Design and Industrial Applications
About
This module is based on the execution of an industrially generated major design project through multi-disciplinary team activity involving aspects of: project management, market analysis, specification, concept design, budget costing, decision making, detail design, production planning, manufacturing requirements and product costing.
Programmes for the formation of professional engineers must have design as a unifying and integrating theme throughout their duration. Graduates must be equipped to integrate the design of elements within the compass of the overall manufacturing system, including product design conception through to specification of appropriate production facilities.
This module completes the engineering design suite of modules and provides opportunity for students to apply their knowledge within the context of real, industrially originated project work. Such project work will take account of the integration of all of the relevant disciplines and will provide students with an understanding of how good design permeates all aspects of engineering.
Successful students will be able to:
- Apply manufacturing and operational practice, codes of practice and regulatory framework and safety implications within a particular industrial situation and analyse engineering systems, processes and components
- Create new processes or products through synthesis of ideas from a wide range of sources and evaluate and quantify risks/benefits associated with a particular solution.
- Design systems, components and processes and propose and defend ideas through drawing, modelling (physical and/or computer) and simulation with critical analysis of results.
- Manage a project and Work within and lead a team and Express creativity and innovation in problem solving and make oral and written presentations.
Term dates
Course start date: 23rd September 2024
Attendance
The course will be taught over semester one (12 weeks).
Attendance will be approximately 4 hours per week.
Location
This course is delivered on the Belfast campus.
Assessment
The assessment is 100% coursework.
Teaching methods will include formal lectures from staff and visiting industrialists, directed reading, seminars/tutorials, and industrial visit(s) as appropriate. A comprehensive design assignment based on a real problem provided by local industry will provide the means of assessment. The assignment will be carried out within a multi-disciplinary team situation. Computer software for analysis, drawing, solid modelling, etc. will be used where appropriate. Students may also be encouraged to produce physical models/prototypes where appropriate.
Presentation (Practical Coursework) [20%]
Oral presentation. 20%. The oral presentation will give a review of the market analysis, design concepts, concept selection and detailed design or analysis that the student has completed to date. Each student will present for 5 minutes on their work. Assessment will be based on content, delivery and impact. An individual mark will be assigned to each student from the average of 2 assessors.
Report (Coursework) [80%]
Report submission (credit given for individual's contribution within the overall team effort).
In this way, both the quality and quantity of any individual's contribution is noted and recorded.
The report is broken into 2 parts. Part a covers Marketing & Industrial Design (Market, legal requirements, PDS, concept development) -10%. Part b relates to the individual's directorship -70%
Each individual part a section should be no more than 4 pages long.
Each individual part b section should be no more than 15 pages long.
Modules
This is a 20 credit module short course - see the about section for details of content.
Entry Requirements
Applicants must have:
Pass HND with overall Merit in an Engineering, Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering subject to include a Merit in either Level 4 or Level 5 Analytical Methods, Level 4 Engineering Maths or Level 5 Further Maths module. GCSE Maths Grade C/4 or an alternative Mathematics qualification acceptable to the University is also required.
OR
Pass Foundation Degree in a relevant subject area with an overall mark of 50% and minimum 50% in all taught level 5 modules and 50% in the Level 4 Mathematics module within the Foundation Degree. GCSE Maths Grade C/4 or an alternative Mathematics qualification acceptable to the University is also required.
Eligibility
Places are limited and open to applicants who:
- are over 18 years of age;
- are eligible to work in Northern Ireland;
- are ‘settled’ in Northern Ireland, and has been ordinarily resident in the UK for at least three years; or
- are a person who has indefinite leave to enter or remain in the UK.
- meet the course specific entry requirements. See course pages for requirements.
- meet the Ulster University general entry requirements