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Undergraduate Course: Group Design Project (Hydropower Scheme) (SCEE11002)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Engineering CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Year 4 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis project is intended to introduce students to multidisciplinary planning and design through the full design, specification and evaluation of a small-hydro scheme. The project should develop creative thinking, team skills, and an improved understanding of other disciplines.
Course description The course may be taken by students of Chemical, Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering and Electronics. It takes the form of a multi-disciplinary design project. The project is scheduled to run on one supervised afternoon per week, and students will need to devote considerable self study time also. It is a group project. The project will be inter-disciplinary and requires team effort.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
This course is intended to:
- encourage questioning and creative thinking;
- develop skills in problem identification and study planning;
- provide a realistic team working environment;
- further develop communication skills.
By the end of the project the student should have:
- improved team working skills;
- improved communication skills;
- a better appreciation of project planning issues;
- an appetite for creative engineering and planning.

Specific technical outcomes will include -
- familiarity of and competency in hydrological analysis;
- pipeline design, power house design, electromechanical equipment specification, power system analysis and economic and environmental assessment
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Course URL http://www.eng.ed.ac.uk/~hydrosys
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information 3 hour(s) per week for 11 week(s).
Keywordsinterdisciplinary hydro hydrological
Contacts
Course organiserProf Gareth Harrison
Tel: (0131 6)50 5583
Email: gareth.harrison@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Megan Inch-Kellingray
Tel: (0131 6)51 7079
Email: M.Inch@ed.ac.uk
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