Module ENGI3281: BENG CIVIL DESIGN

Department: Engineering

ENGI3281: BENG CIVIL DESIGN

Prerequisites

Corequisites

• Environmental Engineering, Soil Engineering, Structures and Surveying, BEng Engineering Project

Excluded Combination of Modules

• Microelectronics, Software Engineering and Communications, Electronics, Control and Signal Processing, Engineering Design, Management and Manufacture, Electrical Engineering, Applied Mechanics, Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics, Civil Design, Design and Management for Civil Engineering, BEng Mechanical Manufacture, BEng Electronic Manufacture, BEng Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics, Management and Electronic Manufacture, BEng Engineering 2C (ENGI 2131)

Aims

• This module is for BEng students following the civil engineering option at Level 3. Design principles in the subject area of civil engineering design are taught and then developed 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.
• Appreciation of the implications of material properties on the design process.

• Ability to design structural members.
• Ability to critically analyse, evaluate and interpret Engineering data.
• Ability to apply engineering principles to the solution of a specific, complex problem.
• Experience of laboratory techniques.

• 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

• Teaching by lectures supported by a laboratory programme
• Teaching by tutorials supervised by tutors from industry or by members of the academic staff of the University.
• Summative assessments for the lectures and design work are appropriate because of the open-ended and diverse nature of these activities.
• Formative assessment of the laboratory work.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Marking of laboratory work.

■ 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