Undergraduate Course: Sustainable Energy Group Design Project 3 (MECE09026)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course gives students first-hand experience of tackling an engineering design problem in the area of renewable / sustainable energy, with all the uncertainties of the real world, personal interactions and time management. |
| Course description |
1. Introduction to team working roles and group selection
2-3. Introduction to project and specialist lecture material, brainstorming
4-9. Group working and project supervision sessions
10. Report submission
11. Oral Exam and design testing
Accreditation of Higher Education Programmes Learning Outcomes:
SM3b, EA1b, EA2, EA3b, EA4b, D1, D2, D3b, D4, D5, EL1, EL2, EL4, P1, P2, P3, P4, P6, P8, P11, G1, G2, G3, G4
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2021/22, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 8,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 14,
Formative Assessment Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 10,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
65 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Assignment 100%
Due to the nature of the workshop based group project in Sustainable Energy Group Design Project 3 it is not possible to re-sit any group or workshop based elements of the course during the summer resit period. In addition to this, it may not be possible to fit these elements into the 3rd year timetable. Therefore, the student may have to choose a different optional 3rd Year course to gain the required credits. |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Analyse a real problem and identify the key difficulties, and appreciate the uncertainties and gaps in design data.
- Produce a range of possible solutions and select the best of these.
- Formulate key design equations, optimise design parameters, and produce viable assembly drawings and workshop drawings.
- Manufacture, assemble and test a viable prototype, and assess the strengths and weaknesses of there design
- Understand something of group dynamics and personal interactions, and the non-linear passage of time and its acceleration at the end of a project.
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Additional Information
| Course URL |
http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/teaching/mech/ |
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Other Teaching Staff = Uwe Stein |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Parvez Alam
Tel: (0131 6)50 5688
Email: palam@exseed.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Michelle Burgos Almada
Tel:
Email: mburgos@ed.ac.uk |
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