Module ENGI3401: CIVIL DESIGN

Department: ENGINEERING

ENGI3401: CIVIL DESIGN

Prerequisites

Corequisites

• Applied Mechanics, Environmental Engineering, Soil Engineering, Structures and Surveying, Design and Management for Civil Engineering

Excluded Combination of Modules

• Microelectronics, Software Engineering and Communications, Electronics, Engineering Design, Management and Manufacture, Electrical Engineering, Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics, BEng Engineering Project, BEng mechanical Manufacture, BEng Electronic Manufacture, BEng Civil Design, BEng Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics, Management and Electronic Manufacture

Aims

• This module is for MEng students following the civil engineering option at Level 3. Principles are introduced and/or developed in the subject area of civil engineering design to enhance the understanding of the design process and the way theoretical work supports design.

Content

• Structural analysis.
• Structural design.
• Sustainability issues.
• Health and Safety.
• Estimation of costs.
• Drawing.
• Report writing.
• Laboratories.

Learning Outcomes

• Subject-specific knowledge of fundamental concepts, principles, theories and design concepts relevant to civil engineering.
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of this specialist area of engineering and appreciation of the role and responsibility of the engineer.

• Ability to critically analyse, evaluate and interpret Engineering data.
• Ability to apply engineering principles to the solution of a specific, complex problem.

• Application of theoretical knowledge gained from other courses.
• Ability to seek out information from a variety of sources.
• Ability to organise a body of information into a coherent structure.
• Ability to rationalise a complex problem into a series of discreet but related design elements.

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

• A formative laboratory program develops practical laboratory skills and supports lecture material from other modules.
• Teaching by tutorials supervised by tutors from industry or by members of the academic staff of the university. Summative assessment of a report of up to 70 pages. This module is complemented by other tied modules which provide the appropriate analytical tools required for the design work.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Marking of laboratory records.

■ 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