THE UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGH

DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2024/2025

Timetable information in the Course Catalogue may be subject to change.

University Homepage
DRPS Homepage
DRPS Search
DRPS Contact
DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Engineering : Mechanical

Undergraduate Course: Sustainable Energy Group Design Project 3 (MECE09026)

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
SummaryThis 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
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2024/25, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 10, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 2, Formative Assessment Hours 1, Summative Assessment Hours 10, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 55 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Assignment 100%

Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Analyse a real problem and identify the key difficulties, and appreciate the uncertainties and gaps in design data.
  2. Produce a range of possible solutions and select the best of these.
  3. Formulate key design equations, optimise design parameters, and produce viable assembly drawings and workshop drawings.
  4. Manufacture, assemble and test a viable prototype, and assess the strengths and weaknesses of there design
  5. Understand something of group dynamics and personal interactions, and 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
Additional Class Delivery Information Other Teaching Staff = Uwe Stein
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Parvez Alam
Tel: (0131 6)50 5688
Email: palam@exseed.ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Maryna Vlasova
Tel:
Email: mvlasova@ed.ac.uk
Navigation
Help & Information
Home
Introduction
Glossary
Search DPTs and Courses
Regulations
Regulations
Degree Programmes
Introduction
Browse DPTs
Courses
Introduction
Humanities and Social Science
Science and Engineering
Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Other Information
Combined Course Timetable
Prospectuses
Important Information