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Engineering Design and Professional Practice

• Module code: EG4010
• Year: 2018/9
• Level: 4
• Credits: 30
• Pre-requisites: None
• Co-requisites: None

Summary

The principal aim of this module is to provide you with a flavour of what is involved in engineering design and to develop the good academic and professional practice needed to attain professional status. The module introduces the key aspects involved in: planning a project from start to finish, design processes incorporating a sustainability agenda, building an awareness of the interactions across various disciplines, regulatory frameworks and Health and Safety procedures. The module develops good academic and professional practice by developing skills in self-reflection and recording professional development. The basic principles of measurement and manufacturing processes in a workshop and testing environment are also addressed in the module.

Some elements of the module are delivered as part of the personal tutor scheme (PTS). This assists your transition into Higher Education encouraging a sense of belonging within the Faculty and within your discipline. The PTS helps you to develop good academic habits and initiates effective team working within a project management and engineering design framework, as well as developing interpersonal skills in order to enhance your employability.

Aims

• To develop the ability to plan a project from start to finish through the use of design processes.
• To develop an awareness of legal, political and social environments within a sustainability context and to promote an understanding of Health and Safety as well as risk assessment procedures.
• To develop basic competence and practical experience in measurement and manufacturing processes in both laboratory and testing environments.
• To provide opportunities to engage and acquire the necessary skills to support the academic and professional development needed to eventually attain professional status.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:

• Plan and complete a simple project from start to finish, being aware of the interactions across disciplines, the regulatory framework, the application of Health and Safety and risk assessment procedures and sustainability requirements
• Use basic measurement and manufacturing processes in a workshop, laboratory and testing environment
• Reflect on their academic and professional development and assess their progress towards employment and professional status
• Work as part of a team
• Discuss and debate with others and make concession to reach agreement
• Effectively communicate design ideas and processes in accordance with international standards.

Curriculum content

• The regulatory framework, local/government policies, codes of practice, strategies, requirements and other initiatives, cost and environmental impact
• Health and Safety and risk assessment procedures
• The engineering design and construction processes to specification using relevant design software
• Communication of design ideas through specifications, concept development and detailed design documentation
• Employability and professional roles and the routes to Professional Status
• Good academic practice, feedback, group and individual development
• Introduction to research methods
• Report writing and presentation skills
• Showcasing design through oral presentations and posters
• Principles of project management and planning
• Team based 'design and build' project

There will be some discipline specific content within this module.  Typical discipline specific content could include:

Aerospace Engineering

• Measurement of engineering components using a variety of techniques and assessing the mechanical properties of materials through testing and heat treatment
• Machining including drilling, milling and turning, fitting, sheet metal cutting and forming, fabrication by riveting, soldering, spot welding as well as modern manufacturing techniques.
• Aerospace Industry regulatory framework
• Astronautics: space engineering, the space environment and some example space missions.

Civil Engineering/Construction Management/Building Surveying/Quantity Surveying with Consultancy

• Sustainable construction principles and the sustainability agenda: global warming and its effects, carbon footprint, embodied energy, alternative energy sources, recycling and reuse, green credential of sustainable materials
• Sustainable design: renewable energy sources, new technologies, sustainable design techniques
• Lean construction, management and principles including construction technology, methods and management
• Building Information Modelling (BIM) - managing information on a construction project across the project lifecycle, building optimisation, BIM standard documents, the role of the professional in BIM, relevant BIM software packages that integrates drawings with 3D models and specifications
• Basic principles of land surveying including practical use of surveying instruments: levels and total station

Mechanical Engineering

• Measurement of engineering components using a variety of techniques and assessing mechanical properties of materials through testing and heat treatment
• Machining including drilling, milling and turning, fitting, sheet metal cutting and forming, fabrication by riveting, soldering, spot welding as well as modern manufacturing techniques.
• Communication of engineering design ideas through integrating engineering drawing and 3D solid modelling
• The mechanical engineering design processes and analysis

Teaching and learning strategy

This module is primarily skills based and uses a variety of methods to support student learning.  There is some use of traditional interactive lectures (22 hours) to give structure to the module and present a familiar format to new entrants.  The delivery of the module will also be facilitated through problem based learning, collaborative learning between different disciplines and enquiry based learning in seminars/workshop sessions including practical sessions.  Seminars will use a flipped classroom approach with students given assigned readings and questions before the seminar and asked to report back the outcome of student led small group discussion to the larger group.  The seminars will typically deal with current issues in engineering like environmental impact, and the effect of increased automation but also broader issues will be considered like how to work in diverse teams. The seminars will be used to model appropriate etiquette for discussions that will be required in the group design and make activity.   They will also discuss techniques for ensuring that all members of the group contribute effectively.

The approach to teaching and learning is designed to encourage an active learning environment. For example, team working skills are developed through 'ice-breaker' group debates based on engineering problems, multi-disciplinary sustainability case studies, team video production and a design and make project at the end of the module.  The design and make project emphasises the creative side of engineering.  This is an important feature of the first year programme since most of the other modules are primarily knowledge based.  The design and make project is also used to develop valuable employability and academic skills such as communication skills, both oral and written, interpersonal skills and confidence building. Embedded in the module will be the acquisition of knowledge and concepts needed to attain professional status.

Engineering project-based learning (PjBL) in the form of a team-based 'design and build' experience will be introduced. This activity will be facilitated within the design studio/workshop enabling students to develop an understanding of the design process, to enhance their creative skills through design projects and experience working in a team. Sessions will be conducted in a stimulating environment for creativity and inspiration enabling them to communicate knowledgeably about design issues. Students will also be encouraged to use relevant computer design software to present their design ideas. 

The engineering programmes at Kingston benefit from a very diverse student body.  The benefits and challenges of working in diverse teams will be discussed within the module and direct experience of this will be part of the Group Design and Make project.   The PTS scheme will be used to reflect on these challenges outside of the design groups.

A substantial portion of the learning hours for this module are independent guided learning hours.  A rough breakdown of how this will be spent is given in the table below.  Students will be issued with a set of milestones at the beginning of the module so they can monitor their progress and discuss any concerns with their personal tutor.

Breakdown of Teaching and Learning Hours

Assessment strategy

The learning outcomes will be assessed 100% by in-course summative assessment, working both in groups and individually. One element will be a portfolio of three pieces of written work.  These will help develop written communication skills.  The first piece of work will focus on a topic related to the student's chosen discipline and will be related to discussions that take place in the PTS group meetings which are discipline specific.  It will be used to identify any additional support in communication required which will be provided by the SEC academic skills centre.  Students will also be encouraged through the PTS to interact with the academic skills centre before submission if they have concerns about the coursework.

Formative opportunities will be provided to students through regular and detailed feedback in the form of short and quick formative peer assessment undertaken in facilitated tutorial sessions.  The individual coursework assignments that comprise the portfolio will be discussed in group and individual Personal Tutorial Sessions. 

The Group Design assignment will give students the opportunity to work as part of an interdisciplinary team to produce a design solution to a given specification and to present their solution in a coherent and attractive way. 

Mapping of Learning Outcomes to Assessment Strategy (Indicative)

Elements of Assessment

Achieving a pass

It IS NOT a requirement that any element of assessment is passed separately in order to achieve an overall pass for the module.

Bibliography core texts

Dym, C. L. and Brown, D. C. (2012) Engineering Design, Cambridge University Press

Dunwoody, B. (2006) Fundamental Competencies for Engineers, Oxford University Press, ISBN978-0195422177

Kosky, P., Balmer, R. Keat, W. and Wise, G. (2016) Exploring Engineering: an Introduction to Engineering and Design, Elsevier, ISBN978-0-12-801242-0

Health & Safety Executive (2006) HSG150 Health and Safety in Construction

Wright, P. H. (1989) Introduction to Engineering, 2^nd ed, Wiley. ISBN0471599980

Bibliography recommended reading

Aerospace Engineering:

• Barnard, R.H. and Philpott, D.R. (2010) Aircraft Flight: A Description of the Physical Principles of Aircraft Flight. 4th ed. Essex: Pearson Education Ltd.
• Jeppesen, S. (2003) A&P Technician Airframe Textbook. 3rd ed. Englewood: Jeppesen Sanderson.
• Moir, I. and Seabridge, A. (2008) Aircraft Systems: Mechanical, Electrical and Avionics Subsystems Integration (Aerospace Series), Wiley
• Pallet, E.H.J. and Coyle, S. (1993) Automatic Flight Control. 4th ed. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
• Sellers, J.J. (2007) Understanding Space - An Introduction to Astronautics (3rd edition), McGraw-Hill Professional. ISBN 0077230302
• Wild, T.W. (2008). Transport Category Aircraft Systems. 3^rd edition, Jeppesen Sanderson.

Civil Engineering/Construction Management/Building Surveying/Quantity Surveying with Consultancy

• Baird, G. (2010) Sustainable Buildings in Practice: What the users Think, Routledge Ltd.
• Eastman, C., Teicholz, P., Sacks, R. & Liston, K. (2011) BIM Handbook: A guide to Building Information Modelling for Owners, Managers, Designers, Engineers and Contractors (2^nd ed.) John Wiley & Son Inc
• Halliday, S. (2008) Sustainable Construction, Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Pierce, A., Yong, H. A., and Hamiglobal Co Ltd, (2012) Sustainable Buildings and Infrastructure, Routledge Ltd
• Simmons, C.H., Maguire, D. E. and Phelps, N. (2009) Manual of Engineering Drawings, Newnes. ISBN978075068954
• Schofield, W. & Breach, M. (2007) Engineering Surveying, (6^th ed) Butterworth-Heinemann, London
• Spiegel, R. & Meadows, D. (2010) Green Building Materials: A Guide to Product Specification (3^rd ed.), John Wiley & Sons Ltd

Mechanical Engineering:

• Ashby M.F. and Jones, D.R.H. (2005) Engineering Materials 1 - An introduction to properties, applications and design (Reprinted 2006). Butterworth-Heinemann, Elsevier, ISBN 0750663804
• Childs, P.R.N. (2004) Mechanical Design, 2nd Edition. Oxford, Butterworth-Heinemann, Elsevier, ISBN 0750657715
• Simmons, C.H., Maguire, D. E. and Phelps, N. (2009) Manual of Engineering Drawings, Newnes. ISBN978075068954
• Ulrich K T (2012) Product design and development. 5^th international ed. New York: McGraw-Hill/Irwin. ISBN 9780071086950
• Ullman, D.G. (2010) The Mechanical Design Process, International Edition, Mc Graw Hill. ISBN9780071267960
• Safety by Design - an Engineer's responsibility for Safety, The Hazards Forum 1996, ISBN 0952510316