| Unit name | Data Analysis and Imaging (Bristol University) |
|---|---|
| Unit code | MENGM0035 |
| Credit points | 10 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
| Unit director | Professor. Drinkwater |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you may not take alongside this one | |
| School/department | School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering |
| Faculty | Faculty of Engineering |
The primary aim of this unit is to teach students how to extract knowledge from the significant quantities of data that modern NDE practitioners are presented with.
This unit provides students with exposure to fundamental data from the simple Ultrasonic A-scan to x-ray images and Ultrasonic array images. The unit explores how information about defects such as their presence and their size and type is extracted from NDE data. This process will be placed in a general context with details about the specifics relating to the major NDE modalities.
Upon successful completion of the unit students are expected to be able to:
This unit will be made up of a combination of taught lectures and Q&A sessions.
This unit is assessed at the University of Bristol, please refer to the unit information provided by this partner university for the current assessment information.
The units summative assessment consists of a 5000 word essay on the industrial need for imaging and how it is carried out. This will consider how a specific inspection may be designed to address a specific NDE need. Essentially setting a specific inspection problem and instructing the students to explain and demonstrate how this inspection could be designed, the industrial context and the strengths and weaknesses of the designed inspection. This will address all of the ILO’s for the unit. There will be a formative assessment based on a lecture given by an industrial practitioner, whereby students are talked through a similar exercise to the summative assessment and given feedback on their answers.
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. MENGM0035).
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 Faculty 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. If you have self-certificated your absence from an
assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
