Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
TBD
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
12cp and admission to BE or BEBA or BEBBA or BEBCom or BEBSc
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit covers a range of engineering specialisations with a series of lectures, laboratory sessions, self-study, group work and activities. Students learn about the process of engineering, solving problems, design and product development. The unit also gives students an opportunity to develop and practise generic skills such as written and oral communication. An aim of this unit is to give students some exposure to the specialisations and streams from which they must choose for the remainder of their studies.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Due |
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Group Meeting 1 | 2% | 07:00PM 21/3/2014 |
Group Meeting 2 | 2% | 07:00PM 4/4/2014 |
Group Meeting 3 | 2% | 07:00PM 2/5/2014 |
Group Meeting 4 | 2% | 07:00PM 16/5/2014 |
Group Meeting 5 | 2% | 07:00PM 30/5/2014 |
Practicals | 35% | See the Schedule on iLearn |
Assignment 1 | 10% | 07:00PM 9/5/2014 |
Assignment 2 | 5% | 07:00PM 30/5/2014 |
Project Oral Presentation | 20% | During the prac in week 12 |
Final Project Report | 20% | 07:00PM 13/6/2014 |
Due: 07:00PM 21/3/2014
Weighting: 2%
There are 5 scheduled Group Meetings totally. Students need to attend and sign for the minutes and submit them on time.
Due: 07:00PM 4/4/2014
Weighting: 2%
There are 5 scheduled Group Meetings totally. Students need to attend and sign for the minutes and submit them on time.
Due: 07:00PM 2/5/2014
Weighting: 2%
There are 5 scheduled Group Meetings totally. Students need to attend and sign for the minutes and submit them on time.
Due: 07:00PM 16/5/2014
Weighting: 2%
There are 5 scheduled Group Meetings totally. Students need to attend and sign for the minutes and submit them on time.
Due: 07:00PM 30/5/2014
Weighting: 2%
There are 5 scheduled Group Meetings totally. Students need to attend and sign for the minutes and submit them on time.
Due: See the Schedule on iLearn
Weighting: 35%
There are totally 7 Practicals staring from Week 3. The total mark is 10%.
Due: 07:00PM 9/5/2014
Weighting: 10%
This is based on lectures in Week 2, 4 and 5.
Due: 07:00PM 30/5/2014
Weighting: 5%
This is based on the pracs and lectures on MATLAB.
Due: During the prac in week 12
Weighting: 20%
Students need to do presentations as a group. Each student will be marked by Academics, tutors and possibly other students.
Due: 07:00PM 13/6/2014
Weighting: 20%
This is a report on the project that the student does.
No books or other publications for reference will be recommended. The students need to search the related resources by Internet themselves. Some lectures may provide some links to the related resources.
Changes since last offering:
Logbook is not required as part of the assessment. Matlab part will be lectured by Gengfa Fang.
Week |
Lecture Topic |
Lecturer |
Practical |
Due Assignments/Tasks |
Week 1 |
Introduction to The Unit |
G. Fang |
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Week 2 |
Professional Document Preparation: IEEE Style Writing |
T. Parker |
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Week 3 |
Project Introduction and Time Planning |
M. Heimlich |
LaTex Professional Document |
Group Meeting 1 (during Pracs) |
Week 4 |
Professional Document Preparation: Graphing and Plotting (GNU Plot) |
T. Parker |
LaTex Professional Document |
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Week 5 |
Professional Document Preparation: Technical Drawing |
T. Parker |
LaTex Professional Document |
Group Meeting 2 |
Week 6 |
Matlab |
G. Fang |
GNU Plotting |
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Week 7 |
Matlab |
G. Fang |
GNU Plotting |
Group Meeting 3 |
Week 8 |
Engineering Majors |
C. Lang |
CAD Drawing |
Assignment 1: Professional Document |
Week 9 |
Industry Lecture |
TBD
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Matlab Programming |
Group Meeting 4
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Week 10 |
Industry Lecture |
TBD |
Matlab Programming |
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Week 11 |
Presentation Preparation
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M. Heimlich |
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Group Meeting 5
Assignment 2: MATLAB |
Week 12 |
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Project Oral Presentations |
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Week 13 |
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Final Project Report
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07/08/2014 | Learning outcomes were updated considering other new majors. |