Module Descriptors
HNC TECHNOLOGY PROJECT
ENGG40000
Key Facts
Digital, Technology, Innovation and Business
Level 4
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Debi Roberts
Email: debi.roberts@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities:
Independent Study Hours:
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- Logbook recording progress weighted at 10%
- Intermim written report weighted at 30%
- Final written report weighted at 60%
Module Details
Module Learning Outcomes
1) Apply appropriate Engineering techniques to a planned Engineering project
Application
Learning
Problem solving
2) Perform a literature search to underpin the theory and techniques applied in the project
Enquiry
Knowledge and Understanding
3) Record and evaluate progress as the project progresses
Reflection
4) Produce a interim and final reports using a prescribed standard of referencing.
Communication
Knowledge and Understanding
Application
Learning
Problem solving
2) Perform a literature search to underpin the theory and techniques applied in the project
Enquiry
Knowledge and Understanding
3) Record and evaluate progress as the project progresses
Reflection
4) Produce a interim and final reports using a prescribed standard of referencing.
Communication
Knowledge and Understanding
Module Additional Assessment Details
A portfolio of work including:
A logbook recording progress and information relevant to the project on a weekly basis.
Weighted at 10%, addressing LO3.
An interim written report recording progress part way through the project and including a literature review. Weighted at 30%, addressing LO 1,2,4
A final written report detailing aims and objective, project brief, theory, techniques employed in design and manufacture, results, conclusions, observations.
Weighted at 60% addressing LO 1,2,4
A logbook recording progress and information relevant to the project on a weekly basis.
Weighted at 10%, addressing LO3.
An interim written report recording progress part way through the project and including a literature review. Weighted at 30%, addressing LO 1,2,4
A final written report detailing aims and objective, project brief, theory, techniques employed in design and manufacture, results, conclusions, observations.
Weighted at 60% addressing LO 1,2,4
Module Indicative Content
The project will need to have practical and investigative elements and should investigate and evaluate existing background theories as applied to a design problem or development of a product to a given brief.
The project should employ basic manufacturing principals and knowledge of engineering materials and components relevant to the student’s chosen course of study. The project should require the students to create a design for an artefact using appropriate computer aided design techniques and then manufacture the artefact using manufacturing tools and other workshop processes.
The project should employ basic manufacturing principals and knowledge of engineering materials and components relevant to the student’s chosen course of study. The project should require the students to create a design for an artefact using appropriate computer aided design techniques and then manufacture the artefact using manufacturing tools and other workshop processes.
Module Learning Strategies
Lectures to explore manufacturing processes, materials and techniques. Practical workshop sessions to demonstrate use of equipment and techniques, develop practical skills and enable manufacture of artefact.
Module Texts
Lefteri C, King L .Making It: Manufacturing Technologies for Product Design. (2007) ISBN-10: 1 85669-506-9
Hughes E. Electrical and Electronic Technology, 9th Edition, Harlow, Prentice Hall, (2005), ISBN 0131143972
Hughes E. Electrical and Electronic Technology, 9th Edition, Harlow, Prentice Hall, (2005), ISBN 0131143972
Module Resources
PC based CAD packages
Manufacturing facilities including machine tools and electronic and soldering equipment.
Manufacturing facilities including machine tools and electronic and soldering equipment.