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Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2006-2007 (archived)

Module ENGI2111: B ENG ENGINEERING 2A

Department: ENGINEERING

ENGI2111: B ENG ENGINEERING 2A

Type Tied Level 2 Credits 20 Availability Available in 2006/07 Module Cap None. Location Durham
Tied to H103

Prerequisites

  • None.

Corequisites

  • Engineering 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, and either B Eng Engineering 2B or B Eng Engineering 2C.

Excluded Combination of Modules

  • Engineering 2E, 2F.

Aims

  • This module is part of a unified study of the main disciplines of engineering for year 2 students on the B Eng.
  • Together with Engineering 2A, 2B, 2C 2D and either B Eng Engineering 2B or B Eng Engineering 2C it provides a level 2 set of modules across most of the main engineering disciplines, including laboratory work and a project, and an extended embodiment design.
  • This module covers the extended design.
  • To provide opportunities for students to develop and demonstrate knowledge and understanding, qualities, skills and other attributes appropriate to the subject matter covered by this module.

Content

  • A detailed embodiment design in civil, electronic or mechanical engineering.
  • A reverse engineering exercise

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:
  • At the end of the module students will have gained a knowledge of detailed embodiment design and experience of its application.
Subject-specific Skills:
  • Application of engineering principles to design and manufacture/construction.
  • Preparation of a technical report.
  • Competent use of IT especially CAD.
Key Skills:
  • Synthesis of data from several sources and application.
  • Self learning.
  • Effective communication, written, verbal and sketching.
  • Team-working.
  • Time and resource management.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

  • In this module the students undertake two group projects.
  • In their design exercise, the students work in small teams with support from their design supervisor. Each group is given a broadly specified engineering design project and students are expected to collect, categorise and evaluate appropriate information relating to their design and its manufacture. This also provides the opportunity for students to apply their subject knowledge to a practical design.
  • In the reverse engineering exercise students gain experience of the evaluation of an existing design and of its re-design according to current standards for design, health and safety.
  • Both exercises require the use of Computer-aided design (CAD)tools and packages to create detailed engineering drawings to international standards.
  • Both projects require management by the students and appropriate analysis based upon their existing subject knowledge and upon specific knowledge gained through self-learning during the course of the exercises.
  • Continuous assesment is appropriate which is based primarily upon written reports but which includes an assessment of teamworking, oral presentation and initiative.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity Number Frequency Duration Total/Hours
Seminars 19 19
Preparation and Reading 181
Total 200

Summative Assessment

Component: Assessment Component Weighting: 100%
Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
design project 60%
reverse engineering report 40%

Formative Assessment:

None


Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University