement and development using knowledge and understanding from the taught components. The resubmission components would be as above, but all individual.
In the case of a student who experiences delayed progression to the unit and a group project is not possible, an individual project (40% ILO1-5) will be set with a separate reflective report about teamworking also required (20% ILO6), as well as a viva and presentation (40%).
If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.
If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. CADEM0002).
How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the University Workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The assessment methods listed in this unit specification are designed to enable students to demonstrate the named learning outcomes (LOs). Where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, schools will make reasonable adjustments to support a student to demonstrate the LO by an alternative method or with additional resources.
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. For appropriate assessments, if you have self-certificated your absence, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (for assessments at the end of TB1 and TB2 this is usually in the next re-assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any exceptional circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
