Department of Mechanical Engineering, Unit Catalogue 2007/08 |
ME40213 Specialist design 1 |
| Credits: 6 |
| Level: Masters |
| Semester: 1 |
| Assessment: CW100 |
| Requisites: |
| Before taking this unit you must take ME30043 |
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Aims:
* To illustrate the totality of the product development process. * To allow synthesis of information and skills from within other parts of the undergraduate programme and from external sources. Learning Outcomes: After taking this unit the student should be able to: * To improve effective communication of a major piece of design project work. * Prepare a project proposal, evaluate potential project proposals, conduct initial stages of a design project. Skills: Problem solving; IT; working independently. Content: Students are expected (in consultation with supervisory staff) to generate their own project activity which should be appropriate for the current unit and to lead into the unit, Specialist Design Project II. The outline of the project is required by the end of week 2 at which stage it is reviewed by staff. The Department reserves the right to reject a proposed outline redirect the student. The outline should include details of tasks to be undertaken during the (first) semester. These could include: related background reading of selected texts and/or papers, market analysis; initial concept generation; preparation of a portfolio of existing and/or original design ideas; preparation of manufacturing drawings of designs to allow manufacture of proof of concept ideas. Students who do not complete this unit satisfactorily are not able to take the unit Specialist Design Project II in the following semester; instead they take the MEng Engineering Project ME40069. |