Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2006-2007 (archived)

Module ENGI3251: BENG MECHANICAL MANUFACTURE

Department: ENGINEERING

ENGI3251: BENG MECHANICAL MANUFACTURE

Type	Tied	Level	3	Credits	20	Availability	Available in 2006/07	Module Cap	None.	Location	Durham

Tied to	H103

Prerequisites

Corequisites

Electrical Engineering, Applied Mechanics, BEng Engineering Project, BEng Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics

Excluded Combination of Modules

Microelectronics, Software Engineering and Communications, Electronics, Control and Signal Processing, Engineering Design, Management and Manufacture, Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics, Environmental Engineering, Soil Engineering, Structures and Surveying, Civil Design, Design and Management for Civil Engineering, BEng Electronic Manufacture, BEng Civil Design, Management and Electronic Manufacture, BEng Engineering 2C (ENGI 2131)

Aims

This module provides a fundemental understanding of the relationship and dynamic interaction between product design and manufacturing engineering.
The lecture course also demonstrates the application of theoretical concepts in practice.

Content

Manufacture, Mechanical CAD, laboratory assignment.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:

Detailed knowledge of systems and technologies used in mechanical or electronic manufacture.
Understanding of relationship between design and manufacture.
Understanding fundamental experimentation techniques.

Subject-specific Skills:

Application of specialised engineering principles to design and manufacture.
The proficient and safe use of standard engineering laboratory instrumentation.
To demonstate an awareness of practical engineering skills.

Key Skills:

Teamworking.
General problem solving skills that can be applied in a novel context.
Capacity for self-learning in familar and unfamiliar situations
Communicate advanced technical information effectively.
Time and resource management.

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

The course in Manufacture is covered by lectures, and is reinforced in seminars and with problem sheets, leading to the required problem solving capability. The assessment of this element is by written examination which covers a wide range of in-depth, analytical material which allows the students to demonstrate their ability to solve previously unseen problems.
Hands-on laboratory assignments complement lectures and provide training in experimental technique. The most appropriate method of assessment for this applied component is by written report.
A CAD design exercise leads to capability in the applied aspects of the lecture courses. The design produced is assessed according to defined continuous assessment criteria.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity	Number	Frequency	Duration	Total/Hours
Lectures	20	1 per week term 1, 1 per week term 2, 1 lecture term 3.	1 hour	20
Mechanical CAD Exercise	3	1 or 0 per week term 2.	3 hours	9
Laboratory assignments	6	1 or 0 per week term 1.	3 hours	18
Office Hours	8	0,1 or 2 per week	students sign up for appropriate time	4
Preparation and reading				149
Total				200

Summative Assessment

Component: Examination		Component Weighting: 40%
Element	Length / duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
BEng Mechanical Manufacture 3	1.5 hours	100%	none
Component: Continuous Assessment		Component Weighting: 60%
Element	Length / duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
Mechanical CAD		66.6%
Laboratory assignments		33.4%

Formative Assessment:

Problem Sheets for lecture courses.

■ 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