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Undergraduate Course: Mechanical Engineering Design 3 (MECE09019)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Engineering CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryNOT RUNNING IN 2014/15 - replaced by MECE09026: Sustainable Energy Group Design Project 3

This course aims to give students experience of tackling an engineering design problem with all the uncertainties of the real world, personal interactions and time management.
Course description 1 Introduction to group working
2 Introduction to project, plus brainstorm in groups
3-4 Working in groups, surgery tutorials
5 Interim report deadline
6 Feedback lecture and full class questions
7-9 Working in groups, surgery tutorials and mini-lectures if necessary
10 Final report deadline
11 Group interviews
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course, the students should be able to:
1. Analyse a real problem and identify the key difficulties.
2. Appreciate the uncertainties and gaps in design data.
3. Produce a range of possible solutions.
4. Select the best of them.
5. Write key design equations.
6. Do neat assembly drawings and detailed drawings of some critical parts.
7. Understand something of group dynamics and personal interactions.
8. Understand the non-linear passage of time and its acceleration at the end of a project.

Reading List
None
Additional Information
Course URL http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/teaching/mech/
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserProf Alistair Borthwick
Tel: (0131 6)50 5588
Email: Alistair.Borthwick@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Lynn Hughieson
Tel: (0131 6)50 5687
Email: Lynn.Hughieson@ed.ac.uk
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