Unit information: Engineering Practice (Study in Continental Europe) in 2023/24

Unit name	Engineering Practice (Study in Continental Europe)
Unit code	MENG20006
Credit points	30
Level of study	I/5
Teaching block(s)	Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24)
Unit director	Dr. Chris Snider
Open unit status	Not open
Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units)	CENG10012 - Engineering by Design or equivalent MENG10005 - Engineering by Investigation or equivalent MENG10006 - Principles of Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units)	None
Units you may not take alongside this one	None
School/department	School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
Faculty	Faculty of Engineering

Unit Information

In this unit, students will learn and develop core skills required to effectively design solutions to engineering problems and practice as a professional engineer.

Combining design, manufacture, automation, engineering modelling, and management skills, the unit supports students through a number of realistic engineering problems and activities core to practicing engineers. Through each area, students will develop the design, analysis, and professional skills required, to produce high-quality technical outputs using a variety of methods. Students will evaluate and communicate designs and reflect on their performance. Activities within each area allow students to develop specific skills, understand the inter-relationships between areas, and apply cross-subject skills to make decisions and develop solutions in a single project context.

Specifically, students will develop skills and gain experience in:

• Analysing design problems and generating technical and non-technical information through a variety of methods.
• Using real-world engineering processes and tools to develop high performing machines and products.
• Using processes and knowledge from across their engineering learning and applying them to solve design problems.
• Communicating ideas, designs, and technical information effectively.
• Making decisions and working effectively with incomplete information in uncertain environments.
• Working in groups to produce a common output

Your learning on this unit

Upon successful engagement with the unit, students will be able to:

1. Formulate, appraise and define engineering problems, representing them through a range of technical specifications, analyses, models, simulations, and geometric representations.
2. Identify and develop required technical information using appropriate methods while working with uncertainty, including through technical analyses, modelling, estimation, and research.
3. Recognise constraints imposed on design by manufacturing, operation, and higher-level priorities, and hence design, balance, and optimise systems and components for each.
4. Develop processes for solving engineering problems, and select and use engineering tools and suitable approaches to develop design outputs and their processes for manufacture.
5. Appraise performance (design / system / project) with respect to multiple criteria and develop design improvements and optimisations.
6. Formulate evidence-based design decisions, identify their impact, and communicate rationale for decisions made.
7. Communicate technical information, design outputs, results, and rationale using a range of appropriate methods.
8. Apply management techniques to achieve engineering objectives, monitor progress against targets, and critique group and individual performance to provide a foundation for continuous professional development.
9. Identify, evaluate and compose mitigation plans for engineering project risks.

How you will learn

The unit will have a blended learning approach incorporating a combination of synchronous and asynchronous lectures, seminars, and practical classes, as well as several self-directed exercises.

How you will be assessed

The unit will be assessed through a single coursework portfolio, evidencing skills developed throughout the unit in a project context.

Feedback will be provided through formative assessments running throughout the year.

A formative exercise completes the Industrial Mentoring Scheme.

Resources

If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.

If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. MENG20006).

How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks, independent learning and assessment activity.

See the University Workload statement relating to this unit for more information.

Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit. The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. For appropriate assessments, if you have self-certificated your absence, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (for assessments at the end of TB1 and TB2 this is usually in the next re-assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any exceptional circumstances and operates within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.