Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2013-2014 (archived)

Module ENGI2111: Design and Reverse Engineering

Department: Engineering

ENGI2111: Design and Reverse Engineering

Type	Tied	Level	2	Credits	10	Availability	Available in 2013/14	Module Cap	None.	Location	Durham

Tied to	H103

Prerequisites

As specified in programme regulations.

Corequisites

As specified in programme regulations.

Excluded Combination of Modules

As specified in programme regulations.

Aims

This module is designed solely for students studying School of Engineering and Computing Science BEng degree programmes.
It provides a working knowledge of Reverse Engineening and Engineering Design.

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 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.
Students are able to make use of staff 'Tutorial Hours' to discuss any aspect of the module with teaching staff on a one-to-one basis. These are sign up sessions available for up to one hour per week.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity	Number	Frequency	Duration	Total/Hours
Design project lectures	4	1st term	2 Hours	8
Tutorial Hours	as required	weekly sign up sessions	up to 1 hour	4
Design Seminars	12	weekly 1st and 2nd term	2 hours	24	■
Reverse Engineering Workshops	14	weekly 1st and 2nd term	2 hours	28	■
Problem classes	3		1 hour	3	■
Preparation and Reading				133
Total				200

Summative Assessment

Component: Assessment		Component Weighting: 100%
Element	Length / duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
Design project		60%	yes
Reverse engineering report		40%	yes

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