Undergraduate Course: Sustainable Energy Group Design Project (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)
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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
| Not being delivered |
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 |
The following Accreditation of Higher Education Programmes (AHEP4) learning outcomes are assessed as follows:
Bachelor (Partial CEng): C1 Science, mathematics and engineering principles; C2 Problem analysis; C3 Analytical tools and techniques; C4 Technical literature; C5 Design; C6 Integrated/systems approach; C9 Risk; C10 Security; C11 Equality, diversity and inclusion; C12 Practical and workshop skills; C13 Materials, equipment, technologies and processes; C16 Teamwork
MEng (CEng): M1 Science, mathematics and engineering principles; M2 Problem analysis; M3 Analytical tools and techniques; M4 Technical literature; M5 Design; M6 Integrated/systems approach; M9 Risk; M10 Security; M11 Equality, diversity and inclusion; M12 Practical and workshop skills; M13 Materials, equipment, technologies and processes; M16 Teamwork
The following Skills for Success areas are covered: Critical thinking; Problem solving; Curiosity; Collaboration; Inclusivity; Data and Digital Literacy |
| 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 | Miss Maryna Vlasova
Tel:
Email: mvlasova@ed.ac.uk |
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